5 U.S.C. § 3591
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United States · Title 5 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · Status: effective
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- 5 U.S.C. § 3591, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/426798
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For the purpose of this subchapter, “agency”, “Senior Executive Service position”, “senior executive”, “career appointee”, “limited term appointee”, “limited emergency appointee”, “noncareer appointee”, and “general position” have the meanings set forth in section 3132(a) of this title.
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.
- Civil Service Reform Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally