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PUBLIC LAW89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

CHAPTER 2&-C0MMISSI0NS, OATHS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS SUBCHAPTER I—COMMISSIONS, OATHS, AND RECORDS Sec. 2901. 2902. 2903. 2904. 2905. 2906.

Commission of an officer. Commission; where recorded. Oath; authority to administer. Oath; administered without fees. Oath; renewal. Oath; custody.

SUBCHAPTER II—REPORTS Sec. 2951. 2952. 2953. 2954.

Reports to the Civil Service Commission. Time of making annual reports. Reports to Congress on additional employee requirements. Information to committees of Congress on request.

SUBCHAPTER I—COMMISSIONS, OATHS, AND RECORDS § 2901. Commission of an officer The President may^ make out and deliver, after adjournment of the Senate, the commission of an officer whose appointment has been confirmed by the Senate. § 2902. Commission; where recorded (a) Except as provided by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Secretary of State shall make out and record, and affix the seal of the United States to, the commission of an officer appointed by the President. The seal of the United States may not be affixed to the commission before the commission has been signed by the President. (b) The commission of an officer in the civil service or uniformed services under the control of the Postmaster General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of the Treasury shall be made out and recorded in the department in which he is to serve under the seal of that department. The departmental seal may not be affixed to the commission before the commission has been signed by the President. (c) The commissions of judicial officers and United States attorneys and marshals, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and other commissions which before August 8, 1888, were prepared at the Department of State on the requisition of the Attorney General, shall be made out and recorded in the Department of Justice under the seal of that department and countersigned by the Attorney General. The departmental seal may not be affixed to the commission before the commission has been signed by the President. § 2903. Oath; authority to administer (a) The oath of office required by section 3331 of this title may be administered by an individual authorized by the laws of the United States or local law to administer oaths in the State, District, or territory or possession of the United States where the oath is administered.

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