---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5508"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "5508"
heading: "Officer entitled to leave; effect on pay status"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/5508"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart D — Pay and Allowances"
  - "Chapter 55 — Pay Administration"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §5508. Officer entitled to leave; effect on pay status


An officer in the executive branch and an officer of the [government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) of the District of Columbia to whom subchapter I of [chapter 63](/usc/5/chptIII/sptE/ch63.md) of this title applies are not entitled to the [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) of their [offices](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) solely because of their status as officers.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 477.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 2061(c)(1) (last sentence). | July 2, 1953, ch. 178, § 1 “(c)(1) (last sentence)”, 67 Stat. 136. |

The words “including an officer of a corporation wholly owned or controlled by the United States” are omitted as unnecessary in view of the definition of “officer” in section 2104.

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