Sec. 1118. Including military service in determining family and medical leave eligibility for Federal employees
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Section 6381(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: has completed at least 12 months of service— as an employee (as that term is defined in section 2105) of the Government of the United States, including service with the United States Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, and a nonappropriated fund instrumentality as described in section 2105(c); or which qualifies as honorable active service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, or Marine Corps of the United States; .
A covered employee who has completed 12 months of service which qualifies as honorable active service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, or Marine Corps of the United States shall be deemed to have met the service requirement in section 101(1)(A) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, notwithstanding the requirements of such section 101(1)(A). In this subsection, the term covered employee — includes— any Federal employee eligible for family and medical leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 based on their status as such an employee; any Federal employee covered by the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 eligible for family and medical leave by operation of section 202 of such Act; any Federal employee of the Executive Office of the President eligible for family and medical leave by operation of section 412 of title 3, United States Code; and any non-judicial employee of the District of Columbia courts and any employee of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service; and does not include any member of the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service or the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall modify the family and medical leave program provided by operation of section 7425(c) of title 38, United States Code, to conform with the requirements of the amendment made by subsection
(a)with respect to military service in section 6381(1)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States Code, as added by such subsection.