[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2261 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2261

  To amend chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, to increase the 
  amount of leave time available to a Federal employee in any year in 
   connection with serving as an organ donor, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 6, 1998

   Mr. Levin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, to increase the 
  amount of leave time available to a Federal employee in any year in 
   connection with serving as an organ donor, 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. INCREASED LEAVE TIME TO SERVE AS AN ORGAN DONOR.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of the first section 6327 of title 
5, United States Code (relating to absence in connection with serving 
as a bone-marrow or organ donor) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) In any calendar year an employee may use--
            ``(1) not to exceed 7 days of leave under this section to 
        serve as a bone-marrow donor; and
            ``(2) not to exceed 30 days of leave under this section to 
        serve as an organ donor.''.
    (b) Technical Amendments.--(1) The second section 6327 of title 5, 
United States Code (relating to absence in connection with funerals of 
fellow Federal law enforcement officers) is redesignated as section 
6328.
    (2) The table of sections for chapter 63 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 6327 the 
following:

``6328. Absence in connection with funerals of fellow Federal law 
                            enforcement officers.''.
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