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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1002
5	5	To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United
6	6	States Code, to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-
7	7	in-law, or adult child, or another related individual, who has a serious
8	8	health condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional leave,
9	9	parental involvement and family wellness leave to participate in or attend
10	10	their children’s and grandchildren’s educational and extracurricular ac-
11	11	tivities or meet family care needs.
12	12	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
13	13	FEBRUARY5, 2025
14	14	Mrs. H
15	15	AYES(for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Mr.
16	16	D
17	17	AVISof Illinois, Mr. BEYER, Ms. STANSBURY, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCOR-
18	18	MICK, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. CLARKEof New
19	19	York, Mr. F
20	20	ROST, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. GARCI´Aof Illi-
21	21	nois, Mr. D
22	22	ELUZIO, Mr. GOLDMANof New York, Mr. SMITHof Wash-
23	23	ington, Mr. C
24	24	ARSON, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. EVANSof Pennsylvania, Ms.
25	25	D
26	26	ELAURO, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. PRESSLEY,
27	27	Mrs. W
28	28	ATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Ms. MCBRIDE, Ms. UNDER-
29	29	WOOD, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MCGARVEY, and
30	30	Ms. O
31	31	MAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
32	32	mittee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees
33	33	on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a
34	34	period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
35	35	consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
36	36	mittee concerned
37	37	A BILL
38	38	To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and
39	39	title 5, United States Code, to permit leave to care
40	40	for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, or adult child,
41	41	or another related individual, who has a serious health
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45	45	condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional
46	46	leave, parental involvement and family wellness leave to
47	47	participate in or attend their children’s and grand-
48	48	children’s educational and extracurricular activities or
49	49	meet family care needs.
50	50	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
51	51	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
52	52	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
53	53	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Caring for All Families 4
54	54	Act’’. 5
55	55	SEC. 2. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON- 6
56	56	IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, 7
57	57	ADULT CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, 8
58	58	OR SIBLING OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR AN-9
59	59	OTHER RELATED INDIVIDUAL. 10
60	60	(a) D
61	61	EFINITIONS.— 11
62	62	(1) I
63	63	NCLUSION OF RELATED INDIVIDUALS .— 12
64	64	Section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 13
65	65	1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611) is amended by adding at the 14
66	66	end the following: 15
67	67	‘‘(20) A
68	68	NY OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHOSE CLOSE 16
69	69	ASSOCIATION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A FAMILY RE -17
70	70	LATIONSHIP.—The term ‘any other individual whose 18
71	71	close association is the equivalent of a family rela-19
72	72	tionship’, used with respect to an employee or a cov-20
73	73	ered servicemember, means any person with whom 21
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77	77	the employee or covered servicemember, as the case 1
78	78	may be, has a significant personal bond that is or 2
79	79	is like a family relationship, regardless of biological 3
80	80	or legal relationship. 4
81	81	‘‘(21) D
82	82	OMESTIC PARTNER.—The term ‘domes-5
83	83	tic partner’, used with respect to an employee or a 6
84	84	covered servicemember, means— 7
85	85	‘‘(A) the person recognized as the domestic 8
86	86	partner of the employee or covered servicemem-9
87	87	ber under any domestic partnership or civil 10
88	88	union law of a State or political subdivision of 11
89	89	a State; or 12
90	90	‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried employee 13
91	91	or covered servicemember, an unmarried adult 14
92	92	person who is in a committed, personal relation-15
93	93	ship with the employee or covered servicemem-16
94	94	ber, is not a domestic partner as described in 17
95	95	subparagraph (A) to or in such a relationship 18
96	96	with any other person, and who is designated to 19
97	97	the employer by such employee or covered serv-20
98	98	ice member as the domestic partner of that em-21
99	99	ployee or covered servicemember. 22
100	100	‘‘(22) G
101	101	RANDCHILD.—The term ‘grandchild’, 23
102	102	used with respect to an employee or a covered serv-24
