Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60
§3591 Definitions
Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart B— Employment and Retention › Chapter 35— RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT › Subchapter V— REMOVAL, REINSTATEMENT, AND GUARANTEED PLACEMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE › § 3591
Summary
Use the meanings given elsewhere in the law for these words: 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, §3591
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
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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 a note under section 3131 of this title.
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5 U.S.C. § 3591
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60