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4	4	STSESSION S. 437
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
13	13	FEBRUARY5, 2025
14	14	Mr. D
15	15	URBIN(for himself, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr.
16	16	M
17	17	ERKLEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. WELCH, Ms. SMITH, Mrs. MURRAY,
18	18	Mr. P
19	19	ADILLA, and Ms. DUCKWORTH) introduced the following bill; which
20	20	was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education,
21	21	Labor, and Pensions
22	22	A BILL
23	23	To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and
24	24	title 5, United States Code, to permit leave to care
25	25	for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, or adult child,
26	26	or another related individual, who has a serious health
27	27	condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional
28	28	leave, parental involvement and family wellness leave to
29	29	participate in or attend their children’s and grand-
30	30	children’s educational and extracurricular activities or
31	31	meet family care needs.
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35	35	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
36	36	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
37	37	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
38	38	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Caring for All Families 4
39	39	Act’’. 5
40	40	SEC. 2. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON- 6
41	41	IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, 7
42	42	ADULT CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, 8
43	43	OR SIBLING OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR AN-9
44	44	OTHER RELATED INDIVIDUAL. 10
45	45	(a) D
46	46	EFINITIONS.— 11
47	47	(1) I
48	48	NCLUSION OF RELATED INDIVIDUALS .— 12
49	49	Section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 13
50	50	1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611) is amended by adding at the 14
51	51	end the following: 15
52	52	‘‘(20) A
53	53	NY OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHOSE CLOSE 16
54	54	ASSOCIATION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A FAMILY RE -17
55	55	LATIONSHIP.—The term ‘any other individual whose 18
56	56	close association is the equivalent of a family rela-19
57	57	tionship’, used with respect to an employee or a cov-20
58	58	ered servicemember, means any person with whom 21
59	59	the employee or covered servicemember, as the case 22
60	60	may be, has a significant personal bond that is or 23
61	61	is like a family relationship, regardless of biological 24
62	62	or legal relationship. 25
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66	66	‘‘(21) DOMESTIC PARTNER.—The term ‘domes-1
67	67	tic partner’, used with respect to an employee or a 2
68	68	covered servicemember, means— 3
69	69	‘‘(A) the person recognized as the domestic 4
70	70	partner of the employee or covered servicemem-5
71	71	ber under any domestic partnership or civil 6
72	72	union law of a State or political subdivision of 7
73	73	a State; or 8
74	74	‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried employee 9
75	75	or covered servicemember, an unmarried adult 10
76	76	person who is in a committed, personal relation-11
77	77	ship with the employee or covered servicemem-12
78	78	ber, is not a domestic partner as described in 13
79	79	subparagraph (A) to or in such a relationship 14
80	80	with any other person, and who is designated to 15
81	81	the employer by such employee or covered serv-16
82	82	ice member as the domestic partner of that em-17
83	83	ployee or covered servicemember. 18
84	84	‘‘(22) G
85	85	RANDCHILD.—The term ‘grandchild’, 19
86	86	used with respect to an employee or a covered serv-20
87	87	icemember, means the son or daughter of a son or 21
88	88	daughter of the employee or covered service member. 22
89	89	‘‘(23) G
90	90	RANDPARENT.—The term ‘grand-23
91	91	parent’, used with respect to an employee or a cov-24
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95	95	ered servicemember, means a parent of a parent of 1
96	96	the employee or covered service member. 2
97	97	‘‘(24) N
98	98	EPHEW; NIECE.—The terms ‘nephew’ 3
99	99	and ‘niece’, used with respect to an employee or a 4
100	100	covered servicemember, mean a son or daughter of 5
101	101	the sibling of the employee or covered service mem-6
102	102	ber. 7
103	103	‘‘(25) P
104	104	ARENT-IN-LAW.— The term ‘parent-in- 8
105	105	law’, used with respect to an employee or a covered 9
106	106	servicemember, means a parent of the spouse or do-10
107	107	mestic partner of the employee or covered service 11
108	108	member. 12
109	109	‘‘(26) S
110	110	IBLING.—The term ‘sibling’, used with 13
111	111	respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 14
112	112	means any person who is a son or daughter of par-15
113	113	ent of the employee or covered service member 16
114	114	(other than the employee or covered servicemember). 17
115	115	‘‘(27) S
116	116	ON-IN-LAW; DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.—The 18
117	117	terms ‘son-in-law’ and ‘daughter-in-law’, used with 19
118	118	respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 20
119	119	mean any person who is a spouse or domestic part-21
120	120	ner of a son or daughter, as the case may be, of the 22
121	121	employee or covered service member. 23
122	122	‘‘(28) U
123	123	NCLE; AUNT.—The terms ‘uncle’ and 24
124	124	‘aunt’, used with respect to an employee or a covered 25
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128	128	servicemember, mean the son or daughter, as the 1
129	129	case may be, of the grandparent of the employee or 2
130	130	covered servicemember (other than the parent of the 3
131	131	employee or covered service member).’’. 4
132	132	(2) I
133	133	NCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN AND CHIL -5
134	134	DREN OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER .—Section 101(12) 6
135	135	of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(12)) is amended— 7
136	136	(A) by inserting ‘‘a child of an individual’s 8
137	137	domestic partner,’’ after ‘‘a legal ward,’’; and 9
138	138	(B) by striking ‘‘who is—’’ and all that 10
139	139	follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 11
140	140	child.’’. 12
141	141	(b) L
142	142	EAVEREQUIREMENT.—Section 102 of the Fam-13
143	143	ily and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612) is 14
144	144	amended— 15
145	145	(1) in subsection (a)— 16
146	146	(A) in paragraph (1)— 17
147	147	(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 18
148	148	‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of 19
149	149	the employee, if such spouse, son, daugh-20
150	150	ter, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 21
151	151	domestic partner, or a son or daughter, 22
152	152	son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, par-23
153	153	ent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib-24
154	154	ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of 25
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158	158	the employee, or any other individual 1
159	159	whose close association is the equivalent of 2
160	160	a family relationship with the employee, if 3
161	161	such spouse, domestic partner, son or 4
162	162	daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 5
163	163	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grand-6
164	164	child, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or 7
165	165	niece, or such other individual’’; and 8
166	166	(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 9
167	167	‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of 10
168	168	the employee’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or do-11
169	169	mestic partner, or a son or daughter, son- 12
170	170	in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, parent- 13
171	171	in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 14
172	172	or nephew or niece of the employee, or any 15
173	173	other individual whose close association is 16
174	174	the equivalent of a family relationship with 17
175	175	the employee’’; and 18
176	176	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 19
177	177	son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a cov-20
178	178	ered servicemember’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 21
179	179	domestic partner, son or daughter, son-in-law 22
180	180	or daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, 23
181	181	grandparent, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or 24
182	182	niece, or next of kin of a covered servicemem-25
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186	186	ber, or any other individual whose close associa-1
187	187	tion is the equivalent of a family relationship 2
188	188	with the covered servicemember’’; 3
189	189	(2) in subsection (e)— 4
190	190	(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 5
191	191	daughter, spouse, parent, or covered service-6
192	192	member of the employee, as appropriate’’ and 7
193	193	inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or 8
194	194	daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 9
195	195	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 10
196	196	sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or cov-11
197	197	ered servicemember of the employee, or any 12
198	198	other individual whose close association is the 13
199	199	equivalent of a family relationship with the em-14
200	200	ployee, as appropriate’’; and 15
201	201	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 16
202	202	or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee’’ 17
203	203	and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a 18
204	204	son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 19
