A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to improve the administration of the leave system for Federal employees.
PL 93-181 (H.R.1284), enacted 12/14/1973

87 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-181-DEC. 14, 1973 
705 
SEC. 2. Any expenditures required to implement the provisions of 
section 1 shall be paid from the appropriation "Contingent Expenses, 
Architect of the Capitol" and any funds appropriated under this head 
shall hereafter be available for such purpose. 
Approved December 13, 1973. 
Public Law 93-181 
AN ACT 
To jimend title 5. United States Code, to improve the administration of the leave 
system for Federal employees. 
December 14, 1973 
[H. R. 1284] 
80 Stat. 488. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of A?nerica in Congress assembled, That (a) the second ^53'"^°'^°^ empioy-
sentence of section 5551(a) of title 5, L^nited States Code, is amended 
Leave system, 
l)y striking out ". except that it may not exceed pay for a period of ^'"|'o°stT'"^"*' 
sniiiual 01- vacation leave in excess of 30 days or the number of days 
carried over to his credit at the beginning of the leave year in which 
entitlement to payment occurs, whichever is greater". 
(b) Section 5551(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(b) The accumulated and current accrued annual leave to which 
an officer excepted from subchapter I of chapter 63 of this title by 
section 6301(2) (x)-(xii) of this title, is entitled immediately before 
the date he is excepted under that section shall be liquidated by a 
lump-sum payment in accordance with subsection (a) of this section 
or subchapter VIII of this chapter, except that the payment is based 
on the rate of pay which he was receiving immediately oefore the date 
on which section 6301(2) (x)-(xii) of this title became applicable to 
him.". 
SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 6303(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: "Notwithstanding subsection (a) 
of this section, an employee whose current employment is limited to 
less than 90 days is entitled to annual leave under this subchapter 
only after being currently employed for a continuous period of 90 days 
under successive appointments without a break in service.". 
SEC. 3. Section 6304 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out of subsection (a) the phrase "subsection 
(b) of this section" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsections (b), 
(d), and (e) of this section"; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: 
"(d)(1) Annual leave which is lost by operation of this section 
because of— 
"(A) administrative error when the error causes a loss of 
annual leave otherwise accruable after June 30,1960; 
"(B) exigencies of the public business when the annual leave 
was scheduled in advance; or 
"(C) sickness of the employee when the annual leave was 
scheduled in advance; 
shall be restored to the employee. 
80 Stat. 517. 
80 Stat. 495; 
82 Stat. 1212. 
5 u s e 5581. 
90-day leaves 
ban, elimination. 
Annual leave 
restoration. 
Conditions. 
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[87 STAT. 
Separate leave 
account. 
Post, p. 707. 
Lump-sum pay-
ment. 
Ante, p. 705. 
80 Stat. 489. 
Lump-sum pay-
ment claims, fil-
ing. 
Ante, p. 705. 
Annual leave 
credit, errors. 
80 Stat. 517. 
82 Stat. 1212; 
86 Stat. 760. 
Former employ-
ees. 
Ante, p. 705. 
"(2) Annual leave restored under parajii-aph (1) of this subsection, 
or under clause (2) of section 5562(a) of this title, which is in excess 
of the niaxinmm leave accumulation permitted by law shall be credited 
to a separate leave account for the employee and shall be available for 
use by the employee within the time limits prescribed by regulations 
of the Civil Service Commission. Leave credited under this paragraph 
but unused and still available to the employee under the regulations 
{)rescribed by the Commission shall be included in the lump-sum pay-
ment under section 5551 or 5552(1) of this title but may not be 
i-etained to the credit of the employee under section 5552(2) of this 
title. 
"(e) Annual leave otherwise accruable after June 30, 1960, which 
is lost by operation of this section because of administrative error 
and which is not credited under subsection (d) (2) of this section 
because the employee is separated before the error is discovered, is 
subject to credit and liquidation by lump-sum payment only if a claim 
therefor is filed within 3 years immediately following the date of dis-
covery of the error. Payment shall be made by the agency of employ-
ment when the lump-sum payment provisions of section 5551 of this 
title last became applicable to the employee at the salary rate in effect 
on the date of the lump-sum provisions became applicable.". 
