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                                                 Union Calendar No. 604
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5957

                          [Report No. 114-771]

To include disabled veteran leave in the personnel management system of 
                  the Federal Aviation Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2016

Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself and Mr. LoBiondo) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

                           September 20, 2016

    Additional sponsors: Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Titus, and Mrs. 
                                Comstock

                           September 20, 2016

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
To include disabled veteran leave in the personnel management system of 
                  the Federal Aviation Administration.


 


    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 Aviation Administration 
Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DISABLED VETERAN LEAVE IN FEDERAL AVIATION 
              ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Section 40122(g)(2) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (I)(iii), by striking the period at the 
        end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(J) subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, 
                section 6329, relating to disabled veteran leave.''.
    (b) Certification of Leave.--Section 40122(g) of such title is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Certification of disabled veteran leave.--In order to 
        verify that leave credited to an employee pursuant to paragraph 
        (2)(J) is used for treating a service-connected disability, 
        that employee shall, notwithstanding section 6329(c) of title 
        5, submit to the Assistant Administrator for Human Resource 
        Management of the Federal Aviation Administration 
        certification, in such form and manner as the Administrator of 
        the Federal Aviation Administration may prescribe, that the 
        employee used that leave for purposes of being furnished 
        treatment for that disability by a health care provider.''.
    (c) Application.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to any employee of the Federal Aviation Administration 
hired on or after the date that is one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (d) Policies and Procedures.--Not later than 270 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall prescribe policies and procedures to 
carry out the amendments made by this section that are comparable, to 
the maximum extent practicable, to the regulations prescribed by the 
Office of Personnel Management under section 6329 of title 5, United 
States Code.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 604

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5957

                          [Report No. 114-771]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To include disabled veteran leave in the personnel management system of 
                  the Federal Aviation Administration.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 20, 2016

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed