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119-hr-8041119th CongressWALLET

Supporting VA Families Act

Sponsored By: Representative Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5]

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Summary

Guarantees 4 weeks of unpaid parental leave for Department of Veterans Affairs employees. It would add this leave as a supplemental entitlement for the birth of a child or for adoption or foster-care placement, using standard federal definitions.

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  • Families: VA parents could take up to 4 weeks of unpaid leave within the first 12 months after a birth or placement.
  • VA employees: Applies to VA staff, including Veterans Health Administration full-time appointees in positions listed in title 38.
  • Federal leave rules: Lists the leave as supplemental to existing federal leave rights and includes a notwithstanding clause to make it available despite conflicting provisions.

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Four weeks unpaid parental leave for VA employees

If enacted, VA employees would be able to take four administrative weeks of leave without pay in any 12-month period. You could use the leave after the birth of your child or when you place a child for adoption or foster care. The entitlement would expire at the end of the 12-month period beginning on the date of the birth or placement. This leave would be in addition to existing federal parental leave rights under 5 U.S.C. subchapter V and, as applicable, 38 U.S.C. 7425(c). The bill would apply to VA employees, including full-time VHA appointees in positions listed in 38 U.S.C. 7421(b), and would be available notwithstanding 38 U.S.C. 7421 or any other law.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5]

OR • D

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    NM • D

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