[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 130, 114th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 114-242
114th Congress

An Act


 
To 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. 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) <>  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) <>  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

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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.

Approved October 7, 2016.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 2683:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 162 (2016):
Sept. 22, considered and passed Senate.
Sept. 27, considered and passed House.