VAlue FAAmily Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5993 To provide paid parental leave to certain employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, and the De- partment of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 27, 2020 Mr. BALDERSON (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. NORMAN, and Mr. KINZINGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 A BILL To provide paid parental leave to certain employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Se- curity Administration, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 ‘‘VAlue FAAmily Act’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:28 Feb 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5993.IH H5993 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5993 IH SEC. 2. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES 1 OF THE FAA, TSA, AND VA. 2 (a) FAA AND TSA.— 3 (1) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL FML.—Section 4 40122(g)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 5 amended— 6 (A) in subparagraph (I)(iii), by striking 7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 8 (B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the 9 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 11 ‘‘(K) subchapter V of chapter 63, relating 12 to family and medical leave.’’. 13 (2) CORRECTIONS FOR TSA SCREENERS.—Sec- 14 tion 7606 of the National Defense Authorization Act 15 for Fiscal Year 2020 is amended— 16 (A) by striking ‘‘Section 111(d)(2)’’ and 17 inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 18 111(d)(2)’’; and 19 (B) by adding at the end the following: 20 ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 21 subsection (a) shall not be effective with respect to any 22 event for which leave may be taken under subchapter V 23 of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, occurring 24 before October 1, 2020.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:28 Feb 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5993.IH H5993 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5993 IH (b) TITLE 38 EMPLOYEES.—Section 7425 of title 38, 1 United States Code, is amended— 2 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Notwith- 3 standing’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sub- 4 section (c), and notwithstanding’’; and 5 (2) by adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub- 7 chapter, the Administration shall provide to individuals 8 appointed to any position described in section 7421(b) who 9 are employed by the Administration family and medical 10 leave in the same manner, to the maximum extent prac- 11 ticable, as family and medical leave is provided under sub- 12 chapter V of chapter 63 of title 5 to employees, as defined 13 in section 6381(1) of such title.’’. 14 (c) APPLICATION.— 15 (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 16 by subsections (a)(1) and (b) shall not be effective 17 with respect to any event for which leave may be 18 taken under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, 19 United States Code, occurring before October 1, 20 2020. 21 (2) SERVICE REQUIREMENT FOR ELIGI- 22 BILITY.—Any Federal service by an individual pro- 23 vided leave by the amendments made by subsections 24 (a)(1) or (b) of this Act or by section 7606(a) of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:28 Feb 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5993.IH H5993 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 5993 IH National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1 2020 (as amended by subsection (a)(2)), including 2 any Federal service occurring prior to the effective 3 date of such amendments, shall count for purposes 4 of determining the period of service requirement 5 under section 6381(1)(B) of title 5, United States 6 Code. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:28 Feb 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5993.IH H5993 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS