S.Amdt. 1626

SA 1626. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr.
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for
military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title V, add the following:

SEC. 1116. ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
DISABLED VETERANS.

(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``Sec. 6329. Disabled veteran leave

``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) notwithstanding section 6301, the term `employee'--
`(A) has the meaning given such term in section 2105; and
``(B) includes an officer or employee of the United States
Postal Service or of the Postal Regulatory Commission;
``(2) the term `service-connected' has the meaning given
such term in section 101(16) of title 38; and
``(3) the term `veteran' has the meaning given such term in
section 101(2) of title 38.
``(b) Leave Credited.--During the 12-month period beginning
on the first day of the employment of an employee who is a
veteran with a service-connected disability rated as 30
percent or more disabling, the

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employee is entitled to leave, without loss or reduction in
pay, for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such
disability for which sick leave could regularly be used.
``(c) Limitations.--
``(1) Amount of leave.-- The leave credited to an employee
under subsection (b) may not exceed 104 hours.
``(2) No carry over.--Any leave credited to an employee
under subsection (b) that is not used during the 12-month
period described in such subsection may not be carried over
and shall be forfeited.
``(d) Certification.--In order to verify that leave
credited to an employee under subsection (b) is used for
treating a service-connected disability, the employee shall
submit to the head of the employing agency a certification,
in such form and manner as the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management may prescribe, that the employee used
the leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for the
disability by a health care provider.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--
The table of sections for chapter 63 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to
section 6328 the following:

``6329. Disabled veteran leave.''.
(c) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to an employee (as that term is
defined in section 6329(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code,
as added by subsection (a)) hired on or after the date that
is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
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