Reserve Component Parental Leave Parity Act

HR 2597, the Reserve Component Parental Leave Parity Act, extends paid parental leave for part-time military reservists to match active-duty standards. It increases reserve members' paid leave from six days to twelve days for birth, adoption, or placement of a child, and allows unused leave to be taken after the initial one-year period under specific circumstances like operational demands. The bill also updates retirement credit rules to include parental leave (replacing "maternity leave") for calculating retired pay. These changes apply to parental leave beginning on or after the law's enactment date.