VA Family Leave Act of 2020

VA Family Leave Act of 2020

This bill provides employees of the Veterans Health Administration with the same family and medical leave benefits as other federal employees, beginning in FY2021.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6036 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6036

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for family and 
medical leave for certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2020

Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for family and 
medical leave for certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees, 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 ``VA Family Leave Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS EMPLOYEES.

    (a) 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.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments 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.
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