3.0.0 2033 2023-01-11T13:29:46Z 2023-01-11T13:29:46Z Senate S 2015-09-15 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-09-15T19:59:25Z Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015 114 532 HR 2015-02-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E174-175) Related bill CRS 2015-09-15 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-09-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2015-09-15 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-12-14 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2016-11-15 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Adoption and foster care Congressional agencies Congressional officers and employees Congressional oversight Employee leave Family relationships Government Accountability Office (GAO) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Library of Congress National Guard and reserves Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-09-15 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-21T20:41:34Z Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015

This bill allows a federal employee, including an employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child, or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. The bill makes available (subject to specified requirements) for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) six administrative workweeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved, and (2) any accrued or accumulated annual or sick leave.

The bill authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to promulgate regulations to increase the amount of paid parental leave available to such an employee to a total of 12 administrative workweeks, based on the consideration of: (1) the benefits to the federal government, including enhanced recruitment and employee retention; (2) the cost to the government; (3) trends in the private sector and in state and local governments; (4) the federal government's role as a model employer; and (5) the impact of increased paid parental leave on lower-income and economically disadvantaged employees and their children.

The bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow the same substitution for covered congressional employees, Government Accountability Office (GAO) employees, and Library of Congress (LOC) employees. Service by an employee of the executive branch, the TSA, Congress, the GAO, or the LOC while on active duty as a member of the National Guard or Reserves is counted as service for that branch or agency for purposes of determining such employee's eligibility to take or substitute leave as provided by this Act.

The GAO must report to Congress, not later than five years after enactment of this Act, on its implementation.

]]> Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015 Display Title Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide that 6 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2033is/xml/BILLS-114s2033is.xml 2015-09-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.