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[CITE: 5USC3313]

 
             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. 3313. Competitive service; registers of eligibles

    The names of applicants who have qualified in examinations for the 
competitive service shall be entered on appropriate registers or lists 
of eligibles in the following order--
        (1) for scientific and professional positions in GS-9 or higher, 
    in the order of their ratings, including points added under section 
    3309 of this title; and
        (2) for all other positions--
            (A) disabled veterans who have a compensable service-
        connected disability of 10 percent or more, in order of their 
        ratings, including points added under section 3309 of this 
        title; and
            (B) remaining applicants, in the order of their ratings, 
        including points added under section 3309 of this title.

The names of preference eligibles shall be entered ahead of others 
having the same rating.

(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. 856.                 June 27, 1944, 287,
                                                    Sec.  7, 58 Stat.
                                                    389.
                                                   Aug. 14, 1953, ch.
                                                    485, Sec.  1(b), 67
                                                    Stat. 581.
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    The section is restated for clarity and conciseness. The words ``for 
the competitive service'' are added for clarity. Application of this 
section to the excepted service in the executive branch and to the 
government of the District of Columbia is carried into section 3320. The 
words ``employment lists'' are omitted as included in ``appropriate 
registers or lists of eligibles''.
    In paragraph (1), the words ``in GS-9 or higher'' are substituted 
for ``in grade 9 or higher of the General Schedule of the Classification 
Act of 1949, as amended'' in view of the codification of the Act in this 
title, and, in specific sections 5104 and 5332.
    In paragraph (2)(A), the term ``disabled veterans'' is substituted 
for ``preference eligibles'' in view of the definition of ``disabled 
veteran'' in section 2108(2).
    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, 3314, 3315, 3320 of 
this title; title 22 section 1438.
