,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gidh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #af1          
#bjbf,mrs4 ,ramirez introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1  
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 deem
 certain individuals as parents of      
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
employees for purposes of determining   
entitlement to certain family and       
medical leave for such employees4  #a4  
,treatment of certain family members of 
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
employees for purposes of family and    
medical leave  7a7  ,in general         
,notwithstanding section #gdba of title 
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 or any other
 provision of law1 a parent of the      

spouse of a covered employee shall1 for 
the purposes of determining eligibility 
for the entitlement of the covered      
employee to leave under section         
#fchb7;a77#a77;,c7 of title #e1 ,united 
,states ,code1 be deemed as a parent of 
the covered employee4  7b7 ,definitions 
,in this section3 7#a7 ,the term covered
 employee means an employee of the      
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
7including an employee who is appointed 
in the ,veterans ,health ,administration
 under any provision of chapter #gd of  
such title on a full-time basis in a    
position listed in section #gdba7;b7 of 
such title74  7#b7 ,the terms employee  
and parent have the meanings given such 
terms in section #fcha of title #e1     
,united ,states ,code4