[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3757]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 730. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 520. EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF LEAVE IN CONNECTION 
                   WITH BIRTHS AND ADOPTIONS.

       (a) Primary Caregiver Leave in Connection With Birth or 
     Adoption.--Subsection (i) of section 701 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the primary'' and 
     inserting ``a primary'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) by striking ``the primary'' and inserting ``a 
     primary''; and
       (ii) by striking ``six weeks'' and inserting ``12 weeks''; 
     and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) More than one individual may be designated as a 
     primary caregiver under subparagraph (A) or (B) in connection 
     with a birth or adoption.'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the 
     end the following: ``, and the criteria to be used in 
     designating individuals as primary caregivers for purposes of 
     paragraph (1)'';
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``leave--'' and all that 
     follows and inserting ``leave is specifically recommended, in 
     writing, by the medical provided of the member to address a 
     diagnosed medical condition.'';
       (4) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (10) as 
     paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; and
       (5) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
     paragraph (6):
       ``(6)(A) Leave of a member under paragraph (1) or (4) 
     terminates on the date of death of the child concerned.
       ``(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to 
     terminate the eligibility of a member for emergency leave 
     under section 709 of this title in connection with a death 
     described in that subparagraph.''.
       (b) Secondary Caregiver Leave in Connection With Birth or 
     Adoption.--Subsection (j) of such section is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``the secondary caregiver'' and inserting 
     ``a secondary caregiver'';
       (B) by striking ``21 days'' and inserting ``12 weeks''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``More 
     than one individual may be designated as a secondary 
     caregiver under this paragraph in connection with a birth or 
     adoption.'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period at the 
     end the following: ``, and the criteria to be used in 
     designating individuals as secondary caregivers for purposes 
     of paragraph (1)'';
       (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);
       (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
     paragraph (4):
       ``(4)(A) Leave of a member under paragraph (1) terminates 
     on the date of death of the child concerned.
       ``(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to 
     terminate the eligibility of a member for emergency leave 
     under section 709 of this title in connection with a death 
     described in that subparagraph.''; and
       (5) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by paragraph (3) of 
     this subsection--
       (A) by striking ``paragraphs (6) through (10)'' and 
     inserting ``paragraphs (7) through (11)''; and
       (B) by striking ``paragraph (9)(B)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraph (10)(B)''.
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