; (2) by inserting and approve or disapprove plans after conduct a review ; and (3) by inserting , including the requirements of section 20172 after their plans . (b) Injury and fatality prevention Chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 20172. Injury and fatality prevention (a) In general (1) Sick leave Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, each Class I railroad carrier subject to part 271 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, shall provide the employees of such rail carrier paid sick leave in accordance with this section. (2) Accounting (A) In general For the purposes of this section, personal days, holidays, floating holidays, vacation, any other form of accrued leave or any other unpaid leave do not count as days of paid sick leave. (B) Use or ability to use The use of or the ability to use any such days or leave as paid sick leave days also does not count toward satisfying the minimum number of paid sick leave days required by this section. (b) Accruing paid sick leave (1) In general Each Class I railroad carrier described in subsection (a)(1) shall provide the employees of such rail carrier at least 7 days of paid sick leave in a calendar year. (2) Carry over Each day of paid sick leave that an employee does not take in a calendar year shall be carried over to January 1 of the following calendar year and shall not count toward the minimum number of sick days set under subsection (a). (3) Wage rate Each day of sick leave that an employee takes shall be paid at the regular hourly wage rate of the employee and is to include compensation elements that comprise the wage rate of such employee. (c) Use of paid sick leave Subject to the conditions of subsection (d), a Class I railroad carrier shall permit an employee to use paid sick leave to be absent during any work time because of— (1) a physical or mental illness, injury, or medical condition of the employee