[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5922 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5922

    To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that a Federal 
 employee may use up to 2 days of sick leave a year in the performance 
                         of community service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2008

Mr. Moran of Virginia 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, to provide that a Federal 
 employee may use up to 2 days of sick leave a year in the performance 
                         of community service.

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

SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF SICK LEAVE TO PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    Section 6307 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and in addition to any other 
allowable purpose, sick leave may be used by an employee in order to 
perform qualified community service.
    ``(2) The total amount of sick leave used by an employee under this 
subsection may not exceed 2 days a year.
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `qualified 
community service' means volunteer service--
            ``(A) performed for a charitable organization which is 
        participating in the Combined Federal Campaign; and
            ``(B) which satisfies such other requirements as the Office 
        of Personnel Management may by regulation prescribe.''.
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