I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3799 
To provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to 
a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 10, 2007 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. HOYER, 
Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, and Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made 
available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, 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 ‘‘Federal Employees 
Paid Parental Leave Act of 2007’’. 
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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 to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(d)(1) An employee may elect to substitute for any 
leave without pay under subparagraph (A) or (B) of sub-
section (a)(1) any paid leave which is available to such 
employee for that purpose. 
‘‘(2) The paid leave that is available to an employee 
for purposes of paragraph (1) is— 
‘‘(A) 8 administrative workweeks of paid leave 
under this subparagraph in connection with the 
birth or placement involved; and 
‘‘(B) any annual or sick leave accrued or accu-
mulated by such employee under subchapter I. 
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subchapter shall be considered 
to require— 
‘‘(A) that an employing agency provide paid 
sick leave in any situation in which such employing 
agency would not normally be required to provide 
such leave; or 
‘‘(B) that an employee first use all or any por-
tion of the leave described in subparagraph (B) of 
paragraph (2) before being allowed to use leave de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) of such subparagraph. 
‘‘(4) Leave under paragraph (2)(A)— 
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‘‘(A) shall be payable from any appropriation or 
fund available for salaries or expenses for positions 
within the employing agency; 
‘‘(B) shall not be considered to be annual or va-
cation 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. 
‘‘(5) The Office shall prescribe any regulations nec-
essary to carry out this subsection, including, subject to 
paragraph (3)(B), the manner in which an employee may 
designate any day or other period as to which such em-
ployee wishes to use leave described in paragraph (2)(A).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth 
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) AMENDMENT
TO CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNT-
ABILITY ACT.—Section 202 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘In applying section 102(a)(1)(A) and 
(B) to covered employees, subsection (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-
paragraphs (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. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF PAID LEAVE.—The paid leave 
that is available to a covered employee for purposes 
of paragraph (1) is— 
‘‘(A) 8 workweeks of paid leave under this 
subparagraph in connection with the birth or 
placement involved; and 
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‘‘(B) any additional paid vacation or sick 
leave provided by the employing office to such 
employee. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be considered to require— 
‘‘(A) that an employing office provide paid 
sick leave in any situation in which such em-
ploying office would not normally be required to 
provide such leave; or 
‘‘(B) that a covered employee first use all 
or any portion of the leave described in sub-
paragraph (B) of paragraph (2) before being al-
lowed to use leave described in subparagraph 
(A) of such paragraph. 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL RULES.—Leave under para-
graph (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-
ferred to in section 102(a)(1) of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)(1))) to which it relates, shall not accu-
mulate for any subsequent use.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth 
or placement occurring before the end of the 6-month pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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