5 USC § 3596 - Regulations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s3596"
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title: "5 USC § 3596 - Regulations"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3596"
section_name: "Regulations"
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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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 404(b), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1167, § 3595; renumbered § 3596, Pub. L. 97–35, title XVII, § 1704(a)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 756.)"
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# § 3596. Regulations

The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to carry out the purpose of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 404(b), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1167, § 3595; renumbered § 3596, Pub. L. 97–35, title XVII, § 1704(a)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 756.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1981— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 9 months after , and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of , see section 415(a)(1), (b), of , set out as a note under .