Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102

§3349a Presidential Inaugural Transitions

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart B — Employment and Retention › CHAPTER 33 — EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — DETAILS, VACANCIES, AND APPOINTMENTS › § 3349a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Tells when the 210-day clock in sections 3346 or 3348 starts for job vacancies that happen around a presidential change. A "transitional inauguration day" means the day someone takes the President's oath when that person was not President the day before. If a vacancy exists during the 60-day period that begins on a transitional inauguration day, the 210-day period will be counted as starting on whichever is later: 90 days after the transitional inauguration day or 90 days after the vacancy happens.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §3349a

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(a)In this section, the term “transitional inauguration day” means the date on which any person swears or affirms the oath of office as President, if such person is not the President on the date preceding the date of swearing or affirming such oath of office.

(b)With respect to any vacancy that exists during the 60-day period beginning on a transitional inauguration day, the 210-day period under section 3346 or 3348 shall be deemed to begin on the later of the date occurring—

(1)90 days after such transitional inauguration day; or

(2)90 days after the date on which the vacancy occurs.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 30 days after Oct. 21, 1998, and applicable to any office that becomes vacant after such

Effective Date

, with certain exceptions, see section 151(d) of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as a note under section 3345 of this title.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 3349a

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102