119-hr1002

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1002 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1002

 To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United 
States Code, to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-
 law, or adult child, or another related individual, who has a serious 
health condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional leave, 
 parental involvement and family wellness leave to participate in or 
 attend their children's and grandchildren's educational and 
 extracurricular activities or meet family care needs.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 5, 2025

 Mrs. Hayes (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
Davis of Illinois, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Stansbury, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, 
 Ms. Pingree, Mr. Casten, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
 Frost, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. 
Deluzio, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Carson, 
 Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. 
 Cleaver, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Olszewski, 
 Ms. McBride, Ms. Underwood, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. McIver, Mr. 
 McGarvey, and Ms. Omar) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition 
 to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House 
 Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
 within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United 
States Code, to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-
 law, or adult child, or another related individual, who has a serious 
health condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional leave, 
 parental involvement and family wellness leave to participate in or 
 attend their children's and grandchildren's educational and 
 extracurricular activities or meet family care needs.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Caring for All Families Act''.

SEC. 2. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON-IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-
 LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, ADULT CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, 
 OR SIBLING OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR ANOTHER RELATED 
 INDIVIDUAL.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-

    (1) Inclusion of related individuals.--

Section 101 of the 
 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611) is 
 amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (20) Any other individual whose close association is the 
 equivalent of a family relationship.--The term `any other 
 individual whose close association is the equivalent of a 
 family relationship', used with respect to an employee or a 
 covered servicemember, means any person with whom the employee 
 or covered servicemember, as the case may be, has a significant 
 personal bond that is or is like a family relationship, 
 regardless of biological or legal relationship.
 ``

    (21) Domestic partner.--The term `domestic partner', used 
 with respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, means--
 ``
        (A) the person recognized as the domestic partner 
 of the employee or covered servicemember under any 
 domestic partnership or civil union law of a State or 
 political subdivision of a State; or
 ``
        (B) in the case of an unmarried employee or 
 covered servicemember, an unmarried adult person who is 
 in a committed, personal relationship with the employee 
 or covered servicemember, is not a domestic partner as 
 described in subparagraph
        (A) to or in such a 
 relationship with any other person, and who is 
 designated to the employer by such employee or covered 
 service member as the domestic partner of that employee 
 or covered servicemember.
 ``

    (22) Grandchild.--The term `grandchild', used with 
 respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, means the 
 son or daughter of a son or daughter of the employee or covered 
 service member.
 ``

    (23) Grandparent.--The term `grandparent', used with 
 respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, means a 
 parent of a parent of the employee or covered service member.
 ``

    (24) Nephew; niece.--The terms `nephew' and `niece', used 
 with respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, mean a 
 son or daughter of the sibling of the employee or covered 
 service member.
 ``

    (25) Parent-in-law.--The term `parent-in-law', used with 
 respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, means a 
 parent of the spouse or domestic partner of the employee or 
 covered service member.
 ``

    (26) Sibling.--The term `sibling', used with respect to 
 an employee or a covered servicemember, means any person who is 
 a son or daughter of parent of the employee or covered service 
 member (other than the employee or covered servicemember).
 ``

    (27) Son-in-law; daughter-in-law.--The terms `son-in-law' 
 and `daughter-in-law', used with respect to an employee or a 
 covered servicemember, mean any person who is a spouse or 
 domestic partner of a son or daughter, as the case may be, of 
 the employee or covered service member.
 ``

    (28) Uncle; aunt.--The terms `uncle' and `aunt', used 
 with respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, mean 
 the son or daughter, as the case may be, of the grandparent of 
 the employee or covered servicemember (other than the parent of 
 the employee or covered service member).''.

    (2) Inclusion of adult children and children of a domestic 
 partner.--

Section 101

    (12) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611

    (12) ) is 
 amended--
        (A) by inserting ``a child of an individual's 
 domestic partner,'' after ``a legal ward,''; and
        (B) by striking ``who is--'' and all that follows 
 and inserting ``and includes an adult child.''.

