---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 4705"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "4705"
heading: "Regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/4705"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart C — Employee Performance"
  - "Chapter 47 — Personnel Research Programs and Demonstration Projects"
---

# §4705. Regulations


The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to carry out the purpose of this chapter.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1188, § 4706; renumbered § 4705, Pub. L. 105–362, title XIII, § 1302(b)(2)(B)(i), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3293.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 4705, added Pub. L. 95–454, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1188, required annual report on research programs and demonstration projects, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–362, title XIII, § 1302(b)(2)(B)(i), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3293.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 1101 of this title.