5 CFR § 359.401 - General exclusions.

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title: "5 CFR § 359.401 - General exclusions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "359.401"
section_name: "General exclusions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "359"
part_name: "REMOVAL FROM THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE; GUARANTEED PLACEMENT IN OTHER PERSONNEL SYSTEMS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 1302, 3302, and 3596, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 18876, May 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
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# 359.401 General exclusions.

This subpart does not apply to the removal of a career appointee during probation when—

(a) The action is initiated under 5 U.S.C. 1206(g) or 5 U.S.C. 7542;

(b) The removal is effected under subpart C of this part for failure to be recertified; or

(c) The appointee is a reemployed annuitant. See subpart I of this part for removal of a reemployed annuitant.

[56 FR 172, Jan. 3, 1991]