Pub. L. 103-329, tit. VI (as amended)

629.(a)(1)Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:6327.Absence in connection with serving as a bone-marrow or organ donor(a)An employee in or under an Executive agency is entitled to leave without loss of or reduction in pay, leave to which otherwise entitled, credit for time or service, or performance or efficiency rating, for the time necessary to permit such employee to serve as a bone-marrow or organ donor.(b)Not to exceed 7 days of leave may be used under this section by an employee in a calendar year.(c)The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations for the administration of this section..(2)(A)Section 6129 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting 6327, after 6326,.(B)The table of sections for chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 6326 the following:6327. Absence in connection with serving as a bone-marrow or organ donor..(b)(1)Section 6307 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—(A)by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);(B)by inserting after subsection (b) the following:(c)Sick leave provided by this section may be used for purposes relating to the adoption of a child.; and(C)in subsection (d) (as so redesignated by subparagraph (A)) by inserting or for purposes relating to the adoption of a child, after ailment,.(2)Section 6129 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 6307 (a) and (c), and inserting 6307 (a) and (d),.(3)(A)The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations under which any employee who used or uses annual leave for an adoption-related purpose, after September 30, 1991, and before the date as of which sick leave first becomes available for such purpose as a result of the enactment of this subsection may, upon appropriate written application, elect to have such employee's leave accounts adjusted to reflect the amount of annual leave and sick leave, respectively, which would remain had sick leave been used instead of all or any portion of the annual leave actually used, as designated by the employee.(B)An application under this paragraph may not be approved unless it is submitted—(i)within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act or such later date as the Office may prescribe;(ii)in such form and manner as the Office shall require; and(iii)by an individual who is an employee as of the time of application.(C)For the purpose of this paragraph, the term employee has the meaning given such term by section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code.