2011 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part III - EMPLOYEES (§§ 2101 - 10210)
Subpart A - General Provisions (§§ 2101 - 2954)
Chapter 29 - COMMISSIONS, OATHS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS (§§ 2901 - 2954)
Subchapter I - COMMISSIONS, OATHS, AND RECORDS (§§ 2901 - 2906)
Section 2905 - Oath; renewal
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES PART III - EMPLOYEES Subpart A - General Provisions CHAPTER 29 - COMMISSIONS, OATHS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS SUBCHAPTER I - COMMISSIONS, OATHS, AND RECORDS Sec. 2905 - Oath; renewal |
| Contains | section 2905 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 412. |
| Statutes at Large References | 50 Stat. 640 57 Stat. 591 63 Stat. 578, 591 69 Stat. 14 80 Stat. 412 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 89-554 |
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(a) An employee of an Executive agency or an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia who, on original appointment, subscribed to the oath of office required by section 3331 of this title is not required to renew the oath because of a change in status so long as his service is continuous in the agency in which he is employed, unless, in the opinion of the head of the Executive agency, the Secretary of a military department with respect to an employee of his department, or the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the public interest so requires.
(b) An individual who, on appointment as an employee of a House of Congress, subscribed to the oath of office required by section 3331 of this title is not required to renew the oath so long as his service as an employee of that House of Congress is continuous.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 412.)
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large |
|---|---|---|
| (a) | 5 U.S.C. 17b. | Aug. 14, 1937, ch. 624, 50 Stat. 640. Nov. 22, 1943, ch. 303, 57 Stat. 591. |
| (b) | 5 U.S.C. 17c. | Mar. 28, 1955, ch. 17, 69 Stat. 14. |
In subsection (a), the word “civilian” is omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of “employee” in section 2105. The words “Executive agency” are coextensive with and substituted for “executive departments and independent establishments of the United States” because of the definition of “Executive agency” in section 105. The words “the Secretary of a military department with respect to an employee of his department” are inserted to preserve the application of the source law. Before enactment of the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 (63 Stat. 578), the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force were Executive departments. The National Security Act Amendments of 1949 established the Department of Defense as an Executive Department including the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force as military departments, not as Executive departments. However, the source law for this section, which was in effect in 1949, remained applicable to the Secretaries of the military departments by virtue of section 12(g) of the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 (63 Stat. 591), which is set out in the reviser's note for section 301.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
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