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5 U.S.C. § 9602 — Competitive service; time-limited appointments
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**(a)** Notwithstanding chapter 33 or any other provision of law relating to the examination, certification, and appointment of individuals in the competitive service, an employee of a land management agency serving under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service is eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in the competitive service at such land management agency when such agency is accepting applications from individuals within the agency’s workforce under merit promotion procedures, or any agency, including a land management agency, when the agency is accepting applications from individuals outside its own workforce under the merit promotion procedures of the applicable agency if—
(1) the employee was appointed initially under open, competitive examination under subchapter I of chapter 33 to the time-limited appointment;
(2) the employee has served under 1 or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period or periods totaling more than 24 months without a break of 2 or more years; and
(3) the employee’s performance has been at an acceptable level of performance throughout the period or periods (as the case may be) referred to in paragraph (2).
**(b)** In determining the eligibility of a time-limited employee under this section to be examined for or appointed in the competitive service, the Office of Personnel Management or other examining agency shall waive requirements as to age, unless the requirement is essential to the performance of the duties of the position.
**(c)** An individual appointed under this section—
(1) becomes a career-conditional employee, unless the employee has otherwise completed the service requirements for career tenure; and
(2) acquires competitive status upon appointment.
**(d)** A former emp
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**(a)** Notwithstanding chapter 33 or any other provision of law relating to the examination, certification, and appointment of individuals in the competitive service, an employee of a land management agency serving under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service is eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in the competitive service at such land management agency when such agency is accepting applications from individuals within the agency’s workforce under merit promotion procedures, or any agency, including a land management agency, when the agency is accepting applications from individuals outside its own workforce under the merit promotion procedures of the applicable agency if—
(1) the employee was appointed initially under open, competitive examination under subchapter I of chapter 33 to the time-limited appointment;
(2) the employee has served under 1 or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period or periods totaling more than 24 months without a break of 2 or more years; and
(3) the employee’s performance has been at an acceptable level of performance throughout the period or periods (as the case may be) referred to in paragraph (2).
**(b)** In determining the eligibility of a time-limited employee under this section to be examined for or appointed in the competitive service, the Office of Personnel Management or other examining agency shall waive requirements as to age, unless the requirement is essential to the performance of the duties of the position.
**(c)** An individual appointed under this section—
(1) becomes a career-conditional employee, unless the employee has otherwise completed the service requirements for career tenure; and
(2) acquires competitive status upon appointment.
**(d)** A former employee of a land management agency who served under a time-limited appointment and who otherwise meets the requirements of this section shall be deemed a time-limited employee of the agency from which the former employee was most recently separated for purposes of this section if—
(1) such employee applies for a position covered by this section within the period of 2 years after the most recent date of separation; and
(2) such employee’s most recent separation was for reasons other than misconduct or performance.
**(e)** The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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In this title, “agency” means a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government.
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**(a) Living allowances** The Secretary shall provide each participant in the Public Lands Corps and each resource assistant with a living allowance in an amount established by the Secretary.
**(b) Educational credit** The Secretary may provide a Corps participant with an educational credit that may be applied toward a program of postsecondary education at an institution of higher education that agrees to award the credit for participation in the Corps.
**(c) Terms of service**
(1) **In general** — Each participant in the Corps and each resource assistant shall agree to participate in the Corps or serve as a resource assistant, as the case may be, for such term of service as may be established by the Secretary enrolling or selecting the individual.
(2) **Indian Youth Service Corps** — With respect to the Indian Youth Service Corps established under [section 1727b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1727b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall establish the term of service of participants in consultation with the affected Indian tribe.
**(d) Hiring**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may—
(A) grant to a member of the Public Lands Corps credit for time served with the Public Lands Corps, which may be used toward future Federal hiring; and
(B) provide to a former member of the Public Lands Corps noncompetitive hiring status for a period of not more than 2 years after the date on which the member’s service with the Public Lands Corps is complete.
(2) **Time-limited appointment** — For purposes of [section 9602 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section9602&num=0&edition=prelim), a former member of the Corps hired by the Secretary under paragraph (1)(B) for a
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 9601
the competitive service under which qualified
candidates are divided into two or more quality
categories on the basis of relative degrees of
merit, rather than assigned individual numer-
ical ratings.
(2) Each applicant who meets the minimum
qualification requirements for the position to be
filled shall be assigned to an appropriate cat-
egory based on an evaluation of the applicant’s
knowledge, skills, and abilities relative to those
needed for successful performance in the posi-
tion to be filled.
(3) Within each quality category established
under paragraph (1), preference eligibles shall be
listed ahead of individuals who are not pref-
erence eligibles. For other than scientific and
professional positions at or higher than GS–9 (or
equivalent), preference eligibles who have a
compensable service-connected disability of 10
percent or more, and who meet the minimum
qualification standards, shall be listed in the
highest quality category.
(4) An appointing authority may select any ap-
plicant from the highest quality category or, if
fewer than three candidates have been assigned
to the highest quality category, from a merged
category consisting of the highest and second
highest quality categories.
(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), the ap-
pointing authority may not pass over a pref-
erence eligible in the same or higher category
from which selection is made unless the require-
ments of section 3317(b) or 3318(c), as applicable,
are satisfied.
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury may detail
employees among the offices of the Internal
Revenue Service without regard to the 120-day
limitation in section 3341(b).
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Tre
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