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5 U.S.C. § 5112 — General authority of the Office of Personnel Management
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**(a)** Notwithstanding [section 5107 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5107&num=0&edition=prelim), the Office of Personnel Management may—
(1) ascertain currently the facts as to the duties, responsibilities, and qualification requirements of a position;
(2) place in an appropriate class and grade a newly created position or a position coming initially under this chapter;
(3) decide whether a position is in its appropriate class and grade; and
(4) change a position from one class or grade to another class or grade when the facts warrant.
The Office shall certify to the agency concerned its action under paragraph (2) or (4) of this subsection. The agency shall act in accordance with the certificate, and the certificate is binding on all administrative, certifying, payroll, disbursing, and accounting officials.
**(b)** An employee affected or an agency may request at any time that the Office exercise the authority granted to it by subsection (a) of this section and the Office shall act on the request.
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**(a)** Notwithstanding [section 5107 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5107&num=0&edition=prelim), the Office of Personnel Management may—
(1) ascertain currently the facts as to the duties, responsibilities, and qualification requirements of a position;
(2) place in an appropriate class and grade a newly created position or a position coming initially under this chapter;
(3) decide whether a position is in its appropriate class and grade; and
(4) change a position from one class or grade to another class or grade when the facts warrant.
The Office shall certify to the agency concerned its action under paragraph (2) or (4) of this subsection. The agency shall act in accordance with the certificate, and the certificate is binding on all administrative, certifying, payroll, disbursing, and accounting officials.
**(b)** An employee affected or an agency may request at any time that the Office exercise the authority granted to it by subsection (a) of this section and the Office shall act on the request.
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Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, each agency shall place each position under its jurisdiction in its appropriate class and grade in conformance with standards published by the Office of Personnel Management or, if no published standards apply directly, consistently with published standards. When facts warrant, an agency may change a position which it has placed in a class or grade under this section from that class or grade to another class or grade. Subject to subchapter VI of chapter 53 of this title, these actions of an agency are the basis for pay and personnel transactions until changed by certificate of the Office.
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The Office of Personnel Management is an independent establishment in the executive branch. The Office shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed, and shall have its principal office in the District of Columbia, and may have field offices in other appropriate locations.
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 5113
in classes and grades will be in conformance
with or consistent with published standards.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 455; Pub. L.
95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), (3), Oct. 13, 1978, 92
Stat. 1224.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Derivation
U.S. Code
Revised Statutes and
Statutes at Large
..................
5 U.S.C. 1104.
Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, § 504, 63
Stat. 959.
In subsection (a), the words ‘‘in whole or in part’’ are
omitted as unnecessary in view of the specific author-
ity to limit the revocation or suspension. The words
‘‘The Commission may limit the revocation or suspen-
sion to’’ are substituted for ‘‘Such revocations or sus-
pensions may be limited, in the discretion of the Com-
mission, to’’ to eliminate redundancy.
In subsection (b), the words ‘‘After revocation or sus-
pension’’ are substituted for ‘‘After all or part of the
authority of the department has been revoked or sus-
pended’’. The words ‘‘may restore’’ are substituted for
‘‘may at any time restore’’ to eliminate redundancy.
Standard changes are made to conform with the defi-
nitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined
in the preface to the report.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1978—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 95–454 substituted ‘‘Of-
fice of Personnel Management’’ and ‘‘Office’’ for ‘‘Civil
Service Commission’’ and ‘‘Commission’’, respectively,
wherever appearing.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after
Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as
a note under section 1101 of this title.
§ 5112. General authority of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management
(a) Notwithstanding section 5107 o
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