{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-1209.13","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 1209.13","heading":"Referral of findings to the Special Counsel.","body":"When the Board determines in a proceeding under this part that there is reason to believe that a current Federal employee may have committed a prohibited personnel practice described at 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(8) or (b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), or (D), the Board will refer the matter to the Special Counsel to investigate and take appropriate action under 5 U.S.C. 1215.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER II—MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD","SUBCHAPTER A—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES","PART 1209—PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES FOR APPEALS AND STAY REQUESTS OF PERSONNEL ACTIONS ALLEGEDLY BASED ON WHISTLEBLOWING OR OTHER PROTECTED ACTIVITY","Subpart E—Referrals to the Special Counsel"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"9e1003529fc0651d8daad8f9eaf3689d6e0c59c875f6e2ecad32ac5c7618f006","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-1209.12","next":"us/5-cfr-1210.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}