S. 5348 — Introduced in Senate

II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5348 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 19, 2024Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries). 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Uniformed Services Leave Parity Act. 2. Application of leave provisions for members of the Armed Forces to members of the Public Health Service (a) In general Section 221(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 213a(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (22) Chapter 40, Leave, except that, in applying section 701(b) of such chapter 40 for purposes of this section, 120 days' leave shall be substituted for 60 days' leave. . (b) Conforming repeal Section 219 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210–1) is repealed.