I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2528 To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to permit leave to care for an adult child, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition, and for other pur- poses. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 6, 2023 Mr. RUIZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider- ation 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 an adult child, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grandparent-Grand- 4 child Medical Leave Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 15, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2528.IH H2528 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2528 IH SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL LEAVE UNDER THE FMLA. 1 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 2 (1) INCLUSION OF GRANDCHILD AND GRAND- 3 PARENTS.—Section 101 of the Family and Medical 4 Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611) is amended by 5 adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(20) GRANDCHILD.—The term ‘grandchild’ 7 means the son or daughter of an employee’s son or 8 daughter. 9 ‘‘(21) GRANDPARENT.—The term ‘grandparent’ 10 means a parent of a parent of an employee.’’. 11 (2) INCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN.—Section 12 101(12) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(12)) is amend- 13 ed, by striking ‘‘who is—’’ and all that follows and 14 inserting ‘‘and includes an adult child.’’. 15 (b) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 102 of such Act 16 (29 U.S.C. 2612) is amended— 17 (1) in subsection (a)— 18 (A) in paragraph (1)— 19 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 20 ‘‘or daughter’’ both places it appears and 21 inserting ‘‘, daughter, or grandchild’’; 22 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 23 ‘‘or daughter’’ and inserting ‘‘, daughter, 24 or grandchild’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 15, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2528.IH H2528 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2528 IH (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 1 ‘‘or parent’’ both places it appears and in- 2 serting ‘‘grandchild, parent, or grand- 3 parent’’; and 4 (iv) in subparagraph (E), by striking 5 ‘‘or parent’’ and inserting ‘‘grandchild, 6 parent, or grandparent’’; 7 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or 8 daughter’’ and inserting ‘‘, daughter, or grand- 9 child’’; and 10 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘parent,’’ 11 and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, grand- 12 parent,’’; 13 (2) in subsection (e)— 14 (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘par- 15 ent,’’ and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, grand- 16 parent,’’; and 17 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or par- 18 ent,’’ and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, or 19 grandparent,’’; and 20 (3) in subsection (f)(B), by inserting ‘‘or grand- 21 parent’’ after ‘‘parent’’. 22 (c) CERTIFICATION.—Section 103 of such Act (29 23 U.S.C. 2613) is amended— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 15, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2528.IH H2528 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2528 IH (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or parent’’ 1 and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, or grandparent’’; 2 (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘or par- 3 ent’’ and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, or grand- 4 parent’’; and 5 (3) in subsection (b)(7), by striking ‘‘or spouse’’ 6 and inserting ‘‘grandchild, grandparent, or spouse’’. 7 (d) EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS PROTECTION.— 8 Section 104(c)(3) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 9 of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(3)) is amended— 10 (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘or par- 11 ent’’ and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, or grand- 12 parent’’; and 13 (2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘or 14 parent’’ and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, or grand- 15 parent’’. 16 SEC. 3. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 17 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 18 (1) INCLUSION OF GRANDPARENTS AND GRAND- 19 CHILDREN.—Section 6381 of title 5, United States 20 Code, is amended— 21 (A) in paragraph (11) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 22 and inserting a semicolon; 23 (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe- 24 riod and inserting a semicolon; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 15, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2528.IH H2528 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2528 IH (C) by adding at the end the following: 1 ‘‘(13) the term ‘grandchild’ means the son or 2 daughter of an employee’s son or daughter; and 3 ‘‘(14) the term ‘grandparent’ means a parent of 4 a parent of an employee;’’. 5 (2) INCLUSION OF ADULT CHILDREN.—Section 6 6381(6) of such title is amended, by striking ‘‘who 7 is—’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘and in- 8 cludes an adult child.’’. 9 (b) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 6382 of title 5, 10 United States Code, is amended— 11 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘or par- 12 ent’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘grand- 13 child, parent, or grandparent’’; 14 (2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘or par- 15 ent’’ and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, or grand- 16 parent’’; 17 (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘parent,’’ 18 and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, grandparent’’; 19 (4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘par- 20 ent,’’ and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, grand- 21 parent’’; and 22 (5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ‘‘or par- 23 ent,’’ and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, or grand- 24 parent’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 15, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2528.IH H2528 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 2528 IH (c) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383 of title 5, United 1 States Code, is amended— 2 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or parent’’ 3 and inserting ‘‘grandchild, parent, or grandparent,’’; 4 and 5 (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘or par- 6 ent’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘grand- 7 child, parent, or grandparent’’. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:13 Apr 15, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2528.IH H2528 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS