---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 352.306"
title: "5"
number: "352.306"
heading: "Length of details."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/352.306"
---

# §352.306. Length of details.


The total length of a detail or several details combined must not exceed 5 consecutive years, except that when the Secretary of State, on the recommendation of the head of the agency, determines it to be in the national interest, the 5 years allowed for details may be extended for up to an additional 3 years. A detail or combination of details and transfers must not exceed 8 years in the aggregate throughout an employee's Federal career.


## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 64860, Oct. 31, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3584, E.O. 11552, 3 CFR 1966-1970 Comp., p. 954; Section 352.313 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 7701, et seq.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 16525, Oct. 23, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12433, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 64860, Oct. 31, 2008]