---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
key: "ptIII/sptB/ch35"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 35"
heading: "Retention Preference, Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments, Restoration, and Reemployment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/ptIII-sptB-ch35"
sections_count: 24
---

# Chapter 35 — Retention Preference, Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments, Restoration, and Reemployment

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees › Part III — Employees › Subpart B — Employment and Retention

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Retention Preference](/usc/5/ptIII-sptB-ch35-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments](/usc/5/ptIII-sptB-ch35-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Reinstatement or Restoration After Suspension or Removal for National Security](/usc/5/ptIII-sptB-ch35-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Reemployment After Service with an International Organization](/usc/5/ptIII-sptB-ch35-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Removal, Reinstatement, and Guaranteed Placement in the Senior Executive Service](/usc/5/ptIII-sptB-ch35-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Reemployment Following Limited Appointment in the Foreign Service](/usc/5/ptIII-sptB-ch35-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Retention of Retired Specialized Employees at the Federal Bureau of Investigation](/usc/5/ptIII-sptB-ch35-schVII.md)