S. 387, 'ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES ASSISTANCE ACT'

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• Publication Date: June 14, 1979
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OLC 79-1879
14 June 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution
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SUBJECT: S. 387, "Athletic Opportunities Assistance Act"
Attached for your information is S. 387 which passed the Senate
on 23 May 1979. The Act provides that an employee will be granted leave
without loss of pay for certain designated sports events.
Attachment:
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96TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
.387
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 30, 1979
Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
AN ACT
To amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide paid
leave for a Federal employee participating in certain athletic
activities as an official representative of the United States.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tines of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That this Act may be cited as the "Athletic Opportunities
4 Assistance Act".
5 SEC. 2. (a) Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5,
6 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof
7 the following new section:
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1 "? 6327. Absence while representing the United States in
2 certain athletic competition
3 "(a) An employee (as defined in section 2105 of this
4 title) is entitled to leave without loss of, or reduction in, pay,
5 leave to which he is otherwise entitled, credit for time or
6 service, or performance or efficiency rating for each day, not
7 in excess of 90 days in a calendar year, in which he, as a
8 member of the United States team, is preparing for or partici-
9 gating in athletic competition on the world, Pan American or
10 Olympic level in a sport which is contested in either Pan
11 American or Olympic competition.
12 "(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term `United
13 States team' includes any coach or athlete who is a member
14 of the official delegation of the United States to world, Pan
15 American, or Olympic competition.
16 "(c) The Office of Personnel Management is authorized
17 to issue regulations for the administration of this section.".
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1 "(b) The table of sections for chapter 63 of such title is
2 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
3 item:
"6327. Absence while representing the United States in certain athletic competi-
tion.".
Passed the Senate May 23 (legislative day, May 21),
1979.
Attest: J. S. KIMMITT,
Secretary.
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