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[H.R. 457 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 264
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 457

                          [Report No. 106-143]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 1999

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental 
                                Affairs

                            August 27, 1999

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of August 5, 1999, 
                   by Mr. Thompson, without amendment

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend 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) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Organ Donor Leave 
Act''.
    (b) 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) An employee may, in any calendar year, 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.''.
    (c) 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 at the beginning of 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.''.
                                     





                                                       Calendar No. 264

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 457

                          [Report No. 106-143]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To amend 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            August 27, 1999

                       Reported without amendment