§ 6328. Absence in connection with funerals of fellow Federal law enforcement officers

Statutory text

A Federal law enforcement officer or a Federal firefighter may be excused from duty without loss of, or reduction in, pay or leave to which such officer is otherwise entitled, or credit for time or service, or performance or efficiency rating, to attend the funeral of a fellow Federal law enforcement officer or Federal firefighter, who was killed in the line of duty. When so excused from duty, attendance at such service shall for the purposes of section 1345(a) of title 31, be considered to be an official duty of the officer or firefighter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1994
Pub. L. 103–329 title VI § 642 · 108 Stat. 2382
Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 6328
Added Pub. L. 103–329, title VI, § 642, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2432, § 6327
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added Pub. L. 103–329, title VI, § 642, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2432, § 6327
1999
Pub. L. 106–56 § 1(c)(1) · 113 Stat. 407
Changed · 5 U.S.C. § 6328
Pub. L. 106–56 renumbered section 6327 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 106–56 renumbered section 6327 of this title as this section.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) The second section 6327 of title 5, United States Code (relating to absence in connection with funerals of fellow Federal law enforcement officers) is redesignated as section 6328.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section 642 of Pub. L. 103–329, which directed that this section be added “following the word ‘Forces’ in section 6326” was executed by adding the section after section 6327, as added by section 629(a)(1) of Pub. L. 103–329, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Amendments

1999—Pub. L. 106–56 renumbered section 6327 of this title as this section.

Credits

1994–1999 · 2 acts

1994Added Pub. L. 103–329, title VI, § 642, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2432, § 6327
1999renumbered § 6328, Pub. L. 106–56, § 1(c)(1), Sept. 24, 1999, 113 Stat. 407.

Show as published

(Added Pub. L. 103–329, title VI, § 642, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2432, § 6327; renumbered § 6328, Pub. L. 106–56, § 1(c)(1), Sept. 24, 1999, 113 Stat. 407.)