National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Increasing Military Leave and Carryover Hours

 

Reference Number: NFC-25-1760552697
Published: October 16, 2025
Effective: Pay Period 19, 2025

Summary

This bulletin informs Agencies that, as a result of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the accrual and accumulation time for military leave for Active Duty, Active Duty training, and inactive duty training for military employees has changed, and the yearly carryover cap has increased. Military leave authorized under NDAA has increased from 15 days (120 hours) to 20 days (160 hours), effective on December 23, 2024. Also, for fiscal year (FY) 2025 (October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025), the cap for military leave carryover has increased from 240 hours (30 days) to 280 hours (35 days). In FY 2026 (beginning October 1, 2025), as well as the subsequent FYs, the carryover cap will increase to 320 hours (40 days).

Note: Military leave is tied to fiscal year not calendar year. Hours expire at the end of the following fiscal year (e.g., hours from FY 2024 cannot be used in FY 2026).

Affected Systems

Affected System	System Impact Status
Front-End System Interface (FESI)	Updated Leave Data Transfer Document (160) to reflect 40 calendar days for the Military-Lv-Days-Ytd-Reg field.
GovTA	GovTA version 1.7.9 contains the changes required by NDAA and will be implemented at a later date.
Information/Research Inquiry System (IRIS)	Updated IRIS Program IR138, Other Leave, to display the new number of carryover hours in the Regular-Hours-Ytd field.
Paycheck8 (V3)	Modified to allow for the recording of 20 days of military leave using transaction code (TC) 68.
Time and Attendance Validation System (TIME)	Updated military leave accruals, carryover hours and cap.
Time Inquiry - Leave Update System (TINQ)	Updated maximum allowable number of military hours and days.

Note: Military leave that exceeds the carryover hours will be forfeited if not used in the succeeding year.

Implementation

FESI Leave Transfer (160)

Adjusted to reflect 40 calendar days for Military-Lv-Days-Ytd-Reg.

GovTA

GovTA version 1.7.9 contains the changes required by NDAA and will be implemented at a later date.

IRIS IR138, Other Leave

Updated to display the new number of hours (320) in the Regular-Hours-Ytd field and to display the new number of days (40) in the Regular-Days-Ytd field.

Paycheck8 (V3)

Updated to allow for 280 hours (35 days) of carryover time from FY 2025 to FY 2026. If an employee used any other type of leave in lieu of military leave, a corrected Time and Attendance report must be completed.

TIME

Updated TIME Edit Messages 110 - Exceeds Maximum Hours of Military Leave, and 190 - Military Leave Exceeds Maximum for Part-Time Emp, to include the additional leave amounts. The caps for military leave accrual and accumulation time for Active Duty, Active Duty training, and inactive duty training for military employees have changed, and the yearly carryover cap has increased.

TINQ

Updated TINQ to reflect the maximum number of leave and carryover hours/days allowed. 

Uniform Service Status

Agencies must confirm the employee's correct Uniform Service Status in EPIC Web, EmpowHR, or FESI.

Note: Military leave that is carried over into the next fiscal year will be forfeited if not used in that succeeding year.

Resources

The applicable procedures will be updated to reflect this change. To view these procedures, select HR and Payroll Clients from the MyNFC drop-down menu on the National Finance Center (NFC) Home page. At the HR and Payroll Clients page, select the Publications tab, select System Documentation from the Publications Library section, and then select the applicable system/application page to access the procedure manuals.

Inquiries

For questions about NFC processing, authorized Servicing Personnel Office representatives should contact the NFC Contact Center at 1-855-NFC-4GOV (1-855-632-4468) or via the customer service portal at ServiceNow Portal for Federated Users and at ServiceNow Portal for Non-Federated Users