I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 856 
To provide paid family and medical leave to Federal employees, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2023 
Mr. BEYER (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Ms. HOULAHAN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, 
and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide paid family and medical leave to Federal 
employees, 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 ‘‘Comprehensive Paid 
Leave for Federal Employees Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE FOR FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES COVERED BY TITLE 5. 
Chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 6381, by amending paragraph 
(1)(B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) has completed at least 12 months of 
service— 
‘‘(i) as an employee (as defined in sec-
tion 2105) of the Government of the 
United States, including service with the 
United States Postal Service, the Postal 
Regulatory 
Commission, 
and 
a 
non-
appropriated fund instrumentality as de-
scribed in section 2105(c); or 
‘‘(ii) on covered active duty as a mem-
ber of the National Guard or Reserves that 
interrupts service described in clause (i);’’; 
and 
(2) in section 6382— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘12 ad-
ministrative workweeks of leave’’ and 
inserting ‘‘12 administrative work 
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weeks of leave plus any additional pe-
riod of leave used under subsection 
(d)(2)(B)(ii)’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by in-
serting ‘‘and in order to care for such 
son or daughter’’ before the period; 
(ii) by amending paragraph (2) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) The entitlement to leave under sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) shall com-
mence at time of birth or placement of a son or 
daughter and shall expire at the end of the 12- 
month period beginning on the date of such birth or 
placement. 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the 
entitlement to leave under subparagraph (B) in con-
nection with adoption may commence prior to the 
placement of the son or daughter to be adopted for 
activities necessary to allow the adoption to pro-
ceed.’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (4)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘Subject to sub-
section (d)(2), during’’ and inserting 
‘‘During’’; and 
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(II) by inserting ‘‘(or 26 adminis-
trative workweeks of leave plus any 
additional period of leave used under 
subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii))’’ after ‘‘26 
administrative workweeks of leave’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking the first sentence; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘under sub-
chapter I’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) through 
(E)’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘parental’’ in 
each instance; 
(III) in subparagraph (B)(i), by 
striking ‘‘birth or placement involved’’ 
and inserting ‘‘event giving rise to 
such leave’’; 
(IV) by amending subparagraph 
(E) to read as follows: 
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‘‘(E) Nothing in this paragraph shall be 
construed to modify the service requirement in 
section 6381(1)(B).’’; 
(V) in subparagraph (F)(i), by 
striking ‘‘An employee’’ and inserting 
‘‘With respect to leave described 
under subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
subsection (a)(1), an employee’’; and 
(VI) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(H) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(B)(i), 
with respect to any employee who received paid 
leave for an event giving rise to such leave 
under any other provision of law and who be-
comes subject to this section during the period 
of eligibility for paid leave under this section 
with respect to such event, any paid leave for 
such event provided by this section shall be re-
duced by the total number of days of paid leave 
taken by such employee under such other provi-
sion of law.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES UNDER THE CON-
GRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995. 
Section 202 of the Congressional Accountability Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312), is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the second sentence— 
(I) 
by 
striking 
‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)(A) 
or 
(B)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘under any of subsections (a)(1)(A) 
through (E)’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘and in the case 
of leave that includes leave for such 
an event, the period of leave to which 
a covered employee is entitled under 
section 102(a)(1) of such Act shall be 
12 administrative workweeks of leave 
plus any additional period of leave 
used under subsection (d)(2)(B) of 
this section’’ before the period; and 
(ii) by striking the third sentence and 
inserting the following: ‘‘For purposes of 
applying section 102(a)(4) of such Act, in 
the case of leave that includes leave under 
any of subparagraphs (A) through (E) of 
section 102(a)(1) of such Act, a covered 
employee is entitled, under paragraphs (1) 
and (3) of section 102(a) of such Act, to 
a combined total of 26 workweeks of leave 
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plus any additional period of leave used 
under subsection (d)(2)(B) of this sec-
tion.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by amending sub-
paragraph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) except for leave described under sec-
tion 102(a)(3) of such Act, the term ‘eligible 
employee’ as used in that Act means a covered 
employee.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘PARENTAL LEAVE’’ and inserting ‘‘FAMILY 
AND MEDICAL LEAVE’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any of subparagraphs (A) 
through (E)’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘parental’’ in each in-
stance; and 
(D) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘birth 
or placement involved’’ and inserting ‘‘event 
giving rise to such leave’’. 
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SEC. 4. GAO, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, POSTAL SERVICE, 
AND POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION EM-
PLOYEES. 
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
U.S.C. 2612), is amended— 
(1) in section 101(2)(E)— 
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by in-
serting ‘‘, USPS, AND
POSTAL
REGULATORY 
COMMISSION’’ after ‘‘GAO’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, the United States Post-
al Service, or the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion’’ after ‘‘Government Accountability Of-
fice’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘section 102(a)(1)(A) or 
(B)’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
102(a)(1)(A) 
through (E)’’; 
(2) in section 102(d)(3)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 
‘‘, USPS, AND
POSTAL
REGULATORY
COMMIS-
SION’’ after ‘‘GAO’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Government Account-
ability Office’’ in each instance and inserting 
‘‘the Government Accountability Office, the 
United States Postal Service, or the Postal 
Regulatory Commission’’; 
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(C) by striking ‘‘parental’’ in each instance 
and inserting ‘‘family and medical’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (A) or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graphs (A) through (E)’’; and 
(E) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 
‘‘birth or placement involved’’ and inserting 
‘‘event giving rise to such leave’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end of section 102(a) the 
following: 
‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULES ON PERIOD OF LEAVE.— 
With respect to an employee of the Government Ac-
countability Office, the Library of Congress, the 
United States Postal Service, or the Postal Regu-
latory Commission— 
‘‘(A) in the case of leave that includes 
leave under subparagraph (A) through (E) of 
paragraph (1), the employee shall be entitled to 
12 administrative workweeks of leave plus any 
additional period of leave used under subsection 
(d)(3)(B)(ii) 
of 
this 
section 
or 
section 
202(d)(2)(B) of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312(d)(2)(B)), 
as the case may be; 
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‘‘(B) for the purposes of paragraph (4), 
the employee is entitled, under paragraphs (1) 
and (3), to a combined total of 26 workweeks 
of leave plus, if applicable, any additional pe-
riod of leave used under subsection (d)(3)(B)(ii) 
of this section or section 202(d)(2)(B) of the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1312(d)(2)(B)), as the case may be; and 
‘‘(C) the entitlement to leave under para-
graph (1)(B) in connection with adoption may 
commence prior to the placement of the son or 
daughter to be adopted for activities necessary 
to allow the adoption to proceed.’’. 
SEC. 5. EMPLOYEES OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 
PRESIDENT. 
Section 412 of title 3, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘or (B)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through (E)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘or (B)’’ in 
each instance and inserting ‘‘through (E)’’. 
SEC. 6. FAA AND TSA EMPLOYEES. 
Section 40122(g)(5) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
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