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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Personnel Management Office

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Excepted service:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Excepted Service; Consolidated Listing of Schedules; A, B, and C Exceptions

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: This gives a consolidated notice of all positions excepted under Schedules A, B, and C as of June 30, 2003, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.

SUMMARY: Schedules A, B, and C; positions placed or revoked—; Consolidated list,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Civil Service Rule VI (5 CFR 6.1) requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to publish notice of all exceptions granted under Schedules A, B, and C. Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, Sec. 213.103(c), further requires that a consolidated listing, current as of June 30 of each year, be published annually as a notice in the Federal Register. That notice follows. OPM maintains continuing information on the status of all Schedule A, B, and C excepted appointing authorities. Interested parties needing information about specific authorities during the year may obtain information by writing to the Division for Human Resources Products and Services, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 2469, Washington, DC 20415, or by calling (202) 6062575.

The following exceptions were current on June 30, 2003: Schedule A
Section 213.3102 Entire Executive Civil Service
(a) Positions of Chaplain and Chaplain's Assistant.
(b) (Reserved).
(c) Positions to which appointments are made by the President without confirmation by the Senate.
(d) Attorneys.
(e) Law clerk trainee positions. Appointments under this paragraph shall be confined to graduates of recognized law schools or persons having equivalent experience and shall be for periods not to exceed 14 months pending admission to the bar. No person shall be given more than one appointment under this paragraph. However, an appointment that was initially made for less than 14 months may be extended for not to exceed 14 months in total duration.
(f) (Reserved).
(g) (Reserved).
(h) Positions in Federal mental institutions when filled by persons who have been patients of such institutions and have been discharged and are certified by an appropriate medical authority thereof as recovered sufficiently to be regularly employed but it is believed desirable and in the interest of the persons and the institution that they be employed at the institution.
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(i) Temporary and lessthanfull time positions for which examining is impracticable. These are:
(1) Positions in remote/isolated locations where examination is impracticable. A remote/isolated location is outside of the local commuting area of a population center from which an employee can reasonably be expected to travel on short notice under adverse weather and/or road conditions which are normal for the area. For this purpose, a population center is a town with housing, schools, health care, stores and other businesses in which the servicing examining office can schedule tests and/or reasonably expect to attract applicants. An individual appointed under this authority may not be employed in the same agency under a combination of this and any other appointment to positions involving related duties and requiring the same
qualifications for more than 1,040 working hours in a service year. Temporary appointments under this authority may be extended in 1year increments, with no limit on the number of such extensions, as an exception to the service limits in Sec. 213.104.
(2) Positions for which a critical hiring needs exists. This includes both shortterm positions and continuing positions that an agency must fill on an interim basis pending completion of competitive examining, clearances, or other procedures required for a longer appointment. Appointments under this authority may not exceed 30 days and may be extended up to an additional 30 days if continued employment is essential to the agency's operations. The appointments may not be used to extend the service limit of any other appointing authority. An agency may not employ the same individual under this authority for more than 60 days in any 12month period.
(3) Other positions for which OPM determines that examining is impracticable.
(j) Positions filled by current or former Federal employees eligible for placement under special statutory provisions. Appointments under this authority are subject to the following conditions: (1) Eligible employees. (i) Persons previously employed as National Guard Technicians under 32 U.S.C. 709(a) who are entitled to placement under Sec. 353.110 of this chapter, or who are applying for or receiving an annuity under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 5 U.S.C. 8456 by reason of a disability that disqualifies them from membership in the National Guard or from holding the military grade required as a condition of their National Guard employment; (ii) Executive branch employees (other than employees of intelligence agencies) who are entitled to placement under Sec. 353.110 but who are not eligible for reinstatement or noncompetitive appointment under the provisions of part 315 of this chapter. (iii) Legislative and judicial branch employees and employees of the intelligence agencies defined in 5 U.S.C. 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) who are entitled to placement assistance under Sec. 353.110.
(2) Employees excluded. Employees who were last employed in Schedule C or under a statutory authority that specified the employee served at the discretion, will, or pleasure of the agency are not eligible for appointment under this authority.
(3) Position to which appointed. Employees who are entitled to placement under Sec. 353.110 will be appointed to a position that OPM determines is equivalent in pay and grade to the one the individual left, unless the individual elects to be placed in a position of lower grade or pay. National Guard Technicians whose eligibility is based upon a disability may be appointed at the same grade, or equivalent, as their National Guard Technician position or at any lower grade for which they are available.
(4) Conditions of appointment. (i) Individuals whose placement eligibility is based on an appointment without time limit will receive appointments without time limit under this authority. These appointees may be reassigned, promoted, or demoted to any position within the same agency for which they qualify.
(ii) Individuals who are eligible for placement under Sec. 353.110 based on a timelimited appointment will be given appointments for a time period equal to the unexpired portion of their previous appointment.
(k) Positions without compensation provided appointments thereto meet the requirements of applicable laws relating to compensation. (l) Positions requiring the temporary or intermittent employment of professional, scientific, and technical experts for consultation purposes.
(m) (Reserved).
(n) Any local physician, surgeon, or dentist employed under contract or on a parttime or fee basis.
(o) Positions of a scientific, professional or analytical nature when filled by bona fide members of the faculty of an accredited college or university who have special qualifications for the positions to which appointed. Employment under this provision shall not exceed 130 working days a year.
(p)(q) (Reserved).
(r) Positions established in support of fellowship and similar programs that are filled from limited applicant pools and operate under specific criteria developed by the employing agency and/or a non Federal organization. These programs may include: internship or fellowship programs that provide developmental or professional experiences to individuals who have completed their formal education; training and associate ship programs designed to increase the pool of qualified candidates in a particular occupational specialty; professional/industry exchange programs that provide for a cross fertilization between the agency and the private sector to foster mutual understanding, an exchange of ideas, or to bring experienced practitioners to the agency; residency programs through which participants gain experience in a Federal clinical environment; and programs that require a period of Government service in exchange for educational, financial or other assistance. Appointment under this authority may not exceed 4 years.
