[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: 5CFR315.605]

[Page 156-157]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 315--CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart F--Career or Career-Conditional Appointment Under Special 
                               Authorities
 
Sec. 315.605  Appointment of former ACTION volunteers.

    (a) Agency authority. An agency in the executive branch may appoint 
noncompetitively, for other than temporary employment, a person whom the 
Director of ACTION certifies as having served satisfactorily as a 
volunteer or volunteer leader under the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2051 
et seq.),

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or as a VISTA volunteer under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2991 et seq.) or the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (Pub. 
L. 93-113), or as a full-time community volunteer (including criminal 
justice volunteer, volunteer in justice, and VET REACH volunteer) under 
part C of title I of Pub. L. 93-113. To be qualifying under this section 
VISTA and community volunteer service must total at least 1 year. In 
addition, a community volunteer must have served prior to October 1, 
1976.
    (b) Time limit. An agency in the executive branch may make an 
appointment under this section only within 1 year after the person 
completes the qualifying service. (For Community volunteers who have 
completed their service before March 10, 1978, the 1-year period begins 
on March 10, 1978.) However, an agency may extend the period for 2 more 
years to a total of 3 years if the person, after the qualifying service, 
is:
    (1) In the military service;
    (2) Studying at a recognized institution of higher learning; or
    (3) In another activity which, in the agency's view, warrants 
extension.
    (c) Conditions. Any law, Executive order, or regulation that 
disqualifies an applicant for appointment also disqualifies an applicant 
for appointment under this section.
    (d) Tenure on appointment. (1) Except as provided in paragraph 
(d)(2) of this section, a person appointed under paragraph (a) of this 
section becomes a career-conditional employee.
    (2) A person appointed under paragraph (a) or this section becomes a 
career employee if excepted from the service requirement for career 
tenure by Sec. 315.201(c).
    (e) Acquisition of competitive status. A person appointed under 
paragraph (a) of this section acquires a competitive status 
automatically on completion of probation.

[39 FR 961, Jan. 4, 1974, as amended at 43 FR 20954, May 16, 1978; 43 FR 
34428, Aug. 4, 1978]