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‘‘(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 subsection 
shall be considered to require that an employee first 
use all or any portion of the leave described in sub-
paragraph (B) of paragraph (2) before being allowed 
to use the paid parental leave described in subpara-
graph (A) of paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL RULES.—Paid parental leave 
under paragraph (2)(A)— 
‘‘(A) shall be payable from any appropria-
tion or fund available for salaries or expenses 
for positions within the employing office; and 
‘‘(B) if not used by the covered employee 
before the end of the 12-month period (as re-
ferred to in section 102(a)(1) of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
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2612(a)(1))) to which it relates, shall not accu-
mulate for any subsequent use.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth 
or placement occurring before the end of the 6-month pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO FAMILY AND MED-
ICAL LEAVE ACT FOR GAO AND LIBRARY OF 
CONGRESS EMPLOYEES. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE 
ACT OF 1993.—Section 102(d) of the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR GAO AND LIBRARY OF 
CONGRESS EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(A) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—An 
employee of an employer described in section 
101(4)(A)(iv) taking leave under subparagraph 
(A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) may elect to 
substitute for any such leave any paid leave 
which is available to such employee for that 
purpose. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF PAID LEAVE.—The paid 
leave that is available to an employee of an em-
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ployer described in section 101(4)(A)(iv) for 
purposes of subparagraph (A) is— 
‘‘(i) the number of weeks of paid pa-
rental leave in connection with the birth or 
placement involved that correspond to the 
number of administrative workweeks of 
paid parental leave available to Federal 
employees under section 6382(d)(3)(A) of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) any additional paid vacation or 
sick leave provided by such employer. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this para-
graph shall be considered to require that an 
employee first use all or any portion of the 
leave described in clause (ii) of subparagraph 
(B) before being allowed to use the paid paren-
tal leave described in clause (i) of such subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL RULES.—Paid parental 
leave under subparagraph (B)(i)— 
‘‘(i) shall be payable from any appro-
priation or fund available for salaries or 
expenses for positions with the employer 
described in section 101(4)(A)(iv); and 
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‘‘(ii) if not used by the employee of 
such employer before the end of the 12- 
month period (as referred to in subsection 
(a)(1)) to which it relates, shall not accu-
mulate for any subsequent use.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth 
or placement occurring before the end of the 6-month pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD AND RESERVES. 
(a) EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES.—For pur-
poses of determining the eligibility of an employee who is 
a member of the National Guard or Reserves to take leave 
under paragraph (1)(A) or (B) of section 6382(a) of title 
5, United States Code, or to substitute such leave pursu-
ant to paragraph (2) of such section (as added by section 
2), any service by such employee on active duty (as defined 
in section 6381(7) of such title) shall be counted as service 
as an employee for purposes of section 6381(1)(B) of such 
title. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.—For purposes of 
determining the eligibility of a covered employee (as such 
term is defined in section 101(3) of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act) who is a member of the National Guard 
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or Reserves to take leave under subparagraph (A) or (B) 
of section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 (pursuant to section 202(a)(1) of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act), or to substitute such leave pur-
suant to subsection (d) of section 202 of such Act (as 
added by section 3), any service by such employee on ac-
tive duty (as defined in section 101(14) of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993) shall be counted as time dur-
ing which such employee has been employed in an employ-
ing office for purposes of section 202(a)(2)(B) of the Con-
gressional Accountability Act. 
(c) GAO AND LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS EMPLOY-
EES.—For purposes of determining the eligibility of an 
employee of the Government Accountability Office or Li-
brary of Congress who is a member of the National Guard 
or Reserves to take leave under subparagraph (A) or (B) 
of section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993, or to substitute such leave pursuant to paragraph 
(3) of section 102(d) of such Act (as added by section 
4), any service by such employee on active duty (as defined 
in section 101(14) of such Act) shall be counted as time 
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during which such employee has been employed for pur-
poses of section 101(2)(A) of such Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 4, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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