[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5519 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5519

 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, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious 
               health condition, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2016

    Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Scott of 
 Virginia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lee, Mr. Nadler, 
and Mr. Jeffries) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 and title 5, United 
States Code, to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-
law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious 
               health condition, and for other purposes.

    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, GRANDPARENT, GRANDCHILD, OR OTHER 
              INDIVIDUAL RELATED BY BLOOD OR AFFINITY.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Inclusion of grandparents, grandchildren, parents-in-
        law, siblings, and domestic partners.--Section 101 of such Act 
        is further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) 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; or
                    ``(B) in the case of an unmarried employee, an 
                unmarried adult person who is in a committed, personal 
                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.
            ``(21) Grandchild.--The term `grandchild' means the son or 
        daughter of an employee's son or daughter.
            ``(22) Grandparent.--The term `grandparent' means a parent 
        of a parent of an employee.
            ``(23) Parent-in-law.--The term `parent-in-law' means a 
        parent of the spouse or domestic partner of an employee.
            ``(24) Sibling.--The term `sibling' means any person who is 
        a son or daughter of an employee's parent.
            ``(25) Son-in-law and daughter-in-law.--The terms `son-in-
        law' and `daughter-in-law', used with respect to an employee, 
        means any person who is a spouse or domestic partner of a son 
        or daughter of the employee.''.
            (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)(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, grandchild, or sibling, of the employee, or any 
        other individual related by blood or affinity whose close 
        association with the employee is the equivalent of a family 
        relationship, if such spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, 
        parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or 
        such other individual'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking ``spouse, or a 
        son, daughter, or parent of the employee'' and inserting 
        ``spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling of the employee, or any 
        other individual related by blood or affinity whose close 
        association with the employee is the equivalent of a family 
        relationship'';
            (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``spouse, son, 
        daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember'' 
        and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, son, daughter, son-
        in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or 
        sibling, or next of kin of a covered servicemember, or any 
        other individual related by blood or affinity to a covered 
        servicemember who close association with such servicemember is 
        the equivalent of a family relationship'';
            (4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ``spouse, parent, 
        or covered servicemember of the employee'' and inserting 
        ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or covered servicemember of 
        the employee, or any other individual related by blood or 
        affinity whose close association with the employee is the 
        equivalent of a family relationship'';
            (5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ``spouse, or a son, 
        daughter, or parent, of the employee'' and inserting ``spouse 
        or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, 
        grandchild, or sibling, of the employee, or any other 
        individual related by blood or affinity whose close association 
        with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship''; 
        and
            (6) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``or domestic partners'' after ``husband and 
                wife''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or parent-
                in-law'' after ``parent''.
    (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 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 ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee, or of 
        the next of kin of an individual in the case of leave taken 
        under such paragraph (3), as appropriate, or any other 
        individual related by blood or affinity whose close association 
        with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship'';
            (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 or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual 
        related by blood or affinity whose close association with the 
        employee is the equivalent of a family relationship and an 
        estimate of the amount of time that such employee is needed to 
        care for such son, daughter, spouse or domestic partner, 
        parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, or such other 
        individual''; and
            (3) in subsection (b)(7), by striking ``parent, or spouse'' 
        and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual 
        related by blood or affinity whose close association with the 
        employee is the equivalent of a family relationship''.
    (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 or domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other 
        individual related by blood or affinity whose close association 
        with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship''; 
        and
            (2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``spouse, or 
        parent'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other 
        individual related by blood or affinity whose close association 
        with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Inclusion of domestic partners, parents-in-law, adult 
        children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, or other 
        individuals related by blood or affinity.--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 `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; or
                    ``(B) in the case of an unmarried employee, an 
                unmarried adult person who is in a committed, personal 
                relationship with the employee, is not a domestic 
                partner to any other person, and who is designated to 
                the employing agency by such employee as that 
                employee's domestic partner;
            ``(14) the term `parent-in-law' means a parent of the 
        spouse or domestic partner of an employee;
            ``(15) the term `grandchild' means the son or daughter of 
        an employee's son or daughter;
            ``(16) the term `grandparent' means a parent of a parent of 
        an employee;
            ``(17) the term `sibling' means any person who is a son or 
        daughter of an employee's parent; and
            ``(18) the terms `son-in-law and daughter-in-law', used 
        with respect to an employee, means any person who is a spouse 
        or domestic partner of a son or daughter of the employee.''.
            (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)(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, grandchild, or sibling, of the employee, or any 
        other individual related by blood or affinity whose close 
        association with the employee is the equivalent of a family 
        relationship, if such spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, 
        parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or 
        such other individual'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking ``spouse, or a 
        son, daughter, or parent'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
        partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, 
        sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity 
        whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of 
        a family relationship'';
            (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``spouse, son, 
        daughter, parent,'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, 
        son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, sibling, or any other individual related by 
        blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is 
        the equivalent of a family relationship,'';
            (4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ``spouse, 
        parent,'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other 
        individual related by blood or affinity whose close association 
        with the employee is the equivalent of a family 
        relationship,''; and
            (5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ``spouse, or a son, 
        daughter, or parent,'' and inserting ``spouse or domestic 
        partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, 
        sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity 
        whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of 
        a family relationship,''.
    (c) Certification.--Section 6383 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``spouse, or parent'' 
        and inserting ``spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-
        law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual 
        related by blood or affinity whose close association with the 
        employee is the equivalent of a family relationship,''; 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 or domestic partner, parent, 
        parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other 
        individual related by blood or affinity whose close association 
        with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship 
        and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee is 
        needed to care for such son, daughter, spouse or domestic 
        partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, 
        sibling, or such other individual''.
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