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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2052
To extend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to leave-
transfer programs for an additional 5 years, and to modify those pro-
grams to permit transfers of sick leave in addition to annual leave.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 1993
Mrs. MORELLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To extend the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
relating to leave-transfer programs for an additional 5
years, and to modify those programs to permit transfers
of sick leave in addition to annual leave.
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
Leave Sharing Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS.
Section 2(d)(1) of the Federal Employees Leave
Sharing Act of 1988 (5 U.S.C. 6331 note) is amended
by striking ‘‘5 years’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘10 years’’.
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER SICK LEAVE.
(a) DIRECT TRANSFERS OF LEAVE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter
63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after section 6338 the following:
‘‘§ 6338a. Sick leave
‘‘(a) The Office of Personnel Management shall by
regulation modify the program established under the pre-
ceding provisions of this subchapter so as to permit, in
addition to annual leave, the transfer and use of sick leave.
‘‘(b) To the extent feasible, the terms and conditions
governing the transfer and use of sick leave under the reg-
ulations shall be the same as those governing the transfer
and use of annual leave under the preceding provisions
of this subchapter, subject to the following:
‘‘(1) Sick leave may not be transferred or used
in connection with any purpose for which accrued
sick leave could not be used by the leave recipient
under subchapter I.
‘‘(2) Sick leave received under this sub-
chapter—
‘‘(A) may not be used before the exhaus-
tion requirement under section 6333(b) has
been met; and
‘‘(B) shall not (for restoration purposes, if
applicable) be considered to have been used be-
fore all transferred annual leave has been ex-
hausted.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the
maximum amount of sick leave or annual leave
which may be accrued by a leave recipient while
using any leave received under this subchapter in
connection with a particular medical emergency.’’.
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.—
(A) PROHIBITION OF COERCION.—Section
6338(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘annual leave’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘annual or sick leave’’.
(B) 
EXCEPTED
AGENCIES.—Section
6339(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘annual leave accrued’’
and inserting ‘‘annual or sick leave ac-
crued’’; and
‘‘(3) Sick leave received under this subchapter
may not be used before the exhaustion requirement
under section 6367(c) has been met.
‘‘(4) Nothing in this section shall affect the
maximum amount of sick leave or annual leave
which may be accrued by a leave recipient while
using leave received under this subchapter in connec-
tion with a particular medical emergency.’’.
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.—
(A) PROHIBITION OF COERCION.—Section
6370(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘annual leave’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘annual or sick leave’’.
(B) 
EXCEPTED
AGENCIES.—Section
6372(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘annual leave accrued’’
and inserting ‘‘annual or sick leave accrued’’.
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of sections for
chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 6338 the following:
‘‘6338a. Sick leave.’’;
and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 6371 the following:
‘‘6371a. Sick leave.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Regulations required to be
prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management under
the amendments made by this section shall become effec-
tive not later than January 31, 1994.
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