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[CITE: 5USC3316]

 
             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. 3316. Preference eligibles; reinstatement

    On request of an appointing authority, a preference eligible who has 
resigned or who has been dismissed or furloughed may be certified for, 
and appointed to, a position for which he is eligible in the competitive 
service, an Executive agency, or the government of the District of 
Columbia.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 421.)

                      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. 862.                 June 27, 1944, ch.
                                                    287, Sec.  13, 58
                                                    Stat. 390.
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    The word ``authority'' is substituted for ``officer'' in recognition 
of the several appointing authorities named in section 2105(a)(1).
    The words ``in the competitive service, an Executive agency, or the 
government of the District of Columbia'' are substituted for ``in the 
civil service, Federal, or District of Columbia, or in any 
establishment, agency, bureau, administration, project, or department, 
temporary or permanent'' on authority of former section 869.
    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 22 section 1438.
