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Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Generic Information Collection Activities, 26817-26818 2025-11519 Children Children and Families Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals National Medical Support Notice Part A, 26818-26819 2025-11585 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Cash and Medical Assistance, 26819-26820 2025-11546 Civil Rights Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Hawai'i Advisory Committee, 26781 2025-11592 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Safety Zone: Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes Zone, 26765 2025-11586 Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL, 26765-26766 2025-11584 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Community Development Community Development Financial Institutions Fund NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 26902 2025-11514 Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Bank Secrecy Act/Money Laundering Risk Assessment, 26902-26905 2025-11545 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES Importer, Manufacturer or Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Application, Registration, etc.: Arizona Department of Corrections, 26828 2025-11553 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Department of Energy Regulations Guidance, 26802 2025-11540 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Pesticide Tolerance;

Exemptions, Petitions, Revocations, etc.: Pepino Mosaic Virus, Strain LP, Isolate VX1 and Pepino Mosaic Virus, Strain CH2, Isolate VC1, 26766-26769 2025-11590 NOTICES Pesticide Emergency Exemptions: Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations, 26810-26812 2025-11593 Export Import Export-Import Bank NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for Approved Finance Provider, 26813 2025-11556 Export-Import Bank Trade Reference form, 26813 2025-11558 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration NOTICES Agency Advisory Circular:

Informed Consent Requirements for Crew and Space Flight Participants, 26900-26901 2025-11565 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals Dealer's Aircraft Registration Certificate Application, 26899-26900 2025-11531 FAA Entry Point Filing Form—International Registry, 26900 2025-11532 Recording of Aircraft Conveyances and Security Documents, 26898-26899 2025-11530 Experimental Aircraft All Makes and Models Program, 26898 2025-11521 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 26814-26816 2025-11541 2025-11542 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 26813-26814 2025-11569 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Blanket Certificate Cost Limitations, 26776-26778 2025-11583 Removal of Regulations Limiting Authorizations to Proceed with Construction Activities Pending Rehearing, 26771-26775 2025-11582 NOTICES Application: Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC; Sabine Pass Liquefaction Stage V, LLC; Sabine Crossing, LLC;

Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, LP, 26808-26810 2025-11578 Combined Filings, 26803-26805 2025-11563 2025-11564 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 26805 2025-11579 Licenses; Exemptions, Applications, Amendments, etc.: Aroostook Power, Inc., 26802-26803 2025-11562 Avista Corp., 26807-26808 2025-11581 Merced Irrigation District, Waiver Period for Water Quality Certification, 26810 2025-11580 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 26806-26807 2025-11577 Federal Maritime Federal Maritime Commission NOTICES Agreement Filed, 26816 2025-11568 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company, 26816 2025-11561 Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 26816-26817 2025-11560 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Guidance: Q1 Stability Testing of Drug Substances and Drug Products; International Council for Harmonisation, 26820-26822 2025-11552 Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control Office NOTICES Sanctions Actions, 26905-26910 2025-11533 2025-11566 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project, 26780-26781 2025-11538 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health NOTICES Guidance on Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement, 26822-26823 2025-11543 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Request for Information:

Buy Now Pay Later Unsecured Debt, 26824-26826 2025-11575 Interior Interior Department NOTICES Regulatory Reform, 26826 2025-11587 Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service RULES Estate Tax Closing Letter User Fee Update, 26765 C1-2025-08928 PROPOSED RULES Estate Tax Closing Letter User Fee Update, 26778 C1-2025-08929 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 26786-26791 2025-11588 Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from Malaysia and Thailand, 26791-26798 2025-11589 L-lysine from the People's Republic of China, 26799-26802 2025-11537 Sales at Less Than Fair Value;

