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[CITE: 5USC3309]

 
             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
 
Sec. 3309. Preference eligibles; examinations; additional points 
        for
        
    A preference eligible who receives a passing grade in an examination 
for entrance into the competitive service is entitled to additional 
points above his earned rating, as follows--
        (1) a preference eligible under section 2108(3)(C)-(G) of this 
    title--10 points; and
        (2) a preference eligible under section 2108(3)(A)-(B) of this 
    title--5 points.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 419; Pub. L. 90-83, Sec. 1(8), 
Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 197; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title XI, 
Sec. 1102(b), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1922.)

                      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. 852 (1st sentence).  June 27, 1944, ch.
                                                    287, Sec.  3 (less
                                                    proviso), 58 Stat.
                                                    388.
                     ............................  Jan. 19, 1948, ch. 1,
                                                    Sec.  2, 62 Stat. 3.
                     ............................  Dec. 27, 1950, ch.
                                                    1151, Sec.  2(a), 64
                                                    Stat. 1117.
                     ............................  July 14, 1952, ch.
                                                    728, Sec.  2, 66
                                                    Stat. 627.
                     ............................  Aug. 14, 1953, ch.
                                                    485, Sec.  1(a)
                                                    ``Sec. 3 (1st
                                                    sentence)'', 67
                                                    Stat. 581.
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    The word ``competitive'' is added before ``service'' for clarity. 
Application of this section to the excepted service in the executive 
branch and to the government of the District of Columbia, as provided in 
former section 858, is carried into section 3320.
    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

    1997--Par. (2). Pub. L. 105-85 substituted ``section 2108(3)(A)-
(B)'' for ``section 2108(3)(A)''.
    1967--Cl. (1). Pub. L. 90-83 substituted ``section 2108(3)(C)-(G)'' 
for ``section 2108(3)(B)-(F).'' See Historical and Revision Notes under 
section 3305 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2302, 3313, 3320 of this 
title; title 2 section 1316a; title 3 section 115; title 22 section 
1438.