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106	106	icemember, means the son or daughter of a son or 1
107	107	daughter of the employee or covered service member. 2
108	108	‘‘(23) G
109	109	RANDPARENT.—The term ‘grand-3
110	110	parent’, used with respect to an employee or a cov-4
111	111	ered servicemember, means a parent of a parent of 5
112	112	the employee or covered service member. 6
113	113	‘‘(24) N
114	114	EPHEW; NIECE.—The terms ‘nephew’ 7
115	115	and ‘niece’, used with respect to an employee or a 8
116	116	covered servicemember, mean a son or daughter of 9
117	117	the sibling of the employee or covered service mem-10
118	118	ber. 11
119	119	‘‘(25) P
120	120	ARENT-IN-LAW.—The term ‘parent-in- 12
121	121	law’, used with respect to an employee or a covered 13
122	122	servicemember, means a parent of the spouse or do-14
123	123	mestic partner of the employee or covered service 15
124	124	member. 16
125	125	‘‘(26) S
126	126	IBLING.—The term ‘sibling’, used with 17
127	127	respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 18
128	128	means any person who is a son or daughter of par-19
129	129	ent of the employee or covered service member 20
130	130	(other than the employee or covered servicemember). 21
131	131	‘‘(27) S
132	132	ON-IN-LAW; DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.—The 22
133	133	terms ‘son-in-law’ and ‘daughter-in-law’, used with 23
134	134	respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 24
135	135	mean any person who is a spouse or domestic part-25
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139	139	ner of a son or daughter, as the case may be, of the 1
140	140	employee or covered service member. 2
141	141	‘‘(28) U
142	142	NCLE; AUNT.—The terms ‘uncle’ and 3
143	143	‘aunt’, used with respect to an employee or a covered 4
144	144	servicemember, mean the son or daughter, as the 5
145	145	case may be, of the grandparent of the employee or 6
146	146	covered servicemember (other than the parent of the 7
147	147	employee or covered service member).’’. 8
148	148	(2) I
149	149	NCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN AND CHIL -9
150	150	DREN OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER .—Section 101(12) 10
151	151	of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(12)) is amended— 11
152	152	(A) by inserting ‘‘a child of an individual’s 12
153	153	domestic partner,’’ after ‘‘a legal ward,’’; and 13
154	154	(B) by striking ‘‘who is—’’ and all that 14
155	155	follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 15
156	156	child.’’. 16
157	157	(b) L
158	158	EAVEREQUIREMENT.—Section 102 of the Fam-17
159	159	ily and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612) is 18
160	160	amended— 19
161	161	(1) in subsection (a)— 20
162	162	(A) in paragraph (1)— 21
163	163	(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 22
164	164	‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of 23
165	165	the employee, if such spouse, son, daugh-24
166	166	ter, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 25
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170	170	domestic partner, or a son or daughter, 1
171	171	son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, par-2
172	172	ent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib-3
173	173	ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of 4
174	174	the employee, or any other individual 5
175	175	whose close association is the equivalent of 6
176	176	a family relationship with the employee, if 7
177	177	such spouse, domestic partner, son or 8
178	178	daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 9
179	179	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grand-10
180	180	child, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or 11
181	181	niece, or such other individual’’; and 12
182	182	(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 13
183	183	‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of 14
184	184	the employee’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or do-15
185	185	mestic partner, or a son or daughter, son- 16
186	186	in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, parent- 17
187	187	in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 18
188	188	or nephew or niece of the employee, or any 19
189	189	other individual whose close association is 20
190	190	the equivalent of a family relationship with 21
191	191	the employee’’; and 22
192	192	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 23
193	193	son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a cov-24
194	194	ered servicemember’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 25
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198	198	domestic partner, son or daughter, son-in-law 1
199	199	or daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, 2
200	200	grandparent, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or 3
201	201	niece, or next of kin of a covered servicemem-4
202	202	ber, or any other individual whose close associa-5
203	203	tion is the equivalent of a family relationship 6
