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title: "5 U.S.C. § 3394"
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title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
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# 5 U.S.C. § 3394 - Noncareer and limited appointments
## Text
(a) Each noncareer appointee, limited term appointee, and limited emergency appointee shall meet the qualifications of the position to which appointed, as determined in writing by the appointing authority.
(b) An individual may not be appointed as a limited term appointee or as a limited emergency appointee without the prior approval of the exercise of such appointing authority by the Office of Personnel Management.
(Added Pub. L. 95454, title IV, § 403(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1162.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 3394, added Pub. L. 95437, § 3(a), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1057, which related to personnel ceilings, was renumbered as section 3404 of this title by Pub. L. 95454, title IX, § 906(c)(1)(B), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1226.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective DateSection effective 9 months after Oct. 13, 1978, and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of Pub. L. 95454, see section 415(a)(1), (b) of Pub. L. 95454, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3131 of this title.