5 CFR § 432.101 - Statutory authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s432.101"
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title: "5 CFR § 432.101 - Statutory authority."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "432.101"
section_name: "Statutory authority."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "432"
part_name: "PERFORMANCE BASED REDUCTION IN GRADE AND REMOVAL ACTIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 4303, 4305."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 26179, June 21, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "432"
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# 432.101 Statutory authority.

This part applies to reduction in grade and removal of employees covered by the provisions of this part based solely on performance at the unacceptable level. 5 U.S.C. 4305 authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of title 5, chapter 43, United States Code, including 5 U.S.C. 4303, which covers agency actions to reduce in grade or remove employees for unacceptable performance. (The provisions of 5 U.S.C. 7501 *et seq.,* may also be used to reduce in grade or remove employees. See part 752 of this chapter.)

[58 FR 65533, Dec. 15, 1993]