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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5735 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow certain senior employees 

in the judicial branch of Government to carry over up to 90 days 

of annual leave each year, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 30, 2020 

Mr. RASKIN (for himself and Mrs. ROBY) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 

Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow certain senior 

employees in the judicial branch of Government to carry 

over up to 90 days of annual leave each year, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Judicial Branch Senior 

5 Executive Leave Efficiency and Modernization Act of 

6 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CARRY OVER OF ANNUAL LEAVE FOR CERTAIN SEN2 IOR POSITIONS IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF 

3 GOVERNMENT. 

4 Paragraph (1) of section 6304(f) of title 5, United 

5 States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

7 the end; 

8 (2) in the first subparagraph (H) (relating to 

9 Library of Congress positions), by striking the pe10 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

11 (3) by redesignating the second subparagraph 

12 (H) (relating to positions in the United States Se13 cret Service Uniformed Division) as subparagraph 

14 (I); 

15 (4) in subparagraph (I), as redesignated by 

16 paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 

17 inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

18 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(J) any of the following positions within the 

20 judicial branch of Government: 

21 ‘‘(i) Bankruptcy Administrator as de22 scribed in section 302(d)(3)(I) of Public Law 

23 99–554. 

24 ‘‘(ii) Circuit executive appointed under sec25 tion 332(e) of title 28. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) Chief circuit librarian appointed 

2 under section 713(a) of title 28. 

3 ‘‘(iv) Senior staff attorney appointed under 

4 section 715(a) of title 28. 

5 ‘‘(v) Federal public defender appointed 

6 under section 3006A(g)(2)(A) of title 18. 

7 ‘‘(vi) Chief pretrial services officer ap8 pointed under section 3152(c) of title 18. 

9 ‘‘(vii) Chief probation officer appointed 

10 under section 3602(c) of title 18. 

11 ‘‘(viii) Any clerk appointed pursuant to 

12 section 156(b), 711(a), 751(a), 791(a), or 871 

13 of title 28, but not including any chief deputy 

14 clerk, assistant clerk, or deputy clerk appointed 

15 under such section 871. 

16 ‘‘(ix) District Court Executive. 

17 ‘‘(x) Chief Circuit Mediator. 

18 ‘‘(xi) The Director, the Deputy Director, 

19 the Director of the Education Division, the Di20 rector of the Research Division, and the Direc21 tor of the Information Technology Office within 

22 the Federal Judicial Center. 

23 ‘‘(xii) The Staff Director, the Deputy Staff 

24 Director, the General Counsel, the Director of 

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1 tor of Research and Data, the Director of Leg2 islative and Public Affairs, and the Director of 

3 Administration within the United States Sen4 tencing Commission.’’. 

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