204	204	with the covered servicemember’’; 7
205	205	(2) in subsection (e)— 8
206	206	(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 9
207	207	daughter, spouse, parent, or covered service-10
208	208	member of the employee, as appropriate’’ and 11
209	209	inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or 12
210	210	daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 13
211	211	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 14
212	212	sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or cov-15
213	213	ered servicemember of the employee, or any 16
214	214	other individual whose close association is the 17
215	215	equivalent of a family relationship with the em-18
216	216	ployee, as appropriate’’; and 19
217	217	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 20
218	218	or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee’’ 21
219	219	and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a 22
220	220	son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 23
221	221	parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle 24
222	222	or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or 25
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226	226	any other individual whose close association is 1
227	227	the equivalent of a family relationship with the 2
228	228	employee, as appropriate,’’; and 3
229	229	(3) in subsection (f)— 4
230	230	(A) in paragraph (1)— 5
231	231	(i) in the matter preceding subpara-6
232	232	graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or domestic 7
233	233	partners,’’ after ‘‘husband and wife’’; and 8
234	234	(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 9
235	235	‘‘or parent-in-law’’ after ‘‘parent’’; and 10
236	236	(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or 11
237	237	those domestic partners,’’ after ‘‘husband and 12
238	238	wife’’ each place it appears. 13
239	239	(c) C
240	240	ERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of the Family and 14
241	241	Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2613) is amend-15
242	242	ed— 16
243	243	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘son, daugh-17
244	244	ter, spouse, or parent of the employee, or of the next 18
245	245	of kin of an individual in the case of leave taken 19
246	246	under such paragraph (3), as appropriate’’ and in-20
247	247	serting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in- 21
248	248	law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in- 22
249	249	law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 23
250	250	or nephew or niece of the employee, or the next of 24
251	251	kin of an individual, or any other individual whose 25
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255	255	close association is the equivalent of a family rela-1
256	256	tionship with the employee, as appropriate’’; and 2
257	257	(2) in subsection (b)— 3
258	258	(A) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 4
259	259	daughter, spouse, or parent and an estimate of 5
260	260	the amount of time that such employee is need-6
261	261	ed to care for the son, daughter, spouse, or par-7
262	262	ent’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law 8
263	263	or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 9
264	264	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 10
265	265	sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the 11
266	266	employee, or any other individual whose close 12
267	267	association is the equivalent of a family rela-13
268	268	tionship with the employee, as appropriate, and 14
269	269	an estimate of the amount of time that such 15
270	270	employee is needed to care for such son or 16
271	271	daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse 17
272	272	or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 18
273	273	grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 19
274	274	or nephew or niece, or such other individual’’; 20
275	275	and 21
276	276	(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘son, 22
277	277	daughter, parent, or spouse who has a serious 23
278	278	health condition, or will assist in their recov-24
279	279	ery,’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law 25
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283	283	or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 1
284	284	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 2
285	285	sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, with 3
286	286	a serious health condition, of the employee, or 4
287	287	an individual, with a serious health condition, 5
288	288	who is any other individual whose close associa-6
289	289	tion is the equivalent of a family relationship 7
290	290	with the employee, as appropriate, or will assist 8
291	291	in the recovery,’’. 9
292	292	(d) E
293	293	MPLOYMENT AND BENEFITSPROTECTION.— 10
294	294	Section 104(c)(3) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 11
295	295	of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(3)) is amended— 12
296	296	(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘son, 13
