---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 359.604"
title: "5"
number: "359.604"
heading: "Removal from the SES and placement rights outside the SES."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/359.604"
---

# §359.604. Removal from the SES and placement rights outside the SES.

- (a) If a probationary appointee is identified for reduction in force under [§ 359.602(a)](/cfr/5/359.602.md?p=a), removal action is taken under [§ 359.405](/cfr/5/359.405.md). Placement rights outside the SES are covered under [subpart G](/cfr/5/subpartG.md) of this part.
- (b) If a career appointee who has completed the probationary period, or who did not have to serve one, is identified for reduction in force under [§ 359.602(a)](/cfr/5/359.602.md?p=a) and is not placed elsewhere in the SES under [§ 359.602(b)](/cfr/5/359.602.md?p=b) or [§ 359.603](/cfr/5/359.603.md), or declines a placement offer under [§ 359.603](/cfr/5/359.603.md), removal action is taken under [§ 359.604(b)](#b). Placement rights outside the SES are covered under [subpart G](/cfr/5/subpartG.md) of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3302, and 3596, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 18876, May 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted.