[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR900.605]

[Page 536-537]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 900_INTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL ACT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart F_Standards for a Merit System of Personnel Administration
 
Sec. 900.605  Establishing a merit requirement.

    Federal agencies may adopt regulations that require the 
establishment of a merit personnel system as a condition for receiving 
Federal assistance or otherwise participating in an intergovernmental 
program only with the prior approval of the Office of Personnel 
Management. All existing regulations will be submitted to the Office of 
Personnel Management for review.

  Appendix A to Subpart F of Part 900--Standards for a Merit System of 
                        Personnel Administration

    Part I: The following programs have a statutory requirement for the 
establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis.

              Program, Legislation, and Statutory Reference

    Food Stamp, Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 
2020(e)(6)(B).
    Employment Security (Unemployment Insurance and Employment 
Services), Social Security Act (Title III), as amended by the Social 
Security Act Amendments of 1939, Section 301, on August 10, 1939, and 
the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by Pub. L. 81-775, section 2, on 
September 8, 1950; 42 U.S.C. 503(a)(1) and 29 U.S.C. 49d(b).

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    Grants to States for Old-Age Assistance for the Aged (Title I of the 
Social Security Act); 42 U.S.C. 302(a)(5)(A).\1\
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    \1\ Public Law 92-603 repealed Titles I, X, XIV and XVI of the 
Social Security Act effective January 1, 1974, except that ``such repeal 
does not apply to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.''
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    Aid to Families with Dependent Children, (Title IV-A of the Social 
Security Act); 42 U.S.C. 602(a)(5). \2\
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    \2\ Public Law 104-193 repealed the Aid to Families with Dependent 
Children program effective July 1, 1997.
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    Grants to States for Aid to the Blind, (Title X of the Social 
Security Act); 42 U.S.C. 1202(a)(5)(A).\1\
    Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled, 
(Title XIV of the Social Security Act); 42 U.S.C. 1352(a)(5)(A). \1\
    Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled. (Title XVI 
of the Social Security Act); 42 U.S.C. 1382(a)(5)(A).\1\
    Medical Assistance (Medicaid), Social Security Act (Title XIX), as 
amended, section 1902 (a)(4)(A); 42 U.S.C. 1396(a)(4)(A).
    State and Community Programs on Aging (Older Americans), Older 
Americans Act of 1965 (Title III), as amended by the Comprehensive Older 
Americans Act Amendments of 1976, section 307 on October 18, 1978; 42 
U.S.C. 3027(a)(4).
    Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, (Title IV-
E of the Social Security Act); 42 U.S.C. 671(a)(5).
    Part II: The following programs have a regulatory requirement for 
the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit 
basis.

             Program, Legislation, and Regulatory Reference

    Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Williams-Steiger 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; Occupational Safety and 
Health State Plans for the Development and Enforcement of State 
Standards; Department of Labor, 29 CFR 1902.3(h).
    Occupational Safety and Health Statistics, Williams-Steiger 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; BLS Grant Application Kit, 
May 1, 1973, Supplemental Assurance No. 15A.
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Assistance and Emergency Relief Act (42 
U.S.C. 5196b), as amended; 44 CFR 302.4.

[62 FR 33971, June 24, 1997]