FindLaw | Find a Lawyer. Find Answers.

• United States Code
• TITLE 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
• PART III - EMPLOYEES
• SUBPART B - EMPLOYMENT AND RETENTION
• CHAPTER 33 - EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT
• SUBCHAPTER II - OATH OF OFFICE

      An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an
    office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed
    services, shall take the following oath: "I, AB, do solemnly swear
    (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the
    United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I
    will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this
    obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of
    evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties
    of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." This
    section does not affect other oaths required by law.