297	297	daughter, spouse, or parent of the employee, as ap-14
298	298	propriate,’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in- 15
299	299	law or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 16
300	300	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib-17
301	301	ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the em-18
302	302	ployee, or any other individual whose close associa-19
303	303	tion is the equivalent of a family relationship with 20
304	304	the employee, as appropriate,’’; and 21
305	305	(2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘son, 22
306	306	daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘employ-23
307	307	ee’s son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 24
308	308	spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 25
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312	312	grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or 1
313	313	nephew or niece, or (with relation to the employee) 2
314	314	any other individual whose close association is the 3
315	315	equivalent of a family relationship, as appropriate,’’. 4
316	316	SEC. 3. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON- 5
317	317	IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, 6
318	318	ADULT CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, 7
319	319	OR SIBLING OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR AN-8
320	320	OTHER RELATED INDIVIDUAL FOR FEDERAL 9
321	321	EMPLOYEES. 10
322	322	(a) D
323	323	EFINITIONS.— 11
324	324	(1) I
325	325	NCLUSION OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER , SON- 12
326	326	IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, ADULT 13
327	327	CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, OR SIBLING 14
328	328	OF THE EMPLOYEE , OR ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL 15
329	329	WHOSE CLOSE ASSOCIATION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 16
330	330	A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP .—Section 6381 of title 5, 17
331	331	United States Code, is amended— 18
332	332	(A) in paragraph (11) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 19
333	333	and inserting a semicolon; 20
334	334	(B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe-21
335	335	riod and inserting a semicolon; and 22
336	336	(C) by adding at the end the following: 23
337	337	‘‘(13) the term ‘any other individual whose 24
338	338	close association is the equivalent of a family rela-25
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342	342	tionship’, used with respect to an employee or a cov-1
343	343	ered servicemember, means any person with whom 2
344	344	the employee or covered servicemember, as the case 3
345	345	may be, has a significant personal bond that is or 4
346	346	is like a family relationship, regardless of biological 5
347	347	or legal relationship; 6
348	348	‘‘(14) the term ‘domestic partner’, used with re-7
349	349	spect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 8
350	350	means— 9
351	351	‘‘(A) the person recognized as the domestic 10
352	352	partner of the employee or covered servicemem-11
353	353	ber under any domestic partnership or civil 12
354	354	union law of a State or political subdivision of 13
355	355	a State; or 14
356	356	‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried employee 15
357	357	or covered servicemember, an unmarried adult 16
358	358	person who is in a committed, personal relation-17
359	359	ship with the employee or covered servicemem-18
360	360	ber, is not a domestic partner as described in 19
361	361	subparagraph (A) to or in such a relationship 20
362	362	with any other person, and who is designated to 21
363	363	the employing agency by such employee or cov-22
364	364	ered service member as the domestic partner of 23
365	365	that employee or covered servicemember; 24
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369	369	‘‘(15) the term ‘grandchild’, used with respect 1
370	370	to an employee or a covered servicemember, means 2
371	371	the son or daughter of a son or daughter of the em-3
372	372	ployee or covered service member; 4
373	373	‘‘(16) the term ‘grandparent’, used with respect 5
374	374	to an employee or a covered servicemember, means 6
375	375	a parent of a parent of the employee or covered serv-7
376	376	ice member; 8
377	377	‘‘(17) the terms ‘nephew’ and ‘niece’, used with 9
378	378	respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 10
379	379	mean a son or daughter of the sibling of the em-11
380	380	ployee or covered service member; 12
381	381	‘‘(18) the term ‘parent-in-law’, used with re-13
382	382	spect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 14
383	383	means a parent of the spouse or domestic partner of 15
384	384	the employee or covered service member; 16
385	385	‘‘(19) the term ‘sibling’, used with respect to an 17
386	386	employee or a covered servicemember, means any 18
387	387	person who is a son or daughter of parent of the em-19
388	388	ployee or covered service member (other than the 20
389	389	employee or covered servicemember); 21
