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5 USC § 3349d - Notification of intent to nominate during certain recesses or adjournments 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s3349d"
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title: "5 USC § 3349d - Notification of intent to nominate during certain recesses or adjournments"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3349d"
section_name: "Notification of intent to nominate during certain recesses or adjournments"
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"
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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# § 3349d. Notification of intent to nominate during certain recesses or adjournments

**(a)** The submission to the Senate, during a recess or adjournment of the Senate in excess of 15 days, of a written notification by the President of the President’s intention to submit a nomination after the recess or adjournment shall be considered a nomination for purposes of sections 3345 through 3349c if such notification contains the name of the proposed nominee and the office for which the person is nominated.

**(b)** If the President does not submit a nomination of the person named under subsection (a) within 2 days after the end of such recess or adjournment, effective after such second day the notification considered a nomination under subsection (a) shall be treated as a withdrawn nomination for purposes of sections 3345 through 3349c.

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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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