5 CFR § 754.201 - Coverage.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s754.201"
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title: "5 CFR § 754.201 - Coverage."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "754.201"
section_name: "Coverage."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
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subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "754"
part_name: "COMPLAINT PROCEDURES, ADVERSE ACTIONS, AND APPEALS FOR CRIMINAL HISTORY INQUIRIES PRIOR TO CONDITIONAL OFFER"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 554(a)(2), 1103(a)(5)(A), 1104(a)(2), 9201-9205, and Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1122(b)(1)."
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# 754.201 Coverage.

(a) *Actions covered.* This subpart applies to actions taken under 5 U.S.C. 9204.

(b) *Employees covered.* This subpart covers an employee of an agency as defined and “employee” has the meaning given the term in 5 CFR 920.101.

(c) *Definitions.* In this subpart—

*Civil penalty* means a monetary penalty imposed on an employee of a covered agency when it has been determined the employee has violated the Fair Chance Act.

*Day* means a calendar day.

*Director* means the Director of OPM or Director's designee.

*Suspension* means the placing of an employee of a covered agency in a temporary status without duties and pay when it has been determined the employee violated the Fair Chance Act.