31 USC § 1518 - Adverse personnel actions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t31/s1518"
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title: "31 USC § 1518 - Adverse personnel actions"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "1518"
section_name: "Adverse personnel actions"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "APPORTIONMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 932.)"
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# § 1518. Adverse personnel actions

section 1517(a) of this title

An officer or employee of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia government violating  shall be subject to appropriate administrative discipline including, when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty without pay or removal from office.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 932.)

| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1518 | 31:665(i)(1)(words before semicolon related to (h)). | R.S. § 3679(i)(1)(words before semicolon related to (h)); Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, § 4(1st par.), 33 Stat. 1257; Feb. 27, 1906, ch. 510, § 3, 34 Stat. 48; restated Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, § 1211, 64 Stat. 768. |

The words “In addition to any penalty or liability under other law” are omitted as surplus. The words “District of Columbia government” are added because of  (ch. 182, ).