5 USC § 7542 - Actions covered

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s7542"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 7542 - Actions covered"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "7542"
section_name: "Actions covered"
chapter_number: 75
chapter_name: "ADVERSE ACTIONS"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE"
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. 95–454, title IV, § 411(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1174; amended Pub. L. 97–35, title XVII, § 1704(d)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 758; Pub. L. 101–12, § 9(a)(2), Apr. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 35.)"
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# § 7542. Actions covered

section 1215 of this titlesection 7532 of this title

This subchapter applies to a removal from the civil service or suspension for more than 14 days, but does not apply to an action initiated under , to a suspension or removal under , or to a removal under section 3592 or 3595 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 411(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1174; amended Pub. L. 97–35, title XVII, § 1704(d)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 758; Pub. L. 101–12, § 9(a)(2), Apr. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 35.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1989— substituted “1215” for “1206”.

1981— inserted reference to .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

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

### Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with certain exceptions and conditions, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective 9 months after , and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of , see , set out as a note under .