390	390	‘‘(20) the terms ‘son-in-law’ and ‘daughter-in- 22
391	391	law’, used with respect to an employee or a covered 23
392	392	servicemember, mean any person who is a spouse or 24
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396	396	domestic partner of a son or daughter, as the case 1
397	397	may be, of the employee or covered service member; 2
398	398	‘‘(21) the term ‘State’ has the same meaning 3
399	399	given the term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Stand-4
400	400	ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203); and 5
401	401	‘‘(22) terms ‘uncle’ and ‘aunt’, used with re-6
402	402	spect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 7
403	403	mean the son or daughter, as the case may be, of 8
404	404	the grandparent of the employee or covered service-9
405	405	member (other than the parent of the employee or 10
406	406	covered service member).’’. 11
407	407	(2) I
408	408	NCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN AND CHIL -12
409	409	DREN OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER .—Section 6381(6) 13
410	410	of such title is amended— 14
411	411	(A) by inserting ‘‘a child of an individual’s 15
412	412	domestic partner,’’ after ‘‘a legal ward,’’; and 16
413	413	(B) by striking ‘‘who is—’’ and all that 17
414	414	follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 18
415	415	child’’. 19
416	416	(b) L
417	417	EAVEREQUIREMENT.—Section 6382 of title 5, 20
418	418	United States Code, is amended— 21
419	419	(1) in subsection (a)— 22
420	420	(A) in paragraph (1)— 23
421	421	(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 24
422	422	‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of 25
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425	425	•HR 1002 IH
426	426	the employee, if such spouse, son, daugh-1
427	427	ter, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 2
428	428	domestic partner, or a son or daughter, 3
429	429	son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, par-4
430	430	ent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib-5
431	431	ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of 6
432	432	the employee, or any other individual 7
433	433	whose close association with the employee 8
434	434	is the equivalent of a family relationship, if 9
435	435	such spouse, domestic partner, son or 10
436	436	daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 11
437	437	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grand-12
438	438	child, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or 13
439	439	niece, or such other individual’’; and 14
440	440	(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 15
441	441	‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of 16
442	442	the employee’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or do-17
443	443	mestic partner, or a son or daughter, son- 18
444	444	in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, parent- 19
445	445	in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 20
446	446	or nephew or niece of the employee, or any 21
447	447	other individual whose close association is 22
448	448	the equivalent of a family relationship with 23
449	449	the employee’’; and 24
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452	452	•HR 1002 IH
453	453	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 1
454	454	son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a cov-2
455	455	ered servicemember’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 3
456	456	domestic partner, son or daughter, son-in-law 4
457	457	or daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, 5
458	458	grandparent, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or 6
459	459	niece, or next of kin of a covered servicemem-7
460	460	ber, or any other individual whose close associa-8
461	461	tion is the equivalent of a family relationship 9
462	462	with the covered servicemember’’; and 10
463	463	(2) in subsection (e)— 11
464	464	(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 12
465	465	daughter, spouse, parent, or covered service-13
466	466	member of the employee, as appropriate’’ and 14
467	467	inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or 15
468	468	daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 16
469	469	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 17
470	470	sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or cov-18
471	471	ered servicemember of the employee, or any 19
472	472	other individual whose close association is the 20
473	473	equivalent of a family relationship with the em-21
474	474	ployee, as appropriate’’; and 22
475	475	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 23
476	476	or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee’’ 24
477	477	and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a 25
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480	480	•HR 1002 IH
481	481	son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 1
482	482	parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle 2
483	483	or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or 3
