---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 4706"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "4706"
heading: "Renumbered § 4705"
status: "renumbered"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/4706"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart C — Employee Performance"
  - "Chapter 47 — Personnel Research Programs and Demonstration Projects"
---

# [§4706. Renumbered § 4705 — renumbered]