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Attorney Fees and Personnel Action Coverage Under the Back Pay Act
The Personnel Management Office published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on July 15, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Office of Personnel Management is withdrawing a proposed rule published on October 7, 2020. The notice of proposed rulemaking, inter alia, proposed revising OPM's regulations governing the coverage of, and attorney fee awards under, the Back Pay Act. OPM withdrew the proposed rule on March 12, 2021, but issues this clarification reiterating that the proposed rule is withdrawn.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-13205
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Withdrawal of proposed rule
- Agency
- Personnel Management Office
- Published
- July 15, 2025
- Dates
- As of July 15, 2025, OPM withdraws the proposed rule published October 7, 2020 (85 FR 63218), which was withdrawn from the regulatory agenda on March 12, 2021.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3206-AN83
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 5 CFR 550
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 2
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