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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1529 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. · Sec. 702

Sec. 702. Family and medical leave

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Section 6381 is amended— in paragraph (6), in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking parentis, and inserting parentis (or a biological, adopted, or foster child of the domestic partner of the employee), ; in paragraph (11), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding after paragraph
(12)the following: the term domestic partner has the meaning given under section 2501. . Section 6382 is amended by striking spouse, each place that term appears and inserting spouse (or domestic partner), . Section 6383 is amended in subsections
(a)and (b)(4)(A) by striking spouse, each place it appears and inserting spouse (or domestic partner), . Section 202 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1312 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this subsection, the term domestic partner has the meaning given under section 2501 of title 5, United States Code. In the application of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. ) under subsection (a)(1) as to a covered employee who has a domestic partner— sections 102 through 105 of that Act shall apply as though domestic partner were inserted after spouse each place it appears in those sections; section 101(12) of that Act shall apply as though a child of the domestic partner of a covered employee, which child meets the conditions of subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of that section, were included in the term son or daughter as defined in that section; and if the covered employee and the domestic partner of the covered employee are employed by the same employing office, the limit on the aggregate number of workweeks of leave to which both may be entitled, as stated in section 102(f) of that Act, shall apply. In the application of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) as to an employee of the Government Accountability Office who has a domestic partner— sections 102 through 105 of that Act shall apply as though domestic partner were inserted after spouse each place it appears in those sections; section 101(12) of that Act shall apply as though a child of the domestic partner of the employee, which child meets the conditions of subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of that section, were included in the term son or daughter as defined in that section; and in any case in which the employee and the domestic partner of the employee are both employed by the Government Accountability Office, the limit on the aggregate number of workweeks of leave to which both may be entitled, as stated in section 102(f) of that Act, shall apply. . Section 412 of title 3, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: In this subsection, the term domestic partner has the meaning given under section 2501 of title 5. In the application of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. ) under subsection (a)(1) as to a covered employee who has a domestic partner— sections 102 through 105 of that Act shall apply as though domestic partner were inserted after spouse each place it appears in those sections; section 101(12) of that Act shall apply as though a child of the domestic partner of a covered employee, which child meets the conditions of subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of that section, were included in the term son or daughter as defined in that section; and if the covered employee and the domestic partner of the covered employee are employed by the same employing office, the limit on the aggregate number of workweeks of leave to which both may be entitled, as stated in section 102(f) of that Act, shall apply. .
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