---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5506"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "5506"
heading: "Computation of extra pay based on standard or daylight saving time"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/5506"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart D — Pay and Allowances"
  - "Chapter 55 — Pay Administration"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §5506. Computation of extra pay based on standard or daylight saving time


When an [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) as defined by [section 2105 of this title](/usc/5/2105.md) or an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia is entitled to extra pay for [services](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) performed between or after certain named hours of the day or night, the extra pay is computed on the basis of either standard or daylight saving time, depending on the time observed by law, custom, or practice where the [services](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) are performed.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 476.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 914. | Sept. 7, 1949, ch. 538, § 2, 63 Stat. 690. |

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