---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 5113"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "5113"
heading: "Classification records"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/5113"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart D — Pay and Allowances"
  - "Chapter 51 — Classification"
---

# §5113. Classification records


The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management may—

- (1) prescribe the form in which each [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) shall record the duties and responsibilities of [positions](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) and the places where these records shall be maintained;
- (2) examine these or other pertinent records of the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1); and
- (3) interview [employees](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) of the [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) who have knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of [positions](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) and information as to the reasons for placing a [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) in a class or [grade](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-5).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 456; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 1106. | Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, § 506, 63 Stat. 959. |

In paragraph (1), the words “to which this chapter applies” are omitted as unnecessary in view of section 5102.

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

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.