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        S.899

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen


                                 An Act


 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements 
   that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected 
   disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical 
   treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the 
                     Veterans Health 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 ``Veterans Providing Healthcare 
Transition Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. DISABLED VETERAN LEAVE FOR HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS IN 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.
    (a) In General.--Section 6329(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
        ``(1) the term `employee' has the meaning given such term in 
    section 2105, and includes--
            ``(A) an officer or employee of the United States Postal 
        Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission; and
            ``(B) notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 7421 of 
        title 38, an individual occupying a position listed in 
        subsection (b) of such section;''.
    (b) Applicability.--With respect to a position listed in section 
7421(b) of title 38, United States Code, the amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to any individual appointed to such a 
position on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.