Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102

§3349b Holdover Provisions

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Protects any law that lets someone keep serving in an office after their official term ends. That includes laws allowing them to stay until a replacement is appointed or until a fixed period of time runs out.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §3349b

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Sections 3345 through 3349a shall not be construed to affect any statute that authorizes a person to continue to serve in any office—

(1)after the expiration of the term for which such person is appointed; and

(2)until a successor is appointed or a specified period of time has expired.

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

5 U.S.C. § 3349b

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102