---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 531.402"
title: "5"
number: "531.402"
heading: "Employee coverage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/531.402"
---

# §531.402. Employee coverage.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, this subpart applies to employees who—
  - (1) Are classified and paid under the General Schedule;
  - (2) Occupy permanent positions; and
  - (3) **Are paid less than the maximum rate of their grade.**
- (b) This subpart does not apply to any employee who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 31301, May 31, 2005]

### Source

Source: 46 FR 2319, Jan. 9, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5115, 5307, and 5338; sec. 4 of Public Law 103-89, 107 Stat. 981; and E.O. 12748, 56 FR 4521, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 316; Subpart B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5303(g), 5305, 5333, 5334(a) and (b), and 7701(b)(2); Subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5335 and 7701(b)(2); Subpart E also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5336; Subpart F also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5304, 5305, and 5941(a); E.O. 12883, 58 FR 63281, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 682; and E.O. 13106, 63 FR 68151, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 224.

### Amendments

[70 FR 31301, May 31, 2005]