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Code · U.S. Code · Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · CHAPTER 35— RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT · SUBCHAPTER I— RETENTION PREFERENCE · § 3503

§ 3503. Transfer of functions

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(a)When a function is transferred from one agency to another, each competing employee in the function shall be transferred to the receiving agency for employment in a position for which he is qualified before the receiving agency may make an appointment from another source to that position.
(b)When one agency is replaced by another, each competing employee in the agency to be replaced shall be transferred to the replacing agency for employment in a position for which he is qualified before the replacing agency may make an appointment from another source to that position.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 429; Pub. L. 95–454, title III, § 307(f), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1149; Pub. L. 96–54, § 2(a)(18), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 382.)
In subsection (a), the words “a function” are substituted for “any or all of the functions”. The word “receiving” is substituted for “replacing” in the phrase “receiving agency” to avoid confusion with subsection (b).
In subsections
(a)and (b), the word “first” in the phrase “shall first be transferred” is omitted as redundant in view of the subsequent limitation imposed by the words following “before”. The words “make an appointment from another source to that position” are substituted for “appoint additional employees from any other source for such position”.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
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  • Pub. L. 89–554
  • 80 Stat. 429
  • Pub. L. 95–454, title III, § 307(f)
  • 92 Stat. 1149
  • Pub. L. 96–54, § 2(a)(18)
  • 93 Stat. 382
  • Pub. L. 96–54
  • Pub. L. 95–454
  • section 2(b) of Pub. L. 96–54
  • section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454
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§ 3503
Transfer of functions
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 89–554
Stat.80 Stat. 429
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–454, title III, § 307(f)
Stat.92 Stat. 1149
Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–54, § 2(a)(18)
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