5 U.S.C. § 3303
Competitive service; recommendations of Senators or Representatives
United States · Title 5 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · Status: effective
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An individual concerned in examining an applicant for or appointing him in the competitive service may not receive or consider a recommendation of the applicant by a Senator or Representative, except as to the character or residence of the applicant.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993
- Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997