---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 6362"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "6362"
heading: "General authority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/6362"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart E — Attendance and Leave"
  - "Chapter 63 — Leave"
  - "Subchapter IV — Voluntary Leave Bank Program"
---

# §6362. General authority


Notwithstanding any provision of subchapter I, and subject to the provisions of this subchapter, the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management shall establish a program under which—

- (1) annual leave accrued or accumulated by an [employee](/usc/5/6301.md?p=2) may be contributed to a [leave bank](/usc/5/6361.md?p=3) established by the employing [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) of such [employee](/usc/5/6301.md?p=2); and
- (2) leave from such a [leave bank](/usc/5/6361.md?p=3) may be made available to an [employee](/usc/5/6301.md?p=2) who requires such leave because of a [medical emergency](/usc/5/6361.md?p=6).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 100–566, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2839; amended Pub. L. 103–103, § 5(b), Oct. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 1023.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–103 struck out subsec. (a) designation and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: “To test voluntary leave bank programs under the provisions of this subchapter, the Office of Personnel Management shall establish a demonstration project in at least 3 Executive agencies, of which—

“(1) one such agency shall include approximately, but not less than, the equivalent of 100,000 full-time positions;

“(2) one such agency shall include approximately, but not less than, the equivalent of 25,000 full-time positions; and

“(3) one such agency shall include approximately, but not less than, the equivalent of 1,000 full-time positions.”

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 103–103 effective as of the 120th day after Oct. 8, 1993, or such earlier date as the Office of Personnel Management may by regulation prescribe, see section 6 of Pub. L. 103–103, set out as a note under section 6331 of this title.