Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Pandemic Leave Extension Act”.
Pandemic Leave Extension Act
A BILL
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act to extend paid leave, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Extension of Paid Leave
in section 5102(b)(2), by inserting “in each calendar year” after “paid sick time”;
in section 5103(b),
by striking “Not later than” and inserting “(1) In general.—Not later than”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) Updates—The notice under paragraph (1) shall be updated and made publicly available not later than 7 days after the date of the enactment of the Pandemic Leave Extension Act.”
in section 5108, by striking the period at the end and inserting “or 15 days after the date of the enactment of the Pandemic Leave Extension Act.”; and
in section 5109, by striking “December 31, 2020” and inserting “the date that is the end of the public health emergency related to the coronavirus declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d)”.
Family and Medical Leave Act—
Amendment— The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611 et seq.) is amended in section 102(a)(1)(F) (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(F)), by striking “December 31, 2020” and inserting “the date that is the end of the public health emergency related to the coronavirus declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d)”.
Effective date— The amendment under paragraph (1) shall take effect not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.