    (b) Leave Requirement.--

Section 102 of the Family and Medical Leave 
Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1) --
            (i) in subparagraph
            (C) , by striking 
 ``spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of the 
 employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or 
 parent'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
 partner, or a son or daughter, son-in-law or 
 daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, 
 grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or 
 aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or 
 any other individual whose close association is 
 the equivalent of a family relationship with 
 the employee, if such spouse, domestic partner, 
 son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 
 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 
 sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, or 
 such other individual''; and
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (E) , by striking 
 ``spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the 
 employee'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
 partner, or a son or daughter, son-in-law or 
 daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, 
 grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew 
 or niece of the employee, or any other 
 individual whose close association is the 
 equivalent of a family relationship with the 
 employee''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``spouse, son, 
 daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered 
 servicemember'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
 partner, son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-
 law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, uncle 
 or aunt, nephew or niece, or next of kin of a covered 
 servicemember, or any other individual whose close 
 association is the equivalent of a family relationship 
 with the covered servicemember'';

    (2) in subsection

    (e) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (2)
        (A) , by striking ``son, 
 daughter, spouse, parent, or covered servicemember of 
 the employee, as appropriate'' and inserting ``son or 
 daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or 
 domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 
 grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or 
 covered servicemember of the employee, or any other 
 individual whose close association is the equivalent of 
 a family relationship with the employee, as 
 appropriate''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``spouse, or a 
 son, daughter, or parent, of the employee'' and 
 inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, or a son or 
 daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, 
 parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or 
 nephew or niece of the employee, or any other 
 individual whose close association is the equivalent of 
 a family relationship with the employee, as 
 appropriate,''; and

    (3) in subsection

    (f) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1) --
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by inserting ``, or domestic partners,'' 
 after ``husband and wife''; and
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (B) , by inserting ``or 
 parent-in-law'' after ``parent''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (2) , by inserting ``, or those 
 domestic partners,'' after ``husband and wife'' each 
 place it appears.
            (c) Certification.--

Section 103 of the Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2613) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``son, daughter, spouse, 
 or parent of the employee, or of the next of kin of an 
 individual in the case of leave taken under such paragraph

    (3) , 
 as appropriate'' and inserting ``son or daughter, son-in-law or 
 daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
 law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew 
 or niece of the employee, or the next of kin of an individual, 
 or any other individual whose close association is the 
 equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, as 
 appropriate''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (b) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (4)
        (A) , by striking ``son, 
 daughter, spouse, or parent and an estimate of the 
 amount of time that such employee is needed to care for 
 the son, daughter, spouse, or parent'' and inserting 
 ``son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 
 spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 
 grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or 
 nephew or niece of the employee, or any other 
 individual whose close association is the equivalent of 
 a family relationship with the employee, as 
 appropriate, and an estimate of the amount of time that 
 such employee is needed to care for such son or 
 daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or 
 domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 
 grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, 
 or such other individual''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (7) , by striking ``son, daughter, 
 parent, or spouse who has a serious health condition, 
 or will assist in their recovery,'' and inserting ``son 
 or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or 
 domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 
 grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, 
 with a serious health condition, of the employee, or an 
 individual, with a serious health condition, who is any 
 other individual whose close association is the 
 equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, 
 as appropriate, or will assist in the recovery,''.
            (d) Employment and Benefits Protection.--

Section 104
            (c) (3) of the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614
            (c) (3) ) is 
amended--

    (1) in subparagraph
        (A)
            (i) , by striking ``son, daughter, 
 spouse, or parent of the employee, as appropriate,'' and 
 inserting ``son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 
 spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 
 grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the 
 employee, or any other individual whose close association is 
 the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, as 
 appropriate,''; and

    (2) in subparagraph
            (C) 
            (ii) , by striking ``son, daughter, 
 spouse, or parent'' and inserting ``employee's son or daughter, 
 son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 
 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle 
 or aunt, or nephew or niece, or (with relation to the employee) 
 any other individual whose close association is the equivalent 
 of a family relationship, as appropriate,''.

SEC. 3. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, SON-IN-LAW, DAUGHTER-IN-
 LAW, PARENT-IN-LAW, ADULT CHILD, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, 
 OR SIBLING OF THE EMPLOYEE, OR ANOTHER RELATED INDIVIDUAL 
 FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-

    (1) Inclusion of a domestic partner, son-in-law, daughter-
 in-law, parent-in-law, adult child, grandparent, grandchild, or 
 sibling of the employee, or another individual whose close 
 association is the equivalent of a family relationship.--
 

Section 6381 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
        (A) in paragraph

    (11) by striking ``; and'' and 
 inserting a semicolon;
        (B) in paragraph

    (12) , by striking the period and 
 inserting a semicolon; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (13) the term `any other individual whose close 
 association is the equivalent of a family relationship', used 
 with respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, means 
 any person with whom the employee or covered servicemember, as 
 the case may be, has a significant personal bond that is or is 
 like a family relationship, regardless of biological or legal 
 relationship;
 ``

