5 CFR § 576.202 - Repayment requirement.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s576.202"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 576.202 - Repayment requirement."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "576.202"
section_name: "Repayment requirement."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "576"
part_name: "VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sections 3521 through 3525 of title 5, United States Code."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 3859, Jan. 27, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "576"
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# 576.202 Repayment requirement.

An executive branch employee who received a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment as described in subpart A of this part and accepts any employment for compensation with the Government of the United States within 5 years after the date of the separation on which the payment is based must repay the entire amount of the Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment to the agency that paid it before the individual's first day of reemployment.