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It was included in a list of final changes to the House bill, which the Rules Committee released on Wednesday afternoon. The program would begin in 2024, includes all employed and self-employed workers and can be used for family caregiving or personal illness.

Ms. Pelosi’s decision came a day after five moderate and conservative Democrats reiterated to her in a letter that they did not want to vote for a package that lacked the guaranteed support of all 50 Senate Democrats or might run afoul of the strict budget rules that apply to the plan. The legislation is being considered under a process known as budget reconciliation, which shields it from a filibuster but tightly limits what can be included.

Still, for proponents of the paid leave program — predominately women in both chambers — the decision to include it was welcomed, even if it was unlikely to become law.

“This victory is personal for so many American workers and their families, and it is personal for me,” said Representative Rosa DeLauro, Democrat of Connecticut and a longtime champion of the proposal. She held an emotional meeting with staff members who had helped craft the provision and a tearful call with Christopher J. Dodd, who had fought for a similar federal program as a Democratic senator when she served as his chief of staff in the 1980s, according to an aide.

Representative Richard E. Neal, Democrat of Massachusetts and the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, vowed “to do whatever is necessary to get this provision signed into law by President Biden and give the American people the basic support they deserve.”

Top Democrats hoped it would buoy a lobbying campaign to change Mr. Manchin’s mind. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Patty Murray of Washington have cornered him repeatedly in recent days to plead for his support for including paid leave in the bill.

The campaign also gained an unlikely ally: Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. The former actress from the United States, who married Prince Harry in 2018, has emailed Ms. Murray and called multiple senators in both parties to push for the provision, according to people familiar with her outreach.