Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102
§3344 Details; Administrative Law Judges
Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart B — Employment and Retention › CHAPTER 33 — EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — DETAILS, VACANCIES, AND APPOINTMENTS › § 3344
Summary
If a federal agency temporarily does not have enough administrative law judges, it may use judges that the Office of Personnel Management selects from other agencies. The other agencies must agree to let their judges serve.
Full Legal Text
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 5, Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102