[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 162 (Thursday, October 19, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15368-S15369]
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         FEDERAL EMPLOYEES EMERGENCY LEAVE TRANSFER ACT OF 1995

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 197, S. 868
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 868) to provide authority for leave transfer for 
     Federal employees who are adversely affected by disasters or 
     emergencies, and for other purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
deemed read a third time and passed; that the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table; and that any statements relating to the bill be 
placed at the appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  So the bill (S. 868) was deemed read the third time and passed, as 
follows:

                                 S. 868

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this 
     Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employees Emergency Leave 
     Transfer Act of 1995''.
       Sec. 2. (a) Chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding after subchapter V the following new 
     subchapter:

      ``SUBCHAPTER VI--LEAVE TRANSFER IN DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES

     ``Sec. 6391. Authority for leave transfer program in 
       disasters and emergencies.

       ``(a) For the purpose of this section--
       ``(1) `employee' means an employee as defined in section 
     6331(1); and
       ``(2) `agency' means an Executive agency.
       ``(b) In the event of a major disaster or emergency, as 
     declared by the President, that results in severe adverse 
     effects for a substantial number of employees, the President 
     may direct the Office of Personnel Management to establish an 
     emergency leave transfer program under which any employee in 
     any agency may donate unused annual leave for transfer to 
     employees of the same or other agencies who are adversely 
     affected by such disaster or emergency.
       ``(c) The Office of Personnel Management shall establish 
     appropriate requirements for the operation of the emergency 
     leave transfer program under subsection (b), including 
     appropriate limitations on the donation and use of annual 
     leave under the program. An employee may receive and use 
     leave under the program without regard to any requirement 
     that any annual leave and sick leave to a leave recipient's 
     credit must be exhausted before any transferred annual leave 
     may be used.
       ``(d) A leave bank established under subchapter IV may, to 
     the extent provided in regulations prescribed by the Office 
     of Personnel Management, donate annual leave to the emergency 
     leave transfer program established under subsection (b).
       ``(e) Except to the extent that the Office of Personnel 
     Management may prescribe by regulation, nothing in section 
     7351 shall apply to nay solicitation, donation, or acceptance 
     of leave under this section.
       ``(f) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe 
     regulations necessary for the administration of this 
     section.''.

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       (b) The analysis for chapter 63 of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

      ``SUBCHAPTER VI--LEAVE TRANSFER IN DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES

``6391. Authority for leave transfer program in disasters and 
              emergencies''.

       Sec. 3. The amendments made by section 2 of this Act shall 
     take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

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