(s) Positions with compensation fixed under 5 U.S.C. 53515356 when filled by studentemployees assigned or attached to Government hospitals, clinics or medical or dental laboratories. Employment under this authority may not exceed 4 years.
(t) Positions when filled by mentally retarded persons who have been certified by state vocational rehabilitation agencies as likely to succeed. Upon completion of 2 years of satisfactory service under this authority, the employee may qualify for conversion to competitive status under the provisions of Executive Order 12125 and implementing instruction issued by the Office.
(u) Positions when filled by severely physically handicapped persons who: (1) under a temporary appointment have demonstrated their ability to perform the duties satisfactorily; or
(2) have been certified by counselors of State vocational rehabilitation agencies or the Veterans Administration as likely to succeed in the performance of the duties. Upon completion of 2 years of satisfactory service under this authority, the employee may qualify for conversion to competitive status under the provisions of Executive Order 12125 and implementing regulations issued by OPM.
(v)(w) (Reserved).
(x) Positions for which a local recruiting shortage exists when filled by
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inmates of Federal, District of Columbia, and State (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) penal and correctional institutions under workrelease programs authorized by the Prisoner Rehabilitation Act of 1965, the District of Columbia Work Release Act, or under workrelease programs authorized by the States. Initial appointments under this authority may not exceed 1 year. An initial appointment may be extended for one or more periods not to exceed 1 additional year each upon a finding that the inmate is still in a work release status and that a local recruiting shortage still exists. No person may serve under this authority longer than 1 year beyond the date of that person's release from custody.
(y) (Reserved).
(z) Not to exceed 30 positions of assistants to toplevel Federal officials when filled by persons designated by the President as White House Fellows.
(aa) Scientific and professional research associate positions at GS11 and above when filled on a temporary basis by persons having a doctoral degree in an appropriate field of study for research activities of mutual interest to appointees and their agencies. Appointments are limited to persons referred by the National Research Council under its postdoctoral research associate program, may not exceed 2 years, and are subject to satisfactory outcome of evaluation of the associate's research during the first year.
(bb) Positions when filled by aliens in the absence of qualified citizens. Appointments under this authority are subject to prior approval of OPM except when the authority is specifically included in a delegated examining agreement with OPM.
(cc)(ee) (Reserved).
(ff) Not to exceed 25 positions when filled in accordance with an agreement between OPM and the Department of Justice by persons in programs administered by the Attorney General of the United States under Public Law 91452 and related statutes. A person appointed under this authority may continue to be employed under it after he/she ceases to be in a qualifying program only as long as he/she remains in the same agency without a break in service.
(gg)(hh) (Reserved).
(ii) Positions of Presidential Intern, GS9 and 11, in the Presidential Management Intern Program. Initial appointments must be made at the GS9 level. No one may serve under this authority for more than 2 years, unless extended with OPM approval for up to 1 additional year. Upon completion of 2 years of satisfactory service under this authority, the employee may qualify for conversion to competitive appointment under the provisions of Executive Order 12364, in accordance with requirements published in the Federal Personnel Manual. (jjkk) (Reserved).
(ll) Positions as needed of readers for blind employees, interpreters for deaf employees and personal assistants for handicapped employees, filled on a fulltime, parttime, or intermittent basis. Section 213.3103 Executive Office of the President
(a) Office of Administration. (1) Not to exceed 75 positions to provide administrative services and support to the White House office. (b) Office of Management and Budget. (1) Not to exceed 15 positions at grades GS5/15.
(c) Council on Environmental Quality. (1) Professional and technical positions in grades GS9 through 15 on the staff of the Council.
(d)(f) (Reserved).
(g) National Security Council. (1) All positions on the staff of the Council.
(h) Office of Science and Technology Policy. (1) Thirty positions of Senior Policy Analyst, GS15; Policy Analyst, GS11/14; and Policy Research Assistant, GS9, for employment of anyone not to exceed 5 years on projects of a high priority nature.
(i) Office of National Drug Control Policy. (1) Not to exceed 15 positions, GS15 and below, of senior policy analysts and other personnel with expertise in drugrelated issues and/or technical knowledge to aid in antidrug abuse efforts.
Section 213.3104 Department of State
(a) Office of the Secretary. (1) All positions, GS15 and below, on the staff of the Family Liaison Office, Director General of the Foreign Service and the Director of Personnel, Office of the Under Secretary for Management.
(2) One position of Museum Curator (Arts), in the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, whose incumbent will serve as Director, Diplomatic Reception Rooms. No new appointments may be made after February 28, 1997.
(b) American Embassy, Paris, France. (1) Chief, Travel and Visitor Unit. No new appointments may be made under this authority after August 10, 1981.
(c)(f) (Reserved).
(g) Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. (1) Not to exceed 10 positions at grades GS5 through 11 on the staff of the Bureau.
(h) Bureau of Administration. (1) One Presidential Travel Officer. No new appointments may be made under this authority after June 11, 1981.
(2) One position of the Director, Art in Embassies Program, GM 100115.
Section 213.3105 Department of the Treasury
(a) Office of the Secretary. (1) Not to exceed 20 positions at the equivalent of GS13 through GS17 to supplement permanent staff in the study of complex problems relating to international financial, economic, trade, and energy policies and programs of the Government, when filled by individuals with special qualifications for the particular study being undertaken. Employment under this authority may not exceed 4 years.
(2) Not to exceed 20 positions, which will supplement permanent staff involved in the study and analysis of complex problems in the area of domestic economic and financial policy. Employment under this authority may not exceed 4 years.
(3) Not to exceed 50 positions in the Office of the Under Secretary (Enforcement).
(b) U.S. Customs Service. (1) Positions in foreign countries designated as ``interpretertranslator'' and ``special employees,'' when filled by appointment of persons who are not citizens of the United States; and positions in foreign countries of messenger and janitor.
(2)(5) (Reserved).
(6) Three hundred positions of Criminal Investigator for special assignments and 10 positions for oversight policy and direction of sensitive law enforcement activities.
(7)(8) (Reserved).
(9) Not to exceed 25 positions of Customs Patrol Officers in the Papago Indian Agency in the State of Arizona when filled by the appointment of persons of onefourth or more Indian blood.
