7 U.S.C. § 909 — Administration on nonpolitical basis; dismissal of officers or employees for violating provision
submitted 90 years ago by ch. 432 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 121 words · no verdicts yet
This chapter must be administered without partisan politics. Appointments and promotions must be based on merit and efficiency, and officials who violate this rule must be removed.
This chapter must be administered entirely on a nonpartisan basis. Political tests or qualifications may not be used or considered in appointing officials, selecting employees, or promoting them; appointments and promotions must be based on merit and efficiency. If the President finds that the Secretary* violated this section, the President must remove the Secretary. If the Secretary’s appointee or selection of an official or employee is found to have violated this chapter, the Secretary must remove that person.
This chapter shall be administered entirely on a nonpartisan basis, and in the appointment of officials, the selection of employees, and in the promotion of any such officials or employees, no political test or qualification shall be permitted or given consideration, but all such appointments and promotions shall be given and made on the basis of merit and efficiency. If the Secretary* herein provided for is found by the President of the United States to be guilty of a violation of this section, he shall be removed from office by the President, and any appointee or selection of officials or employees made by the Secretary who is found guilty of a violation of this chapter shall be removed by the Secretary.
Source credit: (May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title I, § 9, 49 Stat. 1366; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776, § 2, 63 Stat. 948; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 235(a)(13), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3221.)
- 1936Enacted · Act of May 20, 1936, ch. 432 · 49 Stat. 1366
- 1949Amended · Act of Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776 · 63 Stat. 948
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-354 · 108 Stat. 3221
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