5 U.S.C. § 6312 — Accrual and accumulation for former ASCS county office and nonappropriated fund employees

(a) Credited service. The following service counts when years of service are determined under section 6303(a): (1) service as an employee^* of a county committee established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Allotment Act, or of a committee or producer association described in section 10(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act; and (2) service with a Defense Department or Coast Guard nonappropriated-fund instrumentality described in section 2105(c), if the employee moved to a position covered by this subchapter in the respective department or the Coast Guard without a break in service of more than 3 days.

(b) Leave transfers. The rules in subsections (a) and (b) of section 6308 for transferring leave between leave systems also apply to the leave systems for those county-office employees and those Defense Department and Coast Guard nonappropriated-fund employees.