205	205	parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle 20
206	206	or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or 21
207	207	any other individual whose close association is 22
208	208	the equivalent of a family relationship with the 23
209	209	employee, as appropriate,’’; and 24
210	210	(3) in subsection (f)— 25
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214	214	(A) in paragraph (1)— 1
215	215	(i) in the matter preceding subpara-2
216	216	graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or domestic 3
217	217	partners,’’ after ‘‘husband and wife’’; and 4
218	218	(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 5
219	219	‘‘or parent-in-law’’ after ‘‘parent’’; and 6
220	220	(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or 7
221	221	those domestic partners,’’ after ‘‘husband and 8
222	222	wife’’ each place it appears. 9
223	223	(c) C
224	224	ERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of the Family and 10
225	225	Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2613) is amend-11
226	226	ed— 12
227	227	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘son, daugh-13
228	228	ter, spouse, or parent of the employee, or of the next 14
229	229	of kin of an individual in the case of leave taken 15
230	230	under such paragraph (3), as appropriate’’ and in-16
231	231	serting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in- 17
232	232	law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in- 18
233	233	law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 19
234	234	or nephew or niece of the employee, or the next of 20
235	235	kin of an individual, or any other individual whose 21
236	236	close association is the equivalent of a family rela-22
237	237	tionship with the employee, as appropriate’’; and 23
238	238	(2) in subsection (b)— 24
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242	242	(A) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 1
243	243	daughter, spouse, or parent and an estimate of 2
244	244	the amount of time that such employee is need-3
245	245	ed to care for the son, daughter, spouse, or par-4
246	246	ent’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law 5
247	247	or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 6
248	248	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 7
249	249	sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the 8
250	250	employee, or any other individual whose close 9
251	251	association is the equivalent of a family rela-10
252	252	tionship with the employee, as appropriate, and 11
253	253	an estimate of the amount of time that such 12
254	254	employee is needed to care for such son or 13
255	255	daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse 14
256	256	or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 15
257	257	grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 16
258	258	or nephew or niece, or such other individual’’; 17
259	259	and 18
260	260	(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘son, 19
261	261	daughter, parent, or spouse who has a serious 20
262	262	health condition, or will assist in their recov-21
263	263	ery,’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law 22
264	264	or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 23
265	265	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 24
266	266	sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, with 25
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270	270	a serious health condition, of the employee, or 1
271	271	an individual, with a serious health condition, 2
272	272	who is any other individual whose close associa-3
273	273	tion is the equivalent of a family relationship 4
274	274	with the employee, as appropriate, or will assist 5
275	275	in the recovery,’’. 6
276	276	(d) E
277	277	MPLOYMENT AND BENEFITSPROTECTION.— 7
278	278	Section 104(c)(3) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 8
279	279	of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(3)) is amended— 9
280	280	(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘son, 10
281	281	daughter, spouse, or parent of the employee, as ap-11
282	282	propriate,’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in- 12
283	283	law or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 13
284	284	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib-14
285	285	ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the em-15
286	286	ployee, or any other individual whose close associa-16
287	287	tion is the equivalent of a family relationship with 17
288	288	the employee, as appropriate,’’; and 18
289	289	(2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘son, 19
290	290	daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘employ-20
291	291	ee’s son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 21
292	292	spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 22
293	293	grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or 23
