Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016
PL 114-242 (S.2683), enacted 10/07/2016

130 STAT. 978 
PUBLIC LAW 114–242—OCT. 7, 2016 
Public Law 114–242 
114th Congress 
An Act 
To include disabled veteran leave in the personnel management system of the 
Federal Aviation Administration. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Aviation Administration 
Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DISABLED VETERAN LEAVE IN FEDERAL AVIA-
TION ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40122(g)(2) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 
a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (I)(iii), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, section 
6329, relating to disabled veteran leave.’’. 
(b) CERTIFICATION OF LEAVE.—Section 40122(g) of such title 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) CERTIFICATION OF DISABLED VETERAN LEAVE.—In order 
to verify that leave credited to an employee pursuant to para-
graph (2)(J) is used for treating a service-connected disability, 
that employee shall, notwithstanding section 6329(c) of title 
5, submit to the Assistant Administrator for Human Resource 
Management of the Federal Aviation Administration certifi-
cation, in such form and manner as the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration may prescribe, that the 
employee used that leave for purposes of being furnished treat-
ment for that disability by a health care provider.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to any employee of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration hired on or after the date that is one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall prescribe policies and proce-
dures to carry out the amendments made by this section that 
Deadline. 
40 USC 40122 
note. 
Time period. 
40 USC 40122 
note. 
Federal Aviation 
Administration 
Veteran 
Transition 
Improvement Act 
of 2016. 
49 USC 40101 
note. 
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130 STAT. 979 
PUBLIC LAW 114–242—OCT. 7, 2016 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2683: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 162 (2016): 
Sept. 22, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 27, considered and passed House. 
are comparable, to the maximum extent practicable, to the regula-
tions prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management under 
section 6329 of title 5, United States Code. 
Approved October 7, 2016. 
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