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[CITE: 5USC3349c]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart B--Employment and Retention
 
            CHAPTER 33--EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--DETAILS, VACANCIES, AND APPOINTMENTS
 
Sec. 3349c. Exclusion of certain officers

    Sections 3345 through 3349b shall not apply to--
        (1) any member who is appointed by the President, by and with 
    the advice and consent of the Senate to any board, commission, or 
    similar entity that--
            (A) is composed of multiple members; and
            (B) governs an independent establishment or Government 
        corporation;

        (2) any commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
    Commission;
        (3) any member of the Surface Transportation Board; or
        (4) any judge appointed by the President, by and with the advice 
    and consent of the Senate, to a court constituted under article I of 
    the United States Constitution.

(Added Pub. L. 105-277, div. C, title I, Sec. 151(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2681-615.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective 30 days after Oct. 21, 1998, and applicable to any 
office that becomes vacant after such effective date, with certain 
exceptions, see section 151(d) of Pub. L. 105-277, set out as a note 
under section 3345 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3348, 3349, 3349d of this 
title.
