Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102

§6334 Donations of Leave

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart E — Attendance and Leave › CHAPTER 63 — LEAVE › SUBCHAPTER III — VOLUNTARY TRANSFERS OF LEAVE › § 6334

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

An employee can ask their agency in writing to transfer a specific number of hours from their annual leave to another employee’s annual leave under the leave-donation rules. A donor may give no more than one-half of the annual leave they would earn that leave year. If the donor would otherwise lose leave at year end, they may give at most the hours left in the year that they are scheduled to work and be paid (counted on the transfer date). An agency can waive those limits if it agrees in writing. The Office of Personnel Management must create rules for transfers when the donor and recipient work for different agencies.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §6334

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)An employee may, by written application to the employing agency of such employee, request that a specified number of hours be transferred from the annual leave account of such employee to the annual leave account of a leave recipient in accordance with section 6332.

(b)(1)In any one leave year, a leave donor may donate no more than a total of one-half of the amount of annual leave such donor would be entitled to accrue during the leave year in which the donation is made.

(2)A leave donor who is projected to have annual leave that otherwise would be subject to forfeiture at the end of the leave year under section 6304(a) may donate no more than the number of hours remaining in the leave year (as of the date of the transfer) for which the leave donor is scheduled to work and receive pay.

(3)The employing agency of a leave donor may waive the limitation under paragraphs (1) and (2). Any such waiver shall be made in writing.

(c)The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to include procedures to carry out this subchapter when the leave donor and the leave recipient are employed by different agencies.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 6334

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102