Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§6327 Absence in connection with serving as a bone-marrow or organ donor

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart E— - Attendance and Leave › Chapter CHAPTER 63— - LEAVE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - OTHER PAID LEAVE › § 6327

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal employees who work in or under an Executive agency can take time off to be a bone-marrow or organ donor without losing pay, losing leave they have earned, losing credit for time or service, or hurting their performance rating. In each calendar year, an employee may use up to 7 days for bone-marrow donation and up to 30 days for organ donation. The Office of Personnel Management can make rules about how this leave is handled.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §6327

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)An employee in or under an Executive agency is entitled to leave without loss of or reduction in pay, leave to which otherwise entitled, credit for time or service, or performance or efficiency rating, for the time necessary to permit such employee to serve as a bone-marrow or organ donor.

(b)An employee may, in any calendar year, use—

(1)not to exceed 7 days of leave under this section to serve as a bone-marrow donor; and

(2)not to exceed 30 days of leave under this section to serve as an organ donor.

(c)The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations for the administration of this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Another section 6327 was renumbered section 6328 of this title.

Amendments

1999—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–56 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “Not to exceed 7 days of leave may be used under this section by an employee in a calendar year.”

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 6327

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73