[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4359 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4359

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Federal employees 
may not be placed on administrative leave for more than 14 days during 
  any year for misconduct or poor performance, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2016

 Mr. Chaffetz 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 Federal employees 
may not be placed on administrative leave for more than 14 days during 
  any year for misconduct or poor performance, 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 ``Administrative Leave Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 6329. Limitation on administrative leave
    ``During any calendar year, an employee may not be placed on 
administrative leave, or any other paid non-duty status without charge 
to leave, for more than 14 total days for reasons relating to 
misconduct or performance.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
begin to apply 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in the amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall be construed to limit the number of days that an 
employee may be placed on administrative leave, or any other paid non-
duty status without charge to leave, for reasons unrelated to 
misconduct or performance.
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter II of 
chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after 
the item relating to section 6328 the following new item:

``6329. Limitation on administrative leave.''.
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