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Public Law 75–624
To dispense with unnecessary renewals of oaths of office by civilian employees of the executive departments and independent establishments.
Approved August 14, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
To dispense with unnecessary renewals of oaths of office by civilian employees of the executive departments and independent establishments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That civilian employees of the executive departments and independent establishments of the United States who, upon original appointment, have subscribed to the oath of office required by section 1757 of the Revised Statutes, shall not be required to renew the said oath because of any change in status so long as their services are continuous in the department or independent establishment in which employed, unless in the opinion of the head of the department or independent establishment the public interests require such renewal.
Approved, August 14, 1937.