---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 2101a"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "2101a"
heading: "The Senior Executive Service"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/2101a"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart A — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 21 — Definitions"
---

# §2101a. The Senior Executive Service


The “[Senior Executive](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-3) [Service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26)” consists of [Senior Executive Service positions](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-2) (as defined in [section 3132(a)(2) of this title](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-2)).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 401(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1154.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 9 months after Oct. 13, 1978, and congressional review of provisions of sections 401 through 412 of Pub. L. 95–454, see section 415 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 3131 of this title.