Title 5Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§3344 Details; administrative law judges

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart B— - Employment and Retention › Chapter CHAPTER 33— - EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - DETAILS, VACANCIES, AND APPOINTMENTS › § 3344

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

An agency lacking administrative law judges (see sections 551 and 3105) may use judges OPM selects from other agencies, but only with those agencies' consent.

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Title 5, §3344

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

An agency as defined by section 551 of this title which occasionally or temporarily is insufficiently staffed with administrative law judges appointed under section 3105 of this title may use administrative law judges selected by the Office of Personnel Management from and with the consent of other agencies.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 1010 (4th sentence).June 11, 1946, ch. 324, § 11 (4th sentence), 60 Stat. 244. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission”. Pub. L. 95–251 substituted references to administrative law judges for references to hearing examiners in section catchline and wherever appearing in text.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 3344

Title 5Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73