---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 316.303"
title: "5"
number: "316.303"
heading: "Tenure of term employees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/316.303"
---

# §316.303. Tenure of term employees.

- (a) **A term employee does not acquire a competitive status on the basis of his term appointment.**
- (b) The employment of a term employee ends automatically on the expiration of his term appointment unless he has been separated earlier in accordance with this chapter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302, 3316. E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729. 5 CFR 2.2(c).

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12423, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.