294	294	nephew or niece, or (with relation to the employee) 24
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298	298	any other individual whose close association is the 1
299	299	equivalent of a family relationship, as appropriate,’’. 2
300	300	SEC. 3. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON- 3
301	301	IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, 4
302	302	ADULT CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, 5
303	303	OR SIBLING OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR AN-6
304	304	OTHER RELATED INDIVIDUAL FOR FEDERAL 7
305	305	EMPLOYEES. 8
306	306	(a) D
307	307	EFINITIONS.— 9
308	308	(1) I
309	309	NCLUSION OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER , SON- 10
310	310	IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, ADULT 11
311	311	CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, OR SIBLING 12
312	312	OF THE EMPLOYEE , OR ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL 13
313	313	WHOSE CLOSE ASSOCIATION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 14
314	314	A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP .—Section 6381 of title 5, 15
315	315	United States Code, is amended— 16
316	316	(A) in paragraph (11) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 17
317	317	and inserting a semicolon; 18
318	318	(B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe-19
319	319	riod and inserting a semicolon; and 20
320	320	(C) by adding at the end the following: 21
321	321	‘‘(13) the term ‘any other individual whose 22
322	322	close association is the equivalent of a family rela-23
323	323	tionship’, used with respect to an employee or a cov-24
324	324	ered servicemember, means any person with whom 25
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328	328	the employee or covered servicemember, as the case 1
329	329	may be, has a significant personal bond that is or 2
330	330	is like a family relationship, regardless of biological 3
331	331	or legal relationship; 4
332	332	‘‘(14) the term ‘domestic partner’, used with re-5
333	333	spect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 6
334	334	means— 7
335	335	‘‘(A) the person recognized as the domestic 8
336	336	partner of the employee or covered servicemem-9
337	337	ber under any domestic partnership or civil 10
338	338	union law of a State or political subdivision of 11
339	339	a State; or 12
340	340	‘‘(B) in the case of an unmarried employee 13
341	341	or covered servicemember, an unmarried adult 14
342	342	person who is in a committed, personal relation-15
343	343	ship with the employee or covered servicemem-16
344	344	ber, is not a domestic partner as described in 17
345	345	subparagraph (A) to or in such a relationship 18
346	346	with any other person, and who is designated to 19
347	347	the employing agency by such employee or cov-20
348	348	ered service member as the domestic partner of 21
349	349	that employee or covered servicemember; 22
350	350	‘‘(15) the term ‘grandchild’, used with respect 23
351	351	to an employee or a covered servicemember, means 24
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355	355	the son or daughter of a son or daughter of the em-1
356	356	ployee or covered service member; 2
357	357	‘‘(16) the term ‘grandparent’, used with respect 3
358	358	to an employee or a covered servicemember, means 4
359	359	a parent of a parent of the employee or covered serv-5
360	360	ice member; 6
361	361	‘‘(17) the terms ‘nephew’ and ‘niece’, used with 7
362	362	respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 8
363	363	mean a son or daughter of the sibling of the em-9
364	364	ployee or covered service member; 10
365	365	‘‘(18) the term ‘parent-in-law’, used with re-11
366	366	spect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 12
367	367	means a parent of the spouse or domestic partner of 13
368	368	the employee or covered service member; 14
369	369	‘‘(19) the term ‘sibling’, used with respect to an 15
370	370	employee or a covered servicemember, means any 16
371	371	person who is a son or daughter of parent of the em-17
372	372	ployee or covered service member (other than the 18
373	373	employee or covered servicemember); 19
374	374	‘‘(20) the terms ‘son-in-law’ and ‘daughter-in- 20
375	375	law’, used with respect to an employee or a covered 21
376	376	servicemember, mean any person who is a spouse or 22
377	377	domestic partner of a son or daughter, as the case 23
378	378	may be, of the employee or covered service member; 24
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382	382	‘‘(21) the term ‘State’ has the same meaning 1
383	383	given the term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Stand-2
384	384	ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203); and 3
385	385	‘‘(22) terms ‘uncle’ and ‘aunt’, used with re-4
386	386	spect to an employee or a covered servicemember, 5
387	387	mean the son or daughter, as the case may be, of 6
