[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 2792 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2792

 To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to 
  care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult 
   child, sibling, or grandparent who has a serious health condition.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2007

   Mrs. Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to 
  the Committees on House Administration and Oversight and Government 
 Reform, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to 
  care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult 
   child, sibling, or grandparent who has a serious health condition.

    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 ``Family and Medical Leave Inclusion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LEAVE TO CARE FOR A DOMESTIC PARTNER, PARENT-IN-LAW, ADULT 
              CHILD, SIBLING, OR GRANDPARENT.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Inclusion of same-sex spouses.--Section 101(13) of the 
        Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(13)) is 
        amended, by inserting ``, and includes a same-sex spouse as 
        determined under applicable State law'' before the period.
            (2) Inclusion of adult children.--Section 101(12) of such 
        Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(12)) is amended by striking ``who is--'' 
        and all that follows and inserting ``and includes an adult 
        child''.
            (3) Inclusion of grandparents, parents-in-law, siblings, 
        and domestic partners.--Section 101 of such Act is further 
        amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (13) as 
                paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (11), (12), 
                (13), (15), (16), and (17), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Domestic partner.--The term `domestic partner' 
        means--
                    ``(A) the person recognized as the domestic partner 
                of the employee under any domestic partner registry or 
                civil union laws of the State or political subdivision 
                of a State where the employee resides; or
                    ``(B) in the case of an unmarried employee who 
                lives in a State where a person cannot marry a person 
                of the same sex under the laws of the State, a single, 
                unmarried adult person of the same sex as the employee 
                who is in a committed, intimate relationship with the 
                employee, is not a domestic partner to any other 
                person, and who is designated to the employer by such 
                employee as that employee's domestic partner.'';
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
            ``(7) Grandparent.--The term `grandparent' means a parent 
        of a parent of an employee.'';
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (9) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
            ``(10) Parent-in-law.--The term `parent-in-law' means a 
        parent of the spouse or domestic partner of an employee.''; and
                    (E) by inserting after paragraph (13) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
            ``(14) Sibling.--The term `sibling' means any person who is 
        a son or daughter of an employee's parent.''.
    (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)(1)(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, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandparent, or sibling, of the employee if such spouse, 
        domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandparent, or sibling''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ``spouse, or 
        parent'' and inserting ``spouse, domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling''.
    (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 ``spouse, or parent'' 
        and inserting ``spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, or sibling'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ``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 ``spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, or sibling and an estimate of the amount of 
        time that such employee is needed to care for such son, 
        daughter, spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandparent, or sibling''; and
            (3) in subsection (b)(7), by striking ``parent, or spouse'' 
        and inserting ``spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, or sibling''.
    (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 ``spouse, or 
        parent'' and inserting ``spouse, domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling'' ; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``spouse, or 
        parent'' and inserting ``spouse, domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Inclusion of adult children.--Section 6381(6) of title 
        5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``who is--'' and 
        all that follows and inserting ``and includes an adult child''.
            (2) Inclusion of grandparents, parents-in-law, siblings, 
        and domestic partners.--Section 6381 of such title is further 
        amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as 
                paragraphs (4), (7), (8), (9), and (10), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Domestic partner.--The term `domestic partner' 
        means--
                    ``(A) the person recognized as the domestic partner 
                of the employee under any domestic partner registry or 
                civil union laws of the State or political subdivision 
                of a State where the employee resides; or
                    ``(B) in the case of an unmarried employee who 
                lives in a State where a person cannot marry a person 
                of the same sex under the laws of the State, a single, 
                unmarried adult person of the same sex as the employee 
                who is in a committed, intimate relationship with the 
                employee, is not a domestic partner to any other 
                person, and who is designated to the employer by such 
                employee as that employee's domestic partner.'';
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
            ``(5) Parent-in-law.--The term `parent-in-law' means a 
        parent of the spouse or domestic partner of an employee.
            ``(6) Grandparent.--The term `grandparent' means a parent 
        of a parent of an employee.''; and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (8) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
            ``(9) Sibling.--The term `sibling' means any person who is 
        a son or daughter of an employee's parent.''.
            (3) Inclusion of same-sex spouses.--Section 6381of such 
        title, as amended by this subsection, is further amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
            ``(11) Spouse.--The term `spouse' includes a same-sex 
        spouse as determined under applicable State law.''.
    (b) Leave Requirement.--Section 6382 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(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, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandparent, or sibling, of the employee if such spouse, 
        domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandparent, or sibling''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ``spouse, or 
        parent'' and inserting ``spouse, domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling''.
    (c) Certification.--Section 6383 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``spouse, or parent'' 
        and inserting ``spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, or sibling''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ``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 ``spouse, domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling and an estimate of the 
        amount of time that such employee is needed to care for such 
        son, daughter, spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandparent, or sibling''.
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