5 USC § 3525 - Regulations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s3525"
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title: "5 USC § 3525 - Regulations"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3525"
section_name: "Regulations"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–296, title XIII, § 1313(a)(1)(A), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2294.)"
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# § 3525. Regulations

The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations to carry out this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–296, title XIII, § 1313(a)(1)(A), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2294.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3551, , , ; , , , related to restoration of positions of Federal and District of Columbia employees upon release from duty in Reserves or National Guard, prior to repeal by , §§ 2(b)(2)(B), 8, , , 3175, effective with respect to reemployments initiated on or after first day after 60-day period beginning , with transition rules.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 60 days after , see , set out as a note under .