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5 USC § 3385 - Effect on other authority 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s3385"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 3385 - Effect on other authority"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3385"
section_name: "Effect on other authority"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS"
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. 92–297, § 3(a), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 143; amended Pub. L. 96–347, § 1(b), Sept. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 1150.)"
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# § 3385. Effect on other authority

This subchapter shall not limit the authority of the Secretary to reassign temporarily an air traffic controller to other duties with or without notice, in the interest of the safe or efficient separation and control of air traffic or the physical or mental health of a controller; or to reassign permanently or separate a controller under any other provision of law.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 92–297, § 3(a), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 143; amended Pub. L. 96–347, § 1(b), Sept. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 1150.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

For definition of Secretary, referred to in text, see .

### Amendments

1980— substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Transportation”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on 90th day after , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective on 90th day after , see , set out as a note under .