---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 359.703"
title: "5"
number: "359.703"
heading: "Responsibility for placement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/359.703"
---

# §359.703. Responsibility for placement.


The agency taking the removal action is responsible for placing the appointee in an appropriate position within the agency, or for arranging a transfer to an appropriate position in another agency. Any transfer must be mutually acceptable to the appointee and the gaining agency.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3302, and 3596, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 18876, May 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted.