5 CFR § 575.506 - When is an agency prohibited from paying an extended assignment incentive?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s575.506"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 575.506 - When is an agency prohibited from paying an extended assignment incentive?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "575.506"
section_name: "When is an agency prohibited from paying an extended assignment incentive?"
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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# 575.506 When is an agency prohibited from paying an extended assignment incentive?
(a) An extended assignment incentive may not be paid to the head of an agency, including an agency headed by a collegial body composed of two or more individual members.
(b) An agency may not begin paying an extended assignment incentive to an otherwise eligible employee who is receiving or fulfilling the requirements of a service agreement for the payment of a recruitment, relocation, or retention incentive. (See 5 CFR part 575, subparts A, B, and C.)
[68 FR 53669, Sept. 12, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 25752, May 13, 2005]