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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 313 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide leave to 

any new Federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more for 

purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wounded Warriors 

3 Federal Leave Act of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 

5 WHO ARE DISABLED VETERANS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 63 of 

7 title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

8 end the following: 

9 ‘‘§ 6329. Disabled veteran leave 

10 ‘‘(a) During the 12-month period beginning on the 

11 first day of employment, any employee who is a veteran 

12 with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or 

13 more is entitled to leave, without loss or reduction in pay, 

14 for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such dis15 ability for which sick leave could regularly be used. 

16 ‘‘(b)(1) The leave credited to an employee under sub17 section (a) may not exceed 104 hours. 

18 ‘‘(2) Any leave credited to an employee pursuant to 

19 subsection (a) that is not used during the 12-month period 

20 described in such subsection may not be carried over and 

21 shall be forfeited. 

22 ‘‘(c) In order to verify that leave credited to an em23 ployee pursuant to subsection (a) is used for treating a 

24 service-connected disability, such employee shall submit to 

25 the head of the employing agency certification, in such 

26 form and manner as the Director of the Office of PerVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H313.RFS H313

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1 sonnel Management may prescribe, that such employee 

2 used such leave for purposes of being furnished treatment 

3 for such disability by a health care provider. 

4 ‘‘(d) In this section— 

5 ‘‘(1) the term ‘employee’ has the meaning given 

6 such term in section 2105, and includes an officer 

7 or employee of the United States Postal Service or 

8 of the Postal Regulatory Commission; 

9 ‘‘(2) the term ‘service-connected’ has the mean10 ing given such term in section 101(16) of title 38; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(3) the term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given 

13 such term in section 101(2) of such title.’’. 

14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

15 for chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

16 by adding after the item relating to section 6328 the fol17 lowing: 

‘‘6329. Disabled veteran leave.’’. 

18 (c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub19 section (a) shall apply with respect to any employee (as 

20 that term is defined in section 6329(d)(1) of title 5, 

21 United States Code, as added by subsection (a)) hired on 

22 or after the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment 

23 of this Act. 

24 (d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 9 months after 

25 the date of enactment of this Act— 


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1 (1) the Director of the Office of Personnel 

2 Management shall prescribe regulations with respect 

3 to the leave provided by the amendment in sub4 section (a) for employees, but not including employ5 ees of the United States Postal Service or the Postal 

6 Regulatory Commission; and 

7 (2) the Postmaster General shall prescribe reg8 ulations for such leave with respect to officers and 

9 employees of the United States Postal Service and 

10 the Postal Regulatory Commission. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 

2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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