Determinations, Investigations, etc.: L-lysine from the People's Republic of China, 26782-26786 2025-11536 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Slag Pots from China, 26826-26827 2025-11594 Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Polyester Textured Yarn from China and India, 26827-26828 2025-11570 Justice Department Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration Labor Department Labor Department See Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Formative Data Collections for Research and Evaluation, 26829-26830 2025-11548 Request for Employment Information, 26828-26829 2025-11547 All Items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: United States City Average, 26828-26829 2025-11549 2025-11550 Management Management and Budget Office NOTICES Designation of Database to the Do Not Pay Working System, 26831-26833 2025-11557 National Archives National Archives and Records Administration NOTICES Records Schedules, 26833-26836 2025-11572 2025-11574 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Center for Scientific Review, 26823-26824 2025-11571 2025-11596 National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, 26824 2025-11595 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries off West Coast States: Modification of the West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action No. 20, 26769-26770 2025-11554 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission RULES Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2025, 26730-26765 2025-11544 NOTICES Environmental Assessments;

Availability, etc.: American Centrifuge Operating, LLC, American Centrifuge Plant, 26839-26842 2025-11522 ProTechnics, A Division of Core Laboratories LP; Alternate Disposal Method for Well Logging Sand-Outs or Well Logging Returns Containing Residual Amounts of NRC-Licensed Materials; Finding of No Significant Impact, 26836-26839 2025-11510 Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.: Tennessee Valley Authority, Clinch River Nuclear Site, 26842-26843 2025-11036 Occupational Safety Health Adm Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Standard, 26830-26831 2025-11551 Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service, 26727-26730 2025-11576 Presidential Documents Presidential Documents EXECUTIVE ORDERS TikTok Enforcement Delay; Further Extension (EO 14310), 26911-26914 2025-11682 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS North Korea; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of June 20, 2025), 26915-26916 2025-11683 Western Balkans;

Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of June 20, 2025), 26917-26918 2025-11684 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 26864, 26891, 26896-26897 2025-11507 2025-11513 2025-11516 2025-11517 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for Qualification of an Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, 26895-26896 2025-11515 Canadian Securities, 26895 2025-11511 Interactive Data, 26894-26895 2025-11509 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of a Corporation Designated to Act as a Trustee, 26843 2025-11512 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of an Individual Designated to Act as a Trustee, 26894 2025-11518 Self-Regulatory Organizations;

Proposed Rule Changes: Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., 26843-26864 2025-11526 Investors Exchange LLC, 26865-26891 2025-11525 LCH SA, 26891-26894 2025-11524 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 26897 2025-11535 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Indexing the Annual Operating Revenues of Railroads, 26897-26898 2025-11508 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals Improving Customer Experience, 26901-26902 2025-11523 Treasury Treasury Department See Community Development Financial Institutions Fund See Comptroller of the Currency See Foreign Assets Control Office See Internal Revenue Service Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Presidential Documents, 26911-26918 2025-11682 2025-11683 2025-11684 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws.

To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 90 119 Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Parts 301, 307, 315, 316, 351, and 720 [Docket ID: OPM-2025-0015] RIN 3206-AO98 Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service AGENCY:

Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: As directed by Executive Order 14284, “Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service,” issued on April 24, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management

(OPM)is rescinding the regulations on probationary periods for initial appointments in the competitive service and making conforming amendments. DATES: This final rule is effective on June 24, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Gilmore by telephone at

