Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102

§6362 General Authority

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart E — Attendance and Leave › CHAPTER 63 — LEAVE › SUBCHAPTER IV — VOLUNTARY LEAVE BANK PROGRAM › § 6362

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Office of Personnel Management must create a program that lets federal employees donate their accumulated annual leave into a leave bank run by their agency. Donated leave can be given to an employee who needs time off because of a medical emergency, and the program must follow the rules in this subchapter.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §6362

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Notwithstanding any provision of subchapter I, and subject to the provisions of this subchapter, the Office of Personnel Management shall establish a program under which—
(1)annual leave accrued or accumulated by an employee may be contributed to a leave bank established by the employing agency of such employee; and
(2)leave from such a leave bank may be made available to an employee who requires such leave because of a medical emergency.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–103 struck out subsec. (a) designation and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: “To test voluntary leave bank programs under the provisions of this subchapter, the Office of Personnel Management shall establish a demonstration project in at least 3 Executive agencies, of which— “(1) one such agency shall include approximately, but not less than, the equivalent of 100,000 full-time positions; “(2) one such agency shall include approximately, but not less than, the equivalent of 25,000 full-time positions; and “(3) one such agency shall include approximately, but not less than, the equivalent of 1,000 full-time positions.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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. § 6362

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102