---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 334.104"
title: "5"
number: "334.104"
heading: "Length of assignment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/334.104"
---

# §334.104. Length of assignment.

- (a) The head of a Federal agency, or his or her designee, may make an assignment for up to 2 years, which may be extended for up to 2 more years if the parties agree.
- (b) A Federal agency may not send an employee on an assignment if that person is a Federal employee and has participated in this program for more than a total of 6 years during his or her Federal career. OPM may waive this restriction upon the written request of the agency head, or his or her designee.
- (c) A Federal agency may not send or receive an employee on an assignment if the employee has participated in this program for 4 continuous years without at least a 12-month return to duty with the organization from which the employee was originally assigned. Successive assignments with a break of no more than 60 calendar days will be regarded as continuous service under the mobility authority.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3376; E.O. 11589, 3 CFR 557 (1971-1975)

### Source

Source: 71 FR 54565, Sept. 18, 2006, unless otherwise noted.