5 USC § 5338 - Regulations

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title: "5 USC § 5338 - Regulations"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5338"
section_name: "Regulations"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL SCHEDULE PAY RATES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 470; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224.)"
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# § 5338. Regulations

The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 470; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

The section is added on authority of former sections 1072 and 1072a, which are carried into section 5115.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— substituted “Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 90 days after , see , set out as a note under .