2018 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part III - Employees
Subpart E - Attendance and Leave
Chapter 63 - Leave
Subchapter II - Other Paid Leave
Sec. 6321 - Absence of veterans to attend funeral services

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Citation 5 U.S.C. § 6321 (2018)
Section Name §6321. Absence of veterans to attend funeral services
Section Text

An employee in or under an Executive agency who is a veteran of a war, or of a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, or a member of an honor or ceremonial group of an organization of those veterans, may be excused from duty without loss of pay or deduction from annual leave for the time necessary, not to exceed 4 hours in any one day, to enable him to participate as an active pallbearer or as a member of a firing squad or a guard of honor in a funeral ceremony for a member of the armed forces whose remains are returned from abroad for final interment in the United States.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 521.)

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Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes and Statutes at Large
5 U.S.C. 30q. Aug. 16, 1949, ch. 441, 63 Stat. 608.July 17, 1952, ch. 932, §1, 66 Stat. 758.

The words "Executive agency" are coextensive with and substituted for "executive branch of the Government" in view of the definition of "Executive agency" in section 105. Applicability to the General Accounting Office is based on former section 933a.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART III - EMPLOYEES
Subpart E - Attendance and Leave
CHAPTER 63 - LEAVE
SUBCHAPTER II - OTHER PAID LEAVE
Sec. 6321 - Absence of veterans to attend funeral services
Contains section 6321
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 63 Stat. 608
66 Stat. 758
80 Stat. 521
Public Law References Public Law 89-554
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