,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,r4 #eieg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of 
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ba1
 #bjaf,received  ,,an ,,act  ,to include
 disabled veteran leave in the personnel
 management system of the ,federal      
,aviation ,administration4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,federal ,aviation ,administration      
,veteran ,transition ,improvement ,act  
of #bjaf4  #b4 ,inclusion of disabled   
veteran leave in ,federal ,aviation     
,administration personnel management    
system  7a7 ,in general ,section        
#djabb7;g77#b7 of title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subparagraph 7,h71 by striking 2 and and
 inserting a semicolon2  7#b7 in        
subparagraph 7,i77iii71 by striking the 
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,j7 subject to paragraph   
7#d7 of this subsection1 section #fcbi1 
relating to disabled veteran leave4  4  
7b7 ,certification of leave ,section    

#djabb7;g7 of such title is amended--   
7#a7 by redesignating paragraph 7#d7 as 
paragraph 7#e72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#c7 the following3     
7#d7 ,certification of disabled veteran 
leave ,in order to verify that leave    
credited to an employee pursuant to     
paragraph 7#b77;,j7 is used for treating
 a service-connected disability1 that   
employee shall1 notwithstanding section 
#fcbi7;c7 of title #e1 submit to the    
,assistant ,administrator for ,human    
,resource ,management of the ,federal   
,aviation ,administration certification1
 in such form and manner as the         
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration may prescribe1 that the
 employee used that leave for purposes  
of being furnished treatment for that   
disability by a health care provider4  4
  7c7 ,application ,the amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect
 to any employee of the ,federal        
,aviation ,administration hired on or   
after the date that is one year after   

the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
7d7 ,policies and procedures ,not later 
than #bgj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration shall prescribe        
policies and procedures to carry out the
 amendments made by this section that   
are comparable1 to the maximum extent   
practicable1 to the regulations         
prescribed by the ,office of ,personnel 
,management under section #fcbi of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  ,passed the
 ,house of ,representatives ,september  
#bj1 #bjaf4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk