An Act to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide time off from duty without loss of pay or reduction in leave for employees of executive agencies to attend and make necessary arrangements in connection with the funerals of their sons or daughters in the U.S. Armed Forces overseas who died in or as a result of armed conflict with w hostile foreign force or forces, and for other purposes
PL 90-588 (H.R.13844), enacted 10/17/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-588-OCT. 17, 1968 
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Public Law 90-588 
A N A C T 
October 17, 1968 
To provide additional leave of absence for Federal employees in connection with 
[H. R. I3844] 
the funerals of their immediate relatives who died as a result of wounds, 
disease, or injury incurred while serving as a member of the Armed Forces 
ill a combat zone; and to provide additional leave for Federal employees called 
to duty as members of the National Guard or Armed Forces Reserves. 
lie 'it etiaeted by the Senate and Tloune of RepreiientativeH of the 
Vnited States of Amet/ra in Congress asspmhled^ That (a) subchapter 
Federal empioy-
JI of ('hai)ter (
W
J of title 5, United States Code, is amended by addiii«^ '^^Additionai 
at the end thereof the following new section : 
leave. 
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80 Stat. 521; 
"§ 6326. Absence in connection with funerals 
of immediate si stat. 67i 
relatives in the Armed Forces 
63^25"^*^ ^^^^ 
" ( a ) A n employee of an executiv^e agency or an individual em-
j)loyed by the jfoverimient of the District of Columbia is entitled to 
not more than three days of leave without loss of, or reduction in, pay, 
leave to which he is otherwise entitled, credit for time or service, or 
performance or efficiency rating, to make arrangements for, or attend 
the funeral of, or memorial service for, an immediate relative who 
died as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serving as 
a member of the Amied Forces in a combat zone (as determined by 
the President in accordance with section 112 of the Internal Revenue 
Code). 
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"(b) The Civil Service Commission is authorized to issue regula- 
26 use 112. 
]ations for the administration of this section. 
Regulations. 
"(c) This section shall not be considered as affecting the authority 
of an Executive agency, except to the extent and under the conditions 
covered under this section, to grant administrative leave excusing an 
employee from work when it is in the public interest.". 
(D) The table of contents of chapter 63 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting the following new item immediately 
below item 6325: 
"6326. Absence in connection with funerals of immediate relatives In the Armed 
Forces.". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 6328 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
Military leave. 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: 
"(c) Eixcept as provided by section 5519 of this title, an employee 
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as defined by section 2105 of this title (except a substitute employee in 
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the postal field service) or an individual employed by the government 
of the District of Columbia, permanent or temporary indefinite, who— 
" (1) is a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, 
as described in section 261 of title 10, or the Xational Guard, as ^^^^ s*^*- ^°' 
described in section 101 of title 32; and 
"(2) performs, for the purpose of providing military aid to 
enforce the law— 
"(A) Federal service under section 331, 332, 333, 3500, or 
8500 of title 10, or other provision of law, as applicable, or 
"(B) full-time military service for his State, the District 
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal 
Zone, or a territory of the United States; 
is entitled, during and because of such service, to leave without loss of, 
or reduction in, pay, leave to which he otherwise is entitled, credit for 
time or service, or jjerformance or efficiency rating. Leave granted by 
this subsection shall not exceed 22 workdays in a calendar year. 
"(d) Except as provided in section 5519 of this title, a substitute 
employee in the postal field service who— 
" (1) is a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, 
Limitation. 
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[82 STAT. 
70A Stat. 
596. 
10, 
Limitation. 
Withholding pay. 
80 Stat. 477. 
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5518. 
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as described in section 261 of title 10, or the Xational Guard, as 
described in section 101 of title 82; 
"(2) performs, for the purpose of providing military aid to 
enforce the law— 
"(A) Federal service under section 381, 882, 888, 8500, or 
8500 of title 10, or other provision of law, as applicable, or 
"' (B) full-time military service for his State, the District of 
(Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, 
or a territory of the I'nited States; 
and 
"(8) has worked at least 1040 hours, as a substitute employee in 
the postal field service, during the calendar year immediately 
before the calendar year in which he performs service described 
in subparagraph (2) (A) or (B) of this subsection; 
is entitled, during and because of such service, to leave without loss of, 
or reduction in, as a substitute employee in the postal field service, pay, 
leave to which he otherwise is entitled, credit for time or service, or 
performance or efficiency rating. Leave granted by this subsection— 
"(i) shall not exceed 160 hours in a calendar year; and 
" (ii) shall accrue on the basis of 1 hour of leave for each period 
aggregating 13 hours of service performed, as a substitute 
employee in the postal field service, during the calendar year 
immediately before the calendar year in which he performs serv-
ice described in subparagraph (2) (A) or (B) of this subsection.". 
(b) Subchapter II of chapter 55 of title 5, United Sta4:es Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§5519. Crediting amounts received for certain Reserve or 
National Guard service 
"An amount (other than a travel, transportation, or per diem allow-
ance) received by an employee or individual for military service as a 
member of the Reserve or National Guard for a period for which he 
is entitled to leave under section 6323 (c) or (d) of this title shall be 
credited against the pay payable to the employee or individual with 
respect to his civilian position for that period.". 
(c) The table of contents of subchapter I I of chapter 55 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting— 
"5519. Crediting amounts received for certain Reserve or National Guard 
service." 
immediately below— 
"5518. Deductions for State retirement systems; National Guard employees.". 
Approved October 17, 1968. 
Public Law 90-589 
October 17, 1968 
A N A C T 
[H-R. 13480] 
To make the proof of financial responsibility requirements of section 39(a) of 
the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act of the District of Columbia inap-
plicable in the case of minor traffic violations involving drivers' licenses and 
motor vehicle registration. 
D.C. 
Motor Vehicle 
Safety Responsi-
bility Act, amend-
ment. 
72 Stat. 956. 
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Rejjresentatives 
of the 
United /States of Ainerlca in Congress assembled^ That section 39(a) 
of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act of the District of 
Columbia (D.C. Code, sec. 40-455(a)) is amended by striking out 
"trial for"' and all that follows down through ''the operating privilege" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "trial for driving a motor vehicle within 
the District of Columbia at a time when his license is suspended or 
revoked, the operating privilege". 
Approved October 17, 1968.