Section was formerly classified in a note under section 402 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as this section.

In text, “section 5941 of title 5” substituted for “section 207 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 118h)” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631. Section 1 of Pub. L. 89–554 enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Pub. L. 86–36, § 8, May 29, 1959, 73 Stat. 64, provided that: “The foregoing provisions of this Act [see Tables for classification] shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins later than the thirtieth day following the date of enactment of this Act [May 29, 1959].”