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5 USC § 3349c - Exclusion of certain officers 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s3349c"
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title: "5 USC § 3349c - Exclusion of certain officers"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3349c"
section_name: "Exclusion of certain officers"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "DETAILS, VACANCIES, AND APPOINTMENTS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, § 151(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–615.)"
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# § 3349c. Exclusion of certain officers

Sections 3345 through 3349b shall not apply to—

**(1)** any member who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to any board, commission, or similar entity that—

**(A)** is composed of multiple members; and

**(B)** governs an independent establishment or Government corporation;

**(2)** any commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;

**(3)** any member of the Surface Transportation Board; or

**(4)** any judge appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to a court constituted under article I of the United States Constitution.

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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 .