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[CITE: 5USC7512]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
           Subpart F--Labor-Management and Employee Relations
 
                       CHAPTER 75--ADVERSE ACTIONS
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--REMOVAL, SUSPENSION FOR MORE THAN 14 DAYS, REDUCTION IN 
              GRADE OR PAY, OR FURLOUGH FOR 30 DAYS OR LESS
 
Sec. 7512. Actions covered

    This subchapter applies to--
        (1) a removal;
        (2) a suspension for more than 14 days;
        (3) a reduction in grade;
        (4) a reduction in pay; and
        (5) a furlough of 30 days or less;

but does not apply to--
        (A) a suspension or removal under section 7532 of this title,
        (B) a reduction-in-force action under section 3502 of this 
    title,
        (C) the reduction in grade of a supervisor or manager who has 
    not completed the probationary period under section 3321(a)(2) of 
    this title if such reduction is to the grade held immediately before 
    becoming such a supervisor or manager,
        (D) a reduction in grade or removal under section 4303 of this 
    title, or
        (E) an action initiated under section 1215 or 7521 of this 
    title.

(Added Pub. L. 95-454, title II, Sec. 204(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 
1136; amended Pub. L. 101-12, Sec. 9(a)(2), Apr. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 
35.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 7512, Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 528, 
related to adverse action against a preference eligible employee and 
procedures applicable to such adverse action, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 
95-454, Sec. 204(a).


                               Amendments

    1989--Par. (E). Pub. L. 101-12 substituted ``1215'' for ``1206''.


                    Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-12 effective 90 days following Apr. 10, 
1989, see section 11 of Pub. L. 101-12, set out as a note under section 
1201 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3315, 5545a, 7121 of this 
title; title 22 sections 1438, 3701; title 32 section 709; title 50 
section 832.
