[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR301.203]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 301--OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B--Overseas Limited Appointment
 
Sec. 301.203  Duration of appointment.

    (a) An appointment under this subpart is of indefinite duration 
unless otherwise limited.
    (b) An agency may make an overseas limited term appointment for a 
period not in excess of 5 years when a time limitation is imposed as a 
part of a general program for rotating career and career-conditional 
employees between overseas areas and the United States after specified 
periods of overseas service.
    (c) An agency may make an overseas limited appointment for 1 year or 
less to meet administrative needs for temporary employment. An agency 
may extend such an appointment for up to a maximum of 1 additional year.
    (d) Upon request from the headquarters level of a Department or 
agency, OPM may approve, or delegate to agencies the authority to 
approve, exceptions to the time limits set out in paragraph (c) of this 
section.

[44 FR 54691, Sept. 21, 1979, as amended at 60 FR 3057, Jan. 13, 1995]

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