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Table of Statutes, Regulations, and Desk Guide Citations

Table of Statutes, Regulations, and Desk Guide Citations
Topic 5 U.S.C. 5 CFR Desk Guide Chapter
Adverse Actions - Conduct (Career/Certain Limited SES) Chapter 75, Subpart V 752-F 8

Adverse Actions - Conduct (Probationary Career)

3592

359.403

8

Adverse Actions - Appeals (Mitigation of Penalty)

7701(b)(3)

772.102 8
Aggregate Limitation on Pay

5307

530-B, 534.407

5
Allocations - SES Spaces 3133 - 1

Allocations - Biennial & Out of Cycle Requests

3133(d)

-

1

Allocations - Noncareer Appointments 3134(a)-(d) 317.601 3

Allocations - Limited Appointments

3134(e), 3394(b)

317.601 1
Appointment Conditions - Citizenship - 213.3102(bb) 2
Appointment Conditions - Employment of Relatives 3110 310 2

Appointment Conditions - Selective Service Registration

-

300.702

2

Appointments - Career 3393 317-E 2
Appointments - Noncareer 3394 317-F 2, 3
Appointments - Limited Term 3394 317-F 2, 3
Appointments - Limited Emergency 3394 317-F 2, 3

Appointments - Provisional

-

316.403

3

Awards Chapter 45 451-A 6
Candidate Development Programs (CDP) 3396(a) 412-C

2, 7

CDP - Schedule B Authority 213.3202(j), 412.302(d)(1)

2, 7

Career Reserved SES positions 3132(a)(8), 3132(b) 214-D 1

Career Transition Regulations - Effect on SES

 

330-F, 330-G

9

Certification - SES Performance Appraisal System

5307(d)

430-D

5

Civil Service - Definition

2101(1)

 

2

Commercial Recruiting Firms & Nonprofit Employment Services

 

300-D

2

Compensatory Time Off 5541(2)(xvi) 550.101(b)(18) 11
Compensatory Time Off - Exclusion of SES Overtime 5543 550.114 11

Compensatory Time Off - Travel

5550b

550-N

11

Details

3341

317.903

3

Dual Compensation Waivers

8344(i)8468(f)

553-B

5

Dual Incumbency

   

2

Equivalent tenure

 

359.701(a), 317.304(a)

10

Exclusions from the SES

3132(a) & (c) through (f)

214.301

Intro

Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs)

3393(c)

317.502

2

Executive Development

3396

412.201, 412.202, 412.401

7

Executive Resources Board (ERB)

3393(b)

317.501, 412.302(a), 412.401(a)(4)

Executive & Schedule C System (ESCS)

 

214.203

1, 2

Experts & Consultants

3109

304

2, 12

Five Years Continuous Service

3392(b)

 

2

Furlough

3595(a)

359-H

9

General SES positions

3132(a)(9)

214-D

1

Guaranteed Placement

3594

359-G

8, 10

Inspector General Organizations

   

9, 11

Interchange Agreements

 

214.204

12

IPA Assignments

Chapter 33, Subpart VI

334

3, 7

Leave - Annual 6304(f) 630.301 11
Leave - Annual (Lump-Sum Payment for Unused Leave) 5551 550-L 11

Leave - Annual (Restoration of Annual Leave)

6306, 6304(d)

630.306

11

Leave - Military

6323

 

11

Merit Staffing Requirements

3393(b)

317.501(c)

2

Merit System Principles

2301

 

Intro

Mobility

3396(d)

412.401

2

Moratorium - Effect on Details

3395(e)(3)

317.901(c)(5)

3

Moratorium - Performance Appraisal

4314(b)(1)(C)

430.309(b)

4

Moratorium - QRB Processing

 

317.502(d)

2

Moratorium - Reassignments Exceptions

3395(e)(1)

317.901(c)(2), & (3)

3

Moratorium - Removals 3592, 3592(b)(2) 359.406 8
Moratorium - Removal During Probation - 359.503 8
Moratorium - Performance-Based Removal - 359.403 8

