[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5323 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5323

   To provide leave to certain new employees who are veterans with a 
 service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more for purposes 
  of undergoing medical treatment for such disability, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2014

 Mr. Butterfield (for himself, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Price of 
 North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide leave to certain new employees who are veterans with a 
 service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more for purposes 
  of undergoing medical treatment for such disability, 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 ``Medical Leave for Veterans Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DISABLED 
              VETERANS.

    (a) Regulation Required.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall issue 
such regulations as are necessary to provide for, in addition to any 
existing leave program, the following:
            (1) During the 12-month period beginning on the first day 
        of employment, any employee who is a veteran with a service-
        connected disability rated at 30 percent or more is entitled to 
        leave, without loss or reduction in pay, for purposes of 
        undergoing medical treatment for such disability for which sick 
        leave could regularly be used.
            (2)(A) The leave credited to an employee under paragraph 
        (1) may not exceed 104 hours.
            (B) Any leave credited to an employee pursuant to paragraph 
        (1) that is not used during the 12-month period described in 
        such paragraph may not be carried over and shall be forfeited.
            (3) In order to verify that leave credited to an employee 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) is used for treating a service-
        connected disability, such employee shall submit to the 
        Secretary certification, in such form and manner as the 
        Secretary may prescribe, that such employee used such leave for 
        purposes of being furnished treatment for such disability by a 
        health care provider.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``employee'' means any employee appointed 
        under chapter 73 or 74 of title 38, United States Code;
            (2) the term ``service-connected'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 101(16) of such title; and
            (3) the term ``veteran'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 101(2) of such title.
    (c) Application.--The regulations required under subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to any employee hired on or after the date 
that is one year after the date of enactment of this Act.
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