[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1334 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1334

  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 1, 1999

Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Frist, Mr. Levin, Mr. Stevens, 
Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. Durbin) 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) 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) Redesignation.--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) Table of sections.--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.''.
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