Flexible Leave Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7505 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7505

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow all leave to 
                 be taken on an intermittent schedule.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2026

Ms. McBride (for herself and Mrs. Luna) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in 
  addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 
House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow all leave to 
                 be taken on an intermittent schedule.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Flexible Leave Act''.

SEC. 2. INTERMITTENT LEAVE UNDER THE FMLA.

    (a) Intermittent Leave.--Section 102(b) of the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(b)) is amended in paragraph (1) by 
striking the first three sentences and inserting the following: 
``Subject to paragraph (2), paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (e), 
and subsection (f) of section 103 (as appropriate), leave under 
subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3) may be taken intermittently or on a reduced 
leave schedule.''.
    (b) Removal of Certification Requirement for Intermittent Leave.--
Section 103(b) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2613(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3) by adding ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4)(B), striking the semicolon at the end 
        and inserting a period; and
            (3) by striking paragraphs (5), (6), and (7).
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