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Union Calendar No. 132 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 313 

[Report No. 114–180] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2015 

Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. JONES, Mr. 

CONNOLLY, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. BUTTERFIELD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

JUNE 25, 2015 

Additional sponsors: Mr. RANGEL, Ms. MOORE, Mr. JOLLY, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. ESTY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. TAKAI, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mr. DEUTCH, 

Mr. ASHFORD, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. GARAMENDI, 

Mr. LEVIN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Miss RICE

of New York, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. WALZ, Mr. KILMER, and Mr. CRAMER

JUNE 25, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

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. 


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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 ‘‘Wounded Warriors 

5 Federal Leave Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 

7 WHO ARE DISABLED VETERANS. 

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

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

10 end the following: 

11 ‘‘§ 6329. Disabled veteran leave 

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

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

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

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

16 for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such dis17 ability for which sick leave could regularly be used. 

18 ‘‘(b)(1) The leave credited to an employee under sub19 section (a) may not exceed 104 hours. 

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

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

22 described in such subsection may not be carried over and 

23 shall be forfeited. 

24 ‘‘(c) In order to verify that leave credited to an em25 ployee pursuant to subsection (a) is used for treating a 


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1 service-connected disability, such employee shall submit to 

2 the head of the employing agency certification, in such 

3 form and manner as the Director of the Office of Per4 sonnel Management may prescribe, that such employee 

5 used such leave for purposes of being furnished treatment 

6 for such disability by a health care provider. 

7 ‘‘(d) In this section— 

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

9 such term in section 2105, and includes an officer 

10 or employee of the United States Postal Service or 

11 of the Postal Regulatory Commission; 

12 ‘‘(2) the term ‘service-connected’ has the mean13 ing given such term in section 101(16) of title 38; 

14 and 

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

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

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

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

19 by adding after the item relating to section 6328 the fol20 lowing: 

‘‘6329. Disabled veteran leave.’’. 

21 (c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub22 section (a) shall apply with respect to any employee (as 

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

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


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1 or after the date that is one year after the date of enact2 ment of this Act. 

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

4 the date of enactment of this Act— 

5 (1) the Director of the Office of Personnel 

6 Management shall prescribe regulations with respect 

7 to the leave provided by the amendment in sub8 section (a) for employees, but not including employ9 ees of the United States Postal Service or the Postal 

10 Regulatory Commission; and 

11 (2) the Postmaster General shall prescribe reg12 ulations for such leave with respect to officers and 

13 employees of the United States Postal Service and 

14 the Postal Regulatory Commission. 


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Union Calendar No. 132 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 313 

[Report No. 114–180] 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide 

other purposes. medical treatment for such disability, and for 30 percent or more for purposes of undergoing eran with a service-connected disability rated at leave to any new Federal employee who is a vetJUNE 25, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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