5 USC § 6129 - Administration of leave and retirement provisions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s6129"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 6129 - Administration of leave and retirement provisions"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "6129"
section_name: "Administration of leave and retirement provisions"
chapter_number: 61
chapter_name: "HOURS OF WORK"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 97–221, § 2(a)(2), July 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 231; amended Pub. L. 103–329, title VI, § 629(a)(2)(A), (b)(2), Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2423.)"
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# § 6129. Administration of leave and retirement provisions

For purposes of administering sections 6303(a), 6304, 6307(a) and (d), 6323, 6326, 6327, and 8339(m) of this title, in the case of an employee who is in any program under this subchapter, references to a day or workday (or to multiples or parts thereof) contained in such sections shall be considered to be references to 8 hours (or to the respective multiples or parts thereof).

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 97–221, § 2(a)(2), July 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 231; amended Pub. L. 103–329, title VI, § 629(a)(2)(A), (b)(2), Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2423.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “6307(a) and (d)” for “6307(a) and (c)” and inserted “6327,” after “6326,”.