Federal Employees Leave Sharing Amendments Act of 1993
PL 103-103 (S.1130), enacted 10/08/1993

107 STAT. 1022 
PUBLIC LAW 103-103—OCT. 8, 1993 
Public Law 103-103 
103d Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 8,1993 
To provide for continuing authorization of Federal employee leave transfer and 
[S. 1130] 
leave bank programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of 
America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Federal Employees Leave Sharing 
Federal 
Employees 
Leave Sharing 
Amendments 
Act of 1993 
5 use 630l' note. Amendments Act of 1993" 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF TERMINATION PROVISION. 
Section 2(d) of the Federal Employees Leave Sharing Act of 
1988 (5 U.S.C. 6331 note) is repealed, effective as of October 30, 
1993. 
SEC. 3. ADVANCED LEAVE NOT TO BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING 
WHETHER ANY PAID LEAVE IS AVAILABLE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 6331(4) and 6361(6) of title 5, United 
States Code, are each amended by striking *leave." and inserting 
"leave (disregarding any advanced leave),". 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 6331(4) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting "the term" after "(4)". 
SEC. 4. ACCRUAL OF LEAVE. 
Section 6337(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(cXl) Any annual or sick leave accrued by an employee under 
this section shall be transferred to the appropriate leave account 
of such employee under subchapter I, and shall be available for 
use— 
"(A) as of the beginning of the first applicable pay period 
beginning after the date on which the employee's medical emer-
gency terminates as described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 
6335(a); or 
"(B) if the employee's medical emergency has not yet termi-
nated, once the employee has exhausted all transferred leave 
made available to such employee under this subchapter. 
"(2) In the event that the employee's medical emergency termi-
nates as described in section 6335(a)(3)— 
"(A) any leave accrued but not yet transferred under this 
section shall not be credited to such employee; or 
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"(B) if there remains, as of the date the emergency so 
terminates, any leave which became available to such employee 
under paragraph (1)(B), such leave shall cease to be available 
for any purpose. 
"(d) Nothing in this section shall be considered to prevent, 
with respect to a continuing medicEd emergency, further transfers 
of leave for use after leave accrued under this section has been 
exhausted by the emploj'^ee.". 
SEC. 5. EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION 
IN LEAVE BANK AND LEAVE 
TRANSFER PROGRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO PARTICIPATE IN BOTH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6373 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 6373. Authority to participate in both programs 
"(a) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regula- Regulations, 
tions under which an employee participating in a leave bank pro-
gram under this subchapter may, subject to such terms or conditions 
as the Office may establish, also make or receive donations of 
leave under subchapter III. 
"(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 6337 or 6371, 
if an employee uses leave transferred to such employee under 
subchapter III and leave made available to such employee under 
this subchapter in comiection with the same medical emergency, 
the maximum number of days of annual leave and sick leave, 
respectively, which may accrue to such employee in connection 
with such medical emergency shall be the same as if all of that 
leave had been made available to such employee under this sub-
chapter.". 
(2) TECHNICAL /^ENDMENT.—The table of sections for chap-
ter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 6373 and inserting the following: 
"6373. Authority to participate in both programs.". 
(b) ELIMINATION OF PROVISION TREATING LEAVE BANK PROGRAM 
AS A DEMONSTRATION :PROJECT.—Section 6362 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); and 
(2) in subsection (a) by striking "(a)". 
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PUBLIC LAW 103-103—OCT. 8, 1993 
5 u s e 6331 note. SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided in section 2, this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act shall take effect as of the 120th day after the 
date of the enactment of this Act or such earlier date as the 
Office of Personnel Management may by regulation prescribe. 
Approved October 8,1993. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1130: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 103-246 (Comm. on Post Office and QvU Service). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 139 (1993): 
July 14, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 21, considered and passed House, amended. 
Sept. 23, Senate concurred in House amendment.