Limits on assignment to restrictive States

(a) Opt out A Federal employee may, for the purposes described in subsection (c), decline any detail, transfer, assignment, or other temporary or permanent change to the official duty station of the Federal employee that will result in a new official duty station of the Federal employee that is located in a State or territory of the United States on the list published by the Comptroller General of the United States under section 2(b). (b) Promotions and appointments No appointment or promotion of a Federal employee or applicant for employment to a position in an Executive agency may require, as a condition of the appointment or promotion, that such Federal employee or applicant for employment be located in or move to a State or territory of the United States on the list published by the Comptroller General of the United States under section 2(b), unless such requirement must be waived for any applicable purpose described in subsection (c). (c) Purposes described The purposes described in this subsection are, with respect to a Federal employee or applicant for employment, medical, reproductive, family planning, or personal health considerations of such Federal employee, applicant for employment, or an eligible dependent of such Federal employee or applicant for employment.