5 USC § 6362 - General authority

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title: "5 USC § 6362 - General authority"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "6362"
section_name: "General authority"
chapter_number: 63
chapter_name: "LEAVE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "VOLUNTARY LEAVE BANK PROGRAM"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–566, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2839; amended Pub. L. 103–103, § 5(b), Oct. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 1023.)"
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# § 6362. General authority

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–566, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2839; amended Pub. L. 103–103, § 5(b), Oct. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 1023.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1993— 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 Amendment

Amendment by  effective as of the 120th day after , or such earlier date as the Office of Personnel Management may by regulation prescribe, see , set out as a note under .