5 USC § 3595a - Furlough in the Senior Executive Service

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title: "5 USC § 3595a - Furlough in the Senior Executive Service"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3595a"
section_name: "Furlough in the Senior Executive Service"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "REMOVAL, REINSTATEMENT, AND GUARANTEED PLACEMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–615, title III, § 306(c)(1), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3220.)"
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# § 3595a. Furlough in the Senior Executive Service

**(a)** For the purposes of this section, “furlough” means the placement of a senior executive in a temporary status in which the senior executive has no duties and is not paid when the placement in such status is by reason of insufficient work or funds or for other nondisciplinary reasons.

**(b)** An agency may furlough a career appointee only in accordance with regulations issued by the Office of Personnel Management.

**(c)** A career appointee who is furloughed is entitled to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board under section 7701 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–615, title III, § 306(c)(1), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3220.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective following expiration of 90-day period beginning on , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1984 Amendment note under .