22 U.S.C. § 4083b — Overseas operations leave
submitted 2 years ago by Pub. L. 96-465 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 275 words · no verdicts yet
This section defines agency, employee, and leave year for overseas-operations leave. It permits up to 10 paid days each leave year for employees serving abroad to observe local holidays, at the agency head’s discretion.
(a) Definitions. (1) “Agency” means an Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5, excluding the Government Accountability Office. (2) “Employee” means an officer or individual who is appointed outside the uniformed services in the civil service, Foreign Service, or another appointment authority by the President, Congress or a Member, an employee under this section, or the head of a Government-controlled corporation; performs a federal function under law or executive action; and is supervised by one of those appointing persons while doing the job. (3) “Leave year” runs from the first day of the first complete pay period in one calendar year through the day before the first day of the first complete pay period in the next.
(b) Overseas-operations leave. The Secretary or another agency head may issue regulations granting an agency employee serving abroad up to 10 paid leave days per leave year to observe local holidays.
(c) Discretion. Only the head of the agency concerned may choose to use this authority.
In this section—
the term “agency” means an Executive agency (as that term is defined in section 105 of title 5), but does not include the Government Accountability Office.
the term “employee” means an officer or an individual who is—
appointed in the civil service, the Foreign Service, or any appointment authority other than the uniformed services (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 37), by one of the following acting in an official capacity:
The President.
A Member or Members of Congress, or Congress.
An individual who is an employee under this section.
The head of a Government-controlled corporation;
engaged in the performance of a Federal function under authority of law or an Executive act; and
subject to the supervision of an individual described in subparagraph (A) while engaged in the performance of the duties of his or her position; and
the term “leave year” means the period beginning with the first day of the first complete pay period in a calendar year and ending with the day immediately before the first day of the first complete pay period in the following calendar year.
The Secretary or other head of an agency may prescribe regulations to grant up to 10 days of paid leave, per leave year, to an employee of the agency serving abroad for the purpose of local holidays.
Use of the authority under subsection (b) is at the sole and exclusive discretion of the head of the agency concerned.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 903b, as added Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXII, § 7215(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2537.)
- 2024Enacted · Pub. L. 96-465 · 138 Stat. 2537
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-465 on 2024-12-23.
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