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title: "5 U.S.C. § 9203"
description: "Agency policies; complaint procedures"
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title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
chapter_number: "92"
chapter_name: "PROHIBITION ON CRIMINAL HISTORY INQUIRIES PRIOR TO CONDITIONAL OFFER"
section: "9203"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 9203"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 5 U.S.C. § 9203 - Agency policies; complaint procedures

## Text

The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall—

(1) develop, implement, and publish a policy to assist employees of agencies in complying with section 9202 and the regulations issued pursuant to such section; and

(2) establish and publish procedures under which an applicant for an appointment to a position in the civil service may submit a complaint, or any other information, relating to compliance by an employee of an agency with section 9202.

(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XI, § 1122(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1606.)