Judicial Branch Senior Executive Leave Efficiency and Modernization Act of 2020

I 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. 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 de- termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Judicial Branch Senior 4 Executive Leave Efficiency and Modernization Act of 5 2020’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:26 Jan 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5735.IH H5735 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5735 IH SEC. 2. CARRY OVER OF ANNUAL LEAVE FOR CERTAIN SEN- 1 IOR POSITIONS IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF 2 GOVERNMENT. 3 Paragraph (1) of section 6304(f) of title 5, United 4 States Code, is amended— 5 (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 6 the end; 7 (2) in the first subparagraph (H) (relating to 8 Library of Congress positions), by striking the pe- 9 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 10 (3) by redesignating the second subparagraph 11 (H) (relating to positions in the United States Se- 12 cret Service Uniformed Division) as subparagraph 13 (I); 14 (4) in subparagraph (I), as redesignated by 15 paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 16 inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 17 (5) by adding at the end the following: 18 ‘‘(J) any of the following positions within the 19 judicial branch of Government: 20 ‘‘(i) Bankruptcy Administrator as de- 21 scribed in section 302(d)(3)(I) of Public Law 22 99–554. 23 ‘‘(ii) Circuit executive appointed under sec- 24 tion 332(e) of title 28. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:26 Jan 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5735.IH H5735 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5735 IH ‘‘(iii) Chief circuit librarian appointed 1 under section 713(a) of title 28. 2 ‘‘(iv) Senior staff attorney appointed under 3 section 715(a) of title 28. 4 ‘‘(v) Federal public defender appointed 5 under section 3006A(g)(2)(A) of title 18. 6 ‘‘(vi) Chief pretrial services officer ap- 7 pointed under section 3152(c) of title 18. 8 ‘‘(vii) Chief probation officer appointed 9 under section 3602(c) of title 18. 10 ‘‘(viii) Any clerk appointed pursuant to 11 section 156(b), 711(a), 751(a), 791(a), or 871 12 of title 28, but not including any chief deputy 13 clerk, assistant clerk, or deputy clerk appointed 14 under such section 871. 15 ‘‘(ix) District Court Executive. 16 ‘‘(x) Chief Circuit Mediator. 17 ‘‘(xi) The Director, the Deputy Director, 18 the Director of the Education Division, the Di- 19 rector of the Research Division, and the Direc- 20 tor of the Information Technology Office within 21 the Federal Judicial Center. 22 ‘‘(xii) The Staff Director, the Deputy Staff 23 Director, the General Counsel, the Director of 24 Education and Sentencing Practices, the Direc- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:26 Jan 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5735.IH H5735 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 5735 IH tor of Research and Data, the Director of Leg- 1 islative and Public Affairs, and the Director of 2 Administration within the United States Sen- 3 tencing Commission.’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:26 Jan 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5735.IH H5735 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS