Sec. 1605. Leave for weather and safety issues
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Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this subtitle, is further amended by adding at the end the following: In this section— the term agency — means an Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of this title); and does not include the Government Accountability Office; and the term employee — has the meaning given the term in section 2105; and does not include an intermittent employee who does not have an established regular tour of duty during the administrative workweek.
An agency may approve the provision of leave under this section to an employee or a group of employees without loss of or reduction in the pay of the employee or employees, leave to which the employee or employees are otherwise entitled, or credit to the employee or employees for time or service only if the employee or group of employees is prevented from safely traveling to or performing work at an approved location due to— an act of God; a terrorist attack; or another condition that prevents the employee or group of employees from safely traveling to or performing work at an approved location.
An agency shall record leave provided under this section separately from leave authorized under any other provision of law. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section, including— guidance to agencies regarding the appropriate purposes for providing leave under this section; and the proper recording of leave provided under this section. Notwithstanding subsection
(a)of section 7421 of title 38, this section shall apply to an employee described in subsection
(b)of that section. . The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6330a, as added by this subtitle, the following: “6330b. Weather and safety leave.”.