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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1%6

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§ 3310. Preference eligibles; examinations; guards, elevator operators, messengers, and custodians I n examinations for positions of guards, elevator operatorSj messengers, and custodians in the competitive service, competition is restricted to preference eligibles as long as preference eligibles are available. § 3311. Preference eligibles; examinations; crediting experience I n examinations for the competitive service in which experience is an element of qualification, a preference eligible is entitled to credit—• (1) for service in the armed forces when his employment in a similar vocation to that for which examined was interrupted by the service; and (2) for all experience material to the position for which examined, including experience gained in religious, civic, welfare, service, and organizational activities, regardless of whether he received pay therefor. § 3312. Preference eligibles; physical qualifications; waiver I n determining qualifications of a preference eligible for examination for, appointment in, or reinstatement in the competitive service, the Civil Service Commission or other examining agency shall waive— (1) requirements as to age, height, and weight, unless the requirement is essential to the performance of the duties of the position; and (2) physical requirements if, in the opinion of the Commission or other examining agency, after considering the recommendation of an accredited physician, the preference eligible is physically able to perform efficiently the duties of the position. § 3313. Competitive service; registers of eligibles The names of applicants who have qualified in examinations for the competitive service shall be entered on appropriate registers or lists of eligibles in the following order— (1) for scientific and professional positions in GS-9 or higher, in the order of their ratings, including points added under section 3309 of this title; and (2) for all other positions— (A) disabled veterans who have a compensable serviceconnected disability of 10 percent or more, in order of their ratings, including points added under section 3309 of this title; and (B) remaining applicants, in the order of their ratings, including points added under section 3309 of this title. The names of preference eligibles shall be entered ahead of others having the same rating. § 3314. Registers; preference eligibles who resigned A preference eligible who resigns, on request to the Civil Service Commission, is entitled to have his name placed again on all registers for which he may have been qualified, in the order named by section 3313 of this title. § 3315. Registers; preference eligibles furloughed or separated (a) A preference eligible who has been separated or furloughed without delinquency or misconduct, on request, is entitled to have his name placed on appropriate registers and employment lists for every position for which his qualifications have been established, in the order named by section 3313 of this title. This subsection applies to regis-

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