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Union Calendar No. 59 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 626 

[Report No. 111–116, Part I] 

To provide that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to 

a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 22, 2009 

Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. WOLF, Mr. HOYER, 

Mr. CLAY, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. KUCINICH, 

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. 

FILNER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. LYNCH) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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 

MAY 18, 2009 

Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

MAY 18, 2009 

Additional sponsors: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. 

ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. GONZALEZ, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, 

Mr. ELLISON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. ISRAEL, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 

LATOURETTE, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. STARK, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 

Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 

PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. 

MOORE of Kansas, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. 

PAYNE, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. NADLER of New 

York, and Ms. SUTTON


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MAY 18, 2009 

The Committee on House Administration discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 

printed 

A BILL 

To provide that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made 

available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, 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 ‘‘Federal Employees 

5 Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE UNDER TITLE 5. 

7 (a) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 5.—Subsection (d) of sec8 tion 6382 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating such subsection as sub10 section (d)(1); 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 

12 or’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C) or’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘(2) An employee may elect to substitute for any 

15 leave without pay under subparagraph (A) or (B) of sub16 section (a)(1) any paid leave which is available to such 

17 employee for that purpose. 


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1 ‘‘(3) The paid leave that is available to an employee 

2 for purposes of paragraph (2) is— 

3 ‘‘(A) subject to paragraph (6), 4 administrative 

4 workweeks of paid parental leave under this sub5 paragraph in connection with the birth or placement 

6 involved; and 

7 ‘‘(B) any annual or sick leave accrued or accu8 mulated by such employee under subchapter I. 

9 ‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered 

10 to require that an employee first use all or any portion 

11 of the leave described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph 

12 (3) before being allowed to use the paid parental leave de13 scribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3). 

14 ‘‘(5) Paid parental leave under paragraph (3)(A)— 

15 ‘‘(A) shall be payable from any appropriation or 

16 fund available for salaries or expenses for positions 

17 within the employing agency; 

18 ‘‘(B) shall not be considered to be annual or va19 cation leave for purposes of section 5551 or 5552 or 

20 for any other purpose; and 

21 ‘‘(C) if not used by the employee before the end 

22 of the 12-month period (as referred to in subsection 

23 (a)(1)) to which it relates, shall not accumulate for 

24 any subsequent use. 


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1 ‘‘(6) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage2 ment— 

3 ‘‘(A) may promulgate regulations to increase 

4 the amount of paid parental leave available to an 

5 employee under paragraph (3)(A), to a total of not 

6 more than 8 administrative workweeks, based on the 

7 consideration of— 

8 ‘‘(i) the benefits provided to the Federal 

9 Government of offering increased paid parental 

10 leave, including enhanced recruitment and re11 tention of employees; 

12 ‘‘(ii) the cost to the Federal Government of 

13 increasing the amount of paid parental leave 

14 that is available to employees; 

15 ‘‘(iii) trends in the private sector and in 

16 State and local governments with respect to of17 fering paid parental leave; 

18 ‘‘(iv) the Federal Government’s role as a 

19 model employer; and 

20 ‘‘(v) such other factors as the Director 

21 considers necessary; and 

22 ‘‘(B) shall prescribe any regulations necessary 

23 to carry out this subsection, including, subject to 

24 paragraph (4), the manner in which an employee 

25 may designate any day or other period as to which 


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1 such employee wishes to use paid parental leave de2 scribed in paragraph (3)(A).’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

4 this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth 

5 or placement occurring before the end of the 6-month pe6 riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 3. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR CONGRESSIONAL EM8 PLOYEES. 

9 (a) AMENDMENT TO CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNT10 ABILITY ACT.—Section 202 of the Congressional Account11 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end 

13 the following: ‘‘In applying section 102(a)(1)(A) and 

14 (B) of such Act to covered employees, subsection (d) 

15 shall apply.’’; 

16 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

17 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

18 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR PAID PARENTAL LEAVE

21 FOR CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—A cov23 ered employee taking leave without pay under sub24 paragraph (A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) of the 

25 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 


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1 2612(a)(1)) may elect to substitute for any such 

2 leave any paid leave which is available to such em3 ployee for that purpose. 

