Reserve Component Parental Leave Parity Act of 2023

To authorize members of reserve components of the Armed Forces to take parental leave for the adoption or placement for long-term foster care of a child. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reserve Component Parental Leave Parity Act of 2023 2. Parental leave parity for members of reserve components of the Armed Forces (a) Compensation Section 206 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows: (4) for each of six days for each period during which the member is on parental leave during— (A) the one-year period beginning after— (i) the birth or adoption of a child of the member; or (ii) the placement of a minor child with the member for adoption or long-term foster care; or (B) such other period as is provided for under subsection (g). ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (g) (1) The Secretary concerned, under uniform regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may authorize leave described in subsection (a)(4) to be taken after the one-year period described in subparagraph (A) of that subsection in the case of a member described in subsection (a) who, except for this subsection, would lose unused parental leave at the end of that one-year period as a result of— (A) operational requirements; (B) professional military education obligations; or (C) other circumstances that the Secretary determines reasonable and appropriate. (2) The regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) shall require that any leave authorized to be taken after the one-year period described in subsection (a)(4)(A) shall be taken within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, after cessation of the circumstances warranting the extended deadline. . (b) Contribution of leave toward entitlement to retired pay Section 12732(a)(2)(G) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking maternity leave. (i) the birth or adoption of a child of the member; or (ii) the placement of a minor child with the member for adoption or long-term foster care. . (c) Credit for retired pay purposes Section 602(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 10 U.S.C. 12732 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking maternity leave birth of a child parental leave described in section 12732(a)(2)(G) of title 10, United States Code, taken by a member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces (2) in paragraph (2), by striking maternity leave childbirth event parental leave taken by the member (3) in paragraph (3), by striking maternity leave parental leave (d) Effective date This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to periods of parental leave that commence on or after that date.

Summary: Reserve Component Parental Leave Parity Act of 2023 This bill provides parental leave to members of the National Guard or a reserve component who are on inactive-duty training. Under current law, only maternity leave is available to such inactive-duty members. The bill expands the parental leave benefit to all members for the birth or adoption of a child or the placement with the member of a minor child for adoption or long-term foster care.