[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 426. Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
Fetterman, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, 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 C of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 633. PARENTAL LEAVE PARITY FOR MEMBERS OF RESERVE 
                   COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Parental Leave.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 40 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 710 the following 
     new section:

     ``Sec. 710a. Parental leave for members of certain reserve 
       components of the armed forces

       ``(a)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
     Defense, a member of a reserve component of the armed forces 
     described in subsection (b) is allowed parental leave to care 
     for a child for a duration of up to 12 inactive-duty training 
     periods, under section 206 of title 37, during the one-year 
     period beginning after one of the following events:
       ``(A) The birth or adoption of a child of the member.
       ``(B) The placement of a minor child with the member for 
     adoption or long-term foster care.
       ``(2)(A) The Secretary concerned, under uniform regulations 
     to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may authorize 
     parental leave described in paragraph (1) to be taken after 
     the one-year period described in that paragraph in the case 
     of a member described in subsection (b) who, except for this 
     subparagraph, would lose unused parental leave at the end of 
     the one-year period described in paragraph (1) as a result 
     of--
       ``(i) operational requirements;
       ``(ii) professional military education obligations; or
       ``(iii) other circumstances that the Secretary determines 
     reasonable and appropriate.
       ``(B) The regulations prescribed under subparagraph (A) 
     shall require that any parental leave authorized to be taken 
     under that subparagraph after the one-year period described 
     in paragraph (1) shall be taken within a reasonable period of 
     time, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, after 
     cessation of the circumstances warranting the extended 
     deadline.
       ``(b) A member described in this subsection is--
       ``(1) a member of the Selected Reserve who is entitled to 
     compensation under section 206 of title 37; or
       ``(2) a member of the Individual Ready Reserve who is 
     entitled to compensation under section 206 of title 37 when 
     attending or participating in a sufficient number of periods 
     of inactive-duty training during a year to count the year as 
     a qualifying year of creditable service toward eligibility 
     for retired pay under chapter 1223.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 40 of such title is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 710 the following new 
     item:

``710a. Parental leave for members of certain reserve components of the 
              armed forces.''.
       (b) Compensation.--Section 206(a)(4) of title 37, United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(4) for a regular period of instruction, period of 
     appropriate duty, or such other equivalent training, 
     instruction, duty, or appropriate duty that the member would 
     be required to perform but does not perform because the 
     member was authorized to take parental leave pursuant to 
     section 710a of title 10.''.
       (c) Contribution of Leave Toward Entitlement to Retired 
     Pay.--Section 12732(a)(2)(G) of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(G) One point for each inactive-duty training period, 
     under section 206 of title 37, during which the member is on 
     parental leave under section 710a of this title.''.
       (d) Conforming Repeal.--Section 602(b) of the William M. 
     (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 12732 note) 
     is repealed.
       (e) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section shall take effect on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and apply with respect to periods of 
     parental leave that commence on or after that date.
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