,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bi1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,lynch 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,farenthold1 
,mr4 ,cummings1 and ,mr4 ,butterfield7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to provide leave to any  
new ,federal employee who is a veteran  
with a service-connected disability     
rated at #cj percent or more for        
purposes of undergoing medical treatment
 for such disability1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,wounded ,warriors  
,federal ,leave ,act of #bjad4  #b4     
,additional leave for ,federal employees
 who are disabled veterans  7a7 ,in     
general ,subchapter ,,ii of chapter #fc 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #fcbi4 ,disabled veteran    
leave  7a7 ,during the #ab-month period 

beginning on the first day of           
employment1 any employee who is a       
veteran with a service-connected        
disability rated at #cj percent or more 
is entitled to leave1 without loss or   
reduction in pay1 for purposes of       
undergoing medical treatment for such   
disability for which sick leave could   
regularly be used4  7b7  7#a7 ,the leave
 credited to an employee under          
subsection 7a7 may not exceed #ajd      
hours4  7#b7 ,any leave credited to an  
employee pursuant to subsection 7a7 that
 is not used during the #ab-month period
 described in such subsection may not be
 carried over and shall be forfeited4   
7c7 ,in order to verify that leave      
credited to an employee pursuant to     
subsection 7a7 is used for treating a   
service-connected disability1 such      
employee shall submit to the head of the
 employing agency certification1 in such
 form and manner as the ,director of the
 ,office of ,personnel ,management may  
prescribe1 that such employee used such 

leave for purposes of being furnished   
treatment for such disability by a      
health care provider4  7d7 ,in this     
section--  7#a7 the term employee has   
the meaning given such term in section  
#baje1 and includes an officer or       
employee of the ,united ,states ,postal 
,service or of the ,postal ,regulatory  
,commission2  7#b7 the term             
service-connected has the meaning given 
such term in section #aja7af7 of title  
#ch2 and  7#c7 the term veteran has the 
meaning given such term in section      
#aja7b7 of such title4  4  7b7 ,clerical
 amendment ,the table of sections for   
chapter #fc of title #e1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended by adding after the  
item relating to section #fcbh the      
following3  #fcbi4 ,disabled veteran    
leave4  4  7c7 ,application ,the        
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply with respect to any employee 7as  
that term is defined in section         
#fcbi7;d77#a7 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   

7a77 hired on or after the date that is 
one year after the date of enactment of 
this ,act4  7d7 ,regulations ,not later 
than #f months after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 the ,office of ,personnel ,management  
shall prescribe regulations with respect
 to the leave provided by the amendment 
in subsection 7a74