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[CITE: 5USC1303]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
          PART II--CIVIL SERVICE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 
                      CHAPTER 13--SPECIAL AUTHORITY
 
Sec. 1303. Investigations; reports

    The Office of Personnel Management, Merit Systems Protection Board, 
and Special Counsel may investigate and report on matters concerning--
        (1) the enforcement and effect of the rules prescribed by the 
    President under this title for the administration of the competitive 
    service and the regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel 
    Management under section 1302(a) of this title; and
        (2) the action of an examiner, a board of examiners, and other 
    employees concerning the execution of the provisions of this title 
    that relate to the administration of the competitive service.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 401; Pub. L. 95-454, title IX, 
Sec. 906(a)(4), (11), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1225.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 633(4).              Jan. 16, 1883, ch.
                                                    27, Sec.  2(4), 22
                                                    Stat. 404.
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    The authority of the President to prescribe rules is carried into 
sections 2951, 3302, 3304(a), 3306(a), 3321, 7152, 7153, 7321, and 7322 
of this title.
    In paragraph (2), the words ``in respect to the execution of this 
act'' are changed to ``concerning the execution of the provisions of 
this title that relate to the administration of the competitive 
service'' to avoid having to refer in the text to the sections of this 
title into which the Civil Service Act, the act referred to, is 
codified. These sections are: 1101, 1102, 1105, 1302(a), 1303, 1307, 
1308(a)(1), 2102, 2951, 3302, 3303, 3304(a), (d), 3305(a), 3306, 
3318(a), 3319(a), 3321, 7152, 7153, 7321, 7322, and 7352. The words 
``the provisions of this title that relate to the administration of the 
competitive service'' will include some of the sections derived from the 
Veterans' Preference Act of 1944 (former sections 851-869). They are 
based in part on former section 860 (codified in Sec. 1302(c)). The 
authorization in that section to make and enforce regulations for the 
competitive service would include the authority to investigate and 
report. The words ``and other employees'' are substituted for ``and its 
own subordinates, and those in the public service'' in view of the 
definition of ``employee'' in section 2105.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definition applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1978--Pub. L. 95-454 substituted in opening par. ``Office of 
Personnel Management, Merit Systems Protection Board, and Special 
Counsel'' for ``Civil Service Commission'' and in par. (1) ``Office of 
Personnel Management'' for ``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.
