S.Amdt. 426

SA 426. Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Moran, Mr.
Fetterman, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, 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 C of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 633. PARENTAL LEAVE PARITY FOR MEMBERS OF RESERVE
COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Parental Leave.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 40 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 710 the following
new section:

``Sec. 710a. Parental leave for members of certain reserve
components of the armed forces

``(a)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
Defense, a member of a reserve component of the armed forces
described in subsection (b) is allowed parental leave to care
for a child for a duration of up to 12 inactive-duty training
periods, under section 206 of title 37, during the one-year
period beginning after one of the following events:
``(A) The birth or adoption of a child of the member.
``(B) The placement of a minor child with the member for
adoption or long-term foster care.
``(2)(A) The Secretary concerned, under uniform regulations
to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may authorize
parental leave described in paragraph (1) to be taken after
the one-year period described in that paragraph in the case
of a member described in subsection (b) who, except for this
subparagraph, would lose unused parental leave at the end of
the one-year period described in paragraph (1) as a result
of--
``(i) operational requirements;
``(ii) professional military education obligations; or
``(iii) other circumstances that the Secretary determines
reasonable and appropriate.
``(B) The regulations prescribed under subparagraph (A)
shall require that any parental leave authorized to be taken
under that subparagraph after the one-year period described
in paragraph (1) shall be taken within a reasonable period of
time, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, after
cessation of the circumstances warranting the extended
deadline.
``(b) A member described in this subsection is--
``(1) a member of the Selected Reserve who is entitled to
compensation under section 206 of title 37; or
``(2) a member of the Individual Ready Reserve who is
entitled to compensation under section 206 of title 37 when
attending or participating in a sufficient number of periods
of inactive-duty training during a year to count the year as
a qualifying year of creditable service toward eligibility
for retired pay under chapter 1223.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 40 of such title is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 710 the following new
item:

``710a. Parental leave for members of certain reserve components of the
armed forces.''.
(b) Compensation.--Section 206(a)(4) of title 37, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(4) for a regular period of instruction, period of
appropriate duty, or such other equivalent training,
instruction, duty, or appropriate duty that the member would
be required to perform but does not perform because the
member was authorized to take parental leave pursuant to
section 710a of title 10.''.
(c) Contribution of Leave Toward Entitlement to Retired
Pay.--Section 12732(a)(2)(G) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
``(G) One point for each inactive-duty training period,
under section 206 of title 37, during which the member is on
parental leave under section 710a of this title.''.
(d) Conforming Repeal.--Section 602(b) of the William M.
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 12732 note)
is repealed.
(e) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made
by this section shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act and apply with respect to periods of
parental leave that commence on or after that date.
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