,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bd1 #bjbf,ms4
 ,bynum 7for herself and ,mr4           
,ciscomani7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to establish an entitlement to 
a supplemental period of unpaid parental
 leave for employees of the ,department 
of ,veterans ,affairs4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,supporting ,,va ,families ,act4  #b4   
,supplemental period of unpaid parental 
leave for ,department of ,veterans      
,affairs employees  7a7 ,unpaid parental
 leave  7#a7 ,in general                
,notwithstanding section #gdba of title 
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 or any other
 provision of law1 an employee of the   
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
7including an employee who is appointed 
in the ,veterans ,health ,administration
 under any provision of chapter #gd of  
such title on a full-time basis in a    

position listed in section #gdba7;b7 of 
such title7 shall be entitled to four   
administrative weeks of leave without   
pay during any #ab-month period due to--
  7,a7 the birth of a son or daughter of
 the employee and to care for such son  
or daughter2 or  7,b7 the placement of a
 son or daughter with the employee for  
adoption or foster care4  7#b7          
,expiration ,the entitlement to leave   
under paragraph 7#a7 shall expire at the
 end of the #ab-month period beginning  
on the date of such birth or placement4 
7b7 ,supplement1 not supplant ,the      
entitlement to leave under subsection   
7a7 shall be in addition to any         
entitlement to leave under subchapter ,v
 of chapter #fc of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code1 or1 as applicable1       
section #gdbe7;c7 of title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code4  7c7 ,definitions ,in    
this section1 the terms employee and son
 or daughter have the meanings given    
such terms in section #fhca of title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code4