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5 U.S.C. 5551: Lump-sum payment for accumulated and accrued leave on separation
Created in 1966 by Public Law 89-554. Changed by 7 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
6 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 5 U.S.C. 5552, 5 U.S.C. 6304, 5 U.S.C. 6306, 5 U.S.C. 8344, 20 U.S.C. 904.
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2000
- Pub. L. 106–518 substituted ", is transferred to a position described under section 6301(2)(B)(xiii) of this title, or elects" for "or elects" in first sentence. (Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000) Law text · (a)
1996
- Pub. L. 104–201 added subsec. (c). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (c)
1991
- Pub. L. 102–138 inserted "(excluding any differential under section 5925 and any allowance under section 5928)" after "pay" in second sentence. · (a)
1990
- Pub. L. 101–508 inserted at end "For the purposes of this subsection, movement to employment described in section 2105(c) shall not be deemed separation from the service in the case of an employee whose annual leave is transferred under section 6308(b)." · (a)
1980
- Pub. L. 96–499 provided that the period of leave used for calculating the lump-sum payment was not to be extended due to any holiday occurring after separation. · (a)
1978
- Pub. L. 95–519 substituted "6301(2)(x)–(xiii)" for "6301(2)(x)–(xii)" in two places. · (b)
1973
- Pub. L. 93–181 struck out exception clause that the lump-sum payment may not exceed pay for a period of annual or vacation leave in excess of 30 days or the number of days carried over to his credit at the beginning of the leave year in which entitlement to payment occurs, whichever is… · (a)
- Pub. L. 93–181 struck out second exception clause that the payment is made without regard to the limitation in subsec. (a) of this section on the amount of leave compensable. · (b)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.