Title 5 of the United States Code


Title 5 of the United States Code is a positive law title of the United States Code with the heading "Government Organization And Employees".

Provisions

Title 5 contains organizational and administrative provisions directing the federal government, including the Administrative Procedure Act, Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act of 1974, Congressional Review Act as well as authorization for government reorganizations such as Reorganization Plan No. 3.
The title also contains various federal employee and civil service laws of the United States, including the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. Other civil service provisions in Title 5 include authorization for the Office of Personnel Management and the General Salary Schedule and Executive Schedule classification systems. It also is the Title that specifies Federal holidays. In addition, there is an appendix to Title 5 but it is not itself considered positive law. It contains reorganization plans.

History

On September 6, 1966, Title 5 was enacted as positive law by Pub. L. 89–554. Prior to the 1966 positive law recodification, Title 5 had the heading, "Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees."
In 2022, Congress moved the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Inspector General Act of 1978, and the Ethics in Government Act from the Title 5 Appendix to Title 5 itself.

Part I—The Agencies Generally

  • —Organization
  • —Powers
  • —Inspectors General
  • —Administrative Procedure
  • —The Analysis of Regulatory Functions
  • —Judicial Review
  • —Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking
  • —Executive Reorganization
  • —Federal Advisory Committees

Part II—Civil Service Functions and Responsibilities

Part III—Employees

  • —General Provisions
  • * —Definitions
  • * —Merit System Principles
  • * —Commissions, Oaths, Records, and Reports
  • —Employment and Retention
  • * —Authority for employment
  • * —Examination, selection, and placement
  • * —Part-time career employment opportunities
  • * —Retention preference, voluntary separation incentive payments, restoration, and reemployment
  • * —Information technology exchange program
  • —Employee Performance
  • * —Training
  • * —Performance appraisal
  • * —Incentive awards
  • * —Personnel research programs and demonstration projects
  • * —Agency personnel demonstration project
  • —Pay and Allowances
  • * —Classification
  • * —Pay rates and systems
  • * —Human capital performance fund
  • * —Pay administration
  • * —Travel, transportation, and subsistence
  • * —Allowances
  • —Attendance and Leave
  • * —Hours of work
  • * —Leave
  • * —Telework
  • —Labor-Management and Employee Relations
  • * —Labor-management relations
  • * —Antidiscrimination; Right to petition Congress
  • * —Suitability, security, and conduct
  • * —Adverse actions
  • * —Appeals
  • * —Services to employees
  • —Insurance and Annuities
  • * —Compensation for work injuries
  • * —Retirement
  • * —Federal employees' retirement system
  • * —Unemployment compensation
  • * —Life insurance
  • * —Health insurance
  • * —Enhanced dental benefits
  • * —Enhanced vision benefits
  • * —Long-term care insurance
  • —Access to Criminal History Record Information
  • * —Access to criminal history records for national security and other purposes
  • * —Prohibition on criminal history inquiries prior to conditional offer
  • —Miscellaneous
  • * —Personnel flexibilities relating to the Internal Revenue Service
  • * —Personnel flexibilities relating to land management agencies
  • * —Department of Homeland Security
  • * —National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • * —Department of Defense personnel authorities
  • * —Federal Emergency Management Agency personnel
  • * —United States Secret Service Uniformed Division personnel
  • * —Department of State
  • —Enhanced Personnel Security Programs
  • * —Enhanced Personnel Security Programs

Part IV—Ethics Requirements

  • —Ethics in Government