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Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Part III · Chapter 57 — Travel, Transportation, and Subsistence

§ 5757.11 Another section 5757 is set out after this section. Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials

Statutory text

(a)

An agency may use appropriated funds or funds otherwise available to the agency to pay for—

(1)

expenses for employees to obtain professional credentials, including expenses for professional accreditation, State-imposed and professional licenses, and professional certification; and

(2)

examinations to obtain such credentials.

(b)

The authority under subsection (a) may not be exercised on behalf of any employee occupying or seeking to qualify for appointment to any position that is excepted from the competitive service because of the confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character of the position.

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. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

    Pub. L. 107–107 div. A title XI § 1112(a) · 115 Stat. 1012

    Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 5757

    (Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1238.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1238.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 5757. Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials “(a) An agency may use appropriated funds or funds otherwise available to the agency to pay for— “(1) expenses for employees to obtain professional credentials, including expenses for professional accreditation, State-imposed and professional licenses, and professional certification; and “(2) examinations to obtain such credentials. “(b) The authority under subsection (a) may not be exercised on behalf of any employee occupying or seeking to qualify for appointment to any position that is excepted from the competitive service because of the confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character of the position.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), , 115 Stat. 1238.)

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