5 U.S.C. § 6324
Section 6324 · Absence of certain police and firemen
Amended 4 times on record
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Hambsch III v. United States (1989)
Most recently applied in Ronda Nunnally v. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (December 2013)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) Sick leave may not be charged to the account of a member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, or the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division for an absence due to injury or illness resulting from the performance of duty.
(b) The determination of whether an injury or illness resulted from the performance of duty shall be made under regulations prescribed by—
(1) the District of Columbia Council for members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia;
(2) the Secretary of the Interior for the United States Park Police force; and
(3) the Secretary of Homeland Security for the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division.
(c) This section shall not apply to members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division who are covered under chapter 84 for the purpose of retirement benefits.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Statutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 2071. Aug. 21, 1964, Pub. L. 88–471, §5, 78 Stat. 583. The word “officer” is omitted as covered by “member”.
In subsection (b), the words “injury or illness” are substituted for “injury or disease” to conform to subsection (a).
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
Amendments
2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–282, §2(c)(1), substituted “United States Secret Service Uniformed Division” for “Executive Protective Service force”.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 111–282, §2(c)(2), substituted “Homeland Security for the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division” for “the Treasury for the Executive Protective Service force”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–282, §2(c)(3), added subsec. (c).
1975—Subsecs. (a), (b)(3). Pub. L. 94–183 substituted “Executive Protective Service” for “White House Police”.
1968—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 90–623 substituted “District of Columbia Council” for “Commissioners of the District of Columbia”.
Effective Date of 2010 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–282 effective on first day of first pay period which begins after Oct. 15, 2010, see section 5 of Pub. L. 111–282, set out as a note under section 5102 of this title.
Effective Date of 1968 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 90–623 intended to restate without substantive change the law in effect on Oct. 22, 1968, see section 6 of Pub. L. 90–623, set out as a note under section 5334 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
District of Columbia Council, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93–198, title VII, §711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and replaced by Council of District of Columbia, as provided by section 401 of Pub. L. 93–198.