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To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal employees to take time off from work, without loss of time or pay, for the purpose of donating blood.

To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal employees to take time off from work, without loss of time or pay, for the purpose of donating blood.

Introduced Jul 22, 2004

Latest action (Aug 16, 2004) Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Healthcare
Legislative subjects (5)
BloodDonation of organs, tissues, etc.Federal employeesHealthLeave of absence

Summary

Federal employees would be allowed to take paid time off to donate blood, up to four times per calendar year and no more than one day per donation. The bill amends federal law to add blood donation to the existing provisions that permitted unpaid leave for bone-marrow and organ donation. The change updates the relevant section heading and legal references to include blood donors alongside organ and bone-marrow donors. This applies to civilian federal employees under title 5 of the U.S. Code.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Actions (3)
  1. Aug 16, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization. · house
  2. Jul 22, 2004 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. · house
  3. Jul 22, 2004 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 22, 2004

Mr. Lampson (for himself, Mr. Payne, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Kucinich) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal employees to take time off from work, without loss of time or pay, for the purpose of donating blood.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TIME OFF FROM WORK TO DONATE BLOOD.

(a) In General.—Section 6327 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking “bone-marrow or organ” and inserting “bone-marrow, organ, or blood”;

(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and

(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

“(c) Leave under this section for the purpose of donating blood may not be granted to an employee—

“(1) on more than 4 occasions in a calendar year; or

“(2) in an amount greater than 1 day for each donation.”.

(b) Conforming Amendments.—

(1) Section heading.—The heading for section 6327 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 6327. Absence in connection with serving as a bone-marrow, organ, or blood donor”.

(2) Analysis.—The analysis for chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 6327 and inserting the following:

“6327. Absence in connection with serving as a bone-marrow, organ, or blood donor.”. <all>

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