5 USC § 3349b - Holdover provisions

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title: "5 USC § 3349b - Holdover provisions"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3349b"
section_name: "Holdover provisions"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "DETAILS, VACANCIES, AND APPOINTMENTS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, § 151(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–615.)"
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# § 3349b. Holdover provisions

Sections 3345 through 3349a shall not be construed to affect any statute that authorizes a person to continue to serve in any office—

**(1)** after the expiration of the term for which such person is appointed; and

**(2)** until a successor is appointed or a specified period of time has expired.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, § 151(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–615.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 30 days after , and applicable to any office that becomes vacant after such effective date, with certain exceptions, see , set out as a note under .