§4083a Rest and recuperation leave

Summary

Allows an executive agency head to make rules letting the agency give up to 20 days of paid rest-and-recuperation leave each leave year to employees who are serving in a combat zone, a high risk/high threat post, or any location with major security or operational challenges. The agency head alone decides whether to use this authority. Defines key words in one line each: agency — an Executive agency (as in 5 U.S.C. 105) but not the Government Accountability Office; combat zone — an area the President or law treats as a combat zone or a place the Department of Defense certifies for combat-zone tax benefits; employee — an officer or person appointed to the civil or Foreign Service or a similar non‑uniformed post, doing federal work under supervision; high risk, high threat post — as defined in section 4803; leave year — starts on the first day of the first complete pay period in a calendar year and ends the day before that day in the next year. Agencies must record this leave separately from other types of leave.