[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 5USC1506]
TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART II--CIVIL SERVICE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
CHAPTER 15--POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES
Sec. 1506. Orders; withholding loans or grants; limitations
(a) When the Merit Systems Protection Board finds--
(1) that a State or local officer or employee has not been
removed from his office or employment within 30 days after notice of
a determination by the Board that he has violated section 1502 of
this title and that the violation warrants removal; or
(2) that the State or local officer or employee has been removed
and has been appointed within 18 months after his removal to an
office or employment in the same State in a State or local agency
which does not receive loans or grants from a Federal agency;
the Board shall make and certify to the appropriate Federal agency an
order requiring that agency to withhold from its loans or grants to the
State or local agency to which notice was given an amount equal to 2
years' pay at the rate the officer or employee was receiving at the time
of the violation. When the State or local agency to which appointment
within 18 months after removal has been made is one that receives loans
or grants from a Federal agency, the Board order shall direct that the
withholding be made from that State or local agency.
(b) Notice of the order shall be sent by registered or certified
mail to the State or local agency from which the amount is ordered to be
withheld. After the order becomes final, the Federal agency to which the
order is certified shall withhold the amount in accordance with the
terms of the order. Except as provided by section 1508 of this title, a
determination of order of the Board becomes final at the end of 30 days
after mailing the notice of the determination or order.
(c) The Board may not require an amount to be withheld from a loan
or grant pledged by a State or local agency as security for its bonds or
notes if the withholding of that amount would jeopardize the payment of
the principal or interest on the bonds or notes.
(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 405; Pub. L. 95-454, title IX,
Sec. 906(a)(6), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1225.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Statutes and
Derivation U.S. Code Statutes at Large
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5 U.S.C. 118k(b) (less 1st 4 July 19, 1940, ch.
sentences). 640, Sec. 4 ``Sec.
12(b) (less 1st 4
sentences)'', 54
Stat. 768.
June 11, 1960, Pub.
L. 86-507, Sec.
1(1), 74 Stat. 200.
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Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
Amendments
1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-454 substituted ``Merit Systems
Protection Board'' for ``Civil Service Commission'' and ``Board'' for
``Commission'', respectively, wherever appearing.
Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 95-454 substituted ``Board'' for
``Commission''.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
