---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 330.708"
title: "5"
number: "330.708"
heading: "ICTAP eligibility period."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/330.708"
---

# §330.708. ICTAP eligibility period.

- (a) ICTAP eligibility begins on the date the employee or former employee meets the definition of displaced in [§ 330.702](/cfr/5/330.702.md).
- (b) **ICTAP eligibility ends 1 year from the date of—**
  - (1) Separation by RIF under [part 351](/cfr/5/part351.md) of this chapter;
  - (2) Removal by the agency under [part 752](/cfr/5/part752.md) of this chapter for declining a directed geographic relocation outside the local commuting area (e.g., a directed reassignment or a change in duty station);
  - (3) Agency certification that it cannot place the employee under [part 353](/cfr/5/part353.md) of this chapter; or
  - (4) OPM notification that an employee's disability annuity has been, or will be, terminated.
- (c) **ICTAP eligibility ends 2 years after RIF separation if eligible under subpart D of this part.**
- (d) **ICTAP eligibility also ends on the date the eligible—**
  - (1) Receives a notice rescinding, canceling, or modifying the notice which established ICTAP eligibility so that the employee no longer meets the definition of displaced in [§ 330.702](/cfr/5/330.702.md);
  - (2) Separates from the agency for any reason before the RIF or removal effective date; or
  - (3) Is appointed to a career, career-conditional, or excepted appointment without time limit in any agency at any grade or pay level.
- (e) OPM may extend the eligibility period when an ICTAP eligible does not receive a full 1 year (or 2 years under [subpart D](/cfr/5/subpartD.md) of this part) of eligibility, for example, because of administrative or procedural error.
- (f) ICTAP eligibility for a former Military Reserve Technician or National Guard Technician described in [§ 330.702](/cfr/5/330.702.md) ends when the Technician no longer receives the special disability retirement annuity under 5 U.S.C. [8337(h)](/usc/5/8337.md?p=h) or [8456](/usc/5/8456.md).

## 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.