[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[S. 1130 Referred in House (RFH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1130


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 1993

       Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To provide for continuing authorization of Federal employee leave 
       transfer and leave bank programs, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employees Leave Sharing 
Amendments Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR CONTINUATION OF LEAVE TRANSFER AND LEAVE BANK 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 2 of the Federal Employees Leave Sharing Act of 1988 
(Public Law 100-566; 102 Stat. 2844) is amended by striking out 
subsection (d).

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF ADVANCED LEAVE AS AVAILABLE PAID LEAVE.

    (a) Leave Transfer Program.--Section 6331(4) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting before the period ``(except such 
paid leave shall not include advanced leave)''.
    (b) Leave Bank Programs.--Section 6361(6) is amended by inserting 
before the period ``(except such paid leave shall not include advanced 
leave)''.

SEC. 4. ACCRUAL OF LEAVE.

    Section 6337 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by--
            (1) striking out subsection (c); and
            (2) striking out subsection (b)(2) and inserting in lieu 
        thereof the following new paragraphs:
    ``(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), any annual or 
sick leave accrued by an employee under this section shall be--
            ``(A) credited to the annual leave or sick leave account of 
        such employee, as appropriate; and
            ``(B) available for use by such employee as provided under 
        this subchapter.
    ``(3) If an employee's medical emergency terminates as described 
under section 6335(a)(3), no leave shall be credited to such employee 
under this section.''.

SEC. 5. EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION IN LEAVE BANK PROGRAMS AND LEAVE 
              TRANSFER PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 6373 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 6373. Employee participation in leave bank programs and leave 
              transfer programs
    ``(a) An agency may--
            ``(1) establish a leave bank program under the provisions 
        of this chapter and a leave transfer program under the 
        provisions of subchapter III; and
            ``(2) provide for an employee of such agency to participate 
        in either or both such programs.
    ``(b) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe 
regulations to include procedures to carry out this subchapter when a 
leave contributor and a leave recipient are participants in different 
programs under this subchapter.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The table of sections for 
chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by amending the 
item relating to section 6373 to read as follows:

``6373. Employee participation in leave bank programs and leave 
                            transfer programs.''.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 
apply to leave accrued or accumulated before, on, and after such date.

            Passed the Senate July 14 (legislative day, June 30), 1993.

            Attest:

                                             WALTER J. STEWART,

                                                             Secretary.