Title 5 Of The United States Code
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Title 5 of the United States Code is a positive law title of the
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with the heading "Government Organization And Employees".


Provisions

Title 5 contains organizational and administrative provisions directing the federal government, including the Administrative Procedure Act, Freedom of Information Act,
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,
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as well as authorization for government reorganizations such as Reorganization Plan No. 3. The title also contains various federal employee and civil service laws of the United States, including the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. Other civil service provisions in Title 5 include authorization for the
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and the General Salary Schedule and
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classification systems. It also is the Title that specifies Federal holidays (). In addition, there is an appendix to Title 5 but it is not itself considered positive law. It contains reorganization plans.


History

On September 6, 1966, Title 5 was enacted as
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by Pub. L. 89–554 (). Prior to the 1966 positive law recodification, Title 5 had the heading, "Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees." In 2022, Congress moved the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
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, and the
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from the Title 5 Appendix to Title 5 itself., ; Act of 2022-12-27.


Part I—The Agencies Generally

Part I

Chapter 1
€”Organization
Chapter 3
€”Powers
Chapter 4
€”Inspectors General
Chapter 5
€”Administrative Procedure
Chapter 6
€”The Analysis of Regulatory Functions
Chapter 7
€”Judicial Review
Chapter 8
€”Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking
Chapter 9
€”Executive Reorganization
Chapter 10
€”Federal Advisory Committees


Part II—Civil Service Functions and Responsibilities

Part II

Chapter 11
€”Office of Personnel Management
Chapter 12
€”Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Special Counsel, and Employee Right of Action
Chapter 13
€”Special Authority
Chapter 14
€”Agency Chief Human Capital Officers
Chapter 15
€”Political Activity of Certain State and Local Employees


Part III—Employees

Part III

Subpart A
€”General Provisions *
Chapter 21
€”Definitions *
Chapter 23
€”Merit System Principles *
Chapter 29
€”Commissions, Oaths, Records, and Reports
Subpart B
€”Employment and Retention *
Chapter 31
€”Authority for employment *
Chapter 33
€”Examination, selection, and placement *
Chapter 34
€”Part-time career employment opportunities *
Chapter 35
€”Retention preference, voluntary separation incentive payments, restoration, and reemployment *
Chapter 37
€”Information technology exchange program
Subpart C
€”Employee Performance *
Chapter 41
€”Training *
Chapter 43
€”Performance appraisal *
Chapter 45
€”Incentive awards *
Chapter 47
€”Personnel research programs and demonstration projects *
Chapter 48
€”Agency personnel demonstration project
Subpart D
€”Pay and Allowances *
Chapter 51
€”Classification *
Chapter 53
€”Pay rates and systems *
Chapter 54
€”Human capital performance fund *
Chapter 55
€”Pay administration *
Chapter 57
€”Travel, transportation, and subsistence *
Chapter 59
€”Allowances
Subpart E
€”Attendance and Leave *
Chapter 61
€”Hours of work *
Chapter 63
€”Leave *
Chapter 65
€”Telework
Subpart F
€”Labor-Management and Employee Relations *
Chapter 71
€”Labor-management relations *
Chapter 72
€”Antidiscrimination; Right to petition Congress *
Chapter 73
€”Suitability, security, and conduct *
Chapter 75
€”Adverse actions *
Chapter 77
€”Appeals *
Chapter 79
€”Services to employees
Subpart G
€”Insurance and Annuities *
Chapter 81
€”Compensation for work injuries *
Chapter 83
€”Retirement *
Chapter 84
€”Federal employees' retirement system *
Chapter 85
€”Unemployment compensation *
Chapter 87
€”Life insurance *
Chapter 89
€”Health insurance *
Chapter 89A
€”Enhanced dental benefits *
Chapter 89B
€”Enhanced vision benefits *
Chapter 90
€”Long-term care insurance
Subpart H
€”Access to Criminal History Record Information *
Chapter 91
€”Access to criminal history records for national security and other purposes *
Chapter 92
€”Prohibition on criminal history inquiries prior to conditional offer
Subpart I
€”Miscellaneous *
Chapter 95
€”Personnel flexibilities relating to the Internal Revenue Service *
Chapter 96
€”Personnel flexibilities relating to land management agencies *
Chapter 97
€”Department of Homeland Security *
Chapter 98
€”National Aeronautics and Space Administration *
Chapter 99
€”Department of Defense personnel authorities *
Chapter 101
€”Federal Emergency Management Agency personnel *
Chapter 102
€”United States Secret Service Uniformed Division personnel *
Chapter 103
€”Department of State
Subpart J
€”Enhanced Personnel Security Programs *
Chapter 110
€”Enhanced Personnel Security Programs


Part IV—Ethics Requirements

Part IV

Chapter 131
€”Ethics in Government


References


External links


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