[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6189 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6189

   To limit employers from requiring employees to use vacation leave 
            before using sick leave, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2020

Mr. Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees 
on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To limit employers from requiring employees to use vacation leave 
            before using sick leave, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING EMPLOYERS FROM REQUIRING EMPLOYEES TO USE 
              VACATION LEAVE BEFORE USING SICK LEAVE.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an 
employer may not--
            (1) require an employee to substitute accrued vacation 
        leave or personal leave for medical or sick leave; or
            (2) require an employee to use accrued vacation leave or 
        personal leave before such employee uses medical or sick leave.
    (b) Amendment to FMLA.--Section 102(d)(2)(B) of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)(B)) is amended by 
inserting ``, with respect to leave taken under subsection (a)(1)(C),'' 
after ``elect, or''.
    (c) Employer.--The term ``employer''--
            (1) has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Fair 
        Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203); and
            (2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, includes 
        any Federal agency.
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