---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 319.101"
title: "5"
number: "319.101"
heading: "Coverage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/319.101"
---

# §319.101. Coverage.

- (a) This part covers senior-level (SL) and scientific and professional (ST) positions that are classified above GS-15 and are paid under [5 U.S.C. 5376](/usc/5/5376.md). See [5 CFR part 534](/cfr/5/part534.md), [subpart E](/cfr/5/subpartE.md), for pay provisions.
- (b) Positions that meet the criteria for placement in the Senior Executive Service (SES) under [5 U.S.C. 3132(a)](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a) may not be placed in the SL or ST system and are not covered by this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104, 3104, 3324, 3325, 5108, AND 5376. § 319.106 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 9201-9206 and Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1122(b)(1).

### Source

Source: 60 FR 6387, Feb. 2, 1995, unless otherwise noted.