484	484	any other individual whose close association is 4
485	485	the equivalent of a family relationship with the 5
486	486	employee, as appropriate,’’. 6
487	487	(c) C
488	488	ERTIFICATION.—Section 6383 of title 5, United 7
489	489	States Code, is amended— 8
490	490	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘son, daugh-9
491	491	ter, spouse, or parent of the employee, as appro-10
492	492	priate’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law 11
493	493	or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, par-12
494	494	ent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, 13
495	495	uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, 14
496	496	or any other individual whose close association is the 15
497	497	equivalent of a family relationship with the em-16
498	498	ployee, as appropriate’’; and 17
499	499	(2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 18
500	500	daughter, spouse, or parent, and an estimate of the 19
501	501	amount of time that such employee is needed to care 20
502	502	for such son, daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and in-21
503	503	serting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in- 22
504	504	law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in- 23
505	505	law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 24
506	506	or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other in-25
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509	509	•HR 1002 IH
510	510	dividual whose close association is the equivalent of 1
511	511	a family relationship with the employee, as appro-2
512	512	priate, and an estimate of the amount of time that 3
513	513	such employee is needed to care for such son or 4
514	514	daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or 5
515	515	domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grand-6
516	516	parent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew 7
517	517	or niece, or such other individual’’. 8
518	518	SEC. 4. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE UNDER THE 9
519	519	FMLA FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND 10
520	520	FAMILY WELLNESS. 11
521	521	(a) L
522	522	EAVEREQUIREMENT.—Section 102(a) of the 12
523	523	Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 13
524	524	2612(a)), as amended by section 2(b), is further amend-14
525	525	ed— 15
526	526	(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-16
527	527	graph (6); and 17
528	528	(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-18
529	529	lowing new paragraph: 19
530	530	‘‘(5) E
531	531	NTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR 20
532	532	PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY 21
533	533	WELLNESS.— 22
534	534	‘‘(A) I
535	535	N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-23
536	536	graph (B) and section 103(g), an eligible em-24
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539	539	•HR 1002 IH
540	540	ployee shall be entitled to leave under this para-1
541	541	graph to— 2
542	542	‘‘(i) participate in or attend an activ-3
543	543	ity that is sponsored by a school or com-4
544	544	munity organization and relates to a pro-5
545	545	gram of the school or organization that is 6
546	546	attended by a son or daughter or a grand-7
547	547	child of the employee; or 8
548	548	‘‘(ii) meet routine family medical care 9
549	549	needs (including by attending medical and 10
550	550	dental appointments of the employee or a 11
551	551	son or daughter, spouse or domestic part-12
552	552	ner, or grandchild of the employee) or at-13
553	553	tend to the care needs of an elderly indi-14
554	554	vidual who is any other individual whose 15
555	555	close association is the equivalent of a fam-16
556	556	ily relationship with the employee (includ-17
557	557	ing by making visits to nursing homes or 18
558	558	group homes). 19
559	559	‘‘(B) L
560	560	IMITATIONS.— 20
561	561	‘‘(i) I
562	562	N GENERAL.—An eligible em-21
563	563	ployee shall be entitled to— 22
564	564	‘‘(I) not to exceed 4 hours of 23
565	565	leave under this paragraph during any 24
566	566	30-day period; and 25
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569	569	•HR 1002 IH
570	570	‘‘(II) not to exceed 24 hours of 1
571	571	leave under this paragraph during any 2
572	572	12-month period described in para-3
573	573	graph (4). 4
574	574	‘‘(ii) C
575	575	OORDINATION RULE .—Leave 5
576	576	under this paragraph shall be in addition 6
577	577	to any leave provided under any other 7
578	578	paragraph of this subsection. 8
579	579	‘‘(C) D
580	580	EFINITIONS.—As used in this para-9
581	581	graph: 10
582	582	‘‘(i) C
583	583	OMMUNITY ORGANIZATION .— 11
584	584	The term ‘community organization’ means 12
585	585	a private nonprofit organization that is 13
586	586	representative of a community or a signifi-14
587	587	cant segment of a community and provides 15
588	588	activities for individuals described in sec-16
589	589	tion 101(12), such as a scouting or sports 17
590	590	organization. 18
591	591	‘‘(ii) S
592	592	CHOOL.—The term ‘school’ 19
593	593	means an elementary school or secondary 20
