PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.

SEC. 7603. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. (a) Amendments to Congressional Accountability Act.—Section 202 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end the following: “In applying section 102 of such Act with respect to leave for an event described in subsection (a)(1)(A) or (B) of such section to covered employees, subsection (d) of this section shall apply. Paragraphs (1) and (4) of section 102(a) of such Act shall be subject to subsection (d) of this section.”; (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: “(d) Special Rule for Paid Parental Leave.— “(1) Substitution of paid leave.—A covered employee may elect to substitute for any leave without pay under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) any paid leave which is available to such employee for that purpose. “(2) Amount of paid leave.—The paid leave that is available to a covered employee for purposes of paragraph (1) is— “(A) the number of weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved that corresponds to the number of administrative workweeks of paid parental leave available to employees under section 6382(d)(2)(B)(i) of title 5, United States Code; and “(B) during the 12-month period referred to in section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) and in addition to the administrative workweeks described in subparagraph (A), any additional paid vacation, personal, family, medical, or sick leave provided by the employing office to such employee. “(3) Limitation.—Nothing in this section or section 102(d)(2)(A) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)(A)) shall be considered to require or permit an employing office to require that an employee first use all or any portion of the leave described in paragraph (2)(B) before being allowed to use the paid parental leave described in paragraph (2)(A). “(4) Additional rules.—Paid parental leave under paragraph (2)(A)— “(A) shall be payable from any appropriation or fund available for salaries or expenses for positions within the employing office; “(B) if not used by the covered employee before the end of the 12-month period (as referred to in section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1))) to which it relates, shall not accumulate for any subsequent use; and “(C) shall apply without regard to the limitations in subparagraph (E), (F), or (G) of section 6382(d)(2) of title 5, United States Code, or section 104(c)(2) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(2)).” . (b) Conforming Amendment.—Section 202(a)(2) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “The requirements of subparagraph (B) shall not apply with respect to leave under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)).”. (c) [2 U.S.C. 1312 note] Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth or placement occurring before October 1, 2020.