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§3595a Furlough in the Senior Executive Service

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart B — Employment and Retention › CHAPTER 35 — RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT › SUBCHAPTER V — REMOVAL, REINSTATEMENT, AND GUARANTEED PLACEMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE › § 3595a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows agencies to put a senior executive on a temporary unpaid leave with no duties when there is not enough work, not enough money, or for other nonpunitive reasons; that temporary leave is called a furlough. Agencies may only do this to career appointees under rules made by the Office of Personnel Management, and a career appointee who is furloughed can appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board under section 7701.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §3595a

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)For the purposes of this section, “furlough” means the placement of a senior executive in a temporary status in which the senior executive has no duties and is not paid when the placement in such status is by reason of insufficient work or funds or for other nondisciplinary reasons.
(b)An agency may furlough a career appointee only in accordance with regulations issued by the Office of Personnel Management.
(c)A career appointee who is furloughed is entitled to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board under section 7701 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective following expiration of 90-day period beginning on Nov. 8, 1984, see section 307 of Pub. L. 98–615, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1984 Amendment note under section 3393 of this title.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 3595a

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102