U.S. federal statutes on government organization
Title 5 of the United States Code is a positive law title of the United States Code with the heading "Government Organization And Employees ".[ 1]
Provisions
Title 5 contains organizational and administrative provisions directing the federal government, including the Freedom of Information Act , Privacy Act of 1974 , the Congressional Review Act as well as authorization for government reorganizations such as Reorganization Plan No. 3 . The title also contains various federal employee and civil service laws of the United States, including authorization for the Office of Personnel Management and the General Salary Schedule and Executive Schedule classification systems. It also is the Title that specifies Federal holidays (5 U.S.C. § 6103 ). In addition, there is an appendix to Title 5 but it is not itself considered positive law. It contains reorganization plans.[ 2]
History
On September 6, 1966, Title 5 was enacted as positive law by Pub. L. 89–554 (80 Stat. 378 ). Prior to the 1966 positive law recodification, Title 5 had the heading, "Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees."[ 3]
In 2022, Congress moved the Federal Advisory Committee Act , Inspector General Act of 1978 , and the Ethics in Government Act from the Title 5 Appendix to Title 5 itself.[ 4]
Part I
Part II
Chapter 11 —Office of Personnel ManagementChapter 12 —Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Special Counsel, and Employee Right of ActionChapter 13 —Special AuthorityChapter 14 —Agency Chief Human Capital OfficersChapter 15 —Political Activity of Certain State and Local Employees
Part III
Subpart A —General Provisions
Subpart B —Employment and Retention
Chapter 31 —Authority for employmentChapter 33 —Examination, selection, and placementChapter 34 —Part-time career employment opportunitiesChapter 35 —Retention preference, voluntary separation incentive payments, restoration, and reemploymentChapter 37 —Information technology exchange programSubpart C —Employee Performance
Subpart D —Pay and Allowances
Subpart E —Attendance and Leave
Subpart F —Labor-Management and Employee Relations
Subpart G —Insurance and Annuities
Subpart H —Access to Criminal History Record Information
Chapter 91 —Access to criminal history records for national security and other purposesChapter 92 —Prohibition on criminal history inquiries prior to conditional offerSubpart I —Miscellaneous
Chapter 95 —Personnel flexibilities relating to the Internal Revenue ServiceChapter 96 —Personnel flexibilities relating to land management agenciesChapter 97 —Department of Homeland SecurityChapter 98 —National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationChapter 99 —Department of Defense personnel authoritiesChapter 101 —Federal Emergency Management Agency personnelChapter 102 —United States Secret Service Uniformed Division personnelChapter 103 —Department of StateSubpart J —Enhanced Personnel Security Programs
Part IV
References
External links
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