---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 7312"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "7312"
heading: "Employment and clearance; individuals removed for national security"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/7312"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart F — Labor-Management and Employee Relations"
  - "Chapter 73 — Suitability, Security, and Conduct"
  - "Subchapter II — Employment Limitations"
---

# §7312. Employment and clearance; individuals removed for national security


Removal under [section 7532 of this title](/usc/5/7532.md) does not affect the right of an individual so removed to seek or accept employment in an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) of the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) other than the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) from which removed. However, the appointment of an individual so removed may be made only after the head of the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) concerned has consulted with the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management. The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3), on written request of the head of the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) or the individual so removed, may determine whether the individual is [eligible](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-3) for employment in an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) other than the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) from which removed.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 524; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), (3), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 22–1 (4th and 5th provisos). | Aug. 26, 1950, ch. 803, § 1 (4th and 5th provisos), 64 Stat. 477. |

The words “Removal under section 7532 of this title” and “so removed” are coextensive with and substituted for “termination of employment herein provided” and “whose employment has been terminated under the provisions of said sections”, respectively.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Office of Personnel Management” and “Office” for “Civil Service Commission” and “Commission”, respectively.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

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