---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 6387"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "6387"
heading: "Regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/6387"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart E — Attendance and Leave"
  - "Chapter 63 — Leave"
  - "Subchapter V — Family and Medical Leave"
---

# §6387. Regulations


The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations necessary for the [administration](/usc/5/9801.md?p=1) of this subchapter. The regulations prescribed under this subchapter shall, to the extent appropriate, be consistent with the regulations prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/5/9901.md?p=2) of Labor to carry out title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–3, title II, § 201(a)(1), Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 23.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 103–3, Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 6. Title I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 2611 et seq.) of chapter 28 of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2601 of Title 29 and Tables.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 6 months after Feb. 5, 1993, see section 405(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–3, set out as a note under section 2601 of Title 29, Labor.