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Title 5 contains organizational and administrative provisions directing the federal government, including the Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act of 1974, the Congressional Review Act as well as authorization for government reorganizations such as Reorganization Plan No. 3.

“That the laws relating to the organization of the Government of the United States and to its civilian officers and employees, generally, are revised, codified, and enacted as title 5 of the United States Code, entitled ‘Government Organization and Employees’, and may be …

Premium pay is additional pay provided to employees for working certain types of hours or under certain types of conditions, as provided under 5 U.S.C. chapter 55, subchapter V and 5 CFR part 550, subpart A. Premium pay paid under title 5 is subject to certain biweekly or …

(i) rules promulgated pursuant to notice and comment under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, or similar statutory provisions; (ii) rules exempt from rulemaking requirements under section 553(a) of title 5, United States Code; (iii) rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice;

The restatement incorporates in title 5, United States Code, various provisions that were enacted separately over a period of years, reorganizing them, conforming style and terminology, modernizing obsolete language, and correcting drafting errors.

Overtime pay provided under title 5, United States Code, is pay for hours of work officially ordered or approved in excess of 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in an administrative workweek. Employee Coverage

Title 5 Administrative Personnel Parts 1 to 699 Revised as of January 1, 2020 Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect As of January 1, 2020 Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register

Page 1 TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES This title was enacted by Pub. L. 89–554, §1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378 Part Sec.

Title 5 Pay covers employees under the General Schedule (GS) and Wage Grade (WG) pay plans. This also includes Senior, Executive & Scientific pay under ES, SL, ST, and EX pay plans.