Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Part III · Chapter 21 — Definitions
§ 2103. The excepted service
Statutory text
For the purpose of this title, the “excepted service” consists of those civil service positions which are not in the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service.
As used in other Acts of Congress, “unclassified civil service” or “unclassified service” means the “excepted service”.
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.
Pub. L. 89–554 · 80 Stat. 378
Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 2103
Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 408
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 408Pub. L. 95–454 title IV § 401(c) · 92 Stat. 1111
Inserted · 5 U.S.C. § 2103(a)
Pub. L. 95–454 inserted reference to Senior Executive Service
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–454 inserted reference to Senior Executive Service.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Section 2103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: “or the Senior Executive Service”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 9 months after Oct. 13, 1978, and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of Pub. L. 95–454, see section 415 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3131 of this title.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
The section is supplied for convenience. The “excepted service” has come to mean all employees not in the competitive service, for whatever reason.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–454 inserted reference to Senior Executive Service.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 9 months after , and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of Pub. L. 95–454, see section 415 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3131 of this title.
Credits
1966–1978 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 89–554, , 80 Stat. 408; Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 401(c), , 92 Stat. 1154.)