Title 5Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§6373 Authority to participate in both programs

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart E— - Attendance and Leave › Chapter CHAPTER 63— - LEAVE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - VOLUNTARY LEAVE BANK PROGRAM › § 6373

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Office of Personnel Management must write rules that let an employee in a leave bank program under this subchapter also give or receive donated leave under subchapter III, under any conditions OPM sets. Even if sections 6337 or 6371 say otherwise, if an employee uses leave transferred under subchapter III and leave from this subchapter for the same medical emergency, the maximum number of days of annual leave and of sick leave that can count for that emergency will be the same as if all the leave came from this subchapter.

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Title 5, §6373

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(a)The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations under which an employee participating in a leave bank program under this subchapter may, subject to such terms or conditions as the Office may establish, also make or receive donations of leave under subchapter III.
(b)Notwithstanding any provision of section 6337 or 6371, if an employee uses leave transferred to such employee under subchapter III and leave made available to such employee under this subchapter in connection with the same medical emergency, the maximum number of days of annual leave and sick leave, respectively, which may accrue to such employee in connection with such medical emergency shall be the same as if all of that leave had been made available to such employee under this subchapter.

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Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–103 substituted “Authority to participate in both programs” for “Limitation on employee participation” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “An employee in a unit of an agency that establishes a leave bank program under the provisions of this subchapter may not participate in a leave transfer program under the provisions of subchapter III.”

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Effective Date

of 1993 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–103 effective as of the 120th day after Oct. 8, 1993, or such earlier date as the Office of Personnel Management may by regulation prescribe, see section 6 of Pub. L. 103–103, set out as a note under section 6331 of this title.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 6373

Title 5Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73