5 U.S.C. § 5550b Compensatory Time Off For Travel

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 5 U.S.C. § 5550b

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of section 5542(b)(2) or 5544(a), each hour spent by an employee in travel status away from the official duty station of the employee, that is not otherwise compensable, shall be treated as an hour of work or employment for purposes of calculating compensatory time off.

(b) An employee who has any hours treated as hours of work or employment for purposes of calculating compensatory time under subsection (a), shall not be entitled to payment for any such hours that are unused as compensatory time.

Cite as 5 U.S.C. § 5550b

Source: Added Pub. L. 108-411, title II, §203(a), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2313; amended Pub. L. 110-181, div. A, title XI, §1111(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 360.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 8/1/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

2008-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110-181 substituted "any provision of section 5542(b)(2) or 5544(a)," for "section 5542(b)(2),".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 110-181 effective on the earlier of the effective date of any regulations prescribed to carry out amendments by section 1111 of Pub. L. 110-181 or the 90th day after Jan. 28, 2008, see section 1111(c) of Pub. L. 110-181 set out as a note under section 5541 of this title.