[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR630.704]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 630--ABSENCE AND LEAVE--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart G--Shore Leave
 
Sec. 630.704  Granting shore leave.

    (a) Authority. (1) An employee has an absolute right to use shore 
leave, subject to the right of the head of the agency to fix the time at 
which shore leave may be used.
    (2) Shore leave may be granted during a voyage only when requested 
by an employee.
    (3) An employee shall submit his request for shore leave in writing 
and whenever an employee's request for shore leave is denied, the denial 
shall be in writing.
    (b) Accumulation. Shore leave is in addition to annual leave and may 
be accumulated for future use without limitation.
    (c) Charge for shore leave. The minimum charge for shore leave is 
one day and additional charges are in multiples thereof.
    (d) Lump-sum payment. Shore leave may not be the basis for lump-sum 
payment on separation from the service.

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    (e) Terminal leave. (1) Except as provided by paragraph (e)(2) of 
this section, an agency shall not grant shore leave to an employee as 
terminal leave. For the purpose of this paragraph terminal leave is 
approved absence immediately before an employee's separation when an 
agency knows the employee will not return to duty before the date of his 
separation.
    (2) An agency shall grant shore leave as terminal leave when the 
employee's inability to use shore leave was due to circumstances beyond 
his control and not due to his own act or omission.
    (f) Forfeiture of shore leave. Shore leave not granted before (1) 
separation from the service, or (2) official assignment (other than by 
temporary detail) to a position in which the employee does not earn 
shore leave, is forfeited. When an official assignment will result in 
forfeiture of shore leave, the agency to the extent administratively 
practicable shall give an employee an opportunity to use the shore leave 
he has to his credit either before the reassignment or not later than 6 
months after the date of his reassignment when the agency is unable to 
grant the shore leave before the reassignment.