---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 1209"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "1209"
heading: "Renumbered §§ 1205 and 1206"
status: "renumbered"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/1209"
units:
  - "Part II — Civil Service Functions and Responsibilities"
  - "Chapter 12 — Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Special Counsel, and Employee Right of Action"
  - "Subchapter I — Merit Systems Protection Board"
---

# [§1209. Renumbered §§ 1205 and 1206 — renumbered]



## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Subsecs. (a) and (b) of this section were renumbered as sections 1205 and 1206, respectively, of this title by Pub. L. 101–12, § 3(a)(9), (10). Pub. L. 102–378, § 2(2), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1346, struck out section catchline of prior section 1209.