(d) Office of Thrift Supervision. (1) All positions in the supervision policy and supervision operations functions of OTS. No new appointments may be made under this authority after December 31, 1993. (e) Internal Revenue Service. (1) Twenty positions of investigator for special assignments.
(f) (Reserved).
(g) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. (1) One hundred positions of criminal investigator for special assignments. (2) One nonpermanent Senior Level (SL) Criminal Investigator to serve as a
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senior advisor to the Assistant Director (Firearms, Explosives, and Arson).
Section 213.3106 Department of Defense
(a) Office of the Secretary. (1)(5) (Reserved).
(6) One Executive Secretary, USUSSR Standing Consultative Commission and Staff Analyst (SALT), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs).
(b) Entire Department (including the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force). (1) Professional positions in Military Dependent School Systems overseas. (2) Positions in attache 1 systems overseas, including all professional and scientific positions in the Naval Research Branch Office in London.
(3) Positions of clerktranslator, translator, and interpreter overseas.
(4) Positions of Educational Specialist the incumbents of which will serve as Director of Religious Education on the staffs of the chaplains in the military services.
(5) Positions under the program for utilization of alien scientists, approved under pertinent directives administered by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering of the Department of Defense, when occupied by alien scientists initially employed under the program including those who have acquired United States citizenship during such employment.
(6) Positions in overseas installations of the Department of Defense when filled by dependents of military or civilian employees of the U.S. Government residing in the area. Employment under this authority may not extend longer than 2 months following the transfer from the area or separation of a dependent's sponsor: Provided, that (i) a school employee may be permitted to complete the school year; and (ii) an employee other than a school employee may be permitted to serve up to 1 additional year when the military department concerned finds that the additional employment is in the interest of management. (7) Twenty secretarial and staff support positions at GS12 or below on the White House Support Group.
(8) Positions in DOD research and development activities occupied by participants in the DOD Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program for High School Students. Persons employed under this authority shall be bona fide high school students, at least 14 years old, pursuing courses related to the position occupied and limited to 1,040 working hours a year. Children of DOD employees may be appointed to these positions, notwithstanding the sons and daughters restriction, if the positions are in field activities at remote locations. Appointments under this authority may be made only to positions for which qualification standards established under 5 CFR part 302 are consistent with the education and experience standards established for comparable positions in the competitive service. Appointments under this authority may not be used to extend the service limits contained in any other appointing authority.
(d) General. (1) Positions concerned with advising, administering, supervising, or performing work in the collection, processing, analysis, production, evaluation, interpretation, dissemination, and estimation of intelligence information, including scientific and technical positions in the intelligence function; and positions involved in the planning, programming, and management of intelligence resources when, in the opinion of OPM, it is impracticable to examine. This authority does not apply to positions assigned to cryptologic and communications intelligence activities/functions.
(2) Positions involved in intelligencerelated work of the cryptologic intelligence activities of the military departments. This includes all positions of intelligence research specialist, and similar positions in the intelligence classification series; all scientific and technical positions involving the applications of engineering, physical or technical sciences to intelligence work; and professional as well as intelligence technician positions in which a majority of the incumbent's time is spent in advising, administering, supervising, or performing work in the collection, processing, analysis, production, evaluation, interpretation, dissemination, and estimation of intelligence information or in the planning, programming, and management of intelligence resources.
(e) Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. (1) Positions of President, Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents, Deans, Deputy Deans, Associate Deans, Assistant Deans, Assistants to the President, Assistants to the Vice Presidents, Assistants to the Deans, Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Instructors, Visiting Scientists, Research Associates, Senior Research Associates, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
(2) Positions established to perform work on projects funded from grants.
(f) National Defense University. (1) Not to exceed 16 positions of senior policy analyst, GS15, at the Strategic Concepts Development Center. Initial appointments to these positions may not exceed 6 years, but may be extended thereafter in 1, 2, or 3year increments, indefinitely.
(g) Defense Communications Agency. (1) Not to exceed 10 positions at grades GS10/15 to staff and support the Crisis Management Center at the White House.
(h) Defense Acquisitions University. (1) The Provost and professors.
(i) George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany.
(1) The Director, Deputy Director, and positions of professor, instructor, and lecturer at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany, for initial employment not to exceed 3 years, which may be renewed in increments from 1 to 2 years thereafter.
(j) AsiaPacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii. (1) The Director, Deputy Director, Dean of Academics, Director of College, deputy department chairs, and senior positions of professor, associate professor, and research fellow within the Asia Pacific Center. Appointments may be made not to exceed 3 years and may be extended for periods not to exceed 3 years.
Section 213.3107 Department of the Army
(a)(c) (Reserved).
(d) U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. (1) Civilian professors, instructors, teachers (except teachers at the Children's School), Cadet Social Activities Coordinator, Chapel Organist and ChoirMaster, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, coaches, Facility Manager, Building Manager, three Physical Therapists (Athletic Trainers), Associate Director of Admissions for Plans and Programs, Deputy Director of Alumni Affairs; and librarian when filled by an officer of the Regular Army retired from active service, and the military secretary to the Superintendent when filled by a U.S. Military Academy graduate retired as a regular commissioned officer for disability.
(e)(f) (Reserved).
(g) Defense Language Institute. (1) All positions (professors, instructors, lecturers) which require proficiency in a foreign language or a knowledge of foreign language teaching methods.
(h) Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA. (1) Positions of professor, instructor, or lecturer associated with courses of instruction of at least 10
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months duration for employment not to exceed 5 years, which may be renewed in 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5year increments indefinitely
thereafter.
(i) (Reserved).
(j) U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. (1) Positions of Academic Director, Department Head, and Instructor.
(k) U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. (1) Positions of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, and instructor associated with courses of instruction of at least 10 months duration, for employment not to exceed up to 5 years, which may be renewed in 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5year increments
indefinitely thereafter.
Section 213.3108 Department of the Navy
(a) General. (1)(14) (Reserved).
(15) Marine positions assigned to a coastal or seagoing vessel operated by a naval activity for research or training purposes. (16) All positions necessary for the administration and maintenance of the official residence of the Vice President.
