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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2437

To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal employees to take

parental leave for purposes of participating in or attending certain education-related activities.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 16, 1993

Mrs. SCHROEDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal

employees to take parental leave for purposes of participating in or attending certain education-related activities.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. PARENTAL LEAVE FOR EDUCATION-RELATED

4 ACTIVITIES.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subchapter II of chapter 63

6 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at

7 the end the following:
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1 ‘‘§ 6327. Parental leave for education-related activi2 ties

3 ‘‘(a) For the purpose of this section—

4 ‘‘(1) the term ‘dependent’ means a child under

5 subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 8341(a)(4); and

6 ‘‘(2) the term ‘intimidate, threaten, or coerce’

7 includes promising to confer or conferring any bene8 fit (such as appointment, promotion, or compensa9 tion), or effecting or threatening to effect any re10 prisal (such as deprivation of appointment, pro11 motion, or compensation).

12 ‘‘(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (c),

13 an employee is entitled to 1 day of leave in each calendar

14 year, without loss of, or reduction in, pay, leave to which

15 such employee is otherwise entitled, credit for time or serv16 ice, or performance or efficiency rating, in order to partici17 pate in or attend activities of a school which is attended

18 by a dependent of such employee.

19 ‘‘(2) In the case of an employee serving on a part20 time basis who is entitled to leave under this section, the

21 length of the ‘day’ under paragraph (1) shall be prorated

22 in accordance with regulations prescribed under sub23 section (d).

24 ‘‘(c) An employee shall be eligible for leave under this

25 section if such employee—

26 ‘‘(1) is employed in an Executive agency; and
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1 ‘‘(2) has performed at least 12 months of serv2 ice as an employee (continuously or otherwise) in 1

3 or more Executive agencies.

4 ‘‘(d)(1) The Office of Personnel Management shall

5 prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry

6 out this section.

7 ‘‘(2) Such regulations—

8 ‘‘(A) may include provisions under which leave

9 under this section may, at the option of the em10 ployee, be used in units of hours or other periods al11 lowable under the regulations; but

12 ‘‘(B) may not—

13 ‘‘(i) make an employee ineligible for leave

14 under this section by virtue of the fact that

15 such employee is serving on a temporary or

16 intermittent basis; or

17 ‘‘(ii) for purposes of any determination

18 under subsection (c)(2), exclude prior service by

19 virtue of the fact that such service was per20 formed on a temporary or intermittent basis.

21 ‘‘(e) Leave which is available to an employee under

22 this section in a year, but which is not used by such em23 ployee, shall not accumulate for use in a succeeding year.

24 ‘‘(f) An employee may not directly or indirectly in25 timidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate,
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1 threaten, or coerce, any other employee for the purpose

2 of interfering with such other employee’s rights under the

3 preceding provisions of this section.’’.

4 (2) The table of sections for chapter 63 of title 5,

5 United States Code, is amended by adding after the item

6 relating to section 6326 the following:

‘‘6327. Parental leave for education-related activities.’’.

7 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 6129 of title

8 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘6327,’’

9 after ‘‘6326,’’.

10 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; CREDITABILITY OF SERVICE.

11 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect as

12 of the first day of the calendar year in which this Act is

13 enacted.

14 (b) CREDITABILITY OF SERVICE.—To determine if

15 an individual satisfies the requirement under section

16 6327(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by

17 this Act, service shall be taken into account without regard

18 to whether performed before, on, or after the date of en19 actment of this Act.

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