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5 U.S.C. 5543: Compensatory time off

Created in 1966 by Public Law 89-554. Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2006National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006

1996National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997

1990Pub. L. 101-509

1967Pub. L. 90-83

1966Pub. L. 89-554created it

5 U.S.C. 5543Compensatory time off

(2)For purposes of this subsection, the term "appropriate Secretary" means—

(a)The head of an agency may—

(b)The head of an agency may, on request of an employee, grant the employee…

(c)The Architect of the Capitol may grant an employee paid on an annual basis…

(d)(1) The appropriate Secretary may, on request of an employee of a…

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

2006

Pub. L. 109–163 added subsec. (d). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006) Law text · (d)

1996

Pub. L. 104–201 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (b), (c)

1990

Pub. L. 101–509, §529 [title II, §210(2)], inserted "under section 5542 or section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" after "payment". · (a)
Pub. L. 101–509, §529 [title I, §101(b)(3)(E)], inserted "(including any applicable locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 or similar provision of law and any applicable special rate of pay under section 5305 or similar provision of law)" after "GS–10". · (a)

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