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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2751

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the granting of leave

to Federal employees wishing to serve as bone-marrow or organ donors,

and to allow Federal employees to use sick leave for purposes relating

to the adoption of a child.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 27, 1993

Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Mr. HOYER, Mr. WOLF, Mr. YOUNG of Florida,

Mr. HYDE, and Mrs. MORELLA) 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 provide for the

granting of leave to Federal employees wishing to serve

as bone-marrow or organ donors, and to allow Federal

employees to use sick leave for purposes relating to the

adoption of a child.

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 Humanitarian Leave Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF PAID LEAVE TO SERVE AS A

2 BONE-MARROW OR ORGAN DONOR.

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

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

5 end the following:

6 ‘‘§ 6327. Absence in connection with serving as a

7 bone-marrow or organ donor

8 ‘‘(a) An employee in or under an Executive agency

9 is entitled to leave without loss of or reduction in pay,

10 leave to which otherwise entitled, credit for time or service,

11 or performance or efficiency rating, for the time necessary

12 to permit such employee to serve as a bone-marrow or

13 organ donor.

14 ‘‘(b) Not to exceed 7 days of leave may be used under

15 this section by an employee in a calendar year.

16 ‘‘(c) The Office of Personnel Management may pre17 scribe regulations for the administration of this section.

18 ‘‘(d) Leave under this section may not be used after

19 September 30, 1995.’’.

20 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 6129 of

21 title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting

22 ‘‘6327,’’ after ‘‘6326,’’.

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

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

25 relating to section 6326 the following:

‘‘6327. Absence in connection with serving as a bone-marrow or organ donor.’’.
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1 SEC. 3. USE OF SICK LEAVE IN ADOPTING A CHILD.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6307 of title 5, United

3 States Code, is amended—

4 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub5 section (d);

6 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow7 ing:

8 ‘‘(c)(1) Sick leave provided by this section may be

9 used for purposes relating to the adoption of a child.

10 ‘‘(2) Sick leave may not be used for purposes relating

11 to the adoption of a child, pursuant to this subsection,

12 after September 30, 1995.’’; and

13 (3) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated by

14 paragraph (1)), by inserting ‘‘or for purposes relat15 ing to the adoption of a child,’’ after ‘‘ailment,’’.

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

17 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘6307 (a)

18 and (c),’’ and inserting ‘‘6307 (a) and (d),’’.

19 (c) ELECTION TO HAVE ANNUAL LEAVE RE20 STORED.—(1) The Office of Personnel Management shall

21 prescribe regulations under which any employee who used

22 or uses annual leave for an adoption-related purpose, after

23 September 30, 1991, and before the date as of which sick

24 leave first becomes available for such purpose as a result

25 of the enactment of this section, may, upon appropriate

26 written application, elect to have such employee’s leave ac-
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1 counts adjusted to reflect the amount of annual leave and

2 sick leave, respectively, which would remain had sick leave

3 been used instead of all or any portion of the annual leave

4 actually used, as designated by the employee.

5 (2) An application under this subsection may not be

6 approved unless it is submitted—

7 (A) within 1 year after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act or such later date as the Office

9 may prescribe;

10 (B) in such form and manner as the Office

11 shall require; and

12 (C) by an individual who is an employee as of

13 the time of application.

14 (3) For the purpose of this subsection, the term ‘‘em15 ployee’’ has the meaning given such term in section

16 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code.

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