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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 3712 (Introduced in House) — To provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes. · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Definitions

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In this Act, the following definitions apply: The term caregiving day means, with respect to an individual, a calendar day in which the individual engaged in qualified caregiving. The term Commissioner means the Commissioner of Social Security. The term Deputy Commissioner means the Deputy Commissioner who heads the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave established under section 4(a). The term eligible individual means an individual who is entitled to a benefit under section 5 for a particular month, upon filing an application for such benefit for such month.
The term initial waiting period means a period beginning with the first caregiving day of an individual occurring during the individual’s benefit period and ending after the earlier of— the fifth caregiving day of the individual occurring during the benefit period; or the month preceding the first month in the benefit period during which occur not less than 15 caregiving days of the individual. The term qualified caregiving means any activity engaged in by an individual, other than regular employment, for a reason for which an eligible employee would be entitled to leave under subparagraphs
(A)through
(E)of paragraph
(1)of section 102(a) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2612(a) ). The term self-employment income has the same meaning as such term in section 211(b) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 411(b) ). The term State means any State of the United States or the District of Columbia or any Territory or possession of the United States. The term wages , except as such term is used in subsection (i)(2) of section 5, has the same meaning as such term in section 209 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 409 ). 60- day limitation period The term 60-day limitation period means a period— beginning with the first caregiving day of an individual occurring during the individual’s benefit period and after the expiration of the individual’s 5-day waiting period, if applicable; and ending with the 60th caregiving day of the individual occurring during the benefit period and after the expiration of the 5-day waiting period, disregarding any caregiving day of the individual occurring during any month in the benefit period after the first 20 caregiving days of the individual occurring during such month.
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