5 USC Chapter 63 - LEAVE | Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

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SUBCHAPTER I—ANNUAL AND SICK LEAVE Sec. 6301. Definitions. 6302. General provisions. 6303. Annual leave; accrual. 6304. Annual leave; accumulation. 6305. Home leave; leave for Chiefs of Missions; leave for crews of vessels. 6306. Annual leave; refund of lump-sum payment; recredit of annual leave. 6307. Sick leave; accrual and accumulation. 6308. Transfers between positions under different leave systems. [6309. Repealed.] 6310. Leave of absence; aliens. 6311. Regulations. 6312. Accrual and accumulation for former ASCS county office and nonappropriated fund employees. SUBCHAPTER II—OTHER PAID LEAVE 6321. Absence of veterans to attend funeral services. 6322. Leave for jury or witness service; official duty status for certain witness service. 6323. Military leave; Reserves and National Guardsmen. 6324. Absence of certain police and firemen. 6325. Absence resulting from hostile action abroad. 6326. Absence in connection with funerals of immediate relatives in the Armed Forces. 6327. Absence in connection with serving as a bone-marrow or organ donor. 6328. Absence in connection with funerals of fellow Federal law enforcement officers. SUBCHAPTER III—VOLUNTARY TRANSFERS OF LEAVE 6331. Definitions. 6332. General authority. 6333. Receipt and use of transferred leave. 6334. Donations of leave. 6335. Termination of medical emergency. 6336. Restoration of transferred leave. 6337. Accrual of leave. 6338. Prohibition of coercion. 6339. Additional leave transfer programs. 6340. Inapplicability of certain provisions. SUBCHAPTER IV—VOLUNTARY LEAVE BANK PROGRAM 6361. Definitions. 6362. General authority. 6363. Establishment of leave banks. 6364. Establishment of Leave Bank Boards. 6365. Contributions of annual leave. 6366. Eligibility for leave recipients. 6367. Receipt and use of leave from a leave bank. 6368. Termination of medical emergency. 6369. Restoration of transferred leave. 6370. Prohibition of coercion. 6371. Accrual of leave. 6372. Additional leave bank programs. 6373. Authority to participate in both programs. SUBCHAPTER V—FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE 6381. Definitions. 6382. Leave requirement. 6383. Certification. 6384. Employment and benefits protection. 6385. Prohibition of coercion. 6386. Health insurance. 6387. Regulations. SUBCHAPTER VI—LEAVE TRANSFER IN DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES 6391. Authority for leave transfer program in disasters and emergencies.

Amendments

1999—Pub. L. 106–56, § 1(c)(2),Sept. 24, 1999, 113 Stat. 407, added item 6328.

1997—Pub. L. 105–18, title II, § 9004(b),June 12, 1997, 111 Stat. 197, added heading of subchapter VI and item 6391.

1994—Pub. L. 103–329, title VI, § 629(a)(2)(B),Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2423, added item 6327.

1993—Pub. L. 103–103, § 5(a)(2),Oct. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 1023, substituted “Authority to participate in both programs” for “Limitation on employee participation” in item 6373.

Pub. L. 103–3, title II, § 201(a)(2),Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 23, added heading of subchapter V and items 6381 to 6387.

1990—Pub. L. 101–508, title VII, § 7202(i)(2),Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–337, inserted “and nonappropriated fund” after “office” in item 6312.

1988—Pub. L. 100–566, § 2(d)(1)(B),Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2844, which provided that the table of sections for subchapters III and IV were to be repealed effective 5 years after Oct. 31, 1988, was repealed by Pub. L. 103–103, § 2,Oct. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 1022, effective Oct. 30, 1993.

Pub. L. 100–566, § 2(b),Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2843, added heading of subchapter III and items 6331 to 6340 and heading of subchapter IV and items 6361 to 6373.

1975—Pub. L. 94–183, § 2(27),Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1058, struck out item 6309 “Leave of absence; rural carriers”.

1970—Pub. L. 91–563, § 1(b),Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1476, included witness service and official duty status for certain witness service in item 6322.

1968—Pub. L. 90–588, § 1(b),Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1151, added item 6326.

Pub. L. 90–367, § 2(b),June 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 277, added item 6312.

1967—Pub. L. 90–221, § 3(b),Dec. 23, 1967, 81 Stat. 671, added item 6325.

1966—Pub. L. 89–747, § 1(3),Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1179, inserted reference to leave for crews of vessels in item 6305.

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