[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: 5CFR330.605]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 330--RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart F--Agency Career Transition Assistance Plans (CTAP) for Local 
                     Surplus and Displaced Employees
 
Sec. 330.605  Eligibility.

    (a) To be eligible for the special selection priority, an individual 
must meet all of the following conditions:
    (1) Is a surplus or displaced employee (still on the agency rolls) 
as defined in Sec. 330.604 (c) and (i);
    (2) Has a current performance rating of record of at least fully 
successful or equivalent;
    (3) Applies for a vacancy that is at or below the grade level from 
which the employee may be or is being separated, that does not have a 
greater promotion potential than the position from which the employee 
may be or is being separated;
    (4) Occupies a position in the same local commuting area of the 
vacancy; or, at the agency's discretion, occupies a position beyond the 
local commuting area. An eligible agency applicant outside of the local 
commuting area, however, can only exercise selection priority when there 
are no eligible surplus and displaced agency employees within the local 
commuting area who apply and are found well-qualified;
    (5) Files an application for a specific vacancy within the time 
frames established by the agency, and provides proof of eligibility as 
required under Sec. 330.608(a)(2); and
    (6) Is determined by the agency to be well-qualified for the 
specific vacancy.
    (b) Eligibility for special selection priority begins on the date 
the agency issues the employee a reduction in force separation notice, 
certificate of expected separation, notice of proposed separation for 
declining a directed reassignment or transfer of function outside of the 
local commuting area, or other official agency certification.
    (c) Eligibility expires on the earliest of:

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    (1) The RIF separation date, the date of the employee's resignation, 
retirement, or separation from the agency (including separation under 
adverse action procedures for declining a directed reassignment or 
transfer of function or similar relocation to another local commuting 
area).
    (2) Cancellation of the RIF separation notice, certificate of 
expected separation, notice of proposed removal for declining a directed 
reassignment or transfer of function outside of the commuting area, or 
other official agency certification identifying the employee as surplus; 
or
    (3) When an eligible employee receives a career, career-conditional, 
or excepted appointment without time limit in any agency at any grade 
level; and
    (4) Within an agency, and at the agency's discretion, when an 
eligible employee declines a career, career conditional, or excepted 
appointment (without time limit), for which the employee has applied and 
been rated well-qualified.

[62 FR 31320, June 9, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 40509, July 27, 1999]