---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 9701.201"
title: "5"
number: "9701.201"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/9701.201"
---

# §9701.201. Purpose.

- (a) This subpart contains regulations establishing a classification structure and rules for covered DHS employees and positions to replace the classification structure and rules in 5 U.S.C. chapter 51 and the job grading system in 5 U.S.C. chapter 53, subchapter IV, in accordance with the merit principle of equal pay for work of equal value.
- (b) Any classification system prescribed under this subpart must be established in conjunction with the pay system described in subpart C of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 9701.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 5318, Feb. 1, 2005, unless otherwise noted.