[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5148 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5148

To ensure that at least one-half of the 12 weeks of parental leave made 
  available to a Federal employee under subchapter V of chapter 63 of 
           title 5, United States Code, shall be paid leave.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2006

 Mrs. Maloney (for herself, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, and Mr. Hoyer) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure that at least one-half of the 12 weeks of parental leave made 
  available to a Federal employee under subchapter V of chapter 63 of 
           title 5, United States Code, shall be paid leave.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employees Paid Parental 
Leave Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE.

    Subsection (d) of section 6382 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(d)(1) An employee may elect to substitute for any leave without 
pay under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (a)(1) any 
paid leave which is available to such employee for that purpose.
    ``(2) The paid leave that is available to an employee for purposes 
of paragraph (1) is--
            ``(A) to the extent that subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
        subsection (a)(1) is the basis for the entitlement to leave 
        under this subchapter--
                    ``(i) 6 administrative workweeks of paid leave 
                under this clause in connection with the birth or 
                placement involved; and
                    ``(ii) any annual or sick leave accrued or 
                accumulated by such employee under subchapter I; and
            ``(B) to the extent that subparagraph (C) or (D) of 
        subsection (a)(1) is the basis for the entitlement to leave 
        under this subchapter, any annual or sick leave accrued or 
        accumulated by such employee under subchapter I.
    ``(3) Nothing in this subchapter shall be considered to require--
            ``(A) that an employing agency provide paid sick leave in 
        any situation in which such employing agency would not normally 
        be required to provide such leave; or
            ``(B) in a circumstance to which subparagraph (A) of 
        paragraph (2) applies, that an employee first use all or any 
        portion of the leave described in clause (ii) of such 
        subparagraph before being allowed to use leave described in 
        clause (i) of such subparagraph.
    ``(4) Leave under paragraph (2)(A)(i)--
            ``(A) shall be payable from any appropriation or fund 
        available for salaries or expenses for positions within the 
        employing agency;
            ``(B) shall not be considered to be annual or vacation 
        leave for purposes of section 5551 or 5552 or for any other 
        purpose; and
            ``(C) if not used by the employee before the end of the 12-
        month period (as referred to in subsection (a)(1)) to which it 
        relates, shall not accumulate for any subsequent use.
    ``(5) The Office shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry 
out this subsection, including, subject to paragraph (3)(B), the manner 
in which an employee may designate any day or other period as to which 
such employee wishes to use leave described in paragraph (2)(A)(i).''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall not be effective with respect 
to any birth or placement occurring before the end of the 6-month 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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