5 CFR § 352.702 - Definitions.

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title: "5 CFR § 352.702 - Definitions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "352.702"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "352"
part_name: "REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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regulatory_source: "33 FR 12433, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
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# 352.702 Definitions.

In this subpart:

(a) *Agency* means the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service. For reemployment purposes, the Public Health Service shall be considered the agency to which Indian Health Service employees may return.

(b) *Competitive area* is the same as defined in § 351.402 of this title.

(c) *Tribal organization* is defined in section 4(c) of the Indian Self-Determination Act (88 Stat. 2204).