5 USC § 6328 - Absence in connection with funerals of fellow Federal law enforcement officers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s6328"
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title: "5 USC § 6328 - Absence in connection with funerals of fellow Federal law enforcement officers"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "6328"
section_name: "Absence in connection with funerals of fellow Federal law enforcement officers"
chapter_number: 63
chapter_name: "LEAVE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "OTHER PAID LEAVE"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–329, title VI, § 642, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2432, § 6327; renumbered § 6328, Pub. L. 106–56, § 1(c)(1), Sept. 24, 1999, 113 Stat. 407.)"
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# § 6328. Absence in connection with funerals of fellow Federal law enforcement officers

section 1345(a) of title 31

A Federal law enforcement officer or a Federal firefighter may be excused from duty without loss of, or reduction in, pay or leave to which such officer is otherwise entitled, or credit for time or service, or performance or efficiency rating, to attend the funeral of a fellow Federal law enforcement officer or Federal firefighter, who was killed in the line of duty. When so excused from duty, attendance at such service shall for the purposes of , be considered to be an official duty of the officer or firefighter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–329, title VI, § 642, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2432, § 6327; renumbered § 6328, Pub. L. 106–56, § 1(c)(1), Sept. 24, 1999, 113 Stat. 407.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

, which directed that this section be added “following the word ‘Forces’ in section 6326” was executed by adding the section after section 6327, as added by , to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

### Amendments

1999— renumbered  as this section.