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5 CFR § 575.101 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s575.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 575.101 - Purpose."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "575.101"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "575"
part_name: "RECRUITMENT, RELOCATION, AND RETENTION INCENTIVES; SUPERVISORY DIFFERENTIALS; AND EXTENDED ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 1104(a)(2) and 5307. Subparts A and B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5753. Subpart C also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5754. Subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5755. Subpart E also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5757 and sec. 207 Pub. L. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1780 (5 U.S.C. 5307 note)."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 12838, Mar. 28, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "575"
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# 575.101 Purpose.

This subpart contains regulations implementing 5 U.S.C. 5753, which authorizes payment of recruitment incentives. An agency may pay a recruitment incentive to a newly appointed employee under the conditions specified in this subpart provided the agency has determined that the employee's position is likely to be difficult to fill in the absence of an incentive.