Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102
§6310 Leave of Absence; Aliens
Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart E — Attendance and Leave › CHAPTER 63 — LEAVE › SUBCHAPTER I — ANNUAL AND SICK LEAVE › § 6310
Summary
An agency head can give paid leave to noncitizen employees who work outside the United States, but only up to the same amount of annual and sick leave that citizen employees are allowed under these rules.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §6310
Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The head of the agency concerned may grant leave of absence with pay, not in excess of the amount of annual and sick leave allowable to citizen employees under this subchapter, to alien employees who occupy positions outside the United States.
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Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 2062(g).Oct. 30, 1951, ch. 631, § 203 (g), 65 Stat. 681.Sept. 6, 1960, Pub. L. 86–707. § 402(b), 74 Stat. 800. The words “head of the agency concerned” are substituted for “head of the department or agency concerned”. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
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5 U.S.C. § 6310
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102