{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s3324","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3324.","heading":"Appointments to positions classified above GS\u201315","text":"\u00a7\u202f3324.\nAppointments to positions classified above GS\u201315\n(a) An appointment to a position classified above GS\u201315 pursuant to section 5108 may be made only on approval of the qualifications of the proposed appointee by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management on the basis of qualification standards developed by the agency involved in accordance with criteria specified in regulations prescribed by the Director. This section does not apply to a position\u2014\n(1) to which appointment is made by the Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court;\n(2) to which appointment is made by the President;\n(3) to which appointment is made by the Librarian of Congress; or\n(4) the incumbent of which is paid from\u2014\n(A) appropriations for the Executive Office of the President under the heading \u201cThe White House Office\u201d, \u201cSpecial Proj\u00adects\u201d, \u201cCouncil of Economic Advisers\u201d, or \u201cNational Security Council\u201d; or\n(B) funds appropriated to the President under the heading \u201cEmergency Fund for the President\u201d by the Treasury, Post Office, and Executive Office Appropriation Act, 1966, or a later statute making appropriations for the same purpose.\n(b) The Office may prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of this section.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s3324.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3324","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3324."},{"t":"heading","text":"Appointments to positions classified above GS\u201315"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3324/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" An appointment to a position classified above GS\u201315 pursuant to section 5108 may be made only on approval of the qualifications of the proposed appointee by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management on the basis of qualification standards developed by the agency involved in accordance with criteria specified in regulations prescribed by the Director. This section does not apply to a position\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3324/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to which appointment is made by the Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3324/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to which appointment is made by the President;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3324/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" to which appointment is made by the Librarian of Congress; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3324/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the incumbent of which is paid from\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3324/a/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" appropriations for the Executive Office of the President under the heading \u201cThe White House Office\u201d, \u201cSpecial Proj\u00adects\u201d, \u201cCouncil of Economic Advisers\u201d, or \u201cNational Security Council\u201d; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3324/a/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" funds appropriated to the President under the heading \u201cEmergency Fund for the President\u201d by the Treasury, Post Office, and Executive Office Appropriation Act, 1966, or a later statute making appropriations for the same purpose.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3324/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Office may prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of this section.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}