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5 U.S.C. § 6331 — Definitions
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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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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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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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For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “United States”, when used in a geographical sense means the several States and the District of Columbia; and
(2) “employee” means—
(A) an employee as defined by [section 2105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2105&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) an individual first employed by the government of the District of Columbia before October 1, 1987;
but does not include—
(i) a teacher or librarian of the public schools of the District of Columbia;
(ii) a part-time employee who does not have an established regular tour of duty during the administrative workweek;
(iii) a temporary employee engaged in construction work at an hourly rate;
(iv) an employee of the Panama Canal Commission when employed on the Isthmus of Panama;
(v) an employee of the Veterans Health Administration who is covered by a leave system established under [section 7421 of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7421&num=0&edition=prelim);
(vi) an employee of either House of Congress or of the two Houses;
(vii) an employee of a corporation supervised by the Farm Credit Administration if private interests elect or appoint a member of the board of directors;
(viii) an alien employee who occupies a position outside the United States, except as provided by [section 6310 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section6310&num=0&edition=prelim);
(ix) a “teacher” or an individual holding a “teaching position” as defined by [section 901 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section901&num=0&edition=prelim);
(x) an officer in the executive branch or in t
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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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For the purpose of this subchapter the term—
(1) “employee” means an employee as defined by section 6301(2), but shall exclude any individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia;
(2) “executive agency” means any executive agency or any administrative unit thereof;
(3) “leave bank” means a leave bank established under section 6363;
(4) “leave contributor” means an employee who contributes leave to an agency leave bank under section 6365;
(5) “leave recipient” means an employee whose application under section 6367 to receive contributions of leave from a leave bank is approved; and
(6) “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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**(a)** The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations under which an employee participating in a leave bank program under this subchapter may, subject to such terms or conditions as the Office may establish, also make or receive donations of leave under subchapter III.
**(b)** Notwithstanding any provision of section 6337 or 6371, if an employee uses leave transferred to such employee under subchapter III and leave made available to such employee under this subchapter in connection with the same medical emergency, the maximum number of days of annual leave and sick leave, respectively, which may accrue to such employee in connection with such medical emergency shall be the same as if all of that leave had been made available to such employee under this subchapter.
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 6331
(2) the term ‘‘employee’’—
(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 2105; and
(B) does not include an intermittent em-
ployee who does not have an established reg-
ular tour of duty during the administrative
workweek.
(b) LEAVE FOR WEATHER AND SAFETY ISSUES.—
An agency may approve the provision of leave
under this section to an employee or a group of
employees without loss of or reduction in the
pay of the employee or employees, leave to
which the employee or employees are otherwise
entitled, or credit to the employee or employees
for time or service only if the employee or group
of employees is prevented from safely traveling
to or performing work at an approved location
due to—
(1) an act of God;
(2) a terrorist attack; or
(3) another condition that prevents the em-
ployee or group of employees from safely trav-
eling to or performing work at an approved lo-
cation.
(c) RECORDS.—An agency shall record leave
provided under this section separately from
leave authorized under any other provision of
law.
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 270 days
after the date of enactment of this section, the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management
shall prescribe regulations to carry out this sec-
tion, including—
(1) guidance to agencies regarding the appro-
priate purposes for providing leave under this
section; and
(2) the proper recording of leave provided
under this section.
(e)
RELATION
TO
OTHER
LAWS.—Notwith-
standing subsection (a) of section 7421 of title 38,
this section shall apply to an employee de-
scribed in subsection (b) of that section.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XI,
§ 1138(e)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2469.)
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