[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3787-S3788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1626. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for 
military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 1116. 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

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     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.
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