{"data":{"id":"us/5-u.s.c.-3101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 U.S.C. § 3101","heading":"General authority to employ","body":"Each Executive agency, military department, and the government of the District of Columbia may employ such number of employees of the various classes recognized by chapter 51 of this title as Congress may appropriate for from year to year.","path":["Title 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 31—AUTHORITY FOR EMPLOYMENT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc05@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:42Z","sha256":"ecbb122187ec2497bd452f007822f25c1a79071819649ce3a982d4c64ad337da","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-u.s.c.-2954","next":"us/5-u.s.c.-3102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}