4 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF PAID LEAVE.—The paid leave 

5 that is available to a covered employee for purposes 

6 of paragraph (1) is— 

7 ‘‘(A) the number of weeks of paid parental 

8 leave in connection with the birth or placement 

9 involved that correspond to the number of ad10 ministrative workweeks of paid parental leave 

11 available to Federal employees under section 

12 6382(d)(3)(A) of title 5, United States Code; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(B) any additional paid vacation or sick 

15 leave provided by the employing office to such 

16 employee. 

17 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this subsection 

18 shall be considered to require that an employee first 

19 use all or any portion of the leave described in sub20 paragraph (B) of paragraph (2) before being allowed 

21 to use the paid parental leave described in subpara22 graph (A) of paragraph (2). 

23 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL RULES.—Paid parental leave 

24 under paragraph (2)(A)— 


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1 ‘‘(A) shall be payable from any appropria2 tion or fund available for salaries or expenses 

3 for positions within the employing office; and 

4 ‘‘(B) if not used by the covered employee 

5 before the end of the 12-month period (as re6 ferred to in section 102(a)(1) of the Family and 

7 Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 

8 2612(a)(1))) to which it relates, shall not accu9 mulate for any subsequent use.’’. 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

11 this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth 

12 or placement occurring before the end of the 6-month pe13 riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO FAMILY AND MED15 ICAL LEAVE ACT FOR GAO AND LIBRARY OF 

16 CONGRESS EMPLOYEES. 

17 (a) AMENDMENT TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE

18 ACT OF 1993.—Section 102(d) of the Family and Medical 

19 Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)) is amended by 

20 adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR GAO AND LIBRARY OF

22 CONGRESS EMPLOYEES.— 

23 ‘‘(A) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—An 

24 employee of an employer described in section 

25 101(4)(A)(iv) taking leave under subparagraph 


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1 (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) may elect to 

2 substitute for any such leave any paid leave 

3 which is available to such employee for that 

4 purpose. 

5 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF PAID LEAVE.—The paid 

6 leave that is available to an employee of an em7 ployer described in section 101(4)(A)(iv) for 

8 purposes of subparagraph (A) is— 

9 ‘‘(i) the number of weeks of paid pa10 rental leave in connection with the birth or 

11 placement involved that correspond to the 

12 number of administrative workweeks of 

13 paid parental leave available to Federal 

14 employees under section 6382(d)(3)(A) of 

15 title 5, United States Code; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) any additional paid vacation or 

17 sick leave provided by such employer. 

18 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this para19 graph shall be considered to require that an 

20 employee first use all or any portion of the 

21 leave described in clause (ii) of subparagraph 

22 (B) before being allowed to use the paid paren23 tal leave described in clause (i) of such subpara24 graph. 


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1 ‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL RULES.—Paid parental 

2 leave under subparagraph (B)(i)— 

3 ‘‘(i) shall be payable from any appro4 priation or fund available for salaries or 

5 expenses for positions with the employer 

6 described in section 101(4)(A)(iv); and 

7 ‘‘(ii) if not used by the employee of 

8 such employer before the end of the 12- 

9 month period (as referred to in subsection 

10 (a)(1)) to which it relates, shall not accu11 mulate for any subsequent use.’’. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

13 this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth 

14 or placement occurring before the end of the 6-month pe15 riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 59 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 626 

[Report No. 111–116, Part I] 

A BILL 

To provide that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave 

paid leave, and for other purposes. made available to a Federal employee shall be 

MAY 18, 2009 

Reported from the Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform 

MAY 18, 2009 

The Committee on House Administration discharged; 

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 


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