---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 10103"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "10103"
heading: "Career paths"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/10103"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart I — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 101 — Federal Emergency Management Agency Personnel"
---

# §10103. Career paths

- (a) **In General.—** The [Administrator](/usc/5/9801.md?p=2) shall—
  - (1) ensure that appropriate career paths for personnel of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) are identified, including the education, [training](/usc/5/4101.md?p=4), experience, and assignments necessary for career progression within the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1); and
  - (2) publish information on the career paths described in [paragraph (1)](#a-1).
- (b) **Education, Training, and Experience.—** The [Administrator](/usc/5/9801.md?p=2) shall ensure that all personnel of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) are provided the opportunity to acquire the education, [training](/usc/5/4101.md?p=4), and experience necessary to qualify for promotion within the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1), including, as appropriate, the opportunity to participate in the Rotation Program established under section 844 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
- (c) **Policy.—** The [Administrator](/usc/5/9801.md?p=2) shall establish a policy for assigning [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) personnel to [positions](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) that provides for a balance between—
  - (1) the need for such personnel to serve in career enhancing [positions](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3); and
  - (2) the need to require [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) in a [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) for a sufficient period of time to provide the stability necessary—
    - (A) to carry out the duties of that [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3); and
    - (B) for responsibility and accountability for actions taken in that [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 621(a), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1413.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 844 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, referred to in subsec. (b), is classified to section 414 of Title 6, Domestic Security.