,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cjja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aa1 
#bjad,mr4 ,tester 7for himself and ,mr4 
,moran7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,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 ,definitions ,in    
this section-- 7#a7 the term employee-- 

7,a7 has the meaning given such term in 
section #baje2 and  7,b7 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 title #ch4   
7b7 ,leave credited ,during the         
#ab-month period beginning on the first 
day of the employment of an employee who
 is a veteran with a service-connected  
disability rated as #cj percent or more 
disabling1 the employee 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  7c7
 ,limitations  7#a7 ,amount of leave    
,the leave credited to an employee under
 subsection 7b7 may not exceed #ajd     
hours4  7#b7 ,no carry over ,any leave  
credited to an employee under subsection

 7b7 that is not used during the        
#ab-month period described in such      
subsection may not be carried over and  
shall be forfeited4  7d7 ,certification 
,in order to verify that leave credited 
to an employee under subsection 7b7 is  
used for treating a service-connected   
disability1 the employee shall submit to
 the head of the employing agency a     
certification1 in such form and manner  
as the ,director of the ,office of      
,personnel ,management may prescribe1   
that the employee used the leave for    
purposes of being furnished treatment   
for the disability by a health care     
provider4  4  7b7 ,technical and        
conforming 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 amendment made by     
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to an employee 7as that term is defined 

in section #fcbi7;a77#a7 of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code1 as added by      
subsection 7a77 hired on or after the   
date that is #a year after the date of  
enactment of this ,act4  7d7            
,regulations  7#a7 ,in general ,not     
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this ,act-- 7,a7 the       
,postmaster ,general shall prescribe    
regulations with respect to the leave   
provided under the amendment made by    
subsection 7a7 for employees of the     
,united ,states ,postal ,service and the
 ,postal ,regulatory ,commission2 and   
7,b7 the ,director of the ,office of    
,personnel ,management shall prescribe  
regulations with respect to the leave   
provided under the amendment made by    
subsection 7a7 for all other employees4 
7#b7 ,briefing requirement ,not later   
than #c months after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 and every #c    
months thereafter until the date on     
which the ,director of the ,office of   
,personnel ,management prescribes final 

regulations under paragraph 7#a77;,b71  
the ,director shall brief the ,committee
 on ,homeland ,security and             
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate   
and the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,government ,reform of the ,house of    
,representatives regarding the          
development of such regulations4