---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 302.201"
title: "5"
number: "302.201"
heading: "Persons entitled to veteran preference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/302.201"
---

# §302.201. Persons entitled to veteran preference.


In actions subject to this part, each agency shall grant veteran preference as follows:

- (a) When numerical scores are used in the evaluation and referral, the agency shall grant 5 additional points to preference eligibles under [section 2108(3)](/cfr/5/2108.md?p=3) (A) and (B) of [title 5](/cfr/5.md), United States Code, and 10 additional points to preference eligibles under [section 2108(3)](/cfr/5/2108.md?p=3) (C) through (G) of that title.
- (b) When eligible candidates are referred without ranking, the agency shall note preference as “CP” for preference eligibles under [5 U.S.C. 2108(3)(C)](/usc/5/2108.md?p=3-C), as “XP” for preference eligibles under [5 U.S.C. 2108(3)(D) through (G)](/usc/5/2108.md?p=3-D..3-G), as “SSP” for preference eligibles under [5 U.S.C. 2108(3)(H)](/usc/5/2108.md?p=3-H) and as “TP” for all other preference eligibles under that title.
- (c) When quality categories are used in the evaluation and referral, the agency shall list preference eligibles under [5 U.S.C. 2108(3)](/usc/5/2108.md?p=3) ahead of non-preference eligibles in accord with [§ 302.304(b)(6)](/cfr/5/302.304.md?p=b-6).

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 9407, Mar. 14, 1990, as amended at 85 FR 63191, Oct. 7, 2020; 90 FR 43144, Sept. 8, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3301, 3302, 3317, 3318, 3319, 3320, 8151; E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 14171, 90 FR 8625. Sec. 302.105 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 1104; sec. 3(5), Pub. L. 95-454, 92 Stat. 1112 (5 U.S.C. 1101 note). Sec. 302.107 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 9201-9206; sec. 1122(b)(1), Pub. L. 116-92, 133 Stat. 1605 (5 U.S.C. 9201 note). Sec. 302.501 also issued under 5 U.S.C. ch. 77.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 9407, Mar. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 9407, Mar. 14, 1990, as amended at 85 FR 63191, Oct. 7, 2020; 90 FR 43144, Sept. 8, 2025]