---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 3385"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "3385"
heading: "Effect on other authority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/3385"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart B — Employment and Retention"
  - "Chapter 33 — Examination, Selection, and Placement"
  - "Subchapter VII — Air Traffic Controllers"
---

# §3385. Effect on other authority


This subchapter shall not limit the [authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) of the [Secretary](/usc/5/9901.md?p=2) to reassign temporarily an [air traffic controller](/usc/5/8401.md?p=35) to other duties with or without notice, in the interest of the safe or efficient separation and control of air traffic or the physical or mental health of a [controller](/usc/5/8401.md?p=35); or to reassign permanently or separate a [controller](/usc/5/8401.md?p=35) under any other provision of law.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 92–297, § 3(a), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 143; amended Pub. L. 96–347, § 1(b), Sept. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 1150.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

For definition of Secretary, referred to in text, see section 2109 of this title.

### Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–347 substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Transportation”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–347 effective on 90th day after Sept. 12, 1980, see section 3 of Pub. L. 96–347, set out as a note under section 2109 of this title.

### Effective Date

Section effective on 90th day after May 16, 1972, see section 10 of Pub. L. 92–297, set out as a note under section 3381 of this title.