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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5148 
To ensure that at least one-half of the 12 weeks of parental leave made 
available to a Federal employee under subchapter V of chapter 63 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be paid leave. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2006 
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, and Mr. HOYER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To ensure that at least one-half of the 12 weeks of parental 
leave made available to a Federal employee under sub-
chapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be paid leave. 
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 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE. 
Subsection (d) of section 6382 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(d)(1) An employee may elect to substitute for any 
leave without pay under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or 
(D) of subsection (a)(1) any paid leave which is available 
to such employee for that purpose. 
‘‘(2) The paid leave that is available to an employee 
for purposes of paragraph (1) is— 
‘‘(A) to the extent that subparagraph (A) or 
(B) of subsection (a)(1) is the basis for the entitle-
ment to leave under this subchapter— 
‘‘(i) 6 administrative workweeks of paid 
leave under this clause in connection with the 
birth or placement involved; and 
‘‘(ii) any annual or sick leave accrued or 
accumulated by such employee under sub-
chapter I; and 
‘‘(B) to the extent that subparagraph (C) or 
(D) of subsection (a)(1) is the basis for the entitle-
ment to leave under this subchapter, any annual or 
sick leave accrued or accumulated by such employee 
under subchapter I. 
‘‘(3) 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 
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agency would not normally be required to provide 
such leave; or 
‘‘(B) in a circumstance to which subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (2) applies, that an employee first 
use all or any portion of the leave described in 
clause (ii) of such subparagraph before being al-
lowed to use leave described in clause (i) of such 
subparagraph. 
‘‘(4) Leave under paragraph (2)(A)(i)— 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(5) The Office shall prescribe any regulations nec-
essary to carry out this subsection, including, subject to 
paragraph (3)(B), the manner in which an employee may 
designate any day or other period as to which such em-
ployee wishes to use leave described in paragraph 
(2)(A)(i).’’. 
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall not be effec-
tive with respect to any birth or placement occurring be-
fore the end of the 6-month period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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