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[CITE: 5USC3311]

 
             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. 3311. Preference eligibles; examinations; crediting 
        experience
        
    In examinations for the competitive service in which experience is 
an element of qualification, a preference eligible is entitled to 
credit--
        (1) for service in the armed forces when his employment in a 
    similar vocation to that for which examined was interrupted by the 
    service; and
        (2) for all experience material to the position for which 
    examined, including experience gained in religious, civic, welfare, 
    service, and organizational activities, regardless of whether he 
    received pay therefor.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 420.)

                      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. 853.                 June 27, 1944, ch.
                                                    287, Sec.  4, 58
                                                    Stat. 388.
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    The words ``for the competitive service'' are added after 
``examinations'' 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.
    In paragraph (1), the words ``service in the armed forces'' are 
substituted for ``in the military or naval service of the United 
States'' on authority of the Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343, Sec. 305(a), 
61 Stat. 508. The word ``actual'' is omitted as surplusage.
    In paragraph (2), the words ``material to the position for which 
examined'' are substituted for ``valuable'' for clarity.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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