SEC. 4. Section 6302 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(f) An employee who uses excess annual leave credited because 
of administrative error may elect to refund the amount received for 
the days of excess leave by lump-sum or installment payments or to 
have the excess leave carried forward as a charge against later-accruing 
annual leave, unless repayment is waived under section 5584 of this 
title.". 
SEC. 5. With respect to a former employee (except a former employee 
under section 6 of this Act) who is not on the rolls on the diite of 
enactment of this Act, annual leave which accrued after June 30,1960, 
but, because of administrative error, was lost by operation of section 
6304 of title 5, United States Code, is subject to credit and liquidation 
by lump-sum payment only if a claim therefor is filed within three 
years immediately following the date of enactment of this Act, with 
the agency by which he was employed when the lump-sum payment 
provisions of section 5551 of title 5, United States Code, last became 
applicable to him. Payment shall be by that agency at the salary rate 
in effect on the date the lump-sum payment provisions became 
applicable. 
SEC. 6. (a) With respect to a former employee of the Post Office 
Department or a former employee of the United States Postal Service 
who had prior civilian service with the Post Office Department or 
other Federal agency, who is not on the rolls on the date of enactment 
of this Act, annual leave which accrued after June 30,1960, and before 
July 1,1971, but, because of administrative error was lost by operation 
of section 6304 of title 5, United States Code, is subject to credit and 
liquidation by lump-sum payment only if a claim therefor is filed 
within three years immediately following the date of enactment of 
this Act with the Postal Service. Payment shall be by the Postal 
Service at the salary rate in effect on the date the lump-sum payment 
provisions of section 5551 of title 5, United States Code, or comparable 
provisions of regulations of the Postal Service, as appropriate, last 
became applicable to the former employee. 
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707 
(b) With respect to a present employee of the Postal Service who 
had prior Federal civilian service with the Post Office Department 
or other Federal agency, annual leave which accrued after June 30, 
1960, and before July 1,1971, but, because of administrative error was 
lost by operation of section 6304 of title 5, United States Code, is 
^"'^' ^- ^°°-
subject to credit and liquidation by lump-sum payment only if a claim 
therefor is filed within three years immediately following the date 
of enactment of this Act with the Postal Service. Payment shall be by 
the Postal Service at the salary rate in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. (a) Section 5562(a) of title 5, United States Code, is mi^Tu!g^s^tauis" 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: 
so stat. 490. 
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employee in a miss-
ing status on or after January 1,1965, is entitled— 
"(1) to payment for annual leave which accrued to his account 
on or after January 1,1965, but which was forfeited under section 
6304 of this title because he was unable to use that leave by virtue 
of his missing status; or 
"(2) to have all of that leave restored to him and credited to 
a separate leave account in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 6304(d) (2) of this title. 
An employee shall elect in writing, within 90 days immediately fol- 
written request. 
lowing the date of enactment of this sentence or within 90 days 
imme^diately following the termination of his missing status, which-
ever is later, whether he desires payment for the leave under clause 
(1) of this subsection or credit of the leave under clause (2) of this 
subsection. Payment under clause (1) of this subsection shall be at 
the employee's rate of basic pay in effect at the time the leave was 
forfeited." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
Applicability. 
apply to former employees or their beneficiaries. 
Approved December 14, 1973. 
Public Law 93-182 
A N A C T 
December 15, 1973 
FH R 113?41 
'J\> provide for daylight saving time on a year-round basis for a two-year trial 
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period, and to require the Federal Communications Commission to permit 
certain daytime broadcast stations to operate before local sunrise. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refvesentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
Emergency Day-
be cited as the "Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Con- Energy^c^nsJ/^! 
servation Act of 1973". 
tion Act o
f 1973. 
KSEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares— 
(1) that the United States faces severe energy shortages, espe-
cially in the winter of 1973-1974 and in the next several winters 
thereafter; 
(2) that various studies of governmental and nongovernmental 
agencies indicate that year-round daylight saving time would 
produce an energy saving in electrical power consumption; 
(3) that daylight saving time may yield energ}^ savings in other 
areas besides electrical power consumption; 
(4) that year-round daylight saving time could serve as an 
incentive for fuT'ther energy conservation by individuals, com-
panies, and the various governmental entities at all levels of 
government, and that such energy conservation efforts could lead