                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                CHAPTER 24--CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS
 
Part A--Employment Discrimination, Family and Medical Leave, Fair Labor 
    Standards, Employee Polygraph Protection, Worker Adjustment and 
  Retraining, Employment and Reemployment of Veterans, and Intimidation
 
Sec. 1316. Rights and protections relating to veterans' 
        employment and reemployment
        

(a) Employment and reemployment rights of members of uniformed services

                           (1) In general

        It shall be unlawful for an employing office to--
            (A) discriminate, within the meaning of subsections (a) and 
        (b) of section 4311 of title 38, against an eligible employee;
            (B) deny to an eligible employee reemployment rights within 
        the meaning of sections 4312 and 4313 of title 38; or
            (C) deny to an eligible employee benefits within the meaning 
        of sections 4316, 4317, and 4318 of title 38.

                           (2) Definitions

        For purposes of this section--
            (A) the term ``eligible employee'' means a covered employee 
        performing service in the uniformed services, within the meaning 
        of section 4303(13) of title 38, whose service has not been 
        terminated upon occurrence of any of the events enumerated in 
        section 4304 of title 38,
            (B) the term ``covered employee'' includes employees of the 
        General Accounting Office and the Library of Congress, and
            (C) the term ``employing office'' includes the General 
        Accounting Office and the Library of Congress.

(b) Remedy

    The remedy for a violation of subsection (a) of this section shall 
be such remedy as would be appropriate if awarded under paragraphs (1), 
(2)(A), and (3) of section 4323(c) of title 38.

(c) Regulations to implement section

                           (1) In general

        The Board shall, pursuant to section 1384 of this title, issue 
    regulations to implement this section.

                       (2) Agency regulations

        The regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall be the same as 
    substantive regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor to 
    implement the statutory provisions referred to in subsection (a) of 
    this section except to the extent that the Board may determine, for 
    good cause shown and stated together with the regulation, that a 
    modification of such regulations would be more effective for the 
    implementation of the rights and protections under this section.

(d) Effective date

                           (1) In general

        Except as provided in paragraph (2), subsections (a) and (b) of 
    this section shall be effective 1 year after January 23, 1995.

        (2) General Accounting Office and Library of Congress

        This section shall be effective with respect to the General 
    Accounting Office and the Library of Congress 1 year after 
    transmission to the Congress of the study under section 1371 of this 
    title.

(Pub. L. 104-1, title II, Sec. 206, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 12.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1361 of this title.
