USE OF LEAVE TRANSFER PROGRAM BY WOUNDED VETERANS WHO ARE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

SEC. 1675. USE OF LEAVE TRANSFER PROGRAM BY WOUNDED VETERANS WHO ARE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. (a) In General.—Section 6333(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “(b)” and inserting “(b)(1)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2)(A) The requirement under paragraph (1) relating to exhaustion of annual and sick leave shall not apply in the case of a leave recipient who— “(i) sustains a combat-related disability while a member of the armed forces, including a reserve component of the armed forces; and “(ii) is undergoing medical treatment for that disability. “(B) Subparagraph (A) shall apply to a member described in such subparagraph only so long as the member continues to undergo medical treatment for the disability, but in no event for longer than 5 years from the start of such treatment. “(C) For purposes of this paragraph— “(i) the term ‘combat-related disability’ has the meaning given such term by section 1413a(e) of title 10; and “(ii) the term ‘medical treatment’ has such meaning as the Office of Personnel Management shall by regulation prescribe.” . (b) [5 U.S.C. 6333 note] Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that, in the case of a leave recipient who is undergoing medical treatment on such date of enactment, section 6333(b)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code (as amended by this section) shall be applied as if it had been amended by inserting “or the date of the enactment of this subsection, whichever is later” after “the start of such treatment”.