---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 332.313"
title: "5"
number: "332.313"
heading: "Preference eligibles separated from competitive positions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/332.313"
---

# §332.313. Preference eligibles separated from competitive positions.


The following persons are entitled to have their names entered on an appropriate existing register in the order prescribed by [§ 332.401](/cfr/5/332.401.md) if they were last employed under career or career-conditional appointments:

- (a) A preference eligible who is declared eligible therefor after appeal from furlough or discharge; and
- (b) A preference eligible who has been furloughed or separated without delinquency or misconduct and who applies within 90 days after furlough or separation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1103, 1104, 1302, 2108, 3301, 3302, 3304, 3312, 3317, 3318, 3319; sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 114-137, 130 Stat. 310; E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12426, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.