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[CITE: 5USC7521]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
           Subpart F--Labor-Management and Employee Relations
 
                       CHAPTER 75--ADVERSE ACTIONS
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES
 
Sec. 7521. Actions against administrative law judges

    (a) An action may be taken against an administrative law judge 
appointed under section 3105 of this title by the agency in which the 
administrative law judge is employed only for good cause established and 
determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board on the record after 
opportunity for hearing before the Board.
    (b) The actions covered by this section are--
        (1) a removal;
        (2) a suspension;
        (3) a reduction in grade;
        (4) a reduction in pay; and
        (5) a furlough of 30 days or less;

but do not include--
        (A) a suspension or removal under section 7532 of this title;
        (B) a reduction-in-force action under section 3502 of this 
    title; or
        (C) any action initiated under section 1215 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 95-454, title II, Sec. 204(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 
1137; amended Pub. L. 101-12, Sec. 9(a)(2), Apr. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 
35.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 7521, Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 528; 
Pub. L. 95-251, Sec. 2(a)(1), Mar. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 183, related to 
removal of an administrative law judge appointed under section 3105 of 
this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 204(a).


                               Amendments

    1989--Subsec. (b)(C). 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.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of 
Pub. L. 95-454, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note 
under section 1101 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 559, 1305, 7502, 7512 of 
this title; title 15 section 1715; title 29 section 661; title 30 
section 823; title 38 section 7101A; title 39 section 3601; title 42 
sections 2000e-4, 3608.
