Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016 Public Law 114–242 Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016 242 114–242 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016 12216 114 2016-10-07 Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016 [(Public Law 114–242)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 114-242. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [40 U.S.C. 40101 note] 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) [40 U.S.C. 40122 note] 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) [40 U.S.C. 40122 note] 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.