---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5506"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "5506"
heading: "Computation of extra pay based on standard or daylight saving time"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/5506"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart D — Pay and Allowances"
  - "Chapter 55 — Pay Administration"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §5506. Computation of extra pay based on standard or daylight saving time


When an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) as defined by [section 2105 of this title](/usc/5/2105.md) or an individual employed by the [government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) of the District of Columbia is entitled to extra [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) for [services](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) performed between or after certain named hours of the day or night, the extra [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) is computed on the basis of either standard or daylight saving time, depending on the time observed by law, custom, or practice where the [services](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) are performed.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 476.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 914. | Sept. 7, 1949, ch. 538, § 2, 63 Stat. 690. |

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.