Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60
§3391 Definitions
Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart B— Employment and Retention › Chapter 33— EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT › Subchapter VIII— APPOINTMENT, REASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER, AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE › § 3391
Summary
Use the definitions given elsewhere in this title for certain terms. Those terms are agency; Senior Executive Service position; senior executive; career appointee; limited term appointee; limited emergency appointee; noncareer appointee; and general position.
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Title 5, §3391
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For the purpose of this subchapter, “agency”, “Senior Executive Service position”, “senior executive”, “career appointee”, “limited term appointee”, “limited emergency appointee”, “noncareer appointee”, and “general position” have the meanings set forth in section 3132(a) of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3391, added Pub. L. 95–437, § 3(a), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1056, which related to definitions for part-time career employment opportunities, was renumbered as section 3401 of this title by Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(c)(1)(B), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1226.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 9 months after Oct. 13, 1978, and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of Pub. L. 95–454, see section 415(a)(1), (b) of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 3131 of this title.
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Citation
5 U.S.C. § 3391
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60