Judicial Branch Senior Executive Leave Efficiency and Modernization Act of 2020

Judicial Branch Senior Executive Leave Efficiency and Modernization Act of 2020

This bill allows certain senior level employees within the judicial branch to accumulate up to 90 days of unused annual leave for use in succeeding years. Under current law, such employees may accumulate only up to 30 days.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5735 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5735

To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow certain senior employees 
  in the judicial branch of Government to carry over up to 90 days of 
            annual leave each year, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2020

 Mr. Raskin (for himself and Mrs. Roby) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow certain senior employees 
  in the judicial branch of Government to carry over up to 90 days of 
            annual leave each year, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Judicial Branch Senior Executive 
Leave Efficiency and Modernization Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. CARRY OVER OF ANNUAL LEAVE FOR CERTAIN SENIOR POSITIONS IN THE 
              JUDICIAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.

    Paragraph (1) of section 6304(f) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in the first subparagraph (H) (relating to Library of 
        Congress positions), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (3) by redesignating the second subparagraph (H) (relating 
        to positions in the United States Secret Service Uniformed 
        Division) as subparagraph (I);
            (4) in subparagraph (I), as redesignated by paragraph (3), 
        by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(J) any of the following positions within the judicial 
        branch of Government:
                    ``(i) Bankruptcy Administrator as described in 
                section 302(d)(3)(I) of Public Law 99-554.
                    ``(ii) Circuit executive appointed under section 
                332(e) of title 28.
                    ``(iii) Chief circuit librarian appointed under 
                section 713(a) of title 28.
                    ``(iv) Senior staff attorney appointed under 
                section 715(a) of title 28.
                    ``(v) Federal public defender appointed under 
                section 3006A(g)(2)(A) of title 18.
                    ``(vi) Chief pretrial services officer appointed 
                under section 3152(c) of title 18.
                    ``(vii) Chief probation officer appointed under 
                section 3602(c) of title 18.
                    ``(viii) Any clerk appointed pursuant to section 
                156(b), 711(a), 751(a), 791(a), or 871 of title 28, but 
                not including any chief deputy clerk, assistant clerk, 
                or deputy clerk appointed under such section 871.
                    ``(ix) District Court Executive.
                    ``(x) Chief Circuit Mediator.
                    ``(xi) The Director, the Deputy Director, the 
                Director of the Education Division, the Director of the 
                Research Division, and the Director of the Information 
                Technology Office within the Federal Judicial Center.
                    ``(xii) The Staff Director, the Deputy Staff 
                Director, the General Counsel, the Director of 
                Education and Sentencing Practices, the Director of 
                Research and Data, the Director of Legislative and 
                Public Affairs, and the Director of Administration 
                within the United States Sentencing Commission.''.
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