---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 9203"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "9203"
heading: "Agency policies; complaint procedures"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/9203"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart H — Access to Criminal History Record Information"
  - "Chapter 92 — Prohibition on Criminal History Inquiries Prior to Conditional Offer"
---

# §9203. Agency policies; complaint procedures


The [Director](/usc/5/8401.md?p=8) of the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management shall—

- (1) develop, implement, and publish a policy to assist [employees](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) of [agencies](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) in complying with [section 9202](/usc/5/9202.md) and the regulations issued pursuant to such section; and
- (2) establish and publish procedures under which an applicant for an appointment to a [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) in the civil [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) may submit a complaint, or any other information, relating to compliance by an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) of an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) with section 9202.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XI, § 1122(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1606.)