    (14) the term `domestic partner', used with respect to an 
 employee or a covered servicemember, means--
 ``
        (A) the person recognized as the domestic partner 
 of the employee or covered servicemember under any 
 domestic partnership or civil union law of a State or 
 political subdivision of a State; or
 ``
        (B) in the case of an unmarried employee or 
 covered servicemember, an unmarried adult person who is 
 in a committed, personal relationship with the employee 
 or covered servicemember, is not a domestic partner as 
 described in subparagraph
        (A) to or in such a 
 relationship with any other person, and who is 
 designated to the employing agency by such employee or 
 covered service member as the domestic partner of that 
 employee or covered servicemember;
 ``

    (15) the term `grandchild', used with respect to an 
 employee or a covered servicemember, means the son or daughter 
 of a son or daughter of the employee or covered service member;
 ``

    (16) the term `grandparent', used with respect to an 
 employee or a covered servicemember, means a parent of a parent 
 of the employee or covered service member;
 ``

    (17) the terms `nephew' and `niece', used with respect to 
 an employee or a covered servicemember, mean a son or daughter 
 of the sibling of the employee or covered service member;
 ``

    (18) the term `parent-in-law', used with respect to an 
 employee or a covered servicemember, means a parent of the 
 spouse or domestic partner of the employee or covered service 
 member;
 ``

    (19) the term `sibling', used with respect to an employee 
 or a covered servicemember, means any person who is a son or 
 daughter of parent of the employee or covered service member 
 (other than the employee or covered servicemember);
 ``

    (20) the terms `son-in-law' and `daughter-in-law', used 
 with respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, mean 
 any person who is a spouse or domestic partner of a son or 
 daughter, as the case may be, of the employee or covered 
 service member;
 ``

    (21) the term `State' has the same meaning given the term 
 in 

section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
 203); and
 ``

    (22) terms `uncle' and `aunt', used with respect to an 
 employee or a covered servicemember, mean the son or daughter, 
 as the case may be, of the grandparent of the employee or 
 covered servicemember (other than the parent of the employee or 
 covered service member).''.

    (2) Inclusion of adult children and children of a domestic 
 partner.--

Section 6381

    (6) of such title is amended--
        (A) by inserting ``a child of an individual's 
 domestic partner,'' after ``a legal ward,''; and
        (B) by striking ``who is--'' and all that follows 
 and inserting ``and includes an adult child''.

    (b) Leave Requirement.--

Section 6382 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1) --
            (i) in subparagraph
            (C) , by striking 
 ``spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of the 
 employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or 
 parent'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
 partner, or a son or daughter, son-in-law or 
 daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, 
 grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or 
 aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or 
 any other individual whose close association 
 with the employee is the equivalent of a family 
 relationship, if such spouse, domestic partner, 
 son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, 
 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 
 sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, or 
 such other individual''; and
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (E) , by striking 
 ``spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the 
 employee'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
 partner, or a son or daughter, son-in-law or 
 daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, 
 grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew 
 or niece of the employee, or any other 
 individual whose close association is the 
 equivalent of a family relationship with the 
 employee''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``spouse, son, 
 daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered 
 servicemember'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
 partner, son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-
 law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, uncle 
 or aunt, nephew or niece, or next of kin of a covered 
 servicemember, or any other individual whose close 
 association is the equivalent of a family relationship 
 with the covered servicemember''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (e) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (2)
        (A) , by striking ``son, 
 daughter, spouse, parent, or covered servicemember of 
 the employee, as appropriate'' and inserting ``son or 
 daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or 
 domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, 
 grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or 
 covered servicemember of the employee, or any other 
 individual whose close association is the equivalent of 
 a family relationship with the employee, as 
 appropriate''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``spouse, or a 
 son, daughter, or parent, of the employee'' and 
 inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, or a son or 
 daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, 
 parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or 
 nephew or niece of the employee, or any other 
 individual whose close association is the equivalent of 
 a family relationship with the employee, as 
 appropriate,''.
            (c) Certification.--

Section 6383 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``son, daughter, spouse, 
 or parent of the employee, as appropriate'' and inserting ``son 
 or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic 
 partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 
 sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or 
 any other individual whose close association is the equivalent 
 of a family relationship with the employee, as appropriate''; 
 and

    (2) in subsection

    (b)

    (4)
        (A) , by striking ``son, daughter, 
 spouse, or parent, and an estimate of the amount of time that 
 such employee is needed to care for such son, daughter, spouse, 
 or parent'' and inserting ``son or daughter, son-in-law or 
 daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
 law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew 
 or niece of the employee, or any other individual whose close 
 association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the 
 employee, as appropriate, and an estimate of the amount of time 
 that such employee is needed to care for such son or daughter, 
 son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, 
 parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle 
 or aunt, or nephew or niece, or such other individual''.

