---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 330.610"
title: "5"
number: "330.610"
heading: "CTAP eligibility period."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/330.610"
---

# §330.610. CTAP eligibility period.

- (a) CTAP eligibility begins on the date the employee meets the definition of surplus or displaced in [§ 330.602](/cfr/5/330.602.md).
- (b) **CTAP eligibility ends on the date the employee—**
  - (1) Separates from the agency either voluntarily or involuntarily;
  - (2) Receives a notice rescinding, canceling, or modifying the notice which established CTAP eligibility so that the employee no longer meets the definition of surplus or displaced;
  - (3) Is placed in another position within the agency at any grade or pay level, either permanent or time-limited, before the agency separates the employee; or
  - (4) Is appointed to a career, career-conditional, or excepted appointment without time limit in any agency at any grade or pay level.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104, 1302, 3301, 3302, 3304, and 3330; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-58 Comp., p. 218; Section 330.103 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3327; Subpart B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3315 and 8151; Section 330.401 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3310; Subparts F and G also issued under Presidential Memorandum on Career Transition Assistance for Federal Employees, September 12, 1995; Subpart G also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) and 8456(b). § 330.1301 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 9201-9206 and Pub. L. 116-92, sec. 1122(b)(1). Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 49216, Aug. 3, 2026.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 67593, Nov. 3, 2010, unless otherwise noted.