Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102
§6373 Authority to Participate in Both Programs
Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart E — Attendance and Leave › CHAPTER 63 — LEAVE › SUBCHAPTER IV — VOLUNTARY LEAVE BANK PROGRAM › § 6373
Summary
OPM will allow employees in a leave bank to both give and get leave under subchapter III by writing rules that set any conditions. If someone uses leave from both programs for the same medical emergency, the maximum days of annual and sick leave count the same as if all leave came from the leave bank.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §6373
Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
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.”
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. § 6373
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102