5 USC § 3591 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s3591"
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title: "5 USC § 3591 - Definitions"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3591"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "REMOVAL, REINSTATEMENT, AND GUARANTEED PLACEMENT 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, § 404(b), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1165.)"
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# § 3591. 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, § 404(b), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1165.)

## 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 a note under .