Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VA Family Leave Act of 2020”.
VA Family Leave Act of 2020
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for family and medical leave for certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Family and medical leave for certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees
in subsection (b), by striking “Notwithstanding” and inserting “Except as provided in subsection (c), and notwithstanding”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the Administration shall provide to individuals appointed to any position described in section 7421(b) who are employed by the Administration family and medical leave in the same manner, to the maximum extent practicable, as family and medical leave is provided under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5 to employees, as defined in section 6381(1) of such title.”
Applicability— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall not be effective with respect to any event for which leave may be taken under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, occurring before October 1, 2020.