(202)936-3261 or Katika Floyd by telephone at

(202)606-0960; or by email at *employ@opm.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background and Legal Authority This final rule is issued pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14284, “Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service” (90 FR 17729, April 29, 2025), which requires the Director of OPM to prepare and publish a rule rescinding subpart H of part 315 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and make conforming amendments. This action is taken under the authority vested in the President by the Constitution and sections 3301, 3302, and 3321 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.), and delegated to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management by section 4(b) of E.O. 14284. The E.O. underscores the expectation of a high-performing Federal workforce and affirms the principle that continued employment in the Federal service must advance the interests of the Federal Government and the American people. It creates a requirement that agency approval is needed before probationary employees become tenured instead of by default upon the expiration of probationary periods. The E.O. also removes inappropriate regulatory barriers that inhibit agencies from fully utilizing probationary periods. In doing so, the E.O. fulfills Congress's intention in the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 that probationary periods be used as “an extension of the examining process to determine an employee's ability to actually perform the duties of the position.” S. Rep. 95-969, at 45 (1978), 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. 2723, 2767. In passing the CSRA, Congress believed “[i]t is inappropriate to restrict an agency's authority to separate an employee who does not perform acceptably during this period,” id., and thus the E.O. removes such restrictions. The E.O. establishes rules and policies for managing probationary periods in the competitive service and trial periods in the excepted services and supersedes the existing regulations in subpart H that limited agency discretion in evaluating employees. In doing so, it draws on the President's longstanding authority to create new Civil Service Rules governing probationary periods in the Federal service. See 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302, 3321. To that end, the E.O. repealed Civil Service Rule 2.4 on probationary periods, nullified the current provisions governing probationary periods in the competitive service, and established Civil Service Rule 11 to strengthen the use of probationary periods. In addition, Civil Service Rule 11 establishes a trial period for employees in the excepted service, requires employees to demonstrate their continued employment is in the public interest, requires agencies to certify continued employment meets the needs of the agency and advances the efficiency of Federal service, and allows OPM to establish an appeals process for probationary and trial period terminations under certain circumstances. In addition, it retains some of the current regulatory provisions governing the circumstances under which probationary or trial periods are required and crediting service toward the completion of a probationary or trial period. This final rule removes the probationary period regulations in subpart H of part 315 of title 5 from the CFR and makes conforming edits to parts 301, 307, 315, 316, 351, and 720, which include references to provisions associated with probationary periods prescribed under subpart H ( *i.e.,* §§ 315.801-315.806). These references have been removed and replaced with references to the Civil Service Rule 11, as applicable. Impact of This Rulemaking The E.O. “supersede[d] subpart H” and “rendered [it] inoperative and without effect.” With this action, OPM is removing the now inoperable text of subpart H from the CFR and making conforming edits. With these actions, the removal of subpart H of part 315 from the CFR eliminates the obstacles to terminating probationary employees and makes the Federal workforce more efficient and effective. The President has determined the prior regulations placed undue burdens on agencies in terminating probationary employees the Government does not need and deterred managers from undertaking that effort. Although OPM anticipates that there will be administrative costs associated with administering agency approvals of probationary employees, OPM anticipates the savings to the Government based on the efficiencies created by the new requirements for removing poor performers will outweigh any costs associated with transitioning to the new requirements of Civil Service Rule 11. Agencies should be tracking employees' probationary periods and advising supervisors of their status; however, OPM recognizes that agencies will need to make some adjustments in response to the E.O. and these conforming changes. OPM estimates that this rulemaking will require individuals employed by approximately 90 federal agencies to modify their regulations, policies, and procedures to implement this rulemaking and train human resources

