---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Administrative Personnel"
key: "chI/subchB/part731"
level: "part"
label: "Part 731"
heading: "Suitability and Fitness"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part731"
sections_count: 21
---

# Part 731 — Suitability and Fitness

Title 5 C.F.R. — Administrative Personnel › Chapter I — Office of Personnel Management › Subchapter B — Civil Service Regulations

## Contents

- [Subpart A — Scope](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part731-subpartA.md)
- [Subpart B — Determinations of Suitability or Fitness; Suitability Actions in Cases Involving the Competitive Service or Career Senior Executive Service](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part731-subpartB.md)
- [Subpart C — OPM Suitability Action Procedures for the Competitive Service or Senior Executive Service](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part731-subpartC.md)
- [Subpart D — Agency Suitability Action Procedures for the Competitive Service or Career Senior Executive Service](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part731-subpartD.md)
- [Subpart E — Appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board of Suitability actions in cases involving the Competitive Service or Career Senior Executive Service](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part731-subpartE.md)