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Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-110

§3313 Competitive Service; Registers of Eligibles

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart B — Employment and Retention › CHAPTER 33 — EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — EXAMINATION, CERTIFICATION, AND APPOINTMENT › § 3313

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Put people who pass competitive exams on lists of eligibles in this order. For scientific and professional jobs at GS‑9 or higher, place names by exam score, including any extra points allowed under section 3309. For all other jobs, first place disabled veterans with a service‑connected disability of 10 percent or more by score, including any extra points under section 3309, then place the remaining applicants by score, also including those extra points. People with hiring preference are placed ahead of others who have the same score.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §3313

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The names of applicants who have qualified in examinations for the competitive service shall be entered on appropriate registers or lists of eligibles in the following order—
(1)for scientific and professional positions in GS–9 or higher, in the order of their ratings, including points added under section 3309 of this title; and
(2)for all other positions—
(A)disabled veterans who have a compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more, in order of their ratings, including points added under section 3309 of this title; and
(B)remaining applicants, in the order of their ratings, including points added under section 3309 of this title.
The names of preference eligibles shall be entered ahead of others having the same rating.

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Historical and Revision Notes

DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 856.June 27, 1944, 287, § 7, 58 Stat. 389.Aug. 14, 1953, ch. 485, § 1(b), 67 Stat. 581. The section is restated for clarity and conciseness. The words “for the competitive service” are added for clarity. Application of this section to the excepted service in the executive branch and to the government of the District of Columbia is carried into section 3320. The words “employment lists” are omitted as included in “appropriate registers or lists of eligibles”. In paragraph (1), the words “in GS–9 or higher” are substituted for “in grade 9 or higher of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended” in view of the codification of the Act in this title, and, in specific section 5104 and 5332. In paragraph (2)(A), the term “disabled veterans” is substituted for “preference eligibles” in view of the definition of “disabled veteran” in section 2108(2). Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

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5 U.S.C. § 3313

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110