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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 80 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for 8 weeks of paid 

leave for Federal employees giving birth, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mrs. HUTCHISON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for 8 

weeks of paid leave for Federal employees giving birth, 

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 ‘‘Executive Branch 

5 Family Leave Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PAID LEAVE FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES. 

7 Section 6382(d) of title 5, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘An employee’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘(1) An employee’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(2)(A) Leave granted under subsection (a)(1)(D) to 

5 an employee who gives birth shall include paid leave for 

6 a contiguous period immediately following the birth, to as7 sist in the employee’s recovery. The employee shall be enti8 tled to the paid leave for 7 contiguous administrative 

9 workweeks, or for such lesser amount of leave time as is 

10 available to the employee under subsection (a)(1). 

11 ‘‘(B) Leave granted under subsection (a)(1)(A) to an 

12 employee because of the birth of a son or daughter of the 

13 employee shall include paid leave. The employee shall be 

14 entitled to the paid leave for 1 administrative workweek, 

15 or for such lesser amount of leave time as is available to 

16 the employee under subsection (a)(1). 

17 ‘‘(3) Leave granted under subsection (a)(1)(B) to an 

18 employee because of the placement of a son or daughter 

19 with the employee for adoption or foster care shall include 

20 paid leave. The employee shall be entitled to the paid leave 

21 for 1 administrative workweek, or for such lesser amount 

22 of leave time as is available to the employee under sub23 section (a)(1).’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. RESPONSIBLE PARENTING LEAVE FOR EXECUTIVE 

2 BRANCH EMPLOYEES. 

3 (a) LEAVE.—Section 6382(a) of title 5, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(3)(A) In addition to any leave provided under sub7 section (a)(1), an employee shall be entitled to a total of 

8 8 hours of paid leave, which may be taken intermittently 

9 during any 12-month period, to accompany the employee’s 

10 son or daughter to— 

11 ‘‘(i) a medical or dental appointment; 

12 ‘‘(ii) an appointment with a teacher or other of13 ficial of the sons’s or daughter’s school; or 

14 ‘‘(iii) a school function of the son’s or daugh15 ter’s school. 

16 ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) applies separately to each 

17 son or daughter of an employee.’’. 

18 (b) NOTICE.—Section 6382(e) of such title is amend19 ed by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) In any case in which the necessity for leave 

21 under subsection (a)(3) is foreseeable, the employee shall 

22 provide the employing agency with not less than 7 days’ 

23 notice, before the date the leave is to begin, of the employ24 ee’s intention to take leave under such subsection. If the 

25 necessity for the leave is not foreseeable, the employee 

26 shall provide such notice as is practicable.’’. 


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1 (c) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383 of such title is 

2 amended by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(f) An employing agency may require that a request 

4 for leave under section 6382(a)(3) be supported by a cer5 tification issued at such time and in such manner as the 

6 Office of Personnel Management may by regulation pre7 scribe.’’. 

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