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5 U.S.C. 3404: Personnel ceilingsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 5-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEESCHAPTER 34-PART-TIME CAREER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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§3404. Personnel ceilings

In administering any personnel ceiling applicable to an agency (or unit therein), an employee employed by such agency on a part-time career employment basis shall be counted as a fraction which is determined by dividing 40 hours into the average number of hours of such employee’s regularly scheduled workweek. This section shall become effective on October 1, 1980.

(Added Pub. L. 95–437, § 3(a) , Oct. 10, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1057 , § 3394; renumbered § 3404, Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(c)(1)(B) , Oct. 13, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1226 .)

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1978⁠—Pub. L. 95–454 renumbered section 3394 of this title as this section.