388	388	the grandparent of the employee or covered service-7
389	389	member (other than the parent of the employee or 8
390	390	covered service member).’’. 9
391	391	(2) I
392	392	NCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN AND CHIL -10
393	393	DREN OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER .—Section 6381(6) 11
394	394	of such title is amended— 12
395	395	(A) by inserting ‘‘a child of an individual’s 13
396	396	domestic partner,’’ after ‘‘a legal ward,’’; and 14
397	397	(B) by striking ‘‘who is—’’ and all that 15
398	398	follows and inserting ‘‘and includes an adult 16
399	399	child’’. 17
400	400	(b) L
401	401	EAVEREQUIREMENT.—Section 6382 of title 5, 18
402	402	United States Code, is amended— 19
403	403	(1) in subsection (a)— 20
404	404	(A) in paragraph (1)— 21
405	405	(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 22
406	406	‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of 23
407	407	the employee, if such spouse, son, daugh-24
408	408	ter, or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 25
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411	411	•S 437 IS
412	412	domestic partner, or a son or daughter, 1
413	413	son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, par-2
414	414	ent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sib-3
415	415	ling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of 4
416	416	the employee, or any other individual 5
417	417	whose close association with the employee 6
418	418	is the equivalent of a family relationship, if 7
419	419	such spouse, domestic partner, son or 8
420	420	daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 9
421	421	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grand-10
422	422	child, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or 11
423	423	niece, or such other individual’’; and 12
424	424	(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 13
425	425	‘‘spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of 14
426	426	the employee’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or do-15
427	427	mestic partner, or a son or daughter, son- 16
428	428	in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, parent- 17
429	429	in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 18
430	430	or nephew or niece of the employee, or any 19
431	431	other individual whose close association is 20
432	432	the equivalent of a family relationship with 21
433	433	the employee’’; and 22
434	434	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 23
435	435	son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a cov-24
436	436	ered servicemember’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or 25
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439	439	•S 437 IS
440	440	domestic partner, son or daughter, son-in-law 1
441	441	or daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, 2
442	442	grandparent, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or 3
443	443	niece, or next of kin of a covered servicemem-4
444	444	ber, or any other individual whose close associa-5
445	445	tion is the equivalent of a family relationship 6
446	446	with the covered servicemember’’; and 7
447	447	(2) in subsection (e)— 8
448	448	(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 9
449	449	daughter, spouse, parent, or covered service-10
450	450	member of the employee, as appropriate’’ and 11
451	451	inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or 12
452	452	daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 13
453	453	parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 14
454	454	sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or cov-15
455	455	ered servicemember of the employee, or any 16
456	456	other individual whose close association is the 17
457	457	equivalent of a family relationship with the em-18
458	458	ployee, as appropriate’’; and 19
459	459	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 20
460	460	or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee’’ 21
461	461	and inserting ‘‘spouse or domestic partner, or a 22
462	462	son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 23
463	463	parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle 24
464	464	or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or 25
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467	467	•S 437 IS
468	468	any other individual whose close association is 1
469	469	the equivalent of a family relationship with the 2
470	470	employee, as appropriate,’’. 3
471	471	(c) C
472	472	ERTIFICATION.—Section 6383 of title 5, United 4
473	473	States Code, is amended— 5
474	474	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘son, daugh-6
475	475	ter, spouse, or parent of the employee, as appro-7
476	476	priate’’ and inserting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law 8
477	477	or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, par-9
