5 CFR § 359.703 - Responsibility for placement.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s359.703"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 359.703 - Responsibility for placement."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "359.703"
section_name: "Responsibility for placement."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "359"
part_name: "REMOVAL FROM THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE; GUARANTEED PLACEMENT IN OTHER PERSONNEL SYSTEMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 1302, 3302, and 3596, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 18876, May 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "359"
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# 359.703 Responsibility for placement.

The agency taking the removal action is responsible for placing the appointee in an appropriate position within the agency, or for arranging a transfer to an appropriate position in another agency. Any transfer must be mutually acceptable to the appointee and the gaining agency.