[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 284 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 284

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require employers to give 
employees who are members of a reserve component a leave of absence for 
      participation in an honor guard for a funeral of a veteran.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1999

 Mr. Sweeney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require employers to give 
employees who are members of a reserve component a leave of absence for 
      participation in an honor guard for a funeral of a veteran.

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

SECTION 1. EMPLOYERS REQUIRED TO GRANT LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR EMPLOYEES 
              TO PARTICIPATE IN HONOR GUARDS FOR FUNERALS OF VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4316 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) An employer shall grant an employee who is a member of a 
reserve component an authorized leave of absence from a position of 
employment to allow participation by that employee in a military honor 
guard at the funeral of a veteran. For purposes of section 4312(e)(1) 
of this title, an employee who takes an authorized leave of absence 
under this subsection is deemed to have notified the employer of the 
employee's intent to return to such position of employment.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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