5 USC § 3403 - Limitations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s3403"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 3403 - Limitations"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3403"
section_name: "Limitations"
chapter_number: 34
chapter_name: "PART-TIME CAREER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 95–437, § 3(a), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1057, § 3393; renumbered § 3403, Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(c)(1)(B), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1226.)"
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# § 3403. Limitations

**(a)** An agency shall not abolish any position occupied by an employee in order to make the duties of such position available to be performed on a part-time career employment basis.

**(b)** Any person who is employed on a full-time basis in an agency shall not be required to accept part-time employment as a condition of continued employment.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–437, § 3(a), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1057, § 3393; renumbered § 3403, Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(c)(1)(B), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1226.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— renumbered  as this section.