[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2437 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2437

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal employees to 
   take parental leave for purposes of participating in or attending 
                 certain education-related activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 1993

Mrs. Schroeder introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal employees to 
   take parental leave for purposes of participating in or attending 
                 certain education-related activities.

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

SECTION 1. PARENTAL LEAVE FOR EDUCATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--(1) Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 6327. Parental leave for education-related activities
    ``(a) For the purpose of this section--
            ``(1) the term `dependent' means a child under subparagraph 
        (A) or (B) of section 8341(a)(4); and
            ``(2) the term `intimidate, threaten, or coerce' includes 
        promising to confer or conferring any benefit (such as 
        appointment, promotion, or compensation), or effecting or 
        threatening to effect any reprisal (such as deprivation of 
        appointment, promotion, or compensation).
    ``(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (c), an employee 
is entitled to 1 day of leave in each calendar year, without loss of, 
or reduction in, pay, leave to which such employee is otherwise 
entitled, credit for time or service, or performance or efficiency 
rating, in order to participate in or attend activities of a school 
which is attended by a dependent of such employee.
    ``(2) In the case of an employee serving on a part-time basis who 
is entitled to leave under this section, the length of the `day' under 
paragraph (1) shall be prorated in accordance with regulations 
prescribed under subsection (d).
    ``(c) An employee shall be eligible for leave under this section if 
such employee--
            ``(1) is employed in an Executive agency; and
            ``(2) has performed at least 12 months of service as an 
        employee (continuously or otherwise) in 1 or more Executive 
        agencies.
    ``(d)(1) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.
    ``(2) Such regulations--
            ``(A) may include provisions under which leave under this 
        section may, at the option of the employee, be used in units of 
        hours or other periods allowable under the regulations; but
            ``(B) may not--
                    ``(i) make an employee ineligible for leave under 
                this section by virtue of the fact that such employee 
                is serving on a temporary or intermittent basis; or
                    ``(ii) for purposes of any determination under 
                subsection (c)(2), exclude prior service by virtue of 
                the fact that such service was performed on a temporary 
                or intermittent basis.
    ``(e) Leave which is available to an employee under this section in 
a year, but which is not used by such employee, shall not accumulate 
for use in a succeeding year.
    ``(f) An employee may not directly or indirectly intimidate, 
threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any 
other employee for the purpose of interfering with such other 
employee's rights under the preceding provisions of this section.''.
    (2) The table of sections for chapter 63 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 6326 the 
following:

``6327. Parental leave for education-related activities.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 6129 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``6327,'' after ``6326,''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; CREDITABILITY OF SERVICE.

    (a) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect as of the first day 
of the calendar year in which this Act is enacted.
    (b) Creditability of Service.--To determine if an individual 
satisfies the requirement under section 6327(c)(2) of title 5, United 
States Code, as amended by this Act, service shall be taken into 
account without regard to whether performed before, on, or after the 
date of enactment of this Act.

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