[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR317.601]

[Page 188]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 317_EMPLOYMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE--
Table of Contents
 
              Subpart F_Noncareer and Limited Appointments
 
Sec. 317.601  Authorization.

    Source: 45 FR 62414, Sept. 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) An agency may make a noncareer or limited appointment only to a 
general position.
    (b) Each use of a noncareer appointment authority must be approved 
individually by the Office of Personnel Management, and the authority 
reverts to the Office upon departure of the incumbent, unless otherwise 
provided by the Office.
    (c) Use of a limited appointment authority is subject to the 
conditions in this paragraph.
    (1) Agencies are provided a pool of limited appointment authorities 
equal to 3 percent of their Senior Executive Service (SES) position 
allocation, or one authority, whichever is greater. An agency may use 
the pool to make a limited appointment only of an individual who has a 
career or career-conditional appointment (or an appointment of 
equivalent tenure) in a permanent civil service position outside the 
SES. If necessary, the Office of Personnel Management may suspend use of 
the pool authority.
    (2) Each use of a limited appointment authority other than under 
paragraph (c)(1) of this section must be approved individually by the 
Office, and the authority reverts to the Office upon departure of the 
incumbent, unless otherwise provided by the Office.

[60 FR 6386, Feb. 2, 1995, as amended at 65 FR 33741, May 25, 2000]