,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,scott of ,virginia 7for himself1 ,ms4 
,adams1 ,mr4 ,takano1 and ,mrs4 ,lee of 
,nevada7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and ,labor1 and in addition  
to the ,committees on ,oversight and    
,reform1 and ,house ,administration1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,family and ,medical ,leave   
,act of #aiic to provide for leave with 
respect to a public health emergency1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as        
,emergency ,family and ,medical ,leave  
,expansion ,act4  #b4 ,amendments to the
 ,family and ,medical ,leave ,act of    
#aiic  7a7 ,public health emergency     
leave ,section #ajb7;a77#a7 of the      

,family and ,medical ,leave ,act of     
#aiic 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bfab7;a77#a77 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,f7 ,during the #b-year    
period beginning on the date of the     
enactment of the ,emergency ,family and 
,medical ,leave ,expansion ,act1 because
 of a qualifying need related to a      
public health emergency in accordance   
with section #aaj4  4  7b7 ,requirements
 ,title ,i of the ,family and ,medical  
,leave ,act of #aiic 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4     
#bfaa et seq47 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #aaj4 ,public   
health emergency leave  7a7 ,definitions
 ,the following shall apply with respect
 to leave under section                 
#ajb7;a77#a77;,f73 7#a7 ,application of 
certain terms ,the definitions in       
section #aja shall apply1 except as     
follows3 7,a7 ,eligible employee ,in    
lieu of the definition in section       
#aja7d77;,a71 the term eligible employee
 means an employee who has been employed
 for at least #cj days by the employer  

with respect to whom leave is requested 
under section #ajb7;a77#a77;,f74  7,b7  
,employer threshold ,section            
#aja7d77;,a77i7 shall be applied by     
substituting #a or more employees for   
#ej or more employees for each working  
day during each of #bj or more calendar 
workweeks in the current or preceding   
calendar year4  7,c7 ,parent ,in lieu of
 the definition in section #aja7g71 the 
term parent1 with respect to an         
employee1 means any of the following3   
7i7 ,a biological1 foster1 or adoptive  
parent of the employee4  7ii7 ,a        
stepparent of the employee4  7iii7 ,a   
parent-in-law of the employee4  7iv7 ,a 
parent of a domestic partner of the     
employee4  7v7 ,a legal guardian or     
other person who stood in loco parentis 
to an employee when the employee was a  
child4  7#b7 ,additional definitions ,in
 addition to the definitions described  
in paragraph 7#a71 the following        
definitions shall apply with respect to 
leave under section #ajb7;a77#a77;,f73  

7,a7 ,qualifying need related to a      
public health emergency ,the term       
qualifying need related to a public     
health emergency1 with respect to leave1
 means the employee has a need for leave
 for one of the following3 7i7 ,to      
comply with a recommendation or order by
 a public official having jurisdiction  
or a health care provider on the basis  
that-- 7,i7 the physical presence of the
 employee on the job would jeopardize   
the health of others because of-- 7aa7  
the exposure of the employee to         
coronavirus2 or  7bb7 exhibition of     
symptoms of coronavirus by the employee2
 and  7,,ii7 the employee is unable to  
both perform the functions of the       
position of such employee and comply    
with such recommendation or order4  7ii7
 ,to care for a family member of an     
eligible employee with respect to whom a
 public official having jurisdiction or 
a health care provider makes a          
determination that the presence of the  
family member in the community would    

jeopardize the health of other          
individuals in the community because    
of-- 7,i7 the exposure of such family   
member to coronavirus2 or  7,,ii7       
exhibition of symptoms of coronavirus by
 such family member4  7iii7 ,to care for
 the son or daughter of such employee if
 the school or place of care has been   
closed1 or the child care provider of   
such son or daughter is unavailable1 due
 to a public health emergency4  7,b7    
,public health emergency ,the term      
public health emergency means an        
emergency with respect to coronavirus   
declared by a ,federal1 ,state1 or local
 authority4  7,c7 ,child care provider  
,the term child care provider means a   
provider who receives compensation for  
providing child care services on a      
regular basis1 including an eligible    
child care provider 7as defined in      
section #feh,p of the ,child ,care and  
,development ,block ,grant ,act of #aiij
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ihehn774  7,d7         
,coronavirus ,the term coronavirus has  