SEC. 4. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE UNDER THE FMLA FOR PARENTAL 
 INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS.

    (a) Leave Requirement.--

Section 102

    (a) of the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612

    (a) ), as amended by 

section 2

    (b) , is 
further amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraph

    (5) as paragraph

    (6) ; and

    (2) by inserting after paragraph

    (4) the following new 
 paragraph:
 ``

    (5) Entitlement to additional leave for parental 
 involvement and family wellness.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph
        (B) and 
 

section 103

    (g) , an eligible employee shall be entitled 
 to leave under this paragraph to--
 ``
            (i) participate in or attend an activity 
 that is sponsored by a school or community 
 organization and relates to a program of the 
 school or organization that is attended by a 
 son or daughter or a grandchild of the 
 employee; or
 ``
            (ii) meet routine family medical care 
 needs (including by attending medical and 
 dental appointments of the employee or a son or 
 daughter, spouse or domestic partner, or 
 grandchild of the employee) or attend to the 
 care needs of an elderly individual who is any 
 other individual whose close association is the 
 equivalent of a family relationship with the 
 employee (including by making visits to nursing 
 homes or group homes).
 ``
        (B) Limitations.--
 ``
            (i) In general.--An eligible employee 
 shall be entitled to--
 ``
            (I) not to exceed 4 hours of 
 leave under this paragraph during any 
 30-day period; and
 ``
            (II) not to exceed 24 hours of 
 leave under this paragraph during any 
 12-month period described in paragraph

    (4) .
 ``
            (ii) Coordination rule.--Leave under this 
 paragraph shall be in addition to any leave 
 provided under any other paragraph of this 
 subsection.
 ``
            (C) === Definitions. ===
-As used in this paragraph:
 ``
            (i) Community organization.--The term 
 `community organization' means a private 
 nonprofit organization that is representative 
 of a community or a significant segment of a 
 community and provides activities for 
 individuals described in 

section 101

    (12) , such 
 as a scouting or sports organization.
 ``
            (ii) School.--The term `school' means an 
 elementary school or secondary school (as such 
 terms are defined in 

section 8101 of the 
 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), a Head Start program 
 assisted under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
 9831 et seq.), and a child care facility 
 licensed under State law.''.

    (b) Schedule.--

Section 102

    (b)

    (1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612

    (b)

    (1) ) 
is amended by inserting after the third sentence the following new 
sentence: ``Subject to subsection

    (e)

    (4) and 

section 103

    (g) , leave 
under subsection

    (a)

    (5) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced 
leave schedule.''.
            (c) Substitution of Paid Leave.--

Section 102
            (d) (2) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2612
            (d) (2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
 ``
            (C) Parental involvement leave and family 
 wellness leave.--
 ``
            (i) Vacation leave; personal leave; 
 family leave.--An eligible employee may elect, 
 or an employer may require the employee, to 
 substitute any of the accrued paid vacation 
 leave, personal leave, or family leave of the 
 employee for any part of the period of leave 
 under subsection

    (a)

    (5) .
 ``
            (ii) Medical or sick leave.--An eligible 
 employee may elect, or an employer may require 
 the employee, to substitute any of the accrued 
 paid medical or sick leave of the employee for 
 any part of the period of leave provided under 
 clause
            (ii) of subsection

    (a)

    (5)
        (A) , except 
 that nothing in this title shall require an 
 employer to provide paid sick leave or paid 
 medical leave in any situation in which such 
 employer would not normally provide any such 
 paid leave.
 ``
            (iii) Prohibition on restrictions and 
 limitations.--If the employee elects or the 
 employer requires the substitution of accrued 
 paid leave for leave under subsection

    (a)

    (5) , 
 the employer shall not restrict or limit the 
 leave that may be substituted or impose any 
 additional terms and conditions on the 
 substitution of such leave that are more 
 stringent for the employee than the terms and 
 conditions set forth in this Act.''.
            (d) Notice.--

Section 102

    (e) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612

    (e) ), as 
amended by 

section 2

    (b) , is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
 ``

    (4) Notice relating to parental involvement and family 
 wellness leave.--In any case in which an employee requests 
 leave under paragraph

    (5) of subsection

    (a) , the employee 
 shall--
 ``
        (A) provide the employer with not less than 7 
 days' notice, or (if such notice is impracticable) such 
 notice as is practicable, before the date the leave is 
 to begin, of the employee's intention to take leave 
 under such paragraph; and
 ``
        (B) in the case of leave to be taken under 
 subsection

    (a)

    (5)
        (A)
            (ii) , make a reasonable effort to 
 schedule the activity or care involved so as not to 
 disrupt unduly the operations of the employer, subject 
 to the approval of the health care provider involved 
 (if any).''.

