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[CITE: 5USC5550a]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                     CHAPTER 55--PAY ADMINISTRATION
 
                        SUBCHAPTER V--PREMIUM PAY
 
Sec. 5550a. Compensatory time off for religious observances

    (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
section, the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations 
providing for work schedules under which an employee whose personal 
religious beliefs require the abstention from work during certain 
periods of time, may elect to engage in overtime work for time lost for 
meeting those religious requirements. Any employee who so elects such 
overtime work shall be granted equal compensatory time off from his 
scheduled tour of duty (in lieu of overtime pay) for such religious 
reasons, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
    (b) In the case of any agency described in subparagraphs (C) through 
(G) of section 5541(1) of this title, the head of such agency (in lieu 
of the Office) shall prescribe the regulations referred to in subsection 
(a) of this section.
    (c) Regulations under this section may provide for such exceptions 
as may be necessary to efficiently carry out the mission of the agency 
or agencies involved.

(Added Pub. L. 95-390, title IV, Sec. 401(a), Sept. 29, 1978, 92 Stat. 
762; amended Pub. L. 96-54, Sec. 2(a)(14), (15), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 
382.)

                       References in Text

    The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), 
is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 95-390, which was approved Sept. 29, 
1978.


                               Amendments

    1979--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 96-54 substituted ``Office of 
Personnel Management'' for ``Civil Service Commission'' and ``Office'' 
for ``Commission''.


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-54 effective July 12, 1979, see section 2(b) 
of Pub. L. 96-54, set out as a note under section 305 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 2 section 1371.
