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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 626 
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 Admin-
istration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employees 
Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE UNDER TITLE 5. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 5.—Subsection (d) of sec-
tion 6382 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating such subsection as sub-
section (d)(1); 
(2) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 
or’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C) or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) An employee may elect to substitute for any 
leave without pay under subparagraph (A) or (B) of sub-
section (a)(1) any paid leave which is available to such 
employee for that purpose. 
‘‘(3) The paid leave that is available to an employee 
for purposes of paragraph (2) is— 
‘‘(A) subject to paragraph (6), 4 administrative 
workweeks of paid parental leave under this sub-
paragraph in connection with the birth or placement 
involved; and 
‘‘(B) any annual or sick leave accrued or accu-
mulated by such employee under subchapter I. 
‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered 
to require that an employee first use all or any portion 
of the leave described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph 
(3) before being allowed to use the paid parental leave de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3). 
‘‘(5) Paid parental leave under paragraph (3)(A)— 
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‘‘(A) shall be payable from any appropriation or 
fund available for salaries or expenses for positions 
within the employing agency; 
‘‘(B) shall not be considered to be annual or va-
cation leave for purposes of section 5551 or 5552 or 
for any other purpose; and 
‘‘(C) if not used by the employee before the end 
of the 12-month period (as referred to in subsection 
(a)(1)) to which it relates, shall not accumulate for 
any subsequent use. 
‘‘(6) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment— 
‘‘(A) may promulgate regulations to increase 
the amount of paid parental leave available to an 
employee under paragraph (3)(A), to a total of not 
more than 8 administrative workweeks, based on the 
consideration of— 
‘‘(i) the benefits provided to the Federal 
Government of offering increased paid parental 
leave, including enhanced recruitment and re-
tention of employees; 
‘‘(ii) the cost to the Federal Government of 
increasing the amount of paid parental leave 
that is available to employees; 
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