478	478	ent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, 10
479	479	uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, 11
480	480	or any other individual whose close association is the 12
481	481	equivalent of a family relationship with the em-13
482	482	ployee, as appropriate’’; and 14
483	483	(2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘son, 15
484	484	daughter, spouse, or parent, and an estimate of the 16
485	485	amount of time that such employee is needed to care 17
486	486	for such son, daughter, spouse, or parent’’ and in-18
487	487	serting ‘‘son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in- 19
488	488	law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in- 20
489	489	law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, 21
490	490	or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other in-22
491	491	dividual whose close association is the equivalent of 23
492	492	a family relationship with the employee, as appro-24
493	493	priate, and an estimate of the amount of time that 25
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496	496	•S 437 IS
497	497	such employee is needed to care for such son or 1
498	498	daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or 2
499	499	domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grand-3
500	500	parent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew 4
501	501	or niece, or such other individual’’. 5
502	502	SEC. 4. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE UNDER THE 6
503	503	FMLA FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND 7
504	504	FAMILY WELLNESS. 8
505	505	(a) L
506	506	EAVEREQUIREMENT.—Section 102(a) of the 9
507	507	Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 10
508	508	2612(a)), as amended by section 2(b), is further amend-11
509	509	ed— 12
510	510	(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-13
511	511	graph (6); and 14
512	512	(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-15
513	513	lowing new paragraph: 16
514	514	‘‘(5) E
515	515	NTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR 17
516	516	PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY 18
517	517	WELLNESS.— 19
518	518	‘‘(A) I
519	519	N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-20
520	520	graph (B) and section 103(g), an eligible em-21
521	521	ployee shall be entitled to leave under this para-22
522	522	graph to— 23
523	523	‘‘(i) participate in or attend an activ-24
524	524	ity that is sponsored by a school or com-25
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527	527	•S 437 IS
528	528	munity organization and relates to a pro-1
529	529	gram of the school or organization that is 2
530	530	attended by a son or daughter or a grand-3
531	531	child of the employee; or 4
532	532	‘‘(ii) meet routine family medical care 5
533	533	needs (including by attending medical and 6
534	534	dental appointments of the employee or a 7
535	535	son or daughter, spouse or domestic part-8
536	536	ner, or grandchild of the employee) or at-9
537	537	tend to the care needs of an elderly indi-10
538	538	vidual who is any other individual whose 11
539	539	close association is the equivalent of a fam-12
540	540	ily relationship with the employee (includ-13
541	541	ing by making visits to nursing homes or 14
542	542	group homes). 15
543	543	‘‘(B) L
544	544	IMITATIONS.— 16
545	545	‘‘(i) I
546	546	N GENERAL.—An eligible em-17
547	547	ployee shall be entitled to— 18
548	548	‘‘(I) not to exceed 4 hours of 19
549	549	leave under this paragraph during any 20
550	550	30-day period; and 21
551	551	‘‘(II) not to exceed 24 hours of 22
552	552	leave under this paragraph during any 23
553	553	12-month period described in para-24
554	554	graph (4). 25
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557	557	•S 437 IS
558	558	‘‘(ii) COORDINATION RULE .—Leave 1
559	559	under this paragraph shall be in addition 2
560	560	to any leave provided under any other 3
561	561	paragraph of this subsection. 4
562	562	‘‘(C) D
563	563	EFINITIONS.—As used in this para-5
564	564	graph: 6
565	565	‘‘(i) C
566	566	OMMUNITY ORGANIZATION .— 7
567	567	The term ‘community organization’ means 8
568	568	a private nonprofit organization that is 9
569	569	representative of a community or a signifi-10
570	570	cant segment of a community and provides 11
571	571	activities for individuals described in sec-12
572	572	tion 101(12), such as a scouting or sports 13
573	573	organization. 14
574	574	‘‘(ii) S
575	575	CHOOL.—The term ‘school’ 15
576	576	means an elementary school or secondary 16
577	577	school (as such terms are defined in sec-17
578	578	tion 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-18
579	579	ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 19
580	580	7801)), a Head Start program assisted 20
581	581	under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 21
582	582	et seq.), and a child care facility licensed 22
583	583	under State law.’’. 23
