[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2816. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Crapo) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. INCREASE IN DAYS OF PAID LEAVE PROVIDED FOR CERTAIN 
                   MILITARY SERVICE BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

       (a) In General.--Section 6323(a) of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking the second sentence and 
     inserting the following: ``Leave under this subsection 
     accrues for an employee or individual at the rate of 40 days 
     per fiscal year and, to the extent that it is not used in a 
     fiscal year, accumulates for use in succeeding fiscal years 
     until it totals not more than 20 days at the beginning of any 
     fiscal year.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 2025.
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