[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2200 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2200

To amend title 5, United States Code, relating to the use of the leave 
    transfer program by wounded veterans who are Federal employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2007

 Mr. Jones of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, relating to the use of the leave 
    transfer program by wounded veterans who are Federal employees.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF LEAVE TRANSFER PROGRAM BY WOUNDED VETERANS WHO ARE 
              FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) In General.--Section 6333(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``A leave'' and inserting ``(1) Except as 
        provided in paragraph (2), a leave''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) The requirement to exhaust annual leave and sick leave under 
paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a leave recipient who, 
while a member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National 
Guard or a Reserve, sustained a combat-related disability (as defined 
in section 1413a(e) of title 10) and is undergoing medical treatment 
(as defined by the Office of Personnel Management) for that combat-
related disability. The preceding sentence shall apply to a member 
described in that sentence only so long as the member continues to 
undergo medical treatment for the disability, but in no case for more 
than five years.''.
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