Subpart B: Employment and Retention
Chapter 31: AUTHORITY FOR EMPLOYMENT
- Subchapter I: EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITIES
- Section 3101: General authority to employ
- Section 3102: Employment of personal assistants for handicapped employees, including blind and deaf employees
- Section 3103: Employment at seat of Government only for services rendered
- Section 3104: Employment of specially qualified scientific and professional personnel
- Section 3105: Appointment of administrative law judges
- Section 3106: Employment of attorneys; restrictions
- Section 3107: Employment of publicity experts; restrictions
- Section 3108: Employment of detective agencies; restrictions
- Section 3109: Employment of experts and consultants; temporary or intermittent
- Section 3110: Employment of relatives; restrictions
- Section 3111: Acceptance of volunteer service
- Section 3111a: Federal internship programs
- Section 3112: Disabled veterans; noncompetitive appointment
- Section 3113: Restriction on reemployment after conviction of certain crimes
- Section 3114: Appointment of candidates to certain positions in the competitive service by the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Section 3115: Expedited hiring authority for college graduates; competitive service
- Section 3116: Expedited hiring authority for post-secondary students; competitive service
- Subchapter II: THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
- Section 3131: The Senior Executive Service
- Section 3132: Definitions and exclusions
- Section 3133: Authorization of positions; authority for appointment
- Section 3134: Limitations on noncareer and limited appointments
- [Section 3135: Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title II, § 2181(a)(1), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 732]
- Section 3136: Regulations
- Subchapter III: THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
- Subchapter IV: TEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS ESTABLISHED BY LAW OR EXECUTIVE ORDER
- Subchapter V: PRESIDENTIAL INNOVATION FELLOWS PROGRAM
Chapter 33: EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT
- Subchapter I: EXAMINATION, CERTIFICATION, AND APPOINTMENT
- Section 3301: Civil service; generally
- Section 3302: Competitive service; rules
- Section 3303: Competitive service; recommendations of Senators or Representatives
- Section 3304: Competitive service; examinations
- Section 3304a: Competitive service; career appointment after 3 years’ temporary service
- Section 3305: Competitive service; examinations; when held
- [Section 3306: Repealed. Pub. L. 95–228, § 1, Feb. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 25]
- Section 3307: Competitive service; maximum-age entrance requirements; exceptions
- Section 3308: Competitive service; examinations; educational requirements prohibited; exceptions
- Section 3309: Preference eligibles; examinations; additional points for
- Section 3310: Preference eligibles; examinations; guards, elevator operators, messengers, and custodians
- Section 3311: Preference eligibles; examinations; crediting experience
- Section 3312: Preference eligibles; physical qualifications; waiver
- Section 3313: Competitive service; registers of eligibles
- Section 3314: Registers; preference eligibles who resigned
- Section 3315: Registers; preference eligibles furloughed or separated
- [Section 3315a: Repealed. Pub. L. 93–416, § 22(c), Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1150]
- Section 3316: Preference eligibles; reinstatement
- Section 3317: Competitive service; certification from registers
- Section 3318: Competitive service; selection from certificates
- Section 3319: Alternative ranking and selection procedures
- Section 3320: Excepted service; government of the District of Columbia; selection
- Section 3321: Competitive service; probationary period
- Section 3322: Voluntary separation before resolution of personnel investigation
- Section 3323: Automatic separations; reappointment; reemployment of annuitants
- Section 3324: Appointments to positions classified above GS–15
- Section 3325: Appointments to scientific and professional positions
- Section 3326: Appointments of retired members of the armed forces to positions in the Department of Defense
- Section 3327: Civil service employment information
- Section 3328: Selective Service registration
- Section 3329: Appointments of military reserve technicians to positions in the competitive service
- Section 3330: Government-wide list of vacant positions
- Section 3330a: Preference eligibles; administrative redress
- Section 3330b: Preference eligibles; judicial redress
- Section 3330c: Preference eligibles; remedy
- Section 3330d: Appointment of military spouses
- Section 3330e: Review of official personnel file of former Federal employees before rehiring
- Subchapter II: OATH OF OFFICE
- Subchapter III: DETAILS, VACANCIES, AND APPOINTMENTS
- Section 3341: Details; within Executive or military departments
- [Section 3342: Repealed. Pub. L. 102–378, § 2(13)(A), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1347]
- Section 3343: Details; to international organizations
- Section 3344: Details; administrative law judges
- Section 3345: Acting officer
- Section 3346: Time limitation
- Section 3347: Exclusivity
- Section 3348: Vacant office
- Section 3349: Reporting of vacancies
- Section 3349a: Presidential inaugural transitions
- Section 3349b: Holdover provisions
- Section 3349c: Exclusion of certain officers
- Section 3349d: Notification of intent to nominate during certain recesses or adjournments
- Subchapter IV: TRANSFERS
- Subchapter V: PROMOTION
- Section 3361: Promotion; competitive service; examination
- Section 3362: Promotion; effect of incentive award
- Section 3363: Preference eligibles; promotion; physical qualifications; waiver
- [Section 3364: Repealed. Pub. L. 94–183, § 2(6), Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1057]
- Subchapter VI: ASSIGNMENTS TO AND FROM STATES
- Subchapter VII: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
- Subchapter VIII: APPOINTMENT, REASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER, AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
- Section 3391: Definitions
- Section 3392: General appointment provisions
- Section 3393: Career appointments
- [Section 3393a: Repealed. Pub. L. 107–296, title XIII, § 1321(a)(1)(B), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2296]
- Section 3394: Noncareer and limited appointments
- Section 3395: Reassignment and transfer within the Senior Executive Service
- Section 3396: Development for and within the Senior Executive Service
- Section 3397: Regulations
Chapter 34: PART-TIME CAREER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- Section 3401: Definitions
- Section 3402: Establishment of part-time career employment programs
- Section 3403: Limitations
- Section 3404: Personnel ceilings
- Section 3405: Nonapplicability
- Section 3406: Regulations
- [Section 3407: Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title III, § 3001(a)(1), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 733]
- Section 3408: Employee organization representation
Chapter 35: RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT
- Subchapter I: RETENTION PREFERENCE
- Subchapter II: VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS
- Subchapter III: REINSTATEMENT OR RESTORATION AFTER SUSPENSION OR REMOVAL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
- Subchapter IV: REEMPLOYMENT AFTER SERVICE WITH AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
- Subchapter V: REMOVAL, REINSTATEMENT, AND GUARANTEED PLACEMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
- Section 3591: Definitions
- Section 3592: Removal from the Senior Executive Service
- Section 3593: Reinstatement in the Senior Executive Service
- Section 3594: Guaranteed placement in other personnel systems
- Section 3595: Reduction in force in the Senior Executive Service
- Section 3595a: Furlough in the Senior Executive Service
- Section 3596: Regulations
- Subchapter VI: REEMPLOYMENT FOLLOWING LIMITED APPOINTMENT IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE
- Subchapter VII: RETENTION OF RETIRED SPECIALIZED EMPLOYEES AT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Chapter 37: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE PROGRAM
- Section 3701: Definitions
- Section 3702: General provisions
- Section 3703: Assignment of employees to private sector organizations
- Section 3704: Assignment of employees from private sector organizations
- Section 3705: Application to Office of the Chief Technology Officer of the District of Columbia
- Section 3706: Reporting requirement
- Section 3707: Regulations