(b) Naval Academy, Naval Postgraduate School, and Naval War College. (1) Professors, instructors, and teachers; the Director of Academic Planning, Naval Postgraduate School; and the Librarian, OrganistChoirmaster, Registrar, the Dean of Admissions, and social counselors at the Naval Academy.
(c) Chief of Naval Operations. (1) One position at grade GS12 or above that will provide technical, managerial, or administrative support on highly classified functions to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Plans, Policy, and Operations).
(d) Military Sealift Command. (1) All positions on vessels operated by the Military Sealift Command.
(e) Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawaii. (1) All positions. This authority applies only to positions that must be filled pending final decision on contracting of Facility operations. No new appointments may be made under this authority after July 29, 1988. (f) (Reserved).
(g) Office of Naval Research. (1) Scientific and technical positions, GS13/15, in the Office of Naval Research International Field Office which covers satellite offices within the Far East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the South Pacific. Positions are to be filled by personnel having specialized experience in scientific and/ or technical disciplines of current interest to the Department of the Navy.
Section 213.3109 Department of the Air Force
(a) Office of the Secretary. (1) One Special Assistant in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. This position has advisory rather than operating duties except as operating or administrative responsibilities may be exercised in connection with the pilot studies. (b) General. (1) Professional, technical, managerial and administrative positions supporting space activities, when approved by the Secretary of the Air Force.
(2) One hundred forty positions, serviced by Hill Air Force Base, Utah, engaged in interdepartmental activities in support of national defense projects involving scientific and technical evaluations. (c) Not to exceed 20 professional positions, GS11 through GS15, in Detachments 6 and 51, SMALC, Norton and McClellan Air Force Bases, California, which will provide logistic support management to specialized research and development projects.
(d) U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado. (1) (Reserved).
(2) Positions of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Instructor, in the Dean of Faculty, Commandant of Cadets, Director of Athletics, and Preparatory School of the United States Air Force Academy.
(e) (Reserved).
(f) Air Force Office of Special Investigations. (1) Positions of Criminal Investigators/Intelligence Research Specialists, GS5 through GS15, in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
(g) Not to exceed eight positions, GS12 through 15, in Headquarters Air Force Logistics Command, DCS Material Management, Office of Special Activities, WrightPatterson Air Force Base, Ohio, which will provide logistic support management staff guidance to classified research and development projects.
(h) Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. (1) Positions of Professor, Instructor, or Lecturer.
(i) Air Force Institute of Technology, WrightPatterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (1) Civilian deans and professors.
(j) Air Force Logistics Command. (1) One Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist, GM34614, in Detachment 2, 2762 Logistics Management Squadron (Special), Greenville, Texas.
(k) One position of Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist, GS34615, in the 2762nd Logistics Squadron (Special), at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
(l) One position of Commander, Air National Guard Readiness Center, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
Section 213.3110 Department of Justice
(a) General. (1) Deputy U.S. Marshals employed on an hourly basis for intermittent service.
(2) Positions at GS15 and below on the staff of an office of a special counsel.
(3)(5) (Reserved).
(6) Positions of Program Manager and Assistant Program Manager supporting the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program in foreign countries. Initial appointments under this authority may not exceed 2 years, but may be extended in oneyear increments for the duration of the incountry program.
(b) Immigration and Naturalization Service. (1) (Reserved). (2) Not to exceed 500 positions of interpreters and language specialists, GS10405/9.
(3) Not to exceed 25 positions, GS15 and below, with proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the Russian language and serving in the Soviet Refugee Processing Program with permanent duty location in Moscow, Russia.
(c) Drug Enforcement Administration. (1) (Reserved).
(2) Four hundred positions of Intelligence Research Agent and/or Intelligence Operation Specialist in the GS132 series, grades GS9 through GS15.
(3) Not to exceed 200 positions of Criminal Investigator (Special Agent). New appointments may be made under this authority only at grades GS7/11.
(d) National Drug Intelligence Center. All positions.
Section 213.3111 Department of Homeland Security
(a) Up to 50 positions at the GS5 through 15 grade levels at the Department of Homeland Security. No new appointments may be made under this authority after March 30, 2004.
Section 213.3112 Department of the Interior
(a) General. (1) Technical, maintenance, and clerical positions at or below grades GS7, WG10, or equivalent, in the field service of the Department of the Interior, when filled by the appointment of persons who are certified as maintaining a permanent and exclusive residence within, or contiguous to, a field activity or district, and as being dependent for livelihood primarily upon employment available within the field activity of the Department.
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(2) All positions on Governmentowned ships or vessels operated by the Department of the Interior.
(3) Temporary or seasonal caretakers at temporarily closed camps or improved areas to maintain grounds, buildings, or other structures and prevent damages or theft of Government property. Such appointments shall not extend beyond 130 working days a year without the prior approval of OPM.
(4) Temporary, intermittent, or seasonal field assistants at GS7, or its equivalent, and below in such areas as forestry, range management, soils, engineering, fishery and wildlife management, and with surveying parties. Employment under this authority may not exceed 180 working days a year.
(5) Temporary positions established in the field service of the Department for emergency forest and range fire prevention or suppression and blister rust control for not to exceed 180 working days a year: Provided, that an employee may work as many as 220 working days a year when employment beyond 180 days is required to cope with extended fire seasons or sudden emergencies such as fire, flood, storm, or other unforeseen situations involving potential loss of life or property.
(6) Persons employed in field positions, the work of which is financed jointly by the Department of the Interior and cooperating persons or organizations outside the Federal service.
(7) All positions in the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other positions in the Department of the Interior directly and primarily related to providing services to Indians when filled by the appointment of Indians. The Secretary of the Interior is responsible for defining the term ``Indian.''
(8) Temporary, intermittent, or seasonal positions at GS7 or below in Alaska, as follows: Positions in nonprofessional mining activities, such as those of drillers, miners, caterpillar operators, and samplers. Employment under this authority shall not exceed 180 working days a year and shall be appropriate only when the activity is carried on in a remote or isolated area and there is a shortage of available candidates for the positions.
(9) Temporary, parttime, or intermittent employment of mechanics, skilled laborers, equipment operators and tradesmen on construction, repair, or maintenance work not to exceed 180 working days a year in Alaska, when the activity is carried on in a remote or isolated area and there is a shortage of available candidates for the positions. (10) Seasonal airplane pilots and airplane mechanics in Alaska, not to exceed 180 working days a year.
(11) Temporary staff positions in the Youth Conservation Corps Centers operated by the Department of the Interior. Employment under this authority shall not exceed 11 weeks a year except with prior approval of OPM.
(12) Positions in the Youth Conservation Corps for which pay is fixed at the Federal minimum wage rate. Employment under this authority may not exceed 10 weeks.
(b) (Reserved).
(c) Indian Arts and Crafts Board. (1) The Executive Director. (d) (Reserved).
(e) Office of the Assistant Secretary, Territorial and International Affairs. (1) (Reserved).
(2) Not to exceed four positions of Territorial Management Interns, grades GS5, GS7, or GS9, when filled by territorial residents who are U.S. citizens from the Virgin Islands or Guam; U.S. nationals from American Samoa; or in the case of the Northern Marianas, will become U.S. citizens upon termination of the U.S. trusteeship. Employment under this authority may not exceed 6 months.
(3) (Reserved).
(4) Special Assistants to the Governor of American Samoa who perform specialized administrative, professional, technical, and scientific duties as members of his or her immediate staff. (f) National Park Service. (1) (Reserved).
(2) Positions established for the administration of Kalaupapa National Historic Park, Molokai, Hawaii, when filled by appointment of qualified patients and Native Hawaiians, as provided by Public Law 95 565.
(3) Seven fulltime permanent and 31 temporary, parttime, or intermittent positions in the Redwood National Park, California, which are needed for rehabilitation of the park, as provided by Public Law 95250.
(4) One Special Representative of the Director.
(5) All positions in the Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota, when filled by the appointment of recognized members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
(g) Bureau of Reclamation. (1) Appraisers and examiners employed on a temporary, intermittent, or parttime basis on special valuation or prospectiveentrymenreview projects where knowledge of local values on conditions or other specialized qualifications not possessed by regular Bureau employees are required for successful results. Employment under this provision shall not exceed 130 working days a year in any individual case: Provided, that such employment may, with prior approval of OPM, be extended for not to exceed an additional 50 working days in any single year.
(h) Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Territorial Affairs. (1) Positions of Territorial Management Interns, GS5, when filled by persons selected by the Government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. No appointment may extend beyond 1 year. Section 213.3113 Department of Agriculture
(a) General. (1) Agents employed in field positions the work of which is financed jointly by the Department and cooperating persons, organizations, or governmental agencies outside the Federal service. Except for positions for which selection is jointly made by the Department and the cooperating organization, this authority is not applicable to positions in the Agricultural Research Service or the National Agricultural Statistics Service. This authority is not applicable to the following positions in the Agricultural Marketing Service: Agricultural commodity grader (grain) and (meat), (poultry), and (dairy), agricultural commodity aid (grain), and tobacco inspection positions.
(2)(4) (Reserved).
(5) Temporary, intermittent, or seasonal employment in the field service of the Department in positions at and below GS7 and WG10 in the following types of positions: Field assistants for sub professional services; agricultural helpers, helperleaders, and workers in the Agricultural Research Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; and subject to prior OPM approval granted in the calendar year in which the appointment is to be made, other clerical, trades, crafts, and manual labor positions. Total employment under this subparagraph may not exceed 180 working days in a service year: Provided, that an employee may work as many as 220 working days in a service year when employment beyond 180 days is required to cope with extended fire seasons or sudden emergencies such as fire, flood, storm, or other unforeseen situations involving potential loss of life or property. This paragraph does not cover trades, crafts, and manual labor positions covered by paragraph (i) of Sec. 213.3102 or positions within the Forest Service.
(6)(7) (Reserved).
(b)(c) (Reserved).
(d) Farm Service Agency. (1) (Reserved).
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(2) Members of State Committees: Provided, that employment under this authority shall be limited to temporary intermittent (WAE) positions whose principal duties involve administering farm programs within the State consistent with legislative and Departmental requirements and reviewing national procedures and policies for adaptation at State and local levels within established parameters. Individual appointments under this authority are for 1 year and may be extended only by the Secretary of Agriculture or his designee. Members of State Committees serve at the pleasure of the Secretary. (e) Rural Development. (1) (Reserved).
(2) County committeemen to consider, recommend, and advise with respect to the Rural Development program.
(3)(5) (Reserved).
(6) Professional and clerical positions in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands when occupied by indigenous residents of the Territory to provide financial assistance pursuant to current authorizing statutes.
(f) Agricultural Marketing Service. (1) Positions of Agricultural Commodity Graders, Agricultural Commodity Technicians, and Agricultural Commodity Aids at grades GS9 and below in the tobacco, dairy, and poultry commodities; Meat Acceptance Specialists, GS11 and below; Clerks, Office Automation Clerks, and Computer Clerks at GS5 and below; ClerkTypists at grades GS4 and below; and Laborers under the Wage System. Employment under this authority is limited to either 1,280 hours or 180 days in a service year.
(2) Positions of Agricultural Commodity Graders, Agricultural Commodity Technicians, and Agricultural Commodity Aids at grades GS11 and below in the cotton, raisin, and processed fruit and vegetable commodities and the following positions in support of these commodities: Clerks, Office Automation Clerks, and Computer Clerks and Operators at GS5 and below; ClerkTypists at grades GS4 and below; and, under the Federal Wage System, High Volume Instrumentation (HVI) Operators and HVI Operator Leaders at WG/WL2 and below, respectively, Instrument Mechanics/Workers/Helpers at WG10 and below, and Laborers. Employment under this authority may not exceed 180 days in a service year. In unforeseen situations such as bad weather or crop conditions, unanticipated plant demands, or increased imports, employees may work up to 240 days in a service year. Cotton Agricultural Commodity Graders, GS5, may be employed as trainees for the first appointment for an initial period of 6 months for training without regard to the service year limitation.
(3) Milk Market Administrators.
(4) All positions on the staffs of the Milk Market Administrators. (g)(k) (Reserved).
(l) Food Safety and Inspection Service. (1)(2) (Reserved). (3) Positions of meat and poultry inspectors (veterinarians at GS 11 and below and nonveterinarians at appropriate grades below GS11) for employment on a temporary, intermittent, or seasonal basis, not to exceed 1,280 hours a year.
(m) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. (1) One hundred and fifty positions of Agricultural Commodity Aid (Grain), GS2/4; 100 positions of Agricultural Commodity Technician (Grain), GS 4/7; and 60 positions of Agricultural Commodity Grader (Grain), GS5/9, for temporary employment on a parttime, intermittent, or seasonal basis not to exceed 1,280 hours in a service year.
(n) Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation. (1) Executive Director.
Section 213.3114 Department of Commerce
(a) General. (1)(2) (Reserved).
(3) Not to exceed 50 scientific and technical positions whose duties are performed primarily in the Antarctic. Incumbents of these positions may be stationed in the continental United States for periods of orientation, training, analysis of data, and report writing. (b)(c) (Reserved).
(d) Bureau of the Census. (1) Managers, supervisors, technicians, clerks, interviewers, and enumerators in the field service, for time limited employment to conduct a census.
(2) Current Program Interviewers employed in the field service. (e)(h) (Reserved).
(i) Office of the Under Secretary for International Trade. (1) Fifteen positions at GS12 and above in specialized fields relating to international trade or commerce in units under the jurisdiction of the Under Secretary for International Trade. Incumbents will be assigned to advisory rather than to operating duties, except as operating and administrative responsibility may be required for the conduct of pilot studies or special projects. Employment under this authority will not exceed 2 years for an individual appointee.
(2) (Reserved).
(3) Not to exceed 15 positions in grades GS12 through GS15, to be filled by persons qualified as industrial or marketing specialists; who possess specialized knowledge and experience in industrial production, industrial operations and related problems, market structure and trends, retail and wholesale trade practices, distribution channels and costs, or business financing and credit procedures applicable to one or more of the current segments of U.S. industry served by the Under Secretary for International Trade, and the subordinate components of his organization which are involved in Domestic Business matters. Appointments under this authority may be made for a period of not to exceed 2 years and may, with prior approval of OPM, be extended for an additional period of 2 years.
(j) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (1)(2) (Reserved).
(3) All civilian positions on vessels operated by the National Ocean Service.
(4) Temporary positions required in connection with the surveying operations of the field service of the National Ocean Service. Appointment to such positions shall not exceed 8 months in any 1 calendar year.
(k) (Reserved).
(l) National Telecommunication and Information Administration. (1) Seventeen professional positions in grades GS13 through GS15. Section 213.3115 Department of Labor
(a) Office of the Secretary. (1) Chairman and five members, Employees' Compensation Appeals Board.
(2) Chairman and eight members, Benefits Review Board.
(b)(c) (Reserved).
(d) Employment and Training Administration. (1) Not to exceed 10 positions of Supervisory Manpower Development Specialist and Manpower Development Specialist, GS7/15, in the Division of Indian and Native American Programs, when filled by the appointment of persons of one fourth or more Indian blood. These positions require direct contact with Indian tribes and communities for the development and administration of comprehensive employment and training programs. Section 213.3116 Department of Health and Human Services
(a) General. (1) Intermittent positions, at GS15 and below and WG 10 and below, on teams under the National Disaster Medical System including Disaster Medical Assistance Teams and specialty teams, to respond to disasters, emergencies, and incidents/events involving medical, mortuary and public health needs.
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(b) Public Health Service. (1) (Reserved).
(2) Positions at Government sanatoria when filled by patients during treatment or convalescence.
(3) (Reserved).
(4) Positions concerned with problems in preventive medicine financed or participated in by the Department of Health and Human Services and a cooperating State, county, municipality, incorporated organization, or an individual in which at least onehalf of the expense is contributed by the participating agency either in salaries, quarters, materials, equipment, or other necessary elements in the carrying on of the work.
(5)(6) (Reserved).
(7) Not to exceed 50 positions associated with health screening programs for refugees.
(8) All positions in the Public Health Service and other positions in the Department of Health and Human Services directly and primarily related to providing services to Indians when filled by the appointment of Indians. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is responsible for defining the term ``Indian.''
(9) (Reserved).
(10) Health care positions of the National Health Service Corps for employment of any one individual not to exceed 4 years of service in health manpower shortage areas.
(11)(14) (Reserved).
(15) Not to exceed 200 staff positions, GS15 and below, in the Immigration Health Service, for an emergency staff to provide health related services to foreign entrants.
(c)(e) (Reserved).
(f) The President's Council on Physical Fitness. (1) Four staff assistants.
Section 213.3117 Department of Education
(a) Positions concerned with problems in education financed and participated in by the Department of Education and a cooperating State educational agency, or university or college, in which there is joint responsibility for selection and supervision of employees, and at least onehalf of the expense is contributed by the cooperating agency in salaries, quarters, materials, equipment, or other necessary elements in the carrying on of the work.
Section 213.3124 Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (a) All positions.
Section 213.3127 Department of Veterans Affairs
(a) Construction Division. (1) Temporary construction workers paid from ``purchase and hire'' funds and appointed for not to exceed the duration of a construction project.
(b) Not to exceed 400 positions of rehabilitation counselors, GS3 through GS11, in Alcoholism Treatment Units and Drug Dependence Treatment Centers, when filled by former patients.
(c) Board of Veterans' Appeals. (1) Positions, GS15, when filled by a member of the Board. Except as provided by section 201(d) of Public Law 100687, appointments under this authority shall be for a term of 9 years, and may be renewed.
(2) Positions, GS15, when filled by a nonmember of the Board who is awaiting Presidential approval for appointment as a Board member. (d) Not to exceed 600 positions at grades GS3 through GS11, involved in the Department's Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Counseling Service.
Section 213.3128 Broadcasting Board of Governors
(a) International Broadcasting Bureau. (1) Not to exceed 200 positions at grades GS15 and below in the Office of Cuba Broadcasting. Appointments may not be made under this authority to administrative, clerical, and technical support positions.
