5 CFR § 550.1401 - Purpose.

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title: "5 CFR § 550.1401 - Purpose."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "550.1401"
section_name: "Purpose."
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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# 550.1401 Purpose.

This subpart contains OPM regulations implementing 5 U.S.C. 5550b, which establishes a separate type of compensatory time off. Subject to the conditions specified in this subpart, an employee is entitled to earn, on an hour-for-hour basis, compensatory time off for time in a travel status away from the employee's official duty station when the travel time is not otherwise compensable.

[70 FR 3856, Jan. 27, 2005, as amended at 72 FR 19098, Apr. 17, 2007]