---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 575.506"
title: "5"
number: "575.506"
heading: "When is an agency prohibited from paying an extended assignment incentive?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/575.506"
---

# §575.506. When is an agency prohibited from paying an extended assignment incentive?

- (a) An extended assignment incentive may not be paid to the head of an agency, including an agency headed by a collegial body composed of two or more individual members.
- (b) An agency may not begin paying an extended assignment incentive to an otherwise eligible employee who is receiving or fulfilling the requirements of a service agreement for the payment of a recruitment, relocation, or retention incentive. (See [5 CFR part 575](/cfr/5/part575.md), subparts [A](/cfr/5/subpartA.md), [B](/cfr/5/subpartB.md), and C.)

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 53669, Sept. 12, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 25752, May 13, 2005]

### Source

Source: 68 FR 53669, Sept. 12, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104(a)(2) and 5307. Subparts A and B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5753. Subpart C also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5754. Subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5755. Subpart E also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5757 and sec. 207 Pub. L. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1780 (5 U.S.C. 5307 note).

### Source

Source: 56 FR 12838, Mar. 28, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 53669, Sept. 12, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 25752, May 13, 2005]