section 105 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2615) shall be 
considered to be references to subsection (e). 
(4) 
EMPLOYER
LIABILITY
UNDER
OTHER 
LAWS.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
limit the liability of an employer to an employee for 
harm suffered relating to the employee’s experience 
of domestic violence pursuant to any other Federal 
or State law, including a law providing for a legal 
remedy. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employees 
Paid Parental Leave Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 402. GRANT PROJECT. 
Subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 6387 as section 
6388; and 
(2) by inserting after section 6386 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 6387. Paid leave grant project 
‘‘(a) The Office of Personnel Management may, 
through an agreement or contract with 1 or more employ-
ing agencies described in subsection (b), conduct under 
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section 4703 a grant project that assists families by pro-
viding paid leave for eligible individuals who are respond-
ing to— 
‘‘(1) caregiving needs resulting from the birth 
or adoption of a son or daughter; or 
‘‘(2) other family caregiving needs. 
‘‘(b) In carrying out a project under this section, an 
employing agency of 1 or more employees shall provide 
partial or full paid leave to eligible individuals for not less 
than 6 weeks during a period of leave, or an absence from 
employment, described in subsection (c)(2), during any 
12-month period. Paid leave available to an individual 
under this subsection shall be in addition to any annual 
or sick leave that the individual may elect to use during 
a period of leave, or an absence from employment, de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2), during any 12-month period. 
‘‘(c) To be eligible to receive paid leave under sub-
section (a), an individual shall— 
‘‘(1) be an employee who meets such eligibility 
criteria as the Office of Personnel Management may 
specify in a plan described in section 4703(b); and 
‘‘(2) be— 
‘‘(A) an individual who is taking leave, 
under this subchapter, or other Federal law, for 
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a reason described in subparagraph (A) or (B) 
of section 6382(a)(1); 
‘‘(B) at the option of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, an individual who— 
‘‘(i) is taking leave, under this sub-
chapter, or other Federal law, for a reason 
described in subparagraph (C), (D), (E), 
or (F) of section 6382(a)(1); or 
‘‘(ii) leaves employment, and has an 
absence from employment, because the in-
dividual has elected to care for a son or 
daughter under age 1; or 
‘‘(C) at the option of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, an individual who has an 
absence from employment and has other char-
acteristics specified by the Office of Personnel 
Management in a plan described in section 
4703(b). 
‘‘(d) An employing agency that provides partial or 
full paid leave to an eligible individual under this section 
shall notify (in a form and manner prescribed by the Of-
fice of Personnel Management) the individual that the em-
ploying agency shall count an appropriate period of leave, 
calculated under section 6382(f), against the total amount 
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of leave (if any) to which the employee is entitled under 
section 6382(a)(1). 
‘‘(e)(1) A grant project conducted under this section 
shall not be counted toward the 10-project limit estab-
lished in section 4703(d)(2). 
‘‘(2) The Office of Personnel Management may pro-
vide a waiver for the grant project in accordance with sec-
tion 4703, except that section 4703(c)(1) shall not apply 
to such a waiver. 
‘‘(f)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this section $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 
and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) Funds appropriated under paragraph (1) may 
be allocated as described in section 4704.’’. 
SEC. 403. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6382 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f)(1) If an employing agency provides an amount 
of full paid leave to an employee for a period under section 
6387, the employing agency shall count an amount of 
leave, equal to that period, against the total amount of 
leave (if any) to which the employee is entitled under sub-
section (a)(1). 
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‘‘(2) If an employing agency provides an amount of 
partial paid leave to an employee for a period under sec-
tion 6387, the employing agency shall— 
‘‘(A) total the amount of partial paid leave pro-
vided for that period; 
‘‘(B) convert the total into a corresponding 
amount of full paid leave provided for a proportion-
ately reduced period; and 
‘‘(C) count an amount of leave, equal to the pe-
riod described in subparagraph (B), against the total 
amount of leave (if any) to which the employee is en-
titled under subsection (a)(1).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 6382 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(d),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(d) or section 6387,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘any unpaid’’ 
after ‘‘substitute for’’. 
(c) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections for 
chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 6387 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘6387. Paid leave grant project. 
‘‘6388. Regulations.’’. 
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