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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 559 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because of the death of a son or daughter. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Family leave because of the death of a son or daughter

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Section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: Because of the death of a son or daughter. . Section 102(b)(1) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2612(b)(1) ) is amended by inserting after the third sentence the following new sentence: Leave under subsection (a)(1)(F) shall not be taken by an employee intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule unless the employee and the employer of the employee agree otherwise. . Section 102(d)(2)(B) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)(B) ) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking
(C)or
(D)and inserting (C), (D), or
(F). Section 102(e) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2612(e) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In any case in which the necessity for leave under subsection (a)(1)(F) is foreseeable, the employee shall provide such notice to the employer as is reasonable and practicable. . Section 102(f)(1)(A) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2612(f)(1)(A) ) is amended by striking subparagraph
(A)or
(B)and inserting subparagraph (A), (B), or
(F). Section 103 of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2613 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: An employer may require that a request for leave under section 102(a)(1)(F) be supported by a certification issued at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe. If the Secretary issues a regulation requiring such certification, the employee shall provide, in a timely manner, a copy of such certification to the employer. . Section 104(c) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2614(c) ) is amended— in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by inserting before the semicolon the following: , or a death that entitles the employee to leave under section 102(a)(1)(F) ; and in paragraph (3)(A)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting , or the death, before described ; in clause (ii), by striking or at the end; by redesignating clause
(iii)as clause (iv); and by inserting after clause
(ii)the following: a certification that meets such requirements as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe, in the case of an employee unable to return to work because of a death specified in section 102(a)(1)(F); or . Section 108 of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2618 ) is amended— in subsection (c)— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting after medical treatment the following: , or under section 102(a)(1)(F) that is foreseeable, ; and in subparagraph (A), by inserting after to exceed the following: (except in the case of leave under section 102(a)(1)(F)) ; and in paragraph (2), by striking section 102(e)(2) and inserting paragraphs
(2)and
(4)of section 102(e), as applicable ; and in subsection (d), in paragraphs
(2)and (3), by striking or
(C)each place it appears and inserting (C), or
(F). Section 6382(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Because of the death of a son or daughter. . Section 6382(b)(1) of such title is amended by inserting after the third sentence the following new sentence: Leave under subsection (a)(1)(F) shall not be taken by an employee intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule unless the employee and the employing agency of the employee agree otherwise. . Section 6382(d) of such title is amended, in the first sentence, by striking or
(E)and inserting (E), or
(F). Section 6382(e) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In any case in which the necessity for leave under subsection (a)(1)(F) is foreseeable, the employee shall provide such notice to the employing agency as is reasonable and practicable. . Section 6383 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: An employing agency may require that a request for leave under section 6382(a)(1)(F) be supported by a certification issued at such time and in such manner as the Office of Personnel Management may by regulation prescribe. If the Office issues a regulation requiring such certification, the employee shall provide, in a timely manner, a copy of such certification to the employer. .
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