{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-432.101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 432.101","heading":"Statutory authority.","body":"This part applies to reduction in grade and removal of employees covered by the provisions of this part based solely on performance at the unacceptable level. 5 U.S.C. 4305 authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of title 5, chapter 43, United States Code, including 5 U.S.C. 4303, which covers agency actions to reduce in grade or remove employees for unacceptable performance. (The provisions of 5 U.S.C. 7501 et seq., may also be used to reduce in grade or remove employees. See part 752 of this chapter.)","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 432—PERFORMANCE BASED REDUCTION IN GRADE AND REMOVAL ACTIONS"],"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":"4c8e16105c694e60e5ef22b51d2960eff207bf715ba83a6e780085a05ed30947","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-430.405","next":"us/5-cfr-432.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}