---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
key: "ptIII/sptB/ch35/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Retention Preference"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/ptIII-sptB-ch35-schI"
sections_count: 4
---

# Subchapter I — Retention Preference

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees › Part III — Employees › Subpart B — Employment and Retention › Chapter 35 — Retention Preference, Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments, Restoration, and Reemployment

## Sections

- [§3501. Definitions; application](/usc/5/3501.md)
- [§3502. Order of retention](/usc/5/3502.md)
- [§3503. Transfer of functions](/usc/5/3503.md)
- [§3504. Preference eligibles; retention; physical qualifications; waiver](/usc/5/3504.md)