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5 U.S.C. § 3303 — Competitive service; recommendations of Senators or Representatives
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An individual concerned in examining an applicant for or appointing him in the competitive service may not receive or consider a recommendation of the applicant by a Senator or Representative, except as to the character or residence of the applicant.
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An individual concerned in examining an applicant for or appointing him in the competitive service may not receive or consider a recommendation of the applicant by a Senator or Representative, except as to the character or residence of the applicant.
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It is the policy of the Congress that employees should be encouraged to exercise fully, freely, and without fear of penalty or reprisal, and to the extent not expressly prohibited by law, their right to participate or to refrain from participating in the political processes of the Nation.
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**(a)**
(1) For the purpose of this title, “prohibited personnel practice” means any action described in subsection (b).
(2) For the purpose of this section—
(A) “personnel action” means—
(i) an appointment;
(ii) a promotion;
(iii) an action under chapter 75 of this title or other disciplinary or corrective action;
(iv) a detail, transfer, or reassignment;
(v) a reinstatement;
(vi) a restoration;
(vii) a reemployment;
(viii) a performance evaluation under chapter 43 of this title or under title 38;
(ix) a decision concerning pay, benefits, or awards, or concerning education or training if the education or training may reasonably be expected to lead to an appointment, promotion, performance evaluation, or other action described in this subparagraph;
(x) a decision to order psychiatric testing or examination;
(xi) the implementation or enforcement of any nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement; and
(xii) any other significant change in duties, responsibilities, or working conditions;
with respect to an employee in, or applicant for, a covered position in an agency, and in the case of an alleged prohibited personnel practice described in subsection (b)(8), an employee or applicant for employment in a Government corporation as defined in [section 9101 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9101&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) “covered position” means, with respect to any personnel action, any position in the competitive service, a career appointee position in the Senior Executive Service, or a position in the excepted service, but does not include any position which is, prior to the personnel action—
(i) excepted from the competitive service because of
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 3303
SECTION 1. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this section,
the head of an agency may make an excepted appoint-
ment, to be known as a ‘‘veterans readjustment ap-
pointment’’, to any position in the competitive service
up to and including GS–5 or the equivalent thereof, of
a veteran or disabled veteran as defined in section
2108(1), (2), of title 5, United States Code, who:
(1) served on active duty in the armed forces of the
United States during the Vietnam era;
(2) at the time of his appointment has completed not
more than fourteen years of education; and
(3) is found qualified to perform the duties of the po-
sition.
(b) Employment under paragraph (a) of this section is
authorized only under a training or educational pro-
gram developed by an agency in accordance with guide-
lines established by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment.
(c) An employee given a veterans readjustment ap-
pointment under paragraph (a) of this section shall
serve subject to:
(1) the satisfactory performance of assigned duties;
and
(2) participation in the training or educational pro-
gram under which he is appointed.
(d) An employee who does not satisfactorily meet the
conditions set forth in paragraph (c) of this section
shall be removed in accordance with appropriate proce-
dures.
(e) An employee serving under a veterans readjust-
ment appointment may be promoted, reassigned, or
transferred.
(f) An employee who completes the training or edu-
cational program and who has satisfactorily completed
two years of substantially continuous service under a
veterans readjustment appointment shall be converted
to career-conditional or career employment. An em-
ployee converted under this paragraph shall automati-
call
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