I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2648 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements 
that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected 
disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treat-
ment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans 
Health Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2017 
Mr. STIVERS (for himself and Mr. TAKANO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the 
requirements that new Federal employees who are vet-
erans with service-connected disabilities are provided 
leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for 
such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Vet-
erans Health Administration, 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 ‘‘Veterans Transition 
Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LEAVE POLICY FOR DIS-
ABLED VETERANS TO EMPLOYEES OF VET-
ERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND RE-
STATEMENT OF EXISTING LEAVE TRANSFER 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 74 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 7423 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7423A. Personnel administration: leave 
‘‘(a) LEAVE TRANSFER PROGRAM.—(1) The Sec-
retary shall establish a leave transfer program for the ben-
efit of health-care professionals in positions listed in sec-
tion 7401(1) of this title. The Secretary may also establish 
a leave bank program for the benefit of such health-care 
professionals. 
‘‘(2) To the maximum extent feasible— 
‘‘(A) the leave transfer program shall provide 
the same or similar requirements and conditions as 
are provided for the program established by the Di-
rector of the Office of Personnel Management under 
subchapter III of chapter 63 of title 5; and 
‘‘(B) any leave bank program established pur-
suant to paragraph (1) shall be consistent with the 
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requirements and conditions provided for agency 
leave bank programs in subchapter IV of such chap-
ter. 
‘‘(3) Participation by a health-care professional in the 
leave transfer program established pursuant to paragraph 
(1), and in any leave bank program established pursuant 
to such paragraph, shall be voluntary. The Secretary may 
not require any health-care professional to participate in 
such a program. 
‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary and the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management may enter into an agreement 
that permits health-care professionals referred to in para-
graph (1) to participate in the leave transfer program es-
tablished by the Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement under subchapter III of chapter 63 of title 5 or 
in any leave bank program established for other employees 
of the Department pursuant to subchapter IV of chapter 
63 of title 5, or both. 
‘‘(B) Participation of such health-care professionals 
in a leave transfer program or a leave bank program pur-
suant to an agreement entered into under subparagraph 
(A) shall be subject to such requirements and conditions 
as may be prescribed in such agreement. 
‘‘(5) The Secretary is not required to establish a leave 
transfer program for any personnel permitted to partici-
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pate in a leave transfer program pursuant to an agree-
ment referred to in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LEAVE POLICY FOR 
DISABLED VETERANS.—Section 6329 of title 5 shall apply 
to all health-care professionals in positions listed in section 
7401(1) of this title.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF TRANSFERRED AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 7423 of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (e); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (e). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 74 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 7423 the 
following new item: 
‘‘7423A. Personnel administration: leave.’’. 
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