1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Family Leave Act of 2017 . 2. Annual leave for family of deployed members of the uniformed services (a) In general Part III of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter: 44 Annual leave for family of deployed members of the uniformed services Sec. 4401. Definitions. 4402. Leave requirement. 4403. Certification. 4404. Employment and benefits protection. 4405. Prohibited acts. 4406. Enforcement. 4407. Miscellaneous provisions. 4401. Definitions In this chapter: (1) The terms benefit , rights and benefits , employee , employer , and uniformed services have the meaning given such terms in section 4303 of this title. (2) The term contingency operation has the same meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10. (3) The term eligible employee means an individual who is— (A) a family member of a member of a uniformed service; and (B) an employee of the employer with respect to whom leave is requested under section 4402 of this title. (4) The term family member means an individual who is, with respect to another individual, one of the following: (A) The spouse of the other individual. (B) A son or daughter of the other individual. (C) A parent of the other individual. (5) The term reduced leave schedule means a leave schedule that reduces the usual number of hours per workweek, or hours per workday, of an employee. (6) The terms spouse , son or daughter , and parent have the meaning given such terms in section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2611 ). 4402. Leave requirement (a) Entitlement to leave In any 12-month period, an eligible employee shall be entitled to two workweeks of leave for each family member of the eligible employee who, during such 12-month period— (1) is in the uniformed services; and (2) (A) receives notification of an impending call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation