---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 534.502"
title: "5"
number: "534.502"
heading: "Coverage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/534.502"
---

# §534.502. Coverage.

- (a) This subpart implements [5 U.S.C. 5376](/usc/5/5376.md) and applies to—
  - (1) Senior-level (SL) positions classified above GS-15 pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 5108](/usc/5/5108.md); and
  - (2) Scientific or professional (ST) positions established under [5 U.S.C. 3104](/usc/5/3104.md).
- (b) **This subpart does not apply to—**
  - (1) Senior Executive Service positions established under [5 U.S.C. 3132](/usc/5/3132.md), unless the incumbent of the position declined to convert to the SES and, under [§ 317.303](/cfr/5/317.303.md) of this chapter, remained at grade GS-16, 17, or 18 (now the SL pay system) or under the ST pay system;
  - (2) Positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service, Defense Intelligence Executive Service, or Senior Cryptologic Executive Service; or
  - (3) Positions for which pay is fixed by administrative action and is limited to level IV of the Executive Schedule under [5 U.S.C. 5373](/usc/5/5373.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 79 FR 12357, Mar. 5, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104, 3161(d), 5307, 5351, 5352, 5353, 5376, 5382, 5383, 5384, 5385, 5541, 5550a, sec. 1125 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2004, Pub. L. 108-136, 117 Stat. 1638 (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5382, 5383, 7302; 18 U.S.C. 207); and sec. 2 of Pub. L. 110-372, 122 Stat. 4043 (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5307, 5376).