I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5781 
To provide that 8 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 
APRIL 14, 2008 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. TOM 
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 
BERMAN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FATTAH, 
Mr. FILNER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. KUCINICH, 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. MORAN of Vir-
ginia, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. VAN 
HOLLEN, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in 
addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To provide that 8 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 2008’’. 
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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) 8 administrative workweeks of paid paren-
tal leave under this subparagraph 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 subchapter shall be considered 
to require— 
‘‘(A) that an employing agency provide paid 
sick leave in any situation in which such employing 
agency would not normally be required to provide 
such leave; or 
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‘‘(B) that an employee first use all or any por-
tion of the leave described in subparagraph (B) of 
paragraph (3) before being allowed to use the paid 
parental leave described in subparagraph (A) of 
paragraph (3). 
‘‘(5) Paid parental leave under paragraph (3)(A)— 
‘‘(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 shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out 
this subsection, including, subject to paragraph (4)(B), 
the manner in which an employee may designate any day 
or other period as to which such employee wishes to use 
paid parental leave described in paragraph (3)(A).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth 
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or placement occurring before the end of the 6-month pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR CONGRESSIONAL EM-
PLOYEES. 
(a) AMENDMENT
TO CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNT-
ABILITY ACT.—Section 202 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘In applying section 102(a)(1)(A) and 
(B) to covered employees, subsection (d) shall 
apply.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR PAID PARENTAL LEAVE 
FOR CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—A cov-
ered employee taking leave without pay under sub-
paragraphs (A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) of the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)(1)) may elect to substitute for any such 
leave any paid leave which is available to such em-
ployee for that purpose. 
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‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF PAID LEAVE.—The paid leave 
that is available to a covered employee for purposes 
of paragraph (1) is— 
‘‘(A) the number of weeks of paid parental 
leave in connection with the birth or placement 
involved that correspond to the number of ad-
ministrative workweeks of paid parental leave 
available to Federal employees under section 
6382(d)(3)(A) of title 5, United States Code; 
and 
‘‘(B) any additional paid vacation or sick 
leave provided by the employing office to such 
employee. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be considered to require— 
‘‘(A) that an employing office provide paid 
sick leave in any situation in which such em-
ploying office would not normally be required to 
provide such leave; or 
‘‘(B) that a covered employee first use all 
or any portion of the leave described in sub-
paragraph (B) of paragraph (2) before being al-
lowed to use paid parental leave described in 
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2). 
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