SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employees 
Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE UNDER TITLE 5. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 5.—Subsection (d) of sec-
tion 6382 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating such subsection as sub-
section (d)(1); 
(2) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), (C),’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (C),’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) An employee may elect to substitute for 
any leave without pay under subparagraph (A) or 
(B) of subsection (a)(1) any paid leave which is 
available to such employee for that purpose. 
‘‘(3) The paid leave that is available to an em-
ployee for purposes of paragraph (2) is— 
‘‘(A) subject to paragraph (6), 6 adminis-
trative workweeks of paid parental leave under 
this subparagraph in connection with the birth 
or placement involved; and 
‘‘(B) any annual or sick leave accrued or 
accumulated by such employee under sub-
chapter I. 
‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be consid-
ered to require that an employee first use all or any 
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portion of the leave described in paragraph (3)(B) 
before being allowed to use the paid parental leave 
described in paragraph (3)(A). 
‘‘(5) Paid parental leave under paragraph 
(3)(A)— 
‘‘(A) shall be payable from any appropria-
tion or fund available for salaries or expenses 
for positions within the employing agency; 
‘‘(B) shall not be considered to be annual 
or vacation leave for purposes of section 5551 
or 5552 or for any other purpose; and 
‘‘(C) if not used by the employee before the 
end of the 12-month period (as referred to in 
subsection (a)(1)) to which it relates, shall not 
accumulate for any subsequent use. 
‘‘(6) The Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management— 
‘‘(A) may promulgate regulations to in-
crease the amount of paid parental leave avail-
able to an employee under paragraph (3)(A), to 
a total of not more than 12 administrative 
workweeks, based on the consideration of— 
‘‘(i) the benefits provided to the Fed-
eral Government of offering increased paid 
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parental leave, including enhanced recruit-
ment and retention of employees; 
‘‘(ii) the cost to the Federal Govern-
ment of increasing the amount of paid pa-
rental leave that is available to employees; 
‘‘(iii) trends in the private sector and 
in State and local governments with re-
spect to offering paid parental leave; 
‘‘(iv) the Federal Government’s role 
as a model employer; 
‘‘(v) the impact of increased paid pa-
rental leave on lower-income and economi-
cally disadvantaged employees and their 
children; and 
‘‘(vi) such other factors as the Direc-
tor considers necessary; and 
‘‘(B) shall prescribe any regulations nec-
essary to carry out this subsection, including, 
subject to paragraph (4), the manner in which 
an employee may designate any day or other 
period as to which such employee wishes to use 
paid parental leave described in paragraph 
(3)(A).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth 
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or placement occurring before the end of the 6-month pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR CONGRESSIONAL EM-
PLOYEES. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
TO CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNT-
ABILITY ACT.—Section 202 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘In applying section 102(a)(1) (A) 
and (B) of such Act to covered employees, sub-
section (d) shall apply.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR PAID PARENTAL LEAVE 
FOR CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—A cov-
ered employee taking leave without pay under sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) of the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)(1)) may elect to substitute for any such 
leave any paid leave which is available to such em-
ployee for that purpose. 
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‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF PAID LEAVE.—The paid leave 
that is available to a covered employee for purposes 
of paragraph (1) is— 
‘‘(A) the number of weeks of paid parental 
leave in connection with the birth or placement 
involved that correspond to the number of ad-
ministrative workweeks of paid parental leave 
available to Federal employees under section 
6382(d)(3)(A) of title 5, United States Code; 
and 
‘‘(B) any additional paid vacation or sick 
leave provided by the employing office to such 
employee. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall be considered to require that an employee first 
use all or any portion of the leave described in para-
graph (2)(B) before being allowed to use the paid 
parental leave described in paragraph (2)(A). 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL RULES.—Paid parental leave 
under paragraph (2)(A)— 
‘‘(A) shall be payable from any appropria-
tion or fund available for salaries or expenses 
for positions within the employing office; and 
‘‘(B) if not used by the covered employee 
before the end of the 12-month period (as re-
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