The United States Code, Public Employees' Oath of Office, and Pensions

TITLE 5, PART III, Subpart B, CHAPTER 33, SUBCHAPTER II, § 3331

§ 3331. 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.


Do public employee union members violate this oath when they cash in their pensions knowing full well the impact that their unfunded pensions are having on the governmental agency which they were employed with?