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 PUBLIC LAW 102-JULY 2, 1953

Refund. 5 USC 2061.

5 USC 2061.

5 USC 2064.

Transfer. 5 USC 2061.

Decedents. 64 Stat. 396. 5 USC 61g.

Reduction of ex-

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employee would have received had he remained in the service until the expiration of the period of such annual or vacation leave, except that after August 31, 1953, no such lump-sum payment shall exceed compensation for any period of such leave in excess of thirty 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 the greater. If such officer or employee is reemployed (other than in a position exempted from the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 under section 202(b)(1)(B), (C), or (H) of such Act) in the Federal service or in or under the government of the District of Columbia prior to the expiration of the period covered by such leave payment, he shall refund to the employing agency an amount equal to the compensation covering the period between the date of reemployment and the expiration of such leave period. The leave represented by any such refund— " (1) in the case of an officer or employee reemployed under the same leave system, shall be recredited to him in the employing agency in an amount equal to the amount represented by the refund; "(2) in the case of an officer or employee reemployed under a different leave system, shall be recredited to him in the employing agency on an adjusted basis in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Civil Service Commission; and "(3) in the case of an officer or employee reemployed in an office or position exempted from the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 under section 202(c)(1) of such Act, shall be deemed, upon separation from service, death, or transfer to another office or position in the Government service, to have remained to the credit of such officer or employee. Any amounts so refunded shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the employing agency. The lump-sum payment herein authorized shall not be regarded, except for purposes of taxation, as salary or compensation and shall not be subject to retirement deductions." (b) Section 205 of the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection to read as follows: "(e) I n the case of transfer of an officer or employee between positions under different leave systems (other than transfers involving positions exempted under section 202(b)(1)(B), (C), or (H)), without a break in service, the annual and sick leave to the credit of such officer or employee shall be transferred to his credit in the employing agency on an adjusted basis in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Civil Service Commission." SEC. 5. Clause (6) of section 2 of the Act of August 3, 1950, is amended to read as follows: "(6) payment for all accumulated and current accrued annual or vacation leave equal to the compensation the decedent would have received had he remained in service until the expiration of the period of such annual or vacation leave, except that after August 31, 1953, no such lump-sum payment shall exceed compensation for any period of such leave in excess of thirty 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 the greater;". SEC. 6. The heads of the departments and agencies are authorized and directed to take such action as may be necessary to bring about reductions in the accumulated annual leave to the credit of officers and employees which is in excess of the amounts allowable under the applicable provisions of section 203 of the Annual and Sick Leave Act

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