Competitive service; departmental service; apportionment

§ 3306. Competitive service; departmental service; apportionment (a) (1) The President may prescribe rules which shall provide, as nearly as conditions of good administration warrant, that appointments in the departmental service in the District of Columbia be apportioned among the States, territories and possessions of the United States, and the District of Columbia on the basis of population as ascertained at the last census. (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to a preference eligible, but he may be required to furnish evidence of residence and domicile. (b) An application for examination for appointment in the departmental service in the District of Columbia shall be accompanied by— (1) a certificate under the seal of an official of the county and State of which the applicant claims to be a resident, that the applicant was a legal or voting resident of the State when he made the application and had been for at least 1 year before making the application; or (2) a statement of the applicant under oath setting forth his legal or voting residence for 1 year before making the application, accompanied by letters from three reputable citizens of the State in which residence is claimed corroborating the statement. This subsection does not apply to an employee serving in the competitive service with competitive status who seeks promotion or appointment to another position.