Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110
§6103 Separation of Government Personnel During Fellowships
Title 22 › CHAPTER 70 — MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM › § 6103
Summary
An agency can let an officer or employee leave federal service temporarily to take a fellowship under this program if they are not on temporary assignment. After the fellowship, they must be rehired under reemployment rules. They keep the same rights and benefits under OPM rules, and the Center must reimburse the employing agency for costs required by those reemployment rules. Funding is limited to amounts Congress appropriates.
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Title 22, §6103
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(a)Separation
Under such terms and conditions as the agency head may direct, any agency of the United States Government may separate from Government service for a specified period any officer or employee of that agency who accepts a fellowship under the program established by this chapter and is not detailed under section 6104 of this title.
(b)Reemployment
Any fellow who is not a detailee, at the end of the fellowship, is entitled to be reemployed in the same manner as if covered by section 3582 of title 5.
(c)Rights and benefits
Notwithstanding section 8347(o), 8713, or 8914 of title 5 and in accordance with regulations of the Office of Personnel Management, an employee, while serving as a fellow who is not a detailee, is entitled to the same rights and benefits as if covered by section 3582 of title 5. The Center shall reimburse the employing agency for any costs incurred under section 3582 of title 5.
(d)Compliance with Budget Act
Funds are available under this section to the extent and in the amounts provided in appropriation Acts.
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22 U.S.C. § 6103
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110