5 CFR § 332.313 - Preference eligibles separated from competitive positions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s332.313"
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title: "5 CFR § 332.313 - Preference eligibles separated from competitive positions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "332.313"
section_name: "Preference eligibles separated from competitive positions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "332"
part_name: "RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION THROUGH COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 1103, 1104, 1302, 2108, 3301, 3302, 3304, 3312, 3317, 3318, 3319; sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 114-137, 130 Stat. 310; E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 12426, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
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# 332.313 Preference eligibles separated from competitive positions.

The following persons are entitled to have their names entered on an appropriate existing register in the order prescribed by § 332.401 if they were last employed under career or career-conditional appointments:

(a) A preference eligible who is declared eligible therefor after appeal from furlough or discharge; and

(b) A preference eligible who has been furloughed or separated without delinquency or misconduct and who applies within 90 days after furlough or separation.