LEAVE BANK FOR FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN RESERVES WHO WERE ACTIVATED DURING PERSIAN GULF WAR

SEC. 361. LEAVE BANK FOR FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN RESERVES WHO WERE ACTIVATED DURING PERSIAN GULF WAR (a) Civil Service Employees.— The Office of Personnel Management shall establish a leave bank program under which— (1) an employee in any executive agency may (during a period specified by the Office of Personnel Management) donate any unused annual leave from the employee’s annual leave account to a leave bank established by the Office of Personnel Management; (2) the total annual leave that has been donated under paragraph (1) shall be divided equally among the annual leave accounts of all employees who have been members of the Armed 105 STAT. 93Forces serving on active duty during the Persian Gulf conflict pursuant to an order issued under section 672(a), 672(g), 673, 673b, 674, 675, or 688 of title 10, United States Code, and who return to civilian employment with their agencies; and (3) such Persian Gulf concflict participants who have returned to civilian employment may use such annual leave, after it is credited to their leave accounts, in the same manner as any other annual leave to their credit. (b) Definitions.— For purposes of subsection (a), the term “employee” means an employee as defined in section 6361(1) of title 5, United States Code. (c) Deadline for Regulations.— Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of subsection (a). (d) Department of Veterans Affairs Health-Care Professionals.— The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a program similar to that established under subsection (a) for the benefit of health-care professionals covered under section 4108(e) of title 38, United States Code. Such program shall be as similar and practicable to the program established under subsection (a).