United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 5. GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES |
Part III. EMPLOYEES |
SubPart B. Employment and Retention |
Chapter 33. EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT |
SubChapter I. EXAMINATION, CERTIFICATION, AND APPOINTMENT |
§ 3307. Competitive service; maximum-age entrance requirements; exceptions
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(a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of this section appropriated funds may not be used to pay an employee who establishes a maximum-age requirement for entrance into the competitive service. (b) The Secretary may, with the concurrence of such agent as the President may designate, determine and fix the maximum limit of age within which an original appointment to a position as an air traffic controller may be made. (c) The Secretary of the Interior may determine and fix the minimum and maximum limits of age within which original appointments to the United States Park Police may be made. (d) The head of any agency may determine and fix the minimum and maximum limits of age within which an original appointment may be made to a position as a law enforcement officer or firefighter, as defined by section 8331(20) and (21), respectively, of this title. (e) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the head of an agency may determine and fix the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as a firefighter or law enforcement officer, as defined by section 8401(14) or (17), respectively, of this title. (2) (A) In the case of the conversion of an agency function from performance by a contractor to performance by an employee of the agency, the head of the agency, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, may waive any maximum limit of age, determined or fixed for positions within such agency under paragraph (1), if necessary in order to promote the recruitment or appointment of experienced personnel. (B) For purposes of this paragraph— (i) the term “agency” means the Department of Defense or a military department; and (ii) the term “head of the agency” means— (I) in the case of the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense; and (II) in the case of a military department, the Secretary of such military department. (f) The Secretary of Energy may determine and fix the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as a nuclear materials courier, as defined by section 8331(27) or 8401(33). (g) The Secretary of Homeland Security may determine and fix the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as a customs and border protection officer, as defined by section 8401(36).
Historical And Revision
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Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large |
| 5 U.S.C. 638b (less proviso). | June 27, 1956, ch. 452, § 302 (less proviso), 70 Stat. 355. |
The prohibition is restated in positive form. The word “officers” is omitted as included in “employees” in view of the definition of “employee” in section 2105.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
References In Text
For definition of Secretary, referred to in subsec. (b), see section 2109 of this title.
Amendments
2011—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 112–81 designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted “Except as provided in paragraph (2), the” for “The”, and added par. (2).
2007—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 110–161 added subsec. (g).
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–261, § 3154(a)(1), substituted “(d), (e), and (f)” for “and (d)”.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 105–261, § 3154(a)(2), added subsec. (f).
1988—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–238, § 103(a)(1)(A), substituted “may” for “may, with the concurrence of such agent as the President may designate,”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100–238, § 103(a)(1)(B), added subsec. (e).
1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–347 substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Transportation”.
1974—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–350, § 1(1), inserted reference to subsec. (d).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93–350, § 1(2), added subsec. (d).
1972—Pub. L. 92–297 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
Effective Date Of Amendment
Pub. L. 110–161, div. E, title V, § 535(e), “Failure to make a timely election under this paragraph shall be treated in the same way as an election made under subclause (I) on the last day allowable under clause (ii).
Pub. L. 100–238, title I, § 103(f),
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–347 effective on 90th day after
Pub. L. 93–350, § 7,
Amendment by Pub. L. 92–297 effective on 90th day after
Miscellaneous
Pub. L. 110–161, div. E, title V, § 535(d),
Pub. L. 91–73,
Executive Order
Ex. Ord. No. 11817,
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3307(d) of title 5 of the United States Code, as added by the first section of the Act of