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5 USC § 3391 - Definitions 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s3391"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 3391 - Definitions"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3391"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "APPOINTMENT, RE­ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER, AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE"
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. 95–454, title IV, § 403(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1161.)"
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# § 3391. Definitions

section 3132(a) of this title

For the purpose of this subchapter, “agency”, “Senior Executive Service position”, “senior executive”, “career appointee”, “limited term appointee”, “limited emergency appointee”, “noncareer appointee”, and “general position” have the meanings set forth in .

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 403(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1161.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3391, added , , , which related to definitions for part-time career employment opportunities, was renumbered as  by , , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 9 months after , and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of , see section 415(a)(1), (b) of , set out as an Effective Date note under .