[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: 5CFR317.701] [Page 189] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 317_EMPLOYMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE-- Table of Contents Subpart G_SES Career Appointment by Reinstatement Sec. 317.701 Agency authority. Source: 54 FR 9759, Mar. 8, 1989, unless otherwise noted. As provided for in Sec. Sec. 317.702 and 317.703, an agency may reinstate a former SES career appointee without regard to the merit staffing requirements established by OPM in Sec. 317.501(c).