    (e) Certification.--

Section 103 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2613) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
 ``

    (g) Certification Related to Parental Involvement and Family 
Wellness Leave.--An employer may require that a request for leave under 

section 102

    (a)

    (5) be supported by a certification issued at such time 
and in such manner as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe.''.

SEC. 5. ENTITLEMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE FOR PARENTAL 
 INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS.

    (a) Leave Requirement.--

Section 6382

    (a) of title 5, United States 
Code, as amended by 

section 3

    (b) , is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (5)
        (A) Subject to subparagraph
        (B) and 

section 6383

    (f) , an 
employee shall be entitled to leave under this paragraph to--
 ``
            (i) participate in or attend an activity that is 
 sponsored by a school or community organization and relates to 
 a program of the school or organization that is attended by a 
 son or daughter or a grandchild of the employee; or
 ``
            (ii) meet routine family medical care needs (including by 
 attending medical and dental appointments of the employee or a 
 son or daughter, spouse or domestic partner, or grandchild of 
 the employee) or to attend to the care needs of an elderly 
 individual who is any other individual whose close association 
 is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee 
 (including by making visits to nursing homes and group homes).
 ``
        (B)
            (i) An employee is entitled to--
 ``
            (I) not to exceed 4 hours of leave under this paragraph 
 during any 30-day period; and
 ``
            (II) not to exceed 24 hours of leave under this paragraph 
 during any 12-month period described in paragraph

    (4) .
 ``
            (ii) Leave under this paragraph shall be in addition to any leave 
provided under any other paragraph of this subsection.
 ``
            (C) For the purpose of this paragraph--
 ``
            (i) the term `community organization' means a private 
 nonprofit organization that is representative of a community or 
 a significant segment of a community and provides activities 
 for individuals described in 

section 6381

    (6) , such as a 
 scouting or sports organization; and
 ``
            (ii) the term `school' means an elementary school or 
 secondary school (as such terms are defined in 

section 8101 of 
 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
 7801)), a Head Start program assisted under the Head Start Act 
 (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), and a child care facility licensed 
 under State law.''.

    (b) Schedule.--

Section 6382

    (b)

    (1) of such title is amended--

    (1) by inserting after the third sentence the following new 
 sentence: ``Subject to subsection

    (e)

    (4) and 

section 6383

    (f) , 
 leave under subsection

    (a)

    (5) may be taken intermittently or on 
 a reduced leave schedule.''; and

    (2) in the last sentence, by striking ``involved,'' and 
 inserting ``involved (or, in the case of leave under subsection

    (a)

    (5) , for purposes of the 30-day or 12-month period 
 involved),''.
            (c) Substitution of Paid Leave.--

Section 6382
            (d) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) An employee may elect to substitute for any part of the 
period of leave under subsection

    (a)

    (5) , any of the employee's accrued 
or accumulated annual or sick leave. If the employee elects the 
substitution of that accrued or accumulated annual or sick leave for 
leave under subsection

    (a)

    (5) , the employing agency shall not restrict 
or limit the leave that may be substituted or impose any additional 
terms and conditions on the substitution of such leave that are more 
stringent for the employee than the terms and conditions set forth in 
this subchapter.''.
            (d) Notice.--

Section 6382

    (e) of such title, as amended by 

section 3

    (b)

    (2) , is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
 ``

    (4) In any case in which an employee requests leave under 
paragraph

    (5) of subsection

    (a) , the employee shall--
 ``
        (A) provide the employing agency with not less than 7 
 days' notice, or (if such notice is impracticable) such notice 
 as is practicable, before the date the leave is to begin, of 
 the employee's intention to take leave under such paragraph; 
 and
 ``
        (B) in the case of leave to be taken under subsection

    (a)

    (5)
        (A)
            (ii) , make a reasonable effort to schedule the 
 activity or care involved so as not to disrupt unduly the 
 operations of the employing agency, subject to the approval of 
 the health care provider involved (if any).''.

    (e) Certification.--

Section 6383

    (f) of such title is amended by 
striking ``paragraph

    (1)
        (E) or

    (3) of'' and inserting ``paragraph

    (1)
        (E) ,

    (3) or

    (5) of''.
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