Section 213.3132 Small Business Administration
(a) When the President under 42 U.S.C. 18551855g, the Secretary of Agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 1961, or the Small Business Administration under 15 U.S.C. 636(b)(1) declares an area to be a disaster area, positions filled by timelimited appointment of employees to make and administer disaster loans in the area under the Small Business Act, as amended. Service under this authority may not exceed 4 years, and no more than 2 years may be spent on a single disaster. Exception to this time limit may only be made with prior Office approval. Appointments under this authority may not be used to extend the 2year service limit contained in paragraph (b) below. No one may be appointed under this authority to positions engaged in longterm maintenance of loan portfolios.
(b) When the President under 42 U.S.C. 18551855g, the Secretary of Agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 1961, or the Small Business Administration under 15 U.S.C. 636(b)(1) declares an area to be a disaster area, positions filled by timelimited appointment of employees to make and administer disaster loans in that area under the Small Business Act, as amended. No one may serve under this authority for more than an aggregate of 2 years without a break in service of at least 6 months. Persons who have had more than 2 years of service under paragraph (a) of this section must have a break in service of at least 8 months following such service before appointment under this authority. No one may be appointed under this authority to positions engaged in longterm maintenance of loan portfolios.
Section 213.3133 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(a)(b) (Reserved).
(c) Temporary positions located at closed banks or savings and loan institutions that are concerned with liquidating the assets of the institutions, liquidating loans to the institutions, or paying the depositors of closed insured institutions. New appointments may be made under this authority only during the 60 days immediately following the institution's closing date. Such appointments may not exceed 1 year, but may be extended for not to exceed 1 additional year.
Section 213.3136 U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home
(a) (Reserved).
(b) Positions when filled by memberresidents of the Home. Section 213.3146 Selective Service System
(a) State Directors.
Section 213.3148 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (a) One hundred and fifty alien scientists having special qualifications in the fields of aeronautical and space research where such employment is deemed by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to be necessary in the public interest.
Section 213.3155 Social Security Administration
(a) Six positions of Social Insurance Representative in the district offices of the Social Security Administration in the State of Arizona when filled by the appointment of persons of onefourth or more Indian blood.
(b) Seven positions of Social Insurance Representative in the district offices of the Social Security Administration in the State of New Mexico when filled by the appointment of persons of onefourth or more Indian blood.
(c) Two positions of Social Insurance Representative in the district offices of
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the Social Security Administration in the State of Alaska when filled by the appointments of persons of onefourth or more Alaskan Native blood (Eskimos, Indians, or Aleuts).
Section 213.3162 The President's Crime Prevention Council
(a) Up to 7 positions established in the President's Crime Prevention Council office created by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. No new appointments may be made under this authority after March 31, 1998.
Section 213.3165 Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (a) (Reserved).
(b) Seven positions of either Chemical Incident Investigators or Chemical Safety Recommendation Specialists, in the Office of Investigations and Safety Programs. No new appointments may be made under this authority after October 15, 2002, or until the seventh person (who was given an offer of employment on September 13, 2002, and is waiting a physical examination clearance) is appointed, whichever is later.
Section 213.3166 Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia
(a) All positions, except for the Director, established to create the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia. No new appointments may be made under this authority after September 30, 2003.
Section 213.3174 Smithsonian Institution
(a) (Reserved). (b) All positions located in Panama which are part of or which support the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. (c) Positions at GS15 and below in the National Museum of the American Indian requiring knowledge of, and experience in, tribal customs and culture. Such positions comprise approximately 10 percent of the Museum's positions and, generally, do not include secretarial, clerical, administrative, or program support positions.
Section 213.3175 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (a) One Asian Studies Program Administrator, one International Security Studies Program Administrator, one Latin American Program Administrator, one Russian Studies Program Administrator, one West European Program Administrator, one Environmental Change & Security Studies Program Administrator, one United States Studies Program Administrator, and two Social Science Program Administrators. Section 213.3178 Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (a) All positions in the Fund and positions created for the purpose of establishing the Fund's operations in accordance with the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, except for any positions required by the Act to be filled by competitive appointment. No new appointments may be made under this authority after September 23, 1998.
Section 213.3180 Utah Reclamation and Conservation Commission (a) Executive Director.
Section 213.3182 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (a) National Endowment for the Arts. (1) Artistic and related positions at grades GS13 through GS15 engaged in the review, evaluation and administration of applications and grants supporting the arts, related research and assessment, policy and program development, arts education, access programs and advocacy or evaluation of critical arts projects and outreach programs. Duties require artistic stature, indepth knowledge of arts disciplines and/or artisticrelated leadership qualities.
Section 213.3190 African Development Foundation
(a) One Enterprise Development Fund Manager. Appointment authority is limited to four years unless extended by the Office.
Section 213.3191 Office of Personnel Management
(a)(c) (Reserved).
(d) Parttime and intermittent positions of test examiners at grades GS8 and below.
Section 213.3194 Department of Transportation
(a) U.S. Coast Guard. (1) (Reserved).
(2) Lamplighters.
(3) Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Instructors, one Principal Librarian, one Cadet Hostess, and one Psychologist (Counseling) at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut.
(b)(d) (Reserved).
(e) Maritime Administration. (1)(2) (Reserved).
(3) All positions on Governmentowned vessels or those bareboats chartered to the Government and operated by or for the Maritime Administration.
(4)(5) (Reserved).
(6) U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, positions of: Professors, Instructors, and Teachers, including heads of Departments of Physical Education and Athletics, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, Maritime Law and Economics, Nautical Science, and Engineering; Coordinator of Shipboard Training; the Commandant of Midshipmen, the Assistant Commandant of Midshipmen; Director of Music; three Battalion Officers; three Regimental Affairs Officers; and one Training Administrator. (7) U.S. Merchant Marine Academy positions of: Associate Dean; Registrar; Director of Admissions; Assistant Director of Admissions; Director, Office of External Affairs; Placement Officer; Administrative Librarian; Shipboard Training Assistant; three Academy Training Representatives; and one Education Program Assistant.
