S.Amdt. 730

SA 730. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

SEC. 520. EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF LEAVE IN CONNECTION
WITH BIRTHS AND ADOPTIONS.

(a) Primary Caregiver Leave in Connection With Birth or
Adoption.--Subsection (i) of section 701 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the primary'' and
inserting ``a primary'';
(B) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) by striking ``the primary'' and inserting ``a
primary''; and
(ii) by striking ``six weeks'' and inserting ``12 weeks'';
and
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) More than one individual may be designated as a
primary caregiver under subparagraph (A) or (B) in connection
with a birth or adoption.'';
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ``, and the criteria to be used in
designating individuals as primary caregivers for purposes of
paragraph (1)'';
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``leave--'' and all that
follows and inserting ``leave is specifically recommended, in
writing, by the medical provided of the member to address a
diagnosed medical condition.'';
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (10) as
paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; and
(5) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new
paragraph (6):
``(6)(A) Leave of a member under paragraph (1) or (4)
terminates on the date of death of the child concerned.
``(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to
terminate the eligibility of a member for emergency leave
under section 709 of this title in connection with a death
described in that subparagraph.''.
(b) Secondary Caregiver Leave in Connection With Birth or
Adoption.--Subsection (j) of such section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``the secondary caregiver'' and inserting
``a secondary caregiver'';
(B) by striking ``21 days'' and inserting ``12 weeks''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``More
than one individual may be designated as a secondary
caregiver under this paragraph in connection with a birth or
adoption.'';
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ``, and the criteria to be used in
designating individuals as secondary caregivers for purposes
of paragraph (1)'';
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);
(4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new
paragraph (4):
``(4)(A) Leave of a member under paragraph (1) terminates
on the date of death of the child concerned.
``(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to
terminate the eligibility of a member for emergency leave
under section 709 of this title in connection with a death
described in that subparagraph.''; and
(5) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by paragraph (3) of
this subsection--
(A) by striking ``paragraphs (6) through (10)'' and
inserting ``paragraphs (7) through (11)''; and
(B) by striking ``paragraph (9)(B)'' and inserting
``paragraph (10)(B)''.
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