Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., leads the Health and Human Services Department, which currently employs around 80,000 people and is the second-costliest agency in the U.S. budget. (Getty Images)
The payment is available to most employees within the HHS, which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Employees also have the option to take the payment if they are eligible for optional or early retirement, according to the OPM's website.
ROUGHLY 75,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AGREE TO TRUMP’S BUYOUT OFFER
"By allowing employees to volunteer to leave the Government, agencies can minimize or avoid involuntary separations through the use of costly and disruptive reductions in force," the website stated.
The HHS spends the majority of its budget funding the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services. (iStock)
The only agency with more spending power is the Department of the Treasury.
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