I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 564 
To provide paid family and medical leave to Federal employees, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2021 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. BEYER, Ms. 
NORTON, and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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 consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within 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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(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; and 
‘‘(B) for the purposes of paragraph (4), 
the employee is entitled, under paragraphs (1) 
and (3), to a combined total of 26 workweeks 
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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.’’. 
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— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘PA-
RENTAL’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘parental’’ in each instance. 
SEC. 7. TITLE 38 EMPLOYEES. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall modify 
the family and medical leave program provided by oper-
ation of section 7425(c) of title 38, United States Code, 
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to conform with this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act. 
SEC. 8. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS AND DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE. 
(a) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS.—Subsection 
(d) of section 11–1726, District of Columbia Official Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) In carrying out the family and medical leave act 
of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) with respect to non-judi-
cial employees of the District of Columbia courts, the 
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration shall, not-
withstanding any provision of such Act, establish a paid 
family and medical leave program for the leave described 
in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 102(a)(1) of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)). In developing the terms 
and conditions for this program, the Joint Committee may 
be guided by the terms and conditions applicable to the 
provision of paid family and medical leave for employees 
of the Federal Government under chapter 63 of title 5, 
United States Code, and any corresponding regulations.’’. 
(b) DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER 
SERVICE.—Subsection (d) of section 305 of the District 
of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act 
of 1970 (sec. 21605, D.C. Official Code) is amended to 
read as follows: 
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‘‘(d) In carrying out the Family and Medical Leave 
Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) with respect to em-
ployees of the Service, the Director shall, notwithstanding 
any provision of such Act, establish a paid leave program 
for the leave described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) 
of section 102(a)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)). 
In developing the terms and conditions for this program, 
the Director may be guided by the terms and conditions 
applicable to the provision of paid family and medical leave 
for employees of the Federal Government under chapter 
63 of title 5, United States Code, and any corresponding 
regulations.’’. 
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