---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 6106"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "6106"
heading: "Time clocks; restrictions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/6106"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart E — Attendance and Leave"
  - "Chapter 61 — Hours of Work"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §6106. Time clocks; restrictions


A recording clock may not be used to record time of an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) of an Executive [department](/usc/5/10101.md?p=4) in the District of Columbia, except that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may use such recording clocks.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 516; Pub. L. 97–221, § 6(a), July 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 234.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 27. | Feb. 24, 1899, ch. 187, § 1 (14th par. on p. 864), 30 Stat. 864. |

The words “District of Columbia” are substituted for “Washington” as a clearer statement.

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

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1982—Pub. L. 97–221 substituted “District of Columbia, except that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may use such recording clocks” for “District of Columbia”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Pub. L. 97–221, § 6(b), July 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 234, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect October 1, 1982. Section 5 of this Act [set out in the Termination Date of 1982 Amendment note under section 6101 of this title] shall not apply to the amendment made by this section.”