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CHAPTER 35⁠—RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
3501.Definitions; application.
3502.Order of retention.
3503.Transfer of functions.
3504.Preference eligibles; retention; physical qualifications; waiver.
3521.Definitions.
3522.Agency plans; approval.
3523.Authority to provide voluntary separation incentive payments.
3524.Effect of subsequent employment with the Government.
3525.Regulations.
3571.Reinstatement or restoration; individuals suspended or removed for national security.
3581.Definitions.
3582.Rights of transferring employees.
3583.Computations.
3584.Regulations.
3591.Definitions.
3592.Removal from the Senior Executive Service.
3593.Reinstatement in the Senior Executive Service.
3594.Guaranteed placement in other personnel systems.
3595.Reduction in force in the Senior Executive Service.
3595a.Furlough in the Senior Executive Service.
3596.Regulations.
3597.Reemployment following limited appointment in the Foreign Service.
3598. 1 1  So in original. Two sections “3598” have been enacted.Federal Bureau of Investigation reserve service. 2 2  So in original. Does not conform to section catchline.
3598. 1Federal Bureau of Investigation Reserve Service.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004⁠—Pub. L. 108–447, div. B, title I, § 114(b), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2869, and Pub. L. 108–458, title II, § 2004(b), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3704, amended analysis identically, adding item for subchapter VII.

Pub. L. 108–458, title II, § 2004(b), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3704, added item 3598, set out second.

Pub. L. 108–447, div. B, title I, § 114(b), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2869, added item 3598, set out first.

2002⁠—Pub. L. 107–296, title XIII, § 1313(a)(1)(B), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2294, substituted “RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT” for “RETENTION PREFERENCE, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT” in chapter heading and added item for subchapter II and items 3521 to 3525.

1994⁠—Pub. L. 103–353, § 2(b)(2)(C), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3169, struck out item for subchapter II “RESTORATION AFTER ACTIVE DUTY OR TRAINING DUTY” and item 3551 “Restoration; Reserves and National Guardsmen”.

1984⁠—Pub. L. 98–615, title III, § 306(c)(2), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3220, added item 3595a.

1981⁠—Pub. L. 97–35, title XVII, § 1704(a)(2), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 757, redesignated item 3595 as 3596, and added item 3595.

1980⁠—Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2301(b), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2164, added item for subchapter VI and item 3597.

1978⁠—Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 404(c), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1167, added item for subchapter V and items 3591 to 3595.