---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 7502"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "7502"
heading: "Actions covered"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/7502"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart F — Labor-Management and Employee Relations"
  - "Chapter 75 — Adverse Actions"
  - "Subchapter I — Suspension for 14 Days or Less"
---

# §7502. Actions covered


This subchapter applies to a [suspension](/usc/5/7501.md?p=2) for 14 days or less, but does not apply to a [suspension](/usc/5/7501.md?p=2) under section [7521](/usc/5/7521.md) or [7532](/usc/5/7532.md) of this title or any action initiated under [section 1215 of this title](/usc/5/1215.md).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title II, § 204(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1135; amended Pub. L. 101–12, § 9(a)(2), Apr. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 35.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1989—Pub. L. 101–12 substituted “1215” for “1206”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 101–12 effective 90 days following Apr. 10, 1989, see section 11 of Pub. L. 101–12, set out as a note under section 1201 of this title.

### 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.