#aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
#hii  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code1 to ensure that   
the requirements that new ,federal      
employees who are veterans with         
service-connected disabilities are      
provided leave for purposes of          
undergoing medical treatment for such   
disabilities apply to certain employees 
of the ,veterans ,health                
,administration1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,application of ,federal leave    
policy for disabled veterans to         
employees of ,veterans ,health          
,administration and restatement of      
existing leave transfer program  7a7 ,in
 general ,subchapter ,,ii of chapter #gd
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by inserting after section     
#gdbc the following new section3        
#gdbc;,a4 ,personnel administration3    
leave  7a7 ,leave transfer program  7#a7
 ,the ,secretary shall establish a leave
 transfer program for the benefit of    
health-care professionals in positions  

listed in section #gdja7a7 of this      
title4 ,the ,secretary may also         
establish a leave bank program for the  
benefit of such health-care             
professionals4  7#b7 ,to the maximum    
extent feasible-- 7,a7 the leave        
transfer program shall provide the same 
or similar requirements and conditions  
as are provided for the program         
established by the ,director of the     
,office of ,personnel ,management under 
subchapter ,,iii of chapter #fc of title
 #e2 and  7,b7 any leave bank program   
established pursuant to paragraph 7#a7  
shall be consistent with the            
requirements and conditions provided for
 agency leave bank programs in          
subchapter ,,iv of such chapter4  7#c7  
,participation by a health-care         
professional in the leave transfer      
program established pursuant to         
paragraph 7#a71 and in any leave bank   
program established pursuant to such    
paragraph1 shall be voluntary4 ,the     
,secretary may not require any          

health-care professional to participate 
in such a program4  7#d7 7,a7 ,the      
,secretary and the ,director of the     
,office of ,personnel ,management may   
enter into an agreement that permits    
health-care professionals referred to in
 paragraph 7#a7 to participate in the   
leave transfer program established by   
the ,director of the ,office of         
,personnel ,management under subchapter 
,,iii of chapter #fc of title #e or in  
any leave bank program established for  
other employees of the ,department      
pursuant to subchapter ,,iv of chapter  
#fc of title #e1 or both4  7,b7         
,participation of such health-care      
professionals in a leave transfer       
program or a leave bank program pursuant
 to an agreement entered into under     
subparagraph 7,a7 shall be subject to   
such requirements and conditions as may 
be prescribed in such agreement4  7#e7  
,the ,secretary is not required to      
establish a leave transfer program for  
any personnel permitted to participate  

in a leave transfer program pursuant to 
an agreement referred to in paragraph   
7#d74  7b7 ,application of ,federal     
leave policy for disabled veterans      
,section #fcbi of title #e shall apply  
to all health-care professionals in     
positions listed in section #gdja7a7 of 
this title4  4  7b7 ,repeal of          
transferred authority ,section #gdbc of 
such title is amended-- 7#a7 by striking
 subsection 7e72 and  7#b7 by           
redesignating subsection 7f7 as         
subsection 7e74  7c7 ,clerical amendment
 ,the table of sections at the beginning
 of chapter #gd of such title is amended
 by inserting after the item relating to
 section #gdbc the following new item3  
#gdbc;,a4 ,personnel administration3    
leave4  4  ,passed the ,senate ,march   
#bj1 #bjah4,secretary