1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017 . 2. Paid parental leave for executive branch employees (a) Amendment to title 5 Section 6382(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (1) before An employee may elect the first place it appears; (2) by striking (A), (B), ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (2) An employee 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. (3) The paid leave that is available to an employee for purposes of paragraph (2) is— (A) subject to paragraph (6), 6 administrative workweeks of paid parental leave under this subparagraph in connection with the birth or placement involved; and (B) any annual or sick leave accrued or accumulated by such employee under subchapter I. (4) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to require that an employee first use all or any portion of the leave described in paragraph (3)(B) before being allowed to use the paid parental leave described in paragraph (3)(A). (5) Paid parental leave under paragraph (3)(A)— (A) shall be payable from any appropriation or fund available for salaries or expenses for positions within the employing agency; (B) shall not be considered to be annual or vacation leave for purposes of section 5551 or 5552 or for any other purpose; and (C) if not used by the employee 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. (6) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management— (A) may promulgate regulations to increase the amount of paid parental leave available to an employee under paragraph (3)(A), to a total of not more than 12 administrative workweeks, based on the consideration of— (i) the benefits provided to the Federal Government of offering increased paid parental leave, including enhanced recruitment and retention of employees