{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-351.301","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 351.301","heading":"Applicability.","body":"(a) This subpart is applicable when the work of one or more employees is moved from one competitive area to another as a transfer of function regardless of whether or not the movement is made under authority of a statute, Executive order, reorganization plan, or other authority.\n(b) In a transfer of function, the function must cease in the losing competitive area and continue in an identical form in the gaining competitive area (i.e., in the gaining competitive area, the function continues to be carried out by competing employees rather than by noncompeting employees).","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 351—REDUCTION IN FORCE","Subpart C—Transfer of Function"],"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":"6e981a71e7b1b56309a453220165fc29223a5be3218e0c37d85f821ceae0d68e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-351.205","next":"us/5-cfr-351.302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}