U.S. federal statutes on government organization
Title 5 of the United States Code is apositive law title of theUnited States Code with the heading "Government Organization And Employees ".[ 1]
Title 5 contains organizational and administrative provisions directing the federal government, including theAdministrative Procedure Act ,Freedom of Information Act ,Privacy Act of 1974 ,Congressional Review Act as well as authorization for government reorganizations such asReorganization Plan No. 3 .
The title also contains various federal employee and civil service laws of the United States, including theFederal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute . Other civil service provisions in Title 5 include authorization for theOffice of Personnel Management and theGeneral Salary Schedule andExecutive 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]
On September 6, 1966, Title 5 was enacted aspositive 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 theFederal Advisory Committee Act ,Inspector General Act of 1978 , and theEthics in Government Act from the Title 5 Appendix to Title 5 itself.[ 4]
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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 EmployeesPart III
Subpart A —General ProvisionsSubpart B —Employment and RetentionChapter 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 PerformanceSubpart D —Pay and AllowancesSubpart E —Attendance and LeaveSubpart F —Labor-Management and Employee RelationsSubpart G —Insurance and AnnuitiesSubpart H —Access to Criminal History Record InformationChapter 91 —Access to criminal history records for national security and other purposesChapter 92 —Prohibition on criminal history inquiries prior to conditional offerSubpart I —MiscellaneousChapter 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[ edit ] Part IV
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