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5 U.S.C. 3104: Employment of specially qualified scientific and professional personnel

Created in 1966 by Public Law 89-554. Changed by 6 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

6 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 5 U.S.C. 3325, 6 U.S.C. 187, 6 U.S.C. 593, 15 U.S.C. 275, 15 U.S.C. 4659.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Office of Personnel Management (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2008

    • Pub. L. 110–372 substituted "prescribes and publishes in such form as the Director may determine" for "prescribes". Law text · (a)

    1992

    • Pub. L. 102–378 struck out "(not to exceed 517)" after "positions" in first sentence and amended second sentence generally, substituting provisions authorizing establishment of positions by Director and by agency action for provisions specifying that only Director may establish positio… · (a)

    1986

    • Pub. L. 99–386 struck out subsec. (b) relating to reports to Congress, redesignated pars. (1), (2), and (3) of subsec. (a) as subsecs. (a), (b), and (c), respectively, and substituted "subsection (a) of this section" for "paragraph (1) of this subsection" wherever appearing in subsecs. (b) and (c) …

    1978

    • Pub. L. 95–454, §414(a)(2)(B), substituted provisions authorizing the Director to establish the maximum number of scientific or professional positions, excepting Senior Executive Service positions, and authorizing the Librarian to establish not more than 8 such positions for provisions… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 95–454, §414(a)(2)(B), (C), struck out subsec. (b), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b), and substituted in subsec. (b), as redesignated, "to fix under section 5361 of this title the pay for positions established under this section" for "to establish and fix the pay of positions un… · (b)
    • Pub. L. 95–454, §801(a)(3)(C), substituted in subsec. (b), as redesignated, "section 5371 of this title" for "section 5361 of this title". · (b)
    • Pub. L. 95–454, §414(a)(2)(C)(i), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b). · (c)

    1970

    • Pub. L. 91–375 repealed provision for employment in Post Office Department in scientific or professional positions of not more than 6 qualified individuals. · (a)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.