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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5229 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide leave to any new Federal 
employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 
30 percent or more for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for 
such disability, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2014 
Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide leave to 
any new Federal employee who is a veteran with a serv-
ice-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more for 
purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such dis-
ability, 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 ‘‘Wounded Warriors 
Federal Leave Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
WHO ARE DISABLED VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 63 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 6329. Disabled veteran leave 
‘‘(a) 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 medical treatment for such dis-
ability for which sick leave could regularly be used. 
‘‘(b)(1) The leave credited to an employee under sub-
section (a) may not exceed 104 hours. 
‘‘(2) Any leave credited to an employee pursuant to 
subsection (a) that is not used during the 12-month period 
described in such subsection may not be carried over and 
shall be forfeited. 
‘‘(c) In order to verify that leave credited to an em-
ployee pursuant to subsection (a) is used for treating a 
service-connected disability, such employee shall submit to 
the head of the employing agency certification, in such 
form and manner as the Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management may prescribe, that such employee 
used such leave for purposes of being furnished treatment 
for such disability by a health care provider. 
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‘‘(d) In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘employee’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 2105, and includes an officer 
or employee of the United States Postal Service or 
of the Postal Regulatory Commission; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘service-connected’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 101(16) of title 38; 
and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 101(2) of such title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by adding after the item relating to section 6328 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘6329. Disabled veteran leave.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to any employee (as 
that term is defined in section 6329(d)(1) of title 5, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a)) hired on 
or after the date that is one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
fice of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations 
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with respect to the leave provided by the amendment in 
subsection (a). 
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