Title 5Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§7302 Post-employment notification

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Office of Personnel Management must, working with the Attorney General and the Office of Government Ethics, write rules by the later of the effective date of the changes made by section 1106 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 or 180 days after that Act was enacted. The rules must require every Executive branch agency to notify any employee who becomes covered by 18 U.S.C. 207(c)(1) because of the amendment to 18 U.S.C. 207(c)(2)(A)(ii). Agencies must give that notice before or when the action that creates the coverage happens, and again when the employee leaves the covered position.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §7302

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(a)Not later than the effective date of the amendments made by section 1106 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004,11 See References in Text note below. or 180 days after the date of the enactment of that Act, whichever is later, the Office of Personnel Management shall, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Office of Government Ethics, promulgate regulations requiring that each Executive branch agency notify any employee of that agency who is subject to the provisions of section 207(c)(1) of title 18, as a result of the amendment to section 207(c)(2)(A)(ii) of that title by that Act.
(b)The regulations shall require that notice be given before, or as part of, the action that affects the employee’s coverage under section 207(c)(1) of title 18, by virtue of the provisions of section 207(c)(2)(A)(ii) of that title, and again when employment or service in the covered position is terminated.

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References in Text

The

Effective Date

of the

Amendments

made by section 1106 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means the

Effective Date

of the

Amendments

made by section 1125 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, Pub. L. 108–136, which enacted this section. Pub. L. 108–136 does not contain a section 1106, and the provisions appearing in section 1106 of H.R. 1588, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, as passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2003, were contained in section 1125 of Pub. L. 108–136. For

Effective Date

of

Amendments

made by section 1125 of Pub. L. 108–136, see section 1125(c) of Pub. L. 108–136, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2003 Amendment note under section 5304 of this title. The date of the enactment of that Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, Pub. L. 108–136, which was approved Nov. 24, 2003.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on first day of first pay period beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2004, see section 1125(c)(1) of Pub. L. 108–136, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2003 Amendment note under section 5304 of this title.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 7302

Title 5Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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