IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1633 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 24, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To provide for certain improvements relating to the tracking 
and reporting of employees of the Department of Home-
land Security placed on administrative leave, or any other 
type of paid non-duty status without charge to leave, 
for personnel matters, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Paid Administra-
tive Leave Accountability Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IMPROVED 
INTERNAL TRACKING AND REPORTING OF 
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR PERSONNEL 
MATTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 104. INTERNAL TRACKING AND REPORTING OF AD-
MINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR PERSONNEL MAT-
TERS. 
‘‘(a) INTERNAL REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the DHS Paid Adminis-
trative Leave Accountability Act of 2015, and quarterly 
thereafter, the head of each component of the Department 
shall submit to the Chief Human Capital Officer of the 
Department— 
‘‘(1) the number of employees of the component 
who had been on administrative leave, or any other 
type of paid non-duty status without charge to leave, 
for personnel matters for a period of 6 consecutive 
months or longer as of the last day of the period 
covered by the report; 
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‘‘(2) the total cost to the component associated 
with such administrative leave and such paid non- 
duty status (including salary and benefits) for the 
period covered by the report; and 
‘‘(3) the average duration that employees are 
placed on administrative leave, or any other type of 
paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for 
personnel matters for a period of 6 consecutive 
months or longer, as of the last day of the period 
covered by the report for the component. 
‘‘(b) CHCO TRACKING.—The Chief Human Capital 
Officer shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain records of the number of employ-
ees of the Department who are placed on adminis-
trative leave or paid non-duty status without charge 
to leave for personnel matters and the costs (includ-
ing salary and benefits) associated with such leave 
or non-duty status; and 
‘‘(2) in consultation with the head of each of 
the components of the Department, determine any 
appropriate actions to be taken by the Department 
to resolve any personnel matter objectively, appro-
priately, and expeditiously or to reduce the use of 
administrative leave and paid non-duty status with-
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out charge to leave in addressing any personnel mat-
ter. 
‘‘(c) PERSONNEL MATTERS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘personnel matters’ means, with respect to 
an employee, any personnel investigation (including any 
investigation into misconduct and any national security or 
suitability investigation), any criminal matter, or any ad-
verse action proposed or taken by the Department, includ-
ing any action under chapter 75 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(d) LEVERAGE
OF EXISTING SYSTEMS.—In car-
rying out this section, the Secretary is encouraged to le-
verage systems and operations in use on the date of enact-
ment of the DHS Paid Administrative Leave Account-
ability Act of 2015 to implement the requirements of this 
section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 103 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 104. Internal tracking and reporting of administrative leave for personnel 
matters.’’. 
SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY 
RELATING TO EMPLOYEES ON ADMINISTRA-
TIVE LEAVE. 
By not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Chief Human Capital Officer of the 
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Department of Homeland Security shall develop and im-
plement a Department-wide policy in accordance with ex-
isting Federal guidance specifically related to the use of 
administrative leave, or any other type of paid non-duty 
status without charge to leave, for personnel matters. 
Such policy shall include the responsibilities of the compo-
nents of the Department for reporting information relat-
ing to such administrative leave and such paid non-duty 
status to the Chief Human Capital Officer, as required 
under section 104(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107–296), as added by section 2. Such 
policy shall provide guidance on expediting the resolution 
of a personnel matter for which an employee has been on 
administrative leave or any other type of paid non-duty 
status without charge to leave for a period of 6 consecutive 
months or longer in an objective and appropriate manner. 
SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY EMPLOYEES ON AD-
MINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR PERSONNEL MAT-
TERS. 
(a) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the last day of each calendar quarter of 2016, 2017, 
and 2018, the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
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section 104(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–296), as added by section 2. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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