Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102
§3314 Registers; Preference Eligibles Who Resigned
Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart B — Employment and Retention › CHAPTER 33 — EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — EXAMINATION, CERTIFICATION, AND APPOINTMENT › § 3314
Summary
If a person with hiring preference resigns, they can ask the Office of Personnel Management to put their name back on any job registers they were qualified for. OPM must restore their name in the order that section 3313 requires.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §3314
Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
A preference eligible who resigns, on request to the Office of Personnel Management, is entitled to have his name placed again on all registers for which he may have been qualified, in the order named by section 3313 of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 865.June 27, 1944, ch. 287, § 16, 58 Stat. 391. The last 28 words of former section 865 relating to recertification and reappointments are omitted since under section 3317 and 3318(a) certification and appointment follow from placing on registers. 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”.
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. § 3314
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102