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.
5 U.S.C. § 3331
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Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large |
5 U.S.C. 16. | R.S. §1757.May 13, 1884, ch. 46, §§2, 3, 23 Stat. 22. |