# Federal Register 2026-21104 — effective 2026-12-14 — Family and Medical Leave Act — Personnel Management Office

For Federal Register 2026-21104, effective date is 2026-12-14; agency is Personnel Management Office; published is 2026-10-15; cfr parts amended is 5 CFR 630, recorded from its source on 2026-10-19; source re-checked 2026-11-03.

- **FR document number:** 2026-21104 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Family and Medical Leave Act _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Personnel Management Office _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-12-14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** This rule is effective December 14, 2026, unless significant adverse comments are received by November 16, 2026. If significant adverse comments are received, OPM will withdraw the affected provisions of this rule and issue a notice of proposed rulemaking. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 5 CFR 630 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-10-15 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-31&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-11-03. Review by: 2026-11-16.
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