§ 3302. Competitive service; rules

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The President may prescribe rules governing the competitive service. The rules shall provide, as nearly as conditions of good administration warrant, for—

(1)necessary exceptions of positions from the competitive service; and

(2)necessary exceptions from the provisions of sections 2951, 3304(b), 3321, 7202, and 7203 of this title.

Each officer and individual employed in an agency to which the rules apply shall aid in carrying out the rules.

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 417; Pub. L. 95–228, § 2(b), Feb. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 25; Pub. L. 95–454, title VII, § 703(c)(1), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1217; Pub. L. 96–54, § 2(a)(16), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 382; Pub. L. 103–94, § 2(b)(1), Oct. 6, 1993, 107 Stat. 1004; Pub. L. 118–188, § 2(a)(2)(A)(i)(I), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2645.)

The reference to the competitive service is substituted for the reference to the Act creating that service. The reference to reasons for the exceptions is omitted as covered by section 1308 of this title. The words “provide for” are substituted for “provide and declare”. Paragraph

(1)is supplied to preserve the President’s power to except positions from the competitive service, previously implied from the power to except from the first rule in former section 633(2). Authority to make exceptions to so much of former section 633(2) as is restated in this section and section 1302(a) is omitted as meaningless. Authority to make exceptions to so much of former section 633(2) as is restated in section 3318(a) is omitted as superseded by former section 857, which is carried into section 3318(a). In the last sentence, the words “Each officer and individual employed in an agency” are substituted for “officers of the United States in the departments and offices” because of the restrictive definition of “officer” in section 2104.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.