[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 868 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 868

 To provide authority for leave transfer for Federal employees who are 
adversely affected by disasters or emergencies, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 26 (legislative day, May 15), 1995

Mr. Stevens (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read 
      twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide authority for leave transfer for Federal employees who are 
adversely affected by disasters or emergencies, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employees Emergency Leave 
Transfer Act of 1995''.
    Sec. 2. (a) Chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by adding after subchapter V the following new subchapter:

      ``SUBCHAPTER VI--LEAVE TRANSFER IN DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES

``Sec. 6391. Authority for leave transfer program in disasters and 
              emergencies
    ``(a) For the purpose of this section--
            ``(1) `employee' means an employee as defined in section 
        6331(1); and
            ``(2) `agency' means an Executive agency.
    ``(b) In the event of a major disaster or emergency, as declared by 
the President, that results in severe adverse effects for a substantial 
number of employees, the President may direct the Office of Personnel 
Management to establish an emergency leave transfer program under which 
any employee in any agency may donate unused annual leave for transfer 
to employees of the same or other agencies who are adversely affected 
by such disaster or emergency.
    ``(c) The Office of Personnel Management shall establish 
appropriate requirements for the operation of the emergency leave 
transfer program under subsection (b), including appropriate 
limitations on the donation and use of annual leave under the program. 
An employee may receive and use leave under the program without regard 
to any requirement that any annual leave and sick leave to a leave 
recipient's credit must be exhausted before any transferred annual 
leave may be used.
    ``(d) A leave bank established under subchapter IV may, to the 
extent provided in regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel 
Management, donate annual leave to the emergency leave transfer program 
established under subsection (b).
    ``(e) Except to the extent that the Office of Personnel Management 
may prescribe by regulation, nothing in section 7351 shall apply to any 
solicitation, donation, or acceptance of leave under this section.
    ``(f) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe 
regulations necessary for the administration of this section.''.
    (b) The analysis for chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
      ``SUBCHAPTER VI--LEAVE TRANSFER IN DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES

``6391. Authority for leave transfer program in disasters and 
                            emergencies''.
    Sec. 3. The amendments made by section 2 of this Act shall take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
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