Title 5 of the United States Code is a positive law title of the United States Code with the heading "Government Organization And Employees".
The title also contains various federal employee and civil service laws of the United States, including authorization for the Office of Personnel Management and the General Salary Schedule and Executive Schedule classification systems.
In addition, there is an appendix to Title 5 but it is not itself considered positive law.
[2] On September 6, 1966, Title 5 was enacted as positive law by Pub.
Prior to the 1966 positive law recodification, Title 5 had the heading, "Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.