5 CFR § 530.301 - Purpose and applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s530.301"
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title: "5 CFR § 530.301 - Purpose and applicability."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "530.301"
section_name: "Purpose and applicability."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "530"
part_name: "PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS (GENERAL)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 5305 and 5307; subpart C also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5338, sec. 4 of the Performance Management and Recognition System Termination Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-89), 107 Stat. 981, and sec. 1918 of Public Law 111-84, 123 Stat. 2619."
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# 530.301 Purpose and applicability.

(a) *Purpose.* This subpart contains OPM regulations implementing 5 U.S.C. 5305, which authorizes the establishment of special rates of pay for Federal employees in executive agencies to address significant recruitment or retention problems. This subpart also contains rules for determining an employee's rate of pay when a special rate schedule is established, increased, decreased, or discontinued, or when conditions for coverage under a special rate schedule are changed. All other pay actions for special rate employees are governed by the pay-setting rules in 5 CFR parts 531 and 536.

(b) *Applicability.* Except as explained in § 530.303(a), this subpart applies only to GS employees.