Moratorium - Discipline Based Removal Exceptions

-

359.406(c), 359.503(c)

8

Part-Time & Intermittent Employment

Chapter 34

340.101, 340-B, 340-D

Pay - SES Rate Range

5381, 5382, 5383

534-D

5

Pay - Executive Schedule

Chapter 53, Subpart II

12

Pay - Critical Pay

5377

535

5

Pay - Detail or Transfer to International Organization

3343

352-D

5

Pay - Exclusion of SES from Premium Pay Provisions

5541(2)(xvi)

550.101(b)(18)

5

Pay - Retired Member of Uniformed Services

 

550-F

5

Pay - SES Saved Pay Upon Guaranteed Placement

3594(c)

359.705

10

Pay Retention

5363

536-C

5

Performance Appraisal

Chapter 43, Subpart II

430-C

4

Performance Awards

5384

534.405

6

Performance Removals 3592 359-E 8

Performance Removals - Informal MSPB Hearing

-

1201.141, 1201.142, 1201.143

8

Performance Review Board (PRB)

4314(c)

430.311

4

Position Designation - Career Reserved vs General SES Positions

3132(a)(8) & (9)

214-D

1

Presidential Appointments - Retention of SES Benefits 3392(c) 317.801 3
Presidential Appointments - Reinstatement 3593(b) 317.703 3

Presidential Appointments - Leave

6301(2)(x)-(xi)

630.211

11

Presidential Rank Awards

4507, 4507a

451.301, 451.302, 451.303, 451.304, 451.305

6

Probationary Period

3393(d), 3592(a)(1)

317.503, 359 -D

2, 8

Qualifications Standards

3392

317-D

Qualifications - ECQs

3393(c)

317.502

2

Qualifications Review Board (QRB)

3393(c)

317.502

2

Rating & Selection

3393(b)

317.501(c)

2

Reassignments - Career

3395

317.901

3

Reassignments - Noncareer & Limited

3395(b) & (d)

317.604

3

Recruitment

3393(a)

317.501(b)

2

Recruitment & Relocation Incentives

5753

575-A, 575-B

5

Reduction in Force - SES 3595 359-F 9
Reduction in Force - Competitive Procedures 3595(a) 359.602(a) 9
Reduction in Force - Placement 3595(b)(3) 359.602, 359.603 9

Reduction in Force - Removal

3595(b)(4), (5)

359.604

9

Reemployed Annuitant

3595

359.202

8

Reemployment Rights

3595

352

3

Reinstatement - Career SES 3593(a) 317-G 3

Reinstatement - Guaranteed Reinstatement

3593(b)

317.703

3

Removal - Career SES

3393(g), 3392(d), 3592, 3595, 7532, Chapter 74, Subchapter V

359-B, 359-D, 359-E, 359-F, 752-F

8

Removal - Noncareer, Limited, & Reemployed Annuitant

3592(c)

359-I, 317.605

8

Retention Incentives

5754

575-C

5

Retention of SES Benefits

3392(c)(1), (2)

317-H

3

Retirement (see also CSRS & FERS Handbook, Ch. 44 covers discontinued service retirement & Ch. 101 covers senior officials)

8336, 8339, 8414, 8421

831 (CSRS),
842 (FERS)

11

Sabbaticals

3396(c)

334

7

SES - Coverage

3132

214.201, 214.301

Intro

Student Loan Repayments

5379

537

11

Tenure - RIF (Non SES)

3502, 3595

351-E

9

Training (see Executive Development above)

3396(a), Chapter 41

410, 412

7

Transfers - Career

3395

317.902

3

Transfers - Noncareer

3595(d)

317.902

3

Transfer of Function

3595(e)

359-F

3

Travel & Transportation for New Appointees

5723

572

11

Travel & Transportation for Last Move Home

5724(a)(3)

FTR 302

11

Unemployment Compensation

Chapter 85

 

11

Vacancy Announcements Area of Consideration

3327, 3393(a)

317.501(b)

2

Veterans’ Preference - SES Exclusion

2108(3)

211

2

Work Schedules

Chapter 61

610

11

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