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5 U.S.C. § 6337 — Accrual of leave
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) the term “paid leave status under subchapter I”, as used with respect to an employee, means the administrative status of such employee while such employee is using sick leave, or annual leave, accrued or accumulated under subchapter I; and
(2) the term “transferred leave status”, as used with respect to an employee, means the administrative status of such employee while such employee is using transferred leave under this subchapter.
**(b)**
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, while an employee is in a transferred leave status, annual leave and sick leave shall accrue to the credit of such employee at the same rate as if such employee were then in a paid leave status under subchapter I, except that—
(A) the maximum amount of annual leave which may be accrued by an employee while in transferred leave status in connection with any particular medical emergency may not exceed 5 days; and
(B) the maximum amount of sick leave which may be accrued by an employee while in transferred leave status in connection with any particular medical emergency may not exceed 5 days.
(2) Any annual or sick leave accrued by an employee under this section—
(A) shall be credited to an annual leave or sick leave account, as appropriate, separate from any leave account of such employee under subchapter I; and
(B) shall not become available for use by such employee, and may not otherwise be taken into account under subchapter I, until, in accordance with subsection (c), it is transferred to the appropriate leave account of such employee under subchapter I.
**(c)**
(1) Any annual or sick leave accrued by an employee under this section shall be transferred to the appropriate leave account of such employee under subchapter I
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) the term “paid leave status under subchapter I”, as used with respect to an employee, means the administrative status of such employee while such employee is using sick leave, or annual leave, accrued or accumulated under subchapter I; and
(2) the term “transferred leave status”, as used with respect to an employee, means the administrative status of such employee while such employee is using transferred leave under this subchapter.
**(b)**
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, while an employee is in a transferred leave status, annual leave and sick leave shall accrue to the credit of such employee at the same rate as if such employee were then in a paid leave status under subchapter I, except that—
(A) the maximum amount of annual leave which may be accrued by an employee while in transferred leave status in connection with any particular medical emergency may not exceed 5 days; and
(B) the maximum amount of sick leave which may be accrued by an employee while in transferred leave status in connection with any particular medical emergency may not exceed 5 days.
(2) Any annual or sick leave accrued by an employee under this section—
(A) shall be credited to an annual leave or sick leave account, as appropriate, separate from any leave account of such employee under subchapter I; and
(B) shall not become available for use by such employee, and may not otherwise be taken into account under subchapter I, until, in accordance with subsection (c), it is transferred to the appropriate leave account of such employee under subchapter I.
**(c)**
(1) Any annual or sick leave accrued by an employee under this section shall be transferred to the appropriate leave account of such employee under subchapter I, and shall be available for use—
(A) as of the beginning of the first applicable pay period beginning after the date on which the employee’s medical emergency terminates as described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 6335(a); or
(B) if the employee’s medical emergency has not yet terminated, once the employee has exhausted all transferred leave made available to such employee under this subchapter.
(2) In the event that the employee’s medical emergency terminates as described in section 6335(a)(3)—
(A) any leave accrued but not yet transferred under this section shall not be credited to such employee; or
(B) if there remains, as of the date the emergency so terminates, any leave which became available to such employee under paragraph (1)(B), such leave shall cease to be available for any purpose.
**(d)** Nothing in this section shall be considered to prevent, with respect to a continuing medical emergency, further transfers of leave for use after leave accrued under this section has been exhausted by the employee.
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For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) the term “employee” means an employee as defined by section 6301(2), excluding an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia;
(2) the term “leave recipient” means an employee whose application to receive donations of leave under this subchapter is approved;
(3) the term “leave donor” means an employee whose application to make 1 or more donations of leave under this subchapter is approved; and
(4) the term “medical emergency” means a medical condition of an employee or a family member of such employee that is likely to require the prolonged absence of such employee from duty and to result in a substantial loss of income to such employee because of the unavailability of paid leave (disregarding any advanced leave).
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 6337
day of the first leave year beginning after the
date of the election; or
(3) donating such leave in whole or part to
another leave recipient; if a leave donor elects
to donate only part of restored leave to an-
other recipient, the donor may elect to have
the remaining leave credited to the donor’s
annual leave account in accordance with para-
graph (1) or (2).
(c) The Office shall prescribe regulations under
which this section shall be applied in the case of
an employee who is paid other than on the basis
of biweekly pay periods.
(d) Restorations of leave under this section
shall be carried out in a manner consistent with
regulations prescribed to carry out section
6334(c), if applicable.
(Added Pub. L. 100–566, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1988, 102
Stat. 2836.)
§ 6337. Accrual of leave
(a) For the purpose of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘paid leave status under sub-
chapter I’’, as used with respect to an em-
ployee, means the administrative status of
such employee while such employee is using
sick leave, or annual leave, accrued or accu-
mulated under subchapter I; and
(2) the term ‘‘transferred leave status’’, as
used with respect to an employee, means the
administrative status of such employee while
such employee is using transferred leave under
this subchapter.
(b)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, while an employee is in a transferred leave
status, annual leave and sick leave shall accrue
to the credit of such employee at the same rate
as if such employee were then in a paid leave
status under subchapter I, except that—
(A) the maximum amount of annual leave
which may be accrued by an employee while in
transferred leave status in connection with
any particular medica
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