,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #cj1    
#bjbc,ms4 ,hassan 7for herself and ,ms4 
,murkowski7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize members of     
reserve components of the ,armed ,forces
 to take parental leave for the adoption
 or placement for long-term foster care 
of a child4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,reserve ,component
 ,parental ,leave ,parity ,act of #bjbc4
  #b4 ,parental leave parity for members
 of reserve components of the ,armed    
,forces  7a7 ,compensation ,section #bjf
 of title #cg1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by   
amending paragraph 7#d7 to read as      
follows3  7#d7 for each of six days for 
each period during which the member is  
on parental leave during-- 7,a7 the     
one-year period beginning after-- 7i7   
the birth or adoption of a child of the 

member2 or  7ii7 the placement of a     
minor child with the member for adoption
 or long-term foster care2 or  7,b7 such
 other period as is provided for under  
subsection 7g74  2 and  7#b7 by adding  
at the end the following new subsection3
  7g7 7#a7 ,the ,secretary concerned1   
under uniform regulations to be         
prescribed by the ,secretary of         
,defense1 may authorize leave described 
in subsection 7a77#d7 to be taken after 
the one-year period described in        
subparagraph 7,a7 of that subsection in 
the case of a member described in       
subsection 7a7 who1 except for this     
subsection1 would lose unused parental  
leave at the end of that one-year period
 as a result of-- 7,a7 operational      
requirements2  7,b7 professional        
military education obligations2 or  7,c7
 other circumstances that the ,secretary
 determines reasonable and appropriate4 
7#b7 ,the regulations prescribed under  
paragraph 7#a7 shall require that any   
leave authorized to be taken after the  

one-year period described in subsection 
7a77#d77;,a7 shall be taken within a    
reasonable period of time1 as determined
 by the ,secretary of ,defense1 after   
cessation of the circumstances          
warranting the extended deadline4  4    
7b7 ,contribution of leave toward       
entitlement to retired pay ,section     
#abgcb7;a77#b77;,g7 of title #aj1       
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking maternity leave4 and inserting 
the following3 8parental leave          
following--  7i7 the birth or adoption  
of a child of the member2 or  7ii7 the  
placement of a minor child with the     
member for adoption or long-term foster 
care4  4  7c7 ,credit for retired pay   
purposes ,section #fjb7;b7 of the       
,william ,m4 7,mac7 ,thornberry         
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjba 7,public ,law   
#aaf-bhc2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #abgcb note7 is 
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by    
striking maternity leave and all that   
follows through birth of a child and    

inserting parental leave described in   
section #abgcb7;a77#b77;,g7 of title    
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 taken by a  
member of the reserve components of the 
,armed ,forces2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71
 by striking maternity leave and all    
that follows through childbirth event   
and inserting parental leave taken by   
the member2 and  7#c7 in paragraph 7#c71
 by striking maternity leave each place 
it appears and inserting parental leave4
  7d7 ,effective date ,this section and 
the amendments made by this section     
shall take effect on the date of the    
enactment of this ,act and apply with   
respect to periods of parental leave    
that commence on or after that date4