5 U.S.C. § 3503 Transfer of Functions

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 5 U.S.C. § 3503

(a) When a function is transferred from one agency to another, each competing employee in the function shall be transferred to the receiving agency for employment in a position for which he is qualified before the receiving agency may make an appointment from another source to that position.

(b) When one agency is replaced by another, each competing employee in the agency to be replaced shall be transferred to the replacing agency for employment in a position for which he is qualified before the replacing agency may make an appointment from another source to that position.

Cite as 5 U.S.C. § 3503

Source: Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 429; Pub. L. 95-454, title III, §307(f), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1149; Pub. L. 96-54, §2(a)(18), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 382.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 8/1/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Derivation</TD> <TD>U.S. Code</TD> <TD>Revised Statutes and <para>Statutes at Large</para> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD/> <TD> <codecitation statecd="US" datatype="S" title="5">5 U.S.C. <codesec>861<subdiv>(a)</subdiv></codesec></codecitation> (3d proviso).</TD> <TD>June 27, 1944, ch. 287, §12 (3d proviso), 58 Stat. 390.</TD> </TR> </TABLE>

In subsection (a), the words "a function" are substituted for "any or all of the functions". The word "receiving" is substituted for "replacing" in the phrase "receiving agency" to avoid confusion with subsection (b).