584	584	(b) S
585	585	CHEDULE.—Section 102(b)(1) of such Act (29 24
586	586	U.S.C. 2612(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after the third 25
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589	589	•S 437 IS
590	590	sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Subject to sub-1
591	591	section (e)(4) and section 103(g), leave under subsection 2
592	592	(a)(5) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave 3
593	593	schedule.’’. 4
594	594	(c) S
595	595	UBSTITUTION OF PAIDLEAVE.—Section 5
596	596	102(d)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)) is amended 6
597	597	by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 7
598	598	‘‘(C) P
599	599	ARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE AND 8
600	600	FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE .— 9
601	601	‘‘(i) V
602	602	ACATION LEAVE ; PERSONAL 10
603	603	LEAVE; FAMILY LEAVE.—An eligible em-11
604	604	ployee may elect, or an employer may re-12
605	605	quire the employee, to substitute any of 13
606	606	the accrued paid vacation leave, personal 14
607	607	leave, or family leave of the employee for 15
608	608	any part of the period of leave under sub-16
609	609	section (a)(5). 17
610	610	‘‘(ii) M
611	611	EDICAL OR SICK LEAVE .—An 18
612	612	eligible employee may elect, or an employer 19
613	613	may require the employee, to substitute 20
614	614	any of the accrued paid medical or sick 21
615	615	leave of the employee for any part of the 22
616	616	period of leave provided under clause (ii) of 23
617	617	subsection (a)(5)(A), except that nothing 24
618	618	in this title shall require an employer to 25
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621	621	•S 437 IS
622	622	provide paid sick leave or paid medical 1
623	623	leave in any situation in which such em-2
624	624	ployer would not normally provide any 3
625	625	such paid leave. 4
626	626	‘‘(iii) P
627	627	ROHIBITION ON RESTRICTIONS 5
628	628	AND LIMITATIONS.—If the employee elects 6
629	629	or the employer requires the substitution 7
630	630	of accrued paid leave for leave under sub-8
631	631	section (a)(5), the employer shall not re-9
632	632	strict or limit the leave that may be sub-10
633	633	stituted or impose any additional terms 11
634	634	and conditions on the substitution of such 12
635	635	leave that are more stringent for the em-13
636	636	ployee than the terms and conditions set 14
637	637	forth in this Act.’’. 15
638	638	(d) N
639	639	OTICE.—Section 102(e) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 16
640	640	2612(e)), as amended by section 2(b), is further amended 17
641	641	by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 18
642	642	‘‘(4) N
643	643	OTICE RELATING TO PARENTAL IN -19
644	644	VOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE .—In 20
645	645	any case in which an employee requests leave under 21
646	646	paragraph (5) of subsection (a), the employee 22
647	647	shall— 23
648	648	‘‘(A) provide the employer with not less 24
649	649	than 7 days’ notice, or (if such notice is imprac-25
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652	652	•S 437 IS
653	653	ticable) such notice as is practicable, before the 1
654	654	date the leave is to begin, of the employee’s in-2
655	655	tention to take leave under such paragraph; and 3
656	656	‘‘(B) in the case of leave to be taken under 4
657	657	subsection (a)(5)(A)(ii), make a reasonable ef-5
658	658	fort to schedule the activity or care involved so 6
659	659	as not to disrupt unduly the operations of the 7
660	660	employer, subject to the approval of the health 8
661	661	care provider involved (if any).’’. 9
662	662	(e) C
663	663	ERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of such Act (29 10
664	664	U.S.C. 2613) is amended by adding at the end the fol-11
665	665	lowing new subsection: 12
666	666	‘‘(g) C
667	667	ERTIFICATIONRELATED TOPARENTALIN-13
668	668	VOLVEMENT AND FAMILYWELLNESSLEAVE.—An em-14
669	669	ployer may require that a request for leave under section 15
670	670	102(a)(5) be supported by a certification issued at such 16
671	671	time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regula-17
672	672	tion prescribe.’’. 18
673	673	SEC. 5. ENTITLEMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE 19
674	674	FOR PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY 20
675	675	WELLNESS. 21
676	676	(a) L
677	677	EAVEREQUIREMENT.—Section 6382(a) of title 22
678	678	5, United States Code, as amended by section 3(b), is fur-23
679	679	ther amended by adding at the end the following new para-24
680	680	graph: 25
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683	683	•S 437 IS
684	684	‘‘(5)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B) and section 1
685	685	6383(f), an employee shall be entitled to leave under this 2
686	686	paragraph to— 3
687	687	‘‘(i) participate in or attend an activity that is 4
688	688	sponsored by a school or community organization 5
