---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 7512"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "7512"
heading: "Actions covered"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/7512"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart F — Labor-Management and Employee Relations"
  - "Chapter 75 — Adverse Actions"
  - "Subchapter II — Removal, Suspension for More Than 14 Days, Reduction in Grade or Pay, or Furlough for 30 Days or Less"
---

# §7512. Actions covered


This subchapter applies to—

- (1) a removal;
- (2) a [suspension](/usc/5/7501.md?p=2) for more than 14 days;
- (3) a reduction in [grade](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-5);
- (4) a reduction in [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4); and
- (5) a [furlough](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-5) of 30 days or less;

but does not apply to—

- (A) a [suspension](/usc/5/7501.md?p=2) or removal under [section 7532 of this title](/usc/5/7532.md),
- (B) a reduction-in-force action under [section 3502 of this title](/usc/5/3502.md),
- (C) the reduction in [grade](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-5) of a [supervisor](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-10) or manager who has not completed the probationary period under [section 3321(a)(2) of this title](/usc/5/3321.md?p=a-2) if such reduction is to the [grade](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-5) held immediately before becoming such a [supervisor](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-10) or manager,
- (D) a reduction in [grade](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-5) or removal under [section 4303 of this title](/usc/5/4303.md),
- (E) an action initiated under section [1215](/usc/5/1215.md) or [7521](/usc/5/7521.md) of this title, or
- (F) a suitability action taken by the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) under regulations prescribed by the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3), subject to the rules prescribed by the President under this title for the [administration](/usc/5/9801.md?p=1) of the competitive [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title II, § 204(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1136; amended Pub. L. 101–12, § 9(a)(2), Apr. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 35; Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title X, § 1086(f)(9), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 1010.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7512, Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 528, related to adverse action against a preference eligible employee and procedures applicable to such adverse action, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–454, § 204(a).

### Amendments

2015—Par. (F). Pub. L. 114–92 added par. (F).

1989—Par. (E). 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.