CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT FOR GAO AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS EMPLOYEES.

SEC. 7604. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT FOR GAO AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS EMPLOYEES. (a) Amendment to Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.—Section 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “and subsection (d)(3)” after “section 103”; and (B) in paragraph (4), by striking “During” and inserting “Subject to subsection (d)(3), during”; and (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: “(3) Special rule for gao employees.— “(A) Substitution of paid leave.—An employee of the Government Accountability Office may elect to substitute for any leave without pay under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) any paid leave which is available to such employee for that purpose. “(B) Amount of paid leave.—The paid leave that is available to an employee of the Government Accountability Office for purposes of subparagraph (A) is— “(i) 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 “(ii) during the 12-month period referred to in section 102(a)(1) and in addition to the administrative workweeks described in clause (i), any additional paid vacation, personal, family, medical, or sick leave provided by such employer. “(C) Limitation.—Nothing in this section shall be considered to require or permit an employer to require that an employee first use all or any portion of the leave described in subparagraph (B)(ii) before being allowed to use the paid parental leave described in clause (i) of subparagraph (B). “(D) Additional rules.—Paid parental leave under subparagraph (B)(i)— “(i) shall be payable from any appropriation or fund available for salaries or expenses for positions with the Government Accountability Office; “(ii) if not used by the employee of such employer before the end of the 12-month period (as referred to in subsection (a)(1)) to which it relates, shall not accumulate for any subsequent use; and “(iii) 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 this Act. “(4) Special rule for library of congress employees.—Consistent with section 101(a)(3)(J) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301(a)(3)(J)), the rights and protections established by sections 101 through 105, including section 102(d)(3), shall apply to employees of the Library of Congress under section 202 of that Act (2 U.S.C. 1312).” . (b) Conforming Amendment.—Section 101(2) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(E) GAO employees.—In the case of an employee of the Government Accountability Office, the requirements of subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to leave under section 102(a)(1)(A) or (B).” . (c) [29 U.S.C. 2611 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.