the meaning given the term in section   
#ejf of the ,coronavirus ,preparedness  
and ,response ,supplemental             
,appropriations ,act1 #bjbj4  7,e7      
,school ,the term school means an       
elementary school or secondary school as
 such terms are defined in section #haja
 of the ,elementary and ,secondary      
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja74  7,f7 ,family ,the term family  
member1 with respect to an employee1    
means any of the following3 7i7 ,a      
parent of the employee4  7ii7 ,a spouse 
of the employee4  7iii7 ,a sibling of   
the employee4  7iv7 ,next of kin of the 
employee or a person for whom the       
employee is next of kin4  7v7 ,a son or 
daughter of the employee4  7vi7 ,a      
grandparent or grandchild of the        
employee4  7b7 ,leave taken             
intermittently or ,on a reduced work    
schedule  7#a7 ,in general ,subject to  
paragraph 7#b71 leave taken under       
section #ajb7;a77#a77;,f7 may not be    
taken intermittently or on a reduced    

work schedule4  7#b7 ,care for son or   
daughter ,paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply
 with respect to leave taken for the    
purpose described in subsection         
7a77#b77;,a77iii7 if the son or daughter
 of the employee with respect to whom   
the subsection applies has not been     
exposed to coronavirus4  7c7            
,relationship to paid leave  7#a7 ,in   
general ,an employee may elect to       
substitute any of the accrued vacation  
leave1 personal leave1 or medical or    
sick leave for leave under section      
#ajb7;a77#a77;,f7 in accordance with    
section #ajb7;d77#b77;,b74  7#b7        
,employer requirement ,an employer may  
not require an employee to substitute   
any leave as described in paragraph 7#a7
 for leave under section                
#ajb7;a77#a77;,f74  7d7 ,notice ,in any 
case where the necessity for leave under
 section #ajb7;a77#a77;,f7 for the      
purpose described in subsection         
7a77#b77;,a77iii7 is foreseeable1 an    
employee shall provide the employer with

 such notice of leave as is practicable4
  7e7 ,certification  7#a7 ,in general  
,an employer may require that a request 
for leave under section                 
#ajb7;a77#a77;,f7 be supported by       
documentation described in paragraph    
7#b74 ,an employer may not require such 
documentation until not later than #c   
weeks after the date on which the       
employee takes such leave4  7#b7        
,sufficient certification ,the following
 documentation shall be sufficient      
certification3 7,a7 ,with respect to    
leave taken for the purposes described  
in clause 7i7 or 7ii7 of subsection     
7a77#b77;,a7-- 7i7 a recommendation or  
order from a public official having     
jursidiction or a health care provider  
that the relevant individual has        
symptoms of coronavirus or should be    
quarantined2 or  7ii7 documentation or  
evidence that the relevant individual   
has been exposed to coronavirus4  7,b7  
,with respect to leave taken for the    
purposes described in clause 7iii7 of   

subsection 7a77#b77;,a71 notice from the
 school1 place of care1 or child care   
provider of the son or daughter of the  
employee of closure or unavailability4  
7f7 ,restoration to position  7#a7 ,in  
general ,section #ajd7;a77#a7 shall not 
apply with respect to an employee of an 
employer who employs fewer than #be     
employees if the conditions described in
 paragraph 7#b7 are met4  7#b7          
,conditions ,the conditions described in
 this paragraph are the following3 7,a7 
,the employee takes leave under section 
#ajb7;a77#a77;,f74  7,b7 ,the position  
held by the employee when the leave     
commenced does not exist due to economic
 conditions or other changes in         
operating conditions of the employer--  
7i7 that affect employment2 and  7ii7   
are caused by a public health emergency 
during the period of leave4  7,c7 ,the  
employer makes reasonable efforts to    
restore the employee to a position      
equivalent to the position the employee 
held when the leave commenced1 with     

equivalent employment benefits1 pay1 and
 other terms and conditions of          
employment4  7,d7 ,if the reasonable    
efforts of the employer under           
subparagraph 7,c7 fail1 the employer    
makes reasonable efforts during the     
period described in paragraph 7#c7 to   
contact the employee if an equivalent   
position described in subparagraph 7,c7 
becomes available4  7#c7 ,contact period
 ,the period described under this       
paragraph is the #a-year period         
beginning on the earlier of-- 7,a7 the  
date on which the qualifying need       
related to a public health emergency    
concludes2 or  7,b7 the date that is #ab
 weeks after the date on which the      
employee's leave under section          
#ajb7;a77#a77;,f7 commences4  4