5 CFR § 317.701 - Agency authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s317.701"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 317.701 - Agency authority."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "317.701"
section_name: "Agency authority."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "317"
part_name: "EMPLOYMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 3392, 3393, 3395, 3397, 3592, 3593, 3595, 3596, 8414, and 8421. § 317.202 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 9201-9206 and Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1122(b)(1)."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 18927, Mar. 30, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "317"
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# 317.701 Agency authority.

As provided for in §§ 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 § 317.501(c).