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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5323 
To provide leave to certain new employees who are veterans with a service- 
connected disability rated at 30 percent or more for purposes of under-
going medical treatment for such disability, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2014 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. JONES, and Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To provide leave to certain new employees who are veterans 
with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent 
or more for purposes of undergoing medical treatment 
for such disability, 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 ‘‘Medical Leave for Vet-
erans Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES 
WHO ARE DISABLED VETERANS. 
(a) REGULATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall issue such regulations as 
are necessary to provide for, in addition to any existing 
leave program, the following: 
(1) During the 12-month period beginning on 
the first day of employment, any employee who is a 
veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 
30 percent or more is entitled to leave, without loss 
or reduction in pay, for purposes of undergoing med-
ical treatment for such disability for which sick leave 
could regularly be used. 
(2)(A) The leave credited to an employee under 
paragraph (1) may not exceed 104 hours. 
(B) Any leave credited to an employee pursuant 
to paragraph (1) that is not used during the 12- 
month period described in such paragraph may not 
be carried over and shall be forfeited. 
(3) In order to verify that leave credited to an 
employee pursuant to paragraph (1) is used for 
treating a service-connected disability, such employee 
shall submit to the Secretary certification, in such 
form and manner as the Secretary may prescribe, 
that such employee used such leave for purposes of 
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being furnished treatment for such disability by a 
health care provider. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘employee’’ means any employee 
appointed under chapter 73 or 74 of title 38, United 
States Code; 
(2) the term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 101(16) of such title; 
and 
(3) the term ‘‘veteran’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 101(2) of such title. 
(c) APPLICATION.—The regulations required under 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any employee 
hired on or after the date that is one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
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