---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 158.633"
title: "6"
number: "158.633"
heading: "Recognition time-off."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/158.633"
---

# §158.633. Recognition time-off.

- (a) Under this section and [§ 158.630](/cfr/6/158.630.md), and for the reasons and bases stated in [§ 158.630(a)](/cfr/6/158.630.md?p=a), the Department may provide recognition time-off to a DHS-CS employee for use within a designated timeframe not to exceed 26 work periods, as defined in [§ 158.705(c)](/cfr/6/158.705.md?p=c). Recognition time-off is time-off from duty without charge to leave or loss of compensation.
- (b) Under this section and [§ 158.630](/cfr/6/158.630.md), and for the reasons and bases stated in [§ 158.630(b)](/cfr/6/158.630.md?p=b) and as part of an offer of employment in the DHS-CS, the Department may offer up to 40 hours of recognition time-off to an individual selected for employment in the DHS-CS for use within a designated timeframe not to exceed 26 work periods, as defined in [§ 158.705(b)](/cfr/6/158.705.md?p=b). The Department may require a service agreement as part of providing, upon appointment, recognition time-off to an individual selected for employment in the DHS-CS.
- (c) All recognition time-off provided, and the use of such time-off, must be recorded in a timekeeping system for purposes of salary administration and leave administration under this part.
- (d) Recognition time-off provided under this section may not, under any circumstances, be converted to a cash payment to the receiving DHS-CS employee or any other type of time-off or leave.
- (e) Recognition time-off under this section is based on time-off awards provided under the provisions of [5 U.S.C. 4502(e)](/usc/5/4502.md?p=e).
- (f) Recognition time-off under this section is in lieu of the time-off awards provided under [5 U.S.C. 4502(e)](/usc/5/4502.md?p=e), and a DHS-CS employee is ineligible to receive any such awards.
- (g) An individual selected for employment in the DHS-CS is ineligible to receive, as part of the offer of employment, any other offer of time-off or time-off award from the Department except as provided in this section and §§ [158.630](/cfr/6/158.630.md) and [158.651](/cfr/6/158.651.md). An individual appointed to an advisory appointment is also ineligible to receive, as part of an offer of employment in the DHS-CS, any offer of recognition under this section.
- (h) A recognition time-off provided under this section to a DHS-CS advisory appointee is subject to additional requirements and restrictions in subpart J of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 658. Subpart H also issued under 5 U.S.C. Chapters 41 and 43; 5 CFR parts 410 and 430.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 47893, Aug. 26, 2021, unless otherwise noted.