594	594	school (as such terms are defined in sec-21
595	595	tion 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-22
596	596	ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 23
597	597	7801)), a Head Start program assisted 24
598	598	under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 25
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601	601	•HR 1002 IH
602	602	et seq.), and a child care facility licensed 1
603	603	under State law.’’. 2
604	604	(b) S
605	605	CHEDULE.—Section 102(b)(1) of such Act (29 3
606	606	U.S.C. 2612(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after the third 4
607	607	sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Subject to sub-5
608	608	section (e)(4) and section 103(g), leave under subsection 6
609	609	(a)(5) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave 7
610	610	schedule.’’. 8
611	611	(c) S
612	612	UBSTITUTION OF PAIDLEAVE.—Section 9
613	613	102(d)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)) is amended 10
614	614	by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 11
615	615	‘‘(C) P
616	616	ARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE AND 12
617	617	FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE .— 13
618	618	‘‘(i) V
619	619	ACATION LEAVE ; PERSONAL 14
620	620	LEAVE; FAMILY LEAVE.—An eligible em-15
621	621	ployee may elect, or an employer may re-16
622	622	quire the employee, to substitute any of 17
623	623	the accrued paid vacation leave, personal 18
624	624	leave, or family leave of the employee for 19
625	625	any part of the period of leave under sub-20
626	626	section (a)(5). 21
627	627	‘‘(ii) M
628	628	EDICAL OR SICK LEAVE .—An 22
629	629	eligible employee may elect, or an employer 23
630	630	may require the employee, to substitute 24
631	631	any of the accrued paid medical or sick 25
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634	634	•HR 1002 IH
635	635	leave of the employee for any part of the 1
636	636	period of leave provided under clause (ii) of 2
637	637	subsection (a)(5)(A), except that nothing 3
638	638	in this title shall require an employer to 4
639	639	provide paid sick leave or paid medical 5
640	640	leave in any situation in which such em-6
641	641	ployer would not normally provide any 7
642	642	such paid leave. 8
643	643	‘‘(iii) P
644	644	ROHIBITION ON RESTRICTIONS 9
645	645	AND LIMITATIONS.—If the employee elects 10
646	646	or the employer requires the substitution 11
647	647	of accrued paid leave for leave under sub-12
648	648	section (a)(5), the employer shall not re-13
649	649	strict or limit the leave that may be sub-14
650	650	stituted or impose any additional terms 15
651	651	and conditions on the substitution of such 16
652	652	leave that are more stringent for the em-17
653	653	ployee than the terms and conditions set 18
654	654	forth in this Act.’’. 19
655	655	(d) N
656	656	OTICE.—Section 102(e) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 20
657	657	2612(e)), as amended by section 2(b), is further amended 21
658	658	by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 22
659	659	‘‘(4) N
660	660	OTICE RELATING TO PARENTAL IN -23
661	661	VOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE .—In 24
662	662	any case in which an employee requests leave under 25
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665	665	•HR 1002 IH
666	666	paragraph (5) of subsection (a), the employee 1
667	667	shall— 2
668	668	‘‘(A) provide the employer with not less 3
669	669	than 7 days’ notice, or (if such notice is imprac-4
670	670	ticable) such notice as is practicable, before the 5
671	671	date the leave is to begin, of the employee’s in-6
672	672	tention to take leave under such paragraph; and 7
673	673	‘‘(B) in the case of leave to be taken under 8
674	674	subsection (a)(5)(A)(ii), make a reasonable ef-9
675	675	fort to schedule the activity or care involved so 10
676	676	as not to disrupt unduly the operations of the 11
677	677	employer, subject to the approval of the health 12
678	678	care provider involved (if any).’’. 13
679	679	(e) C
680	680	ERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of such Act (29 14
681	681	U.S.C. 2613) is amended by adding at the end the fol-15
682	682	lowing new subsection: 16
683	683	‘‘(g) C
684	684	ERTIFICATIONRELATED TOPARENTALIN-17
685	685	VOLVEMENT AND FAMILYWELLNESSLEAVE.—An em-18
686	686	ployer may require that a request for leave under section 19
687	687	102(a)(5) be supported by a certification issued at such 20
688	688	time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regula-21
689	689	tion prescribe.’’. 22
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692	692	•HR 1002 IH
693	693	SEC. 5. ENTITLEMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE 1
694	694	FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY 2
695	695	WELLNESS. 3
696	696	(a) L
697	697	EAVEREQUIREMENT.—Section 6382(a) of title 4
698	698	5, United States Code, as amended by section 3(b), is fur-5
699	699	ther amended by adding at the end the following new para-6
700	700	graph: 7
701	701	‘‘(5)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B) and section 8
