,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecbc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,butterfield 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,lynch1
 ,mr4 ,jones1 and ,mr4 ,price of ,north 
,carolina7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide leave to certain new
 employees who are veterans 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 ,medical ,leave for ,veterans ,act 
of #bjad4  #b4 ,additional leave for    
certain employees who are disabled      
veterans  7a7 ,regulation required ,not 
later than #f months after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs shall issue such  
regulations as are necessary to provide 
for1 in addition to any existing leave  
program1 the following3  7#a7 ,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     
7#b7  7,a7 ,the leave credited to an    
employee under paragraph 7#a7 may not   
exceed #ajd hours4  7,b7 ,any leave     
credited to an employee pursuant to     
paragraph 7#a7 that is not used during  
the #ab-month period described in such  
paragraph may not be carried over and   
shall be forfeited4  7#c7 ,in order to  
verify that leave credited to an        
employee pursuant to paragraph 7#a7 is  
used for treating a service-connected   
disability1 such employee shall submit  
to the ,secretary certification1 in such
 form and manner as the ,secretary may  
prescribe1 that such employee used such 
leave for purposes of being furnished   

treatment for such disability by a      
health care provider4  7b7 ,definitions 
,in this section--  7#a7 the term       
employee means any employee appointed   
under chapter #gc or #gd of title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code2  7#b7 the term   
service-connected has the meaning given 
such term in section #aja7af7 of such   
title2 and  7#c7 the term veteran has   
the meaning given such term in section  
#aja7b7 of such title4  7c7 ,application
 ,the regulations required under        
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to any employee hired on or after the   
date that is one year after the date of 
enactment of this ,act4