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             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
          PART II--CIVIL SERVICE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 
               CHAPTER 11--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 1103. Functions of the Director

    (a) The following functions are vested in the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management, and shall be performed by the Director, or 
subject to section 1104 of this title, by such employees of the Office 
as the Director designates:
        (1) securing accuracy, uniformity, and justice in the functions 
    of the Office;
        (2) appointing individuals to be employed by the Office;
        (3) directing and supervising employees of the Office, 
    distributing business among employees and organizational units of 
    the Office, and directing the internal management of the Office;
        (4) directing the preparation of requests for appropriations for 
    the Office and the use and expenditure of funds by the Office;
        (5) executing, administering, and enforcing--
            (A) the civil service rules and regulations of the President 
        and the Office and the laws governing the civil service; and
            (B) the other activities of the Office including retirement 
        and classification activities;

    except with respect to functions for which the Merit Systems 
    Protection Board or the Special Counsel is primarily responsible;
        (6) reviewing the operations under chapter 87 of this title;
        (7) aiding the President, as the President may request, in 
    preparing such civil service rules as the President prescribes, and 
    otherwise advising the President on actions which may be taken to 
    promote an efficient civil service and a systematic application of 
    the merit system principles, including recommending policies 
    relating to the selection, promotion, transfer, performance, pay, 
    conditions of service, tenure, and separation of employees;
        (8) conducting, or otherwise providing for the conduct of, 
    studies and research under chapter 47 of this title into methods of 
    assuring improvements in personnel management; and
        (9) incurring official reception and representation expenses of 
    the Office subject to any limitation prescribed in any law.

    (b)(1) The Director shall publish in the Federal Register general 
notice of any rule or regulation which is proposed by the Office and the 
application of which does not apply solely to the Office or its 
employees. Any such notice shall include the matter required under 
section 553(b)(1), (2), and (3) of this title.
    (2) The Director shall take steps to ensure that--
        (A) any proposed rule or regulation to which paragraph (1) of 
    this subsection applies is posted in offices of Federal agencies 
    maintaining copies of the Federal personnel regulations; and
        (B) to the extent the Director determines appropriate and 
    practical, exclusive representatives of employees affected by such 
    proposed rule or regulation and interested members of the public are 
    notified of such proposed rule or regulation.

    (3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall not apply to any 
proposed rule or regulation which is temporary in nature and which is 
necessary to be implemented expeditiously as a result of an emergency.
    (4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection and section 1105 of 
this title shall not apply to the establishment of any schedules or 
rates of basic pay or allowances under subpart D of part III of this 
title. The preceding sentence does not apply to the establishment of the 
procedures, methodology, or criteria used to establish such schedules, 
rates, or allowances.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 399; Pub. L. 95-454, title II, 
Sec. 201(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1119; Pub. L. 99-251, title III, 
Secs. 301, 302, Feb. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 26.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     [Uncodified].                 1949 Reorg. Plan No.
                                                    5, Secs.  1, 2(a)
                                                    (35th through 46th
                                                    words), 3, eff. Aug.
                                                    20, 1949, 63 Stat.
                                                    1067, 1069.
                     5 U.S.C. 632 (5th par.).      July 31, 1956, ch.
                                                    804, Sec.  201(b),
                                                    70 Stat. 742.
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    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1986--Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 99-251, Sec. 301, added par. (9).
    Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 99-251, Sec. 302, added par. (4).
    1978--Pub. L. 95-454 substituted ``Functions of the Director'' for 
``Chairman; Vice Chairman; Executive Director'' in section catchline, 
and in text provisions relating to the functions of the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management for provisions relating to the Chairman, 
Vice Chairman, and Executive Director of the United States Civil Service 
Commission.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, 
see section 907 of Pub. L. 95-454, set out as a note under section 1101 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1105, 1204, 1212, 3133 of 
this title.
