§ 831e. Officers and employees; nonpolitical appointment; removal for violation

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1933

   Pub. L. 73–32 § 6 · 48 Stat. 58

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 831e

   May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 6, 48 Stat. 63

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 6, 48 Stat. 63

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 6. In the appointment of officials and the selection of No political test in appointments, promotions. employees for said Corporation, and in the promotion of any such employees or officials, no political test or qualification shall be permitted or given consideration, but all such appointments and promotions shall be given and made on the basis of merit and efficiency. Any member of said board who is found by the President of the United States to be guilty of a violation of this section shall be Penalty for violation. removed from office by the President of the United States, and any appointee of said board who is found by the board to be guilty of a violation of this section shall be removed from office by said board.

2. 2004

   Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005

   Pub. L. 108–447 div. C title VI § 603(a)(2) · 118 Stat. 2809

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 831e

   Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “Board” for “board” wherever appearing

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “Board” for “board” wherever appearing.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 108–447 effective on the later of the date on which at least three persons nominated under section 604(a) of Pub. L. 108–447 take office or May 18, 2005, see section 604(b) of Pub. L. 108–447, set out in an Appointments; Effective Date; Transition note under section 831a of this title.

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