---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 2901"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "2901"
heading: "Commission of an officer"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/2901"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart A — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 29 — Commissions, Oaths, Records, and Reports"
  - "Subchapter I — Commissions, Oaths, and Records"
---

# §2901. Commission of an officer


The President may make out and deliver, after adjournment of the Senate, the commission of an officer whose appointment has been confirmed by the Senate.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 411.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 10. | R.S. § 1773. |

The words “confirmed by” are substituted for “advised and consented to”.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.