702	702	6383(f), an employee shall be entitled to leave under this 9
703	703	paragraph to— 10
704	704	‘‘(i) participate in or attend an activity that is 11
705	705	sponsored by a school or community organization 12
706	706	and relates to a program of the school or organiza-13
707	707	tion that is attended by a son or daughter or a 14
708	708	grandchild of the employee; or 15
709	709	‘‘(ii) meet routine family medical care needs 16
710	710	(including by attending medical and dental appoint-17
711	711	ments of the employee or a son or daughter, spouse 18
712	712	or domestic partner, or grandchild of the employee) 19
713	713	or to attend to the care needs of an elderly indi-20
714	714	vidual who is any other individual whose close asso-21
715	715	ciation is the equivalent of a family relationship with 22
716	716	the employee (including by making visits to nursing 23
717	717	homes and group homes). 24
718	718	‘‘(B)(i) An employee is entitled to— 25
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722	722	‘‘(I) not to exceed 4 hours of leave under this 1
723	723	paragraph during any 30-day period; and 2
724	724	‘‘(II) not to exceed 24 hours of leave under this 3
725	725	paragraph during any 12-month period described in 4
726	726	paragraph (4). 5
727	727	‘‘(ii) Leave under this paragraph shall be in addition 6
728	728	to any leave provided under any other paragraph of this 7
729	729	subsection. 8
730	730	‘‘(C) For the purpose of this paragraph— 9
731	731	‘‘(i) the term ‘community organization’ means a 10
732	732	private nonprofit organization that is representative 11
733	733	of a community or a significant segment of a com-12
734	734	munity and provides activities for individuals de-13
735	735	scribed in section 6381(6), such as a scouting or 14
736	736	sports organization; and 15
737	737	‘‘(ii) the term ‘school’ means an elementary 16
738	738	school or secondary school (as such terms are de-17
739	739	fined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-18
740	740	ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), a 19
741	741	Head Start program assisted under the Head Start 20
742	742	Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), and a child care facil-21
743	743	ity licensed under State law.’’. 22
744	744	(b) S
745	745	CHEDULE.—Section 6382(b)(1) of such title is 23
746	746	amended— 24
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750	750	(1) by inserting after the third sentence the fol-1
751	751	lowing new sentence: ‘‘Subject to subsection (e)(4) 2
752	752	and section 6383(f), leave under subsection (a)(5) 3
753	753	may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave 4
754	754	schedule.’’; and 5
755	755	(2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘involved,’’ 6
756	756	and inserting ‘‘involved (or, in the case of leave 7
757	757	under subsection (a)(5), for purposes of the 30-day 8
758	758	or 12-month period involved),’’. 9
759	759	(c) S
760	760	UBSTITUTION OF PAIDLEAVE.—Section 10
761	761	6382(d) of such title is amended by adding at the end 11
762	762	the following: 12
763	763	‘‘(3) An employee may elect to substitute for any part 13
764	764	of the period of leave under subsection (a)(5), any of the 14
765	765	employee’s accrued or accumulated annual or sick leave. 15
766	766	If the employee elects the substitution of that accrued or 16
767	767	accumulated annual or sick leave for leave under sub-17
768	768	section (a)(5), the employing agency shall not restrict or 18
769	769	limit the leave that may be substituted or impose any addi-19
770	770	tional terms and conditions on the substitution of such 20
771	771	leave that are more stringent for the employee than the 21
772	772	terms and conditions set forth in this subchapter.’’. 22
773	773	(d) N
774	774	OTICE.—Section 6382(e) of such title, as 23
775	775	amended by section 3(b)(2), is further amended by adding 24
776	776	at the end the following new paragraph: 25
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780	780	‘‘(4) In any case in which an employee requests leave 1
781	781	under paragraph (5) of subsection (a), the employee 2
782	782	shall— 3
783	783	‘‘(A) provide the employing agency with not less 4
784	784	than 7 days’ notice, or (if such notice is impracti-5
785	785	cable) such notice as is practicable, before the date 6
786	786	the leave is to begin, of the employee’s intention to 7
787	787	take leave under such paragraph; and 8
788	788	‘‘(B) in the case of leave to be taken under sub-9
789	789	section (a)(5)(A)(ii), make a reasonable effort to 10
790	790	schedule the activity or care involved so as not to 11
791	791	disrupt unduly the operations of the employing agen-12
792	792	cy, subject to the approval of the health care pro-13
793	793	vider involved (if any).’’. 14
794	794	(e) C
795	795	ERTIFICATION.—Section 6383(f) of such title is 15
796	796	amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(E) or (3) of’’ and 16
797	797	inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(E), (3) or (5) of’’. 17
798	798	Æ
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