---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 550.1602"
title: "5"
number: "550.1602"
heading: "Coverage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/550.1602"
---

# §550.1602. Coverage.


This subpart applies to an employee of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection component of the Department of Homeland Security (or any successor organization) who holds a position assigned to the Border Patrol Enforcement classification series 1896 or any successor series, consistent with classification standards established by OPM. Such an employee is referred to as a “Border Patrol agent” or “agent” in this subpart.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5548 and 5550(b)(1)(B) and (d)(1)(B); section 2(h), Pub. L. 113-277, 128 Stat. 3005.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 58112, Sept. 25, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12458, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.