[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 242 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 242

   To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide leave to any new 
 Federal employee who is a veteran 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2015

 Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide leave to any new 
 Federal employee who is a veteran 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 ``Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act 
of 2015''.

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

    (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. Disabled veteran leave
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) notwithstanding section 6301, the term `employee'--
                    ``(A) has the meaning given such term in section 
                2105; and
                    ``(B) includes an officer or employee of the United 
                States Postal Service or of the Postal Regulatory 
                Commission;
            ``(2) the term `service-connected' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 101(16) of title 38; and
            ``(3) the term `veteran' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 101(2) of title 38.
    ``(b) Leave Credited.--During the 12-month period beginning on the 
first day of the employment of an employee who is a veteran with a 
service-connected disability rated as 30 percent or more disabling, the 
employee 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.
    ``(c) Limitations.--
            ``(1) Amount of leave.--The leave credited to an employee 
        under subsection (b) may not exceed 104 hours.
            ``(2) No carry over.--Any leave credited to an employee 
        under subsection (b) that is not used during the 12-month 
        period described in such subsection may not be carried over and 
        shall be forfeited.
    ``(d) Certification.--In order to verify that leave credited to an 
employee under subsection (b) is used for treating a service-connected 
disability, the employee shall submit to the head of the employing 
agency a certification, in such form and manner as the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management may prescribe, that the employee used 
the leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for the disability 
by a health care provider.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after 
the item relating to section 6328 the following:

``6329. Disabled veteran leave.''.
    (c) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
with respect to an employee (as that term is defined in section 
6329(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)) 
hired on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act.
    (d) Regulations.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act--
                    (A) the Postmaster General shall prescribe 
                regulations with respect to the leave provided under 
                the amendment made by subsection (a) for employees of 
                the United States Postal Service and the Postal 
                Regulatory Commission; and
                    (B) the Director of the Office of Personnel 
                Management shall prescribe regulations with respect to 
                the leave provided under the amendment made by 
                subsection (a) for all other employees.
            (2) Briefing requirement.--Not later than 3 months after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 months 
        thereafter until the date on which the Director of the Office 
        of Personnel Management prescribes final regulations under 
        paragraph (1)(B), the Director shall brief the Committee on 
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
        the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
        of Representatives regarding the development of such 
        regulations.
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