[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3799 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3799

To provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a 
     Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 10, 2007

   Mrs. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
Hoyer, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, and Mr. George Miller of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a 
     Federal employee shall be paid leave, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employees Paid Parental 
Leave Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE UNDER TITLE 5.

    (a) Amendment to Title 5.--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) or (B) 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) 8 administrative workweeks of paid leave under this 
        subparagraph in connection with the birth or placement 
        involved; and
            ``(B) 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) that an employee first use all or any portion of the 
        leave described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) before 
        being allowed to use leave described in subparagraph (A) of 
        such subparagraph.
    ``(4) Leave under paragraph (2)(A)--
            ``(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).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 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.

SEC. 3. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Amendment to Congressional Accountability Act.--Section 202 of 
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``In applying section 102(a)(1)(A) and (B) to 
        covered employees, subsection (d) shall apply.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
        (e) and (f), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Special Rule for Paid Parental Leave for Congressional 
Employees.--
            ``(1) Substitution of paid leave.--A covered employee 
        taking leave without pay under subparagraphs (A) or (B) of 
        section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 
        (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) may elect to substitute for any such 
        leave any paid leave which is available to such employee for 
        that purpose.
            ``(2) Amount of paid leave.--The paid leave that is 
        available to a covered employee for purposes of paragraph (1) 
        is--
                    ``(A) 8 workweeks of paid leave under this 
                subparagraph in connection with the birth or placement 
                involved; and
                    ``(B) any additional paid vacation or sick leave 
                provided by the employing office to such employee.
            ``(3) Limitation.--Nothing in this section shall be 
        considered to require--
                    ``(A) that an employing office provide paid sick 
                leave in any situation in which such employing office 
                would not normally be required to provide such leave; 
                or
                    ``(B) that a covered employee first use all or any 
                portion of the leave described in subparagraph (B) of 
                paragraph (2) before being allowed to use leave 
                described in subparagraph (A) of such paragraph.
            ``(4) Additional rules.--Leave under paragraph (2)(A)--
                    ``(A) shall be payable from any appropriation or 
                fund available for salaries or expenses for positions 
                within the employing office; and
                    ``(B) if not used by the covered employee before 
                the end of the 12-month period (as referred to in 
                section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 
                of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1))) to which it relates, 
                shall not accumulate for any subsequent use.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 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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