5 USC § 7312 - Employment and clearance; individuals removed for national security

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title: "5 USC § 7312 - Employment and clearance; individuals removed for national security"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "7312"
section_name: "Employment and clearance; individuals removed for national security"
chapter_number: 73
chapter_name: "SUITABILITY, SECURITY, AND CONDUCT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS"
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: "(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 524; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), (3), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224.)"
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# § 7312. Employment and clearance; individuals removed for national security

section 7532 of this title

Removal under  does not affect the right of an individual so removed to seek or accept employment in an agency of the United States other than the agency from which removed. However, the appointment of an individual so removed may be made only after the head of the agency concerned has consulted with the Office of Personnel Management. The Office, on written request of the head of the agency or the individual so removed, may determine whether the individual is eligible for employment in an agency other than the agency from which removed.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 524; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), (3), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224.)

| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 22–1 (4th and 5th provisos). | Aug. 26, 1950, ch. 803, § 1 (4th and 5th provisos), 64 Stat. 477. |

The words “Removal under ” and “so removed” are coextensive with and substituted for “termination of employment herein provided” and “whose employment has been terminated under the provisions of said sections”, respectively.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— substituted “Office of Personnel Management” and “Office” for “Civil Service Commission” and “Commission”, respectively.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 90 days after , see , set out as a note under .