[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4119 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4119

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a voluntary leave 
            sharing program for members of the Armed Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2002

Mr. Ryun of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a voluntary leave 
            sharing program for members of the Armed Forces.

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

SECTION 1. VOLUNTARY LEAVE SHARING PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES.

    (a) In General.--(1) Chapter 40 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 709. Voluntary transfers of leave
    ``(a) Program.--The Secretary concerned shall, by regulation, 
establish a program under which leave accrued by a member of an armed 
force may be transferred to another member of the same armed force who 
requires additional leave because of a qualifying emergency. Any such 
transfer of leave may be made only upon the voluntary written 
application of the member whose leave is to be transferred.
    ``(b) Approval of Commanding Officer Required.--Any transfer of 
leave under a program under this section may only be made with the 
approval of the commanding officer of the leave donor and the leave 
recipient.
    ``(c) Qualifying Emergency.--In this section, the term `qualifying 
emergency', with respect to a member of the armed forces, means a 
circumstance that--
            ``(1) is likely to require the prolonged absence of the 
        member from duty; and
            ``(2) is due to--
                    ``(A) a medical condition of a member of the 
                immediate family of the member; or
                    ``(B) any other hardship that the Secretary 
                concerned determines appropriate for purposes of this 
                section.
    ``(d) Military Department Regulations.--Regulations prescribed 
under this section by the Secretaries of the military department shall 
be as uniform as practicable and shall be subject to approval by the 
Secretary of Defense.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``709. Voluntary transfers of leave.''.
    (b) Deadline for Implementing Regulations.--Regulations to 
implement section 709 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), shall be prescribed not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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