; (iv) the Federal Government’s role as a model employer; (v) the impact of increased paid parental leave on lower-income and economically disadvantaged employees and their children; and (vi) such other factors as the Director considers necessary; and (B) shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this subsection, including, subject to paragraph (4), the manner in which an employee may designate any day or other period as to which such employee wishes to use paid parental leave described in paragraph (3)(A). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth or placement occurring before the end of the 6-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Paid parental leave for congressional employees (a) Amendments to congressional accountability act Section 202 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1312 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end the following: In applying section 102(a)(1) (A) and (B) of such Act to covered employees, subsection (d) shall apply. ; (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Special rule for paid parental leave for congressional employees (1) Substitution of paid leave A covered employee taking leave without pay under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1) ) may elect to substitute for any such leave any paid leave which is available to such employee for that purpose. (2) Amount of paid leave The paid leave that is available to a covered employee for purposes of paragraph (1) is— (A) the number of weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved that correspond to the number of administrative workweeks of paid parental leave available to Federal employees under section 6382(d)(3)(A) of title 5, United States Code