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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H.R. 2751

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 22 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 7), 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

AN ACT

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

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

20 ‘‘6327,’’ after ‘‘6326,’’.

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

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

23 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) Sick leave provided by this section may be used

9 for purposes relating to the adoption of a child.’’; and

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

11 paragraph (1)), by inserting ‘‘or for purposes relat12 ing to the adoption of a child,’’ after ‘‘ailment,’’.

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

14 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘6307 (a)

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

16 (c) ELECTION TO HAVE ANNUAL LEAVE RE17 STORED.—(1) The Office of Personnel Management shall

18 prescribe regulations under which any employee who used

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

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

21 leave first becomes available for such purpose as a result

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

23 written application, elect to have such employee’s leave ac24 counts adjusted to reflect the amount of annual leave and

25 sick leave, respectively, which would remain had sick leave
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1 been used instead of all or any portion of the annual leave

2 actually used, as designated by the employee.

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

4 approved unless it is submitted—

5 (A) within 1 year after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act or such later date as the Office

7 may prescribe;

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

9 shall require; and

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

11 the time of application.

12 (3) For the purpose of this subsection, the term ‘‘em13 ployee’’ has the meaning given such term in section

14 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code.

Passed the House of Representatives September 21,

1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.