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[CITE: 5USC6325]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                     Subpart E--Attendance and Leave
 
                            CHAPTER 63--LEAVE
 
                     SUBCHAPTER II--OTHER PAID LEAVE
 
Sec. 6325. Absence resulting from hostile action abroad

    Leave may not be charged to the account of an employee for absence, 
not to exceed one year, due to an injury--
        (1) incurred while serving abroad and resulting from war, 
    insurgency, mob violence, or similar hostile action; and
        (2) not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful 
    misconduct on the part of the employee.

The preceding provisions of this section shall apply in the case of an 
alien employee referred to in section 6301(2)(viii) of this title with 
respect to any leave granted to such alien employee under section 6310 
of this title or section 408 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980.

(Added Pub. L. 90-221, Sec. 3(a), Dec. 23, 1967, 81 Stat. 671; amended 
Pub. L. 96-54, Sec. 2(a)(41), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 383; Pub. L. 99-
399, title VIII, Sec. 804, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 883.)

                       References in Text

    Section 408 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, referred to in text, 
is classified to section 3968 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and 
Intercourse.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-399 inserted sentence at end relating to alien 
employees.
    1979--Pub. L. 96-54 substituted provisions relating to leave charged 
to an account of an employee for absence, for provisions relating to 
leave charged to an account of any officer or employee for absence, and 
designated qualifying provisions as cls. (1) and (2).


                    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.


                             Effective Date

    Section 3(c) of Pub. L. 90-221 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) of this section [enacting this section] shall take 
effect as of the first day of the first pay period which began on or 
after January 1, 1965.''
