§ 575.204 - Ineligible categories of employees.

§ 575.204 Ineligible categories of employees.

An agency may not pay a relocation incentive to an employee in -

(a) A position to which an individual is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate;

(b) A position in the Senior Executive Service as a noncareer appointee (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3132(a)(7));

(c) A position excepted from the competitive service by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character; or

(d) A position not otherwise covered by the exclusions in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section -

(1) To which an individual is appointed by the President without the advice and consent of the Senate, except a Senior Executive Service position in which the individual serves as a career appointee (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3132(a)(4));

(2) Designated as the head of an agency, including an agency headed by a collegial body composed of two or more individual members;

(3) In which the employee is expected to receive an appointment as the head of an agency; or

(4) To which an individual is appointed as a Senior Executive Service limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 3132(a)(5) and (a)(6), respectively) when the appointment must be cleared through the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.

[70 FR 25743, May 13, 2005, as amended at 78 FR 49363, Aug. 14, 2013]