---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
key: "ptIII/sptA/ch23"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 23"
heading: "Merit System Principles"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/ptIII-sptA-ch23"
sections_count: 7
---

# Chapter 23 — Merit System Principles

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees › Part III — Employees › Subpart A — General Provisions

## Sections

- [§2301. Merit system principles](/usc/5/2301.md)
- [§2302. Prohibited personnel practices](/usc/5/2302.md)
- [§2303. Prohibited personnel practices in the Federal Bureau of Investigation](/usc/5/2303.md)
- [§2304. Prohibited personnel practices affecting the Transportation Security Administration](/usc/5/2304.md)
- [§2305. Responsibility of the Government Accountability Office](/usc/5/2305.md)
- [§2306. Coordination with certain other provisions of law](/usc/5/2306.md)
- [§2307. Repealed.](/usc/5/2307.md)