To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to clarify that organ donation surgery qualifies as a serious health condition.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4582 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4582

 To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United
  States Code, to clarify that organ donation surgery qualifies as a
                       serious health condition.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2025

 Mr. Bacon (for himself and Mr. Nadler) 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 and title 5, United
  States Code, to clarify that organ donation surgery qualifies as a
                       serious health condition.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF ORGAN DONATION SURGERY AS QUALIFYING AS A
              SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITION UNDER FMLA.

    (a) Private Sector Employees.--Section 101(11) of the Family and
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(11)) is amended by inserting
``(including recovery from surgery related to organ donation)'' after
``physical or mental condition''.
    (b) Federal Civil Service Employees.--
            (1) Definition.--Section 6381(5) of title 5, United States
        Code, is amended by inserting ``(including recovery from
        surgery related to organ donation)'' after ``physical or mental
        condition''.
            (2) Relationship to organ donor leave.--Section 6382(d)(1)
        of title 5, United States Code is amended by adding at the end
        the following: ``An employee who takes any part of the 12-week
        period of leave under subsection (a)(1) to serve as an organ
        donor (including recovery from surgery related to organ
        donation) shall substitute, for as much of that part as
        possible, any leave available to the employee under section
        6327.''.
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