Section 213.3195 Federal Emergency Management Agency
(a) Field positions at grades GS15 and below, or equivalent, which are engaged in work directly related to unique response efforts to environmental emergencies not covered by the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, Public Law 93288, as amended. Employment under this authority may not exceed 36 months on any single emergency. Persons may not be employed under this authority for longterm duties or for work not directly necessitated by the emergency response effort.
(b) Not to exceed 30 positions at grades GS15 and below in the Offices of Executive Administration, General Counsel, Inspector General, Comptroller, Public Affairs, Personnel, Acquisition Management, and the State and Local Program and Support Directorate which are engaged in work directly related to unique response efforts to environmental emergencies not covered by the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, Public Law 93288, as amended. Employment under this authority may not exceed 36 months on any single emergency, or for longterm duties or work not directly necessitated by the emergency response effort. No one may be reappointed under this authority for service in connection with a different emergency unless at least 6 months have elapsed since the individual's latest appointment under this authority. (c) Not to exceed 350 professional and technical positions at grades GS5 through GS15, or equivalent, in Mobile
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Emergency Response Support Detachments (MERS).

Section 213.3199 Temporary Organizations

Positions on the staffs of temporary organizations, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3161(a). Appointments may not exceed 3 years, but temporary organizations may extend the appointments for 2 additional years if the conditions for extension are related to the completion of the study or project.
Schedule B
Section 213.3202 Entire Executive Civil Service
(a) Student Educational Employment ProgramStudent Temporary Employment Program. (1) Students may be appointed to the Student Temporary Employment Program if they are pursuing any of the following educational programs:
(i) High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED); (ii) Vocational/Technical certificate;
(iii) Associate degree;
(iv) Baccalaureate degree;
(v) Graduate degree; or
(vi) Professional degree
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[The remaining text of provisions pertaining to the Student Temporary Employment Program can be found in 5 CFR 213.3202(a).] (b) Student Educational Employment ProgramStudent Career Experience Program. (1)(i) Students may be appointed to the Student Career Experience Program if they are pursuing any of the following educational programs:
(A) High school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED); (B) Vocational/Technical certificate;
(C) Associate degree;
(D) Baccalaureate degree;
(E) Graduate degree; or
(F) Professional degree.
(ii) Student participants in the Harry S. Truman Foundation Scholarship Program under the provision of Public Law 93842 are eligible for appointments under the Student Career Experience Program. [The remaining text of provisions pertaining to the Student Career Experience Program can be found in 5 CFR 213.3202(b).]
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(c)(i) (Reserved).
(j) Special executive development positions established in connection with Senior Executive Service candidate development programs which have been approved by OPM. A Federal agency may make new appointments under this authority for any period of employment not exceeding 3 years for one individual.
(k) Positions at grades GS15 and below when filled by individuals who (1) are placed at a severe disadvantage in obtaining employment because of a psychiatric disability evidenced by hospitalization or outpatient treatment and have had a significant period of substantially disrupted employment because of the disability; and (2) are certified to a specific position by a State vocational rehabilitation counselor or a Veterans Administration counseling psychologist (or psychiatrist) who indicates that they meet the severe disadvantage criteria stated above, that they are capable of functioning in the positions to which they will be appointed, and that any residual disability is not job related. Employment of any individual under this authority may not exceed 2 years following each significant period of mental illness. (l) (Reserved).
(m) Positions when filled under any of the following conditions: (1) Appointment at grades GS15 and above, or equivalent, in the same or a different agency without a break in service from a career appointment in the Senior Executive Service (SES) of an individual who: (i) Has completed the SES probationary period;
(ii) Has been removed from the SES because of less than fully successful executive performance or a reduction in force; and (iii) Is entitled to be placed in another civil service position under 5 U.S.C. 3594(b).
(2) Appointment in a different agency without a break in service of an individual originally appointed under paragraph (m)(1).
(3) Reassignment, promotion, or demotion within the same agency of an individual appointed under this authority.
(n) Positions when filled by preference eligibles or veterans who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active service and who, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3304(f) (Pub. L. 105339), applied for these positions under merit promotion procedures when applications were being accepted by the agency from individuals outside its own workforce. These veterans may be promoted, demoted, or reassigned, as appropriate, to other positions within the agency but would remain employed under this excepted authority as long as there is no break in service. No new appointments may be made under this authority after November 30, 1999. Section 213.3203 Executive Office of the President
(a) (Reserved).
(b) Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. (1) Seventeen positions of economist at grades GS12 through GS15. Section 213.3204 Department of State
(a)(c) (Reserved).
(d) Fourteen positions on the household staff of the President's Guest House (Blair and BlairLee Houses).
(e) (Reserved).
(f) Scientific, professional, and technical positions at grades GS 12 to GS15 when filled by persons having special qualifications in foreign policy matters. Total employment under this authority may not exceed 4 years.
Section 213.3205 Department of the Treasury
(a) Positions of Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, Chief National Bank Examiner, Assistant Chief National Bank Examiner, Regional Administrator of National Banks, Deputy Regional Administrator of National Banks, Assistant to the Comptroller of the Currency, National Bank Examiner, Associate National Bank Examiner, and Assistant National Bank Examiner, whose salaries are paid from assessments against national banks and other financial institutions.
(b)(c) (Reserved).
(d) Positions concerned with the protection of the life and safety of the President and members of his immediate family, or other persons for whom similar protective services are prescribed by law, when filled in accordance with special appointment procedures approved by OPM. Service under this authority may not exceed (1) a total of 4 years; or (2) 120 days following completion of the service required for conversion under Executive Order 11203, whichever comes first. (e) Positions, grades GS5 through 12, of Treasury Enforcement Agent in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; and Treasury Enforcement Agent, Pilot, Marine Enforcement Officer, and Aviation Enforcement Officer in the U.S. Customs Service. Service under this authority may not exceed 3 years and 120 days.
Section 213.3206 Department of Defense
(a) Office of the Secretary. (1) (Reserved).
(2) Professional positions at GS11 through GS15 involving systems, costs,
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and economic analysis functions in the Office of the Assistant Secretary (Program Analysis and Evaluation); and in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Systems Policy and Information) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary (Comptroller).
(3)(4) (Reserved).
(5) Four Net Assessment Analysts.
(b) Interdepa