VAlue FAAmily Act

Bill: 116-hr-5993
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2020-02-27
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Transportation

Department of Veterans Affairs

Employee leave

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health personnel

Transportation employees
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>VAlue FAAmily Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the Veterans Health Administration with the same family and medical leave benefits as other federal employees, beginning in FY2021.</p> <p>The bill also specifies that TSA screeners are eligible to receive family and medical leave benefits beginning in FY2021.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5993 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2020 Mr. Balderson (for himself, Mr. Meadows , Mr. Gibbs , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. Norman , and Mr. Kinzinger ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs , and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security , and Transportation and Infrastructure , 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 paid parental leave to certain employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VAlue FAAmily Act . 2. Paid parental leave for certain employees of the FAA, TSA, and VA (a) FAA and TSA (1) Application of Federal fml Section 40122(g)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (A) in subparagraph (I)(iii), by striking and at the end; (B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (K) subchapter V of chapter 63, relating to family and medical leave. . (2) Corrections for TSA screeners Section 7606 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 is amended— (A) by striking Section 111(d)(2) and inserting (a) In general .—Section 111(d)(2) ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not be effective with respect to any event for which leave may be taken under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, occurring before October 1, 2020. . (b) Title 38 employees Section 7425 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking Notwithstanding and inserting Except as provided in subsection (c), and notwithstanding ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the Administration shall provide to individuals appointed to any position described in section 7421(b) who are employed by the Administration family and medical leave in the same manner, to the maximum extent practicable, as family and medical leave is provided under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5 to employees, as defined in section 6381(1) of such title. . (c) Application (1) Effective date The amendments made by subsections (a)(1) and (b) shall not be effective with respect to any event for which leave may be taken under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, occurring before October 1, 2020. (2) Service requirement for eligibility Any Federal service by an individual provided leave by the amendments made by subsections (a)(1) or (b) of this Act or by section 7606(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (as amended by subsection (a)(2)), including any Federal service occurring prior to the effective date of such amendments, shall count for purposes of determining the period of service requirement under section 6381(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code.