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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1130 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1130

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                               AMENDMENT
                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                    September 21, 1993.
      Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1130) entitled ``An 
Act to provide for continuing authorization of Federal employee leave 
transfer and leave bank programs, and for other purposes'', do pass 
with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

        Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employees Leave Sharing 
Amendments Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF TERMINATION PROVISION.

    Section 2(d) of the Federal Employees Leave Sharing Act of 1988 (5 
U.S.C. 6331 note) is repealed, effective as of October 30, 1993.

SEC. 3. ADVANCED LEAVE NOT TO BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING WHETHER ANY 
              PAID LEAVE IS AVAILABLE.

    (a) In General.--Sections 6331(4) and 6361(6) of title 5, United 
States Code, are each amended by striking ``leave.'' and inserting 
``leave (disregarding any advanced leave).''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--Section 6331(4) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ``the term'' after ``(4)''.

SEC. 4. ACCRUAL OF LEAVE.

    Section 6337(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(c)(1) Any annual or sick leave accrued by an employee under this 
section shall be transferred to the appropriate leave account of such 
employee under subchapter I, and shall be available for use--
            ``(A) as of the beginning of the first applicable pay 
        period beginning after the date on which the employee's medical 
        emergency terminates as described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
        section 6335(a); or
            ``(B) if the employee's medical emergency has not yet 
        terminated, once the employee has exhausted all transferred 
        leave made available to such employee under this subchapter.
    ``(2) In the event that the employee's medical emergency terminates 
as described in section 6335(a)(3)--
            ``(A) any leave accrued but not yet transferred under this 
        section shall not be credited to such employee; or
            ``(B) if there remains, as of the date the emergency so 
        terminates, any leave which became available to such employee 
        under paragraph (1)(B), such leave shall cease to be available 
        for any purpose.
    ``(d) Nothing in this section shall be considered to prevent, with 
respect to a continuing medical emergency, further transfers of leave 
for use after leave accrued under this section has been exhausted by 
the employee.''.

SEC. 5. EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION IN LEAVE BANK AND LEAVE TRANSFER 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Authority to Participate in Both Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Section 6373 of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 6373. Authority to participate in both programs
    ``(a) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe 
regulations under which an employee participating in a leave bank 
program under this subchapter may, subject to such terms or conditions 
as the Office may establish, also make or receive donations of leave 
under subchapter III.
    ``(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 6337 or 6371, if an 
employee uses leave transferred to such employee under subchapter III 
and leave made available to such employee under this subchapter in 
connection with the same medical emergency, the maximum number of days 
of annual leave and sick leave, respectively, which may accrue to such 
employee in connection with such medical emergency shall be the same as 
if all of that leave had been made available to such employee under 
this subchapter.''.
            (2) Technical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
        item relating to section 6373 and inserting the following:

``6373. Authority to participate in both programs.''.
    (b) Elimination of Provision Treating Leave Bank Program as a 
Demonstration Project.--Section 6362 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b); and
            (2) in subsection (a) by striking ``(a)''.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as provided in section 2, this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act shall take effect as of the 120th day after the date of the 
enactment of this Act or such earlier date as the Office of Personnel 
Management may by regulation prescribe.
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