689	689	and relates to a program of the school or organiza-6
690	690	tion that is attended by a son or daughter or a 7
691	691	grandchild of the employee; or 8
692	692	‘‘(ii) meet routine family medical care needs 9
693	693	(including by attending medical and dental appoint-10
694	694	ments of the employee or a son or daughter, spouse 11
695	695	or domestic partner, or grandchild of the employee) 12
696	696	or to attend to the care needs of an elderly indi-13
697	697	vidual who is any other individual whose close asso-14
698	698	ciation is the equivalent of a family relationship with 15
699	699	the employee (including by making visits to nursing 16
700	700	homes and group homes). 17
701	701	‘‘(B)(i) An employee is entitled to— 18
702	702	‘‘(I) not to exceed 4 hours of leave under this 19
703	703	paragraph during any 30-day period; and 20
704	704	‘‘(II) not to exceed 24 hours of leave under this 21
705	705	paragraph during any 12-month period described in 22
706	706	paragraph (4). 23
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709	709	•S 437 IS
710	710	‘‘(ii) Leave under this paragraph shall be in addition 1
711	711	to any leave provided under any other paragraph of this 2
712	712	subsection. 3
713	713	‘‘(C) For the purpose of this paragraph— 4
714	714	‘‘(i) the term ‘community organization’ means a 5
715	715	private nonprofit organization that is representative 6
716	716	of a community or a significant segment of a com-7
717	717	munity and provides activities for individuals de-8
718	718	scribed in section 6381(6), such as a scouting or 9
719	719	sports organization; and 10
720	720	‘‘(ii) the term ‘school’ means an elementary 11
721	721	school or secondary school (as such terms are de-12
722	722	fined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-13
723	723	ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), a 14
724	724	Head Start program assisted under the Head Start 15
725	725	Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), and a child care facil-16
726	726	ity licensed under State law.’’. 17
727	727	(b) S
728	728	CHEDULE.—Section 6382(b)(1) of such title is 18
729	729	amended— 19
730	730	(1) by inserting after the third sentence the fol-20
731	731	lowing new sentence: ‘‘Subject to subsection (e)(4) 21
732	732	and section 6383(f), leave under subsection (a)(5) 22
733	733	may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave 23
734	734	schedule.’’; and 24
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737	737	•S 437 IS
738	738	(2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘involved,’’ 1
739	739	and inserting ‘‘involved (or, in the case of leave 2
740	740	under subsection (a)(5), for purposes of the 30-day 3
741	741	or 12-month period involved),’’. 4
742	742	(c) S
743	743	UBSTITUTION OF PAIDLEAVE.—Section 5
744	744	6382(d) of such title is amended by adding at the end 6
745	745	the following: 7
746	746	‘‘(3) An employee may elect to substitute for any part 8
747	747	of the period of leave under subsection (a)(5), any of the 9
748	748	employee’s accrued or accumulated annual or sick leave. 10
749	749	If the employee elects the substitution of that accrued or 11
750	750	accumulated annual or sick leave for leave under sub-12
751	751	section (a)(5), the employing agency shall not restrict or 13
752	752	limit the leave that may be substituted or impose any addi-14
753	753	tional terms and conditions on the substitution of such 15
754	754	leave that are more stringent for the employee than the 16
755	755	terms and conditions set forth in this subchapter.’’. 17
756	756	(d) N
757	757	OTICE.—Section 6382(e) of such title, as 18
758	758	amended by section 3(b)(2), is further amended by adding 19
759	759	at the end the following new paragraph: 20
760	760	‘‘(4) In any case in which an employee requests leave 21
761	761	under paragraph (5) of subsection (a), the employee 22
762	762	shall— 23
763	763	‘‘(A) provide the employing agency with not less 24
764	764	than 7 days’ notice, or (if such notice is impracti-25
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767	767	•S 437 IS
768	768	cable) such notice as is practicable, before the date 1
769	769	the leave is to begin, of the employee’s intention to 2
770	770	take leave under such paragraph; and 3
771	771	‘‘(B) in the case of leave to be taken under sub-4
772	772	section (a)(5)(A)(ii), make a reasonable effort to 5
773	773	schedule the activity or care involved so as not to 6
774	774	disrupt unduly the operations of the employing agen-7
775	775	cy, subject to the approval of the health care pro-8
776	776	vider involved (if any).’’. 9
777	777	(e) C
778	778	ERTIFICATION.—Section 6383(f) of such title is 10
779	779	amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(E) or (3) of’’ and 11
780	780	inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(E), (3) or (5) of’’. 12
781	781	Æ
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