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[CITE: 5USC3331]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart B--Employment and Retention
 
            CHAPTER 33--EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--OATH OF OFFICE
 
Sec. 3331. Oath of office

    An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an 
office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, 
shall take the following oath: ``I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) 
that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States 
against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith 
and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without 
any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and 
faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to 
enter. So help me God.'' This section does not affect other oaths 
required by law.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 424.)

                      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. 16.                  R.S. Sec.  1757.
                                                   May 13, 1884, ch. 46,
                                                    Secs.  2, 3, 23
                                                    Stat. 22.
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    All but the quoted language in R.S. Sec. 1757 is omitted as obsolete 
since R.S. Sec. 1757 was originally an alternative oath to the oath 
prescribed in R.S. Sec. 1756 which oath was repealed by the Act of May 
13, 1884, ch. 46, Sec. 2, 23 Stat. 22. The words ``An individual, except 
the President, . . . in the civil service or uniformed services'' are 
substituted for ``any person . . . either in the civil, military, or 
naval service, except the President of the United States''. The second 
sentence of former section 16 is changed to read, ``This section does 
not affect other oaths required by law.''.
    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 2903, 2904, 2905, 2906, 3332 
of this title; title 2 section 64-1; title 10 sections 578, 603, 626, 
12201, 14309; title 14 sections 273, 735; title 22 section 2504; title 
33 section 854a-2; title 42 sections 1971, 4954.
