§3522 — Title 5 Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

§3522 Agency plans; approval

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart B— - Employment and Retention › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS › § 3522

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Before spending any money on voluntary separation incentive payments, the head of each agency must give the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) a plan. The plan must show how the payments will be used and include an organizational chart for the agency after the payments are finished. The plan must say which jobs or functions will be cut, which groups of employees may get the payments, the time period when payments may be made, how many payments and how much each will be, and how the agency will operate without those jobs. The OPM Director will review and can change the plan after talking with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. No plan can start without OPM Director approval.

Title 5, §3522

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(a)Before obligating any resources for voluntary separation incentive payments, the head of each agency shall submit to the Office of Personnel Management a plan outlining the intended use of such incentive payments and a proposed organizational chart for the agency once such incentive payments have been completed.

(b)The plan of an agency under subsection (a) shall include—

(1)the specific positions and functions to be reduced or eliminated;

(2)a description of which categories of employees will be offered incentives;

(3)the time period during which incentives may be paid;

(4)the number and amounts of voluntary separation incentive payments to be offered; and

(5)a description of how the agency will operate without the eliminated positions and functions.

(c)The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall review each agency’s plan an 11 So in original. Probably should be “and”. may make any appropriate modifications in the plan, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. A plan under this section may not be implemented without the approval of the Directive 22 So in original. Probably should be “Director”. of the Office of Personnel Management.

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Effective Date

Section effective 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 1313(a)(4) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 3521 of this title.

§3522 Agency plans; approval

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Title 5, §3522

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