---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 6306"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "6306"
heading: "Annual leave; refund of lump-sum payment; recredit of annual leave"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/6306"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart E — Attendance and Leave"
  - "Chapter 63 — Leave"
  - "Subchapter I — Annual and Sick Leave"
---

# §6306. Annual leave; refund of lump-sum payment; recredit of annual leave

- (a) When an individual who received a lump-sum payment for leave under [section 5551 of this title](/usc/5/5551.md) is reemployed before the end of the period covered by the lump-sum payment in or under the [Government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) of the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) or the [government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) of the District of Columbia, except in a [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) excepted from this subchapter by [section 6301(2)(ii)](/usc/5/6301.md?p=2-ii), (iii), (vi), or (vii) of this title, he shall refund to the employing [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) an amount equal to the [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) covering the period between the date of reemployment and the expiration of the lump-sum period.
- (b) An amount refunded under [subsection (a)](#a) of this section shall be deposited in the Treasury of the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) to the credit of the employing [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1). When an individual is reemployed under the same leave [system](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29), an amount of leave equal to the leave represented by the refund shall be recredited to him in the employing [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1). When an individual is reemployed under a different leave [system](/usc/5/8401.md?p=29), an amount of leave equal to the leave represented by the refund shall be recredited to him in the employing [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) on an adjusted basis under regulations prescribed by the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management. When an individual is reemployed in a [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) excepted from this subchapter by [section 6301(2)(x)](/usc/5/6301.md?p=2-x)–(xiii) of this title, an amount of leave equal to the leave represented by the refund is deemed, on separation from the [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26), death, or transfer to another [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) in the [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26), to have remained to his credit.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224; Pub. L. 95–519, § 2, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1819.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 61b (3d–5th sentences). | Dec. 21, 1944, ch. 632, § 1 (1st proviso and so much of last sentence as precedes 2d proviso), 58 Stat. 845. |
|  |  | July 2, 1953, ch. 178, § 4(a) (2d–4th sentences), 67 Stat. 137. |
|  |  | Aug. 18, 1959, Pub. L. 86–168, § 202(e), 73 Stat. 389. |

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

1978—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–519 substituted “6301(2)(x)–(xiii)” for “6301(2)(x)–(xii)”.

Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendments

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–519 effective beginning on first day of first applicable pay period beginning on or after Oct. 25, 1978, see section 4(a) of Pub. L. 95–519, set out as a note under section 5551 of this title.

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.