---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 10301"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "10301"
heading: "Notice of employment opportunities for Department of State and USAID positions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/10301"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart I — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 103 — Department of State"
---

# §10301. Notice of employment opportunities for Department of State and USAID positions


To ensure that individuals who have separated from the Department of State or the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) for International Development and who are [eligible](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-3) for reappointment are aware of such opportunities, the Department of State and the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) for International Development shall publicize notice of all employment opportunities, including [positions](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) for which the relevant [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) is accepting applications from individuals within the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1)’s workforce under merit promotion procedures, on publicly accessible sites, including www.usajobs.gov. If using merit promotion procedures, the notice shall expressly [state](/usc/5/8521.md?p=a-3) that former [employees](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) [eligible](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-3) for reinstatement may apply.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 117–81, div. E, title LIII, § 5312(b), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2365.)