(HR)practitioners and supervisors. For the purpose of this cost analysis, the assumed average salary rate of Federal employees performing this work will be the rate in 2025 for GS-14, step 5, from the Washington, DC, locality pay table ($161,486 annual locality rate and $77.38 hourly locality rate). We assume that the total dollar value of labor, which includes wages, benefits, and overhead, is equal to 200 percent of the wage rate, resulting in an assumed labor cost of $154.76 per hour. To comply with the regulatory changes, affected agencies would need to review the final rule and update their regulations, policies, and procedures. We estimate that, in the first year following publication of the final rule, doing so will require an average of 40 hours of work by employees with an average hourly cost of $154.76. This work would result in estimated costs in that first year of implementation of about $6,190.40 per agency, and about $560,000 Governmentwide. To retain a probationer as an employee, an agency must certify that finalizing the appointment advances the public interest. For probationers who will not be retained, the agency must provide written notice of the effective date of the termination action. Most agencies already have systems in place to advise supervisors as a probationary period is nearing its end, and supervisors provide information regarding whether the probationer is meeting expectations. Although the details of the review are changing and the resulting default action is reversed, OPM does not expect the new requirements to be meaningfully more burdensome than current processes. Similarly, supervisors should be conducting mid-term and final reviews for each of their probationary employees. Therefore, although a review is necessary for the agency to certify that finalizing the appointment advances the public interest, there should not be any new burden associated with conducting the review and making the determination. Some agencies may choose to make changes to HR systems to facilitate compliance with the amended regulations through automation. These systems are specific to agencies, and OPM does not have information regarding potential costs to automate requirements from the E.O. and the revised regulations. While these costs may vary, OPM anticipates that the overall cost savings associated with the streamlined procedures for terminating probationary employees who have been determined not to be an asset to the Government and the long-term savings of retaining only the most productive and needed employees will exceed the costs of implementing new systems. Regulatory Compliance 1. Administrative Procedure Act Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), OPM finds that there is good cause to issue this final rule without prior notice and comment. In E.O. 14284, the President directed OPM to rescind subpart H of part 315 within 30 days. In the meantime, the E.O. has rendered subpart H inoperative and without effect. In addition, the E.O. removed Civil Service Rule 2.4, the key authority underlying subpart H. The E.O. also set forth the new Civil Service Rule 11, immediately implementing new requirements and policies for strengthening probationary and trial periods. This final rule merely effectuates the rules and policy established by the E.O., which is based on specific Presidential direction under his statutory and constitutional authority for the civil service. OPM lacks any discretion in this rulemaking action. Therefore, notice and public comment procedures are unnecessary. Similarly, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), OPM finds that there is good cause to make this final rule effective immediately upon publication. This rule merely effectuates the rules and policies established by the E.O. based on specific Presidential direction under his statutory and constitutional authority for the civil service. Removing the now inoperative regulations may reduce the confusion about the rules currently governing probationary and trial periods in the competitive and excepted services. Further, a delayed effective date serves no practical purpose here since the E.O. is effective immediately and agencies must not give force or effect to the provisions of the current regulations. 2. Regulatory Review OPM has examined the impact of this rule as required by E.O.s 12866 and 13563, which direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulations are necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health, and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). A regulatory impact analysis must be prepared for rules that have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or communities. This rulemaking does not reach that threshold. This rule is not an E.O. 14192 regulatory action because it is does not impose any more than de minimis regulatory costs. 3. Regulatory Flexibility Act The Acting Director of OPM certifies that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it applies only to Federal agencies and employees. 4. Federalism This regulation will not have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the National Government and the States, or on distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with Executive Order 13132, the Acting Director of OPM certifies that this rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant preparation of a Federalism Assessment. 5. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

(UMRA)requires that agencies assess anticipated costs and benefits before issuing any rule that would impose spending costs on State, local, or Tribal governments in the aggregate, or on the private sector, in any 1 year of $100 million in 1995 dollars, updated annually for inflation. That threshold is currently approximately $206 million. This rulemaking will not result in the expenditure by State, local, or Tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, in excess of the threshold. Thus, no written assessment of unfunded mandates is required. 6. Paperwork Reduction Act This rule does not affect any reporting or recordkeeping requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). List of Subjects 5 CFR Part 301 Government employees. 5 CFR Part 307 Government employees, Veterans. 5 CFR Part 315 Government employees. 5 CFR Part 316 Employment, Government employees. 5 CFR Part 351 Administrative practice and procedure, Government employees. 5 CFR Part 720 Affirmative employment programs, Equal employment opportunity, Government employees, Individuals with disabilities, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Office of Personnel Management Stephen Hickman, Federal Register Liaison. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the preamble, OPM amends 5 CFR parts 301, 307, 315, 316, 351 and 720 as follows: PART 301—OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT 1. The authority citation for part 301 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218, as amended by E.O. 10641, 20 FR 8137, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 274, unless otherwise noted; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729. 2. Revise § 301.204 to read as follows: § 301.204 Status and probationary period.

(a)An overseas limited employee does not acquire a competitive status on the basis of his or her overseas limited appointment. He or she is required to serve a probationary period of 1 year when given an overseas limited appointment of indefinite duration or an overseas limited term appointment.

(b)The agency may terminate an overseas limited employee at any time during the probationary period. The employee is entitled to the procedures prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management under § 11.6 of this chapter. PART 307—VETERANS RECRUITMENT APPOINTMENTS 3. The authority citation for part 307 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; 38 U.S.C. 4214; E.O. 11521, 3 CFR, 1970 Comp., p. 912; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729. 4. Revise § 307.105 to read as follows: § 307.105 Appeal rights. Individuals serving under VRAs have the same appeal rights as excepted service employees under parts 432 and 752 of this chapter. In addition, any individual serving under a VRA, whose employment under the appointment is terminated within 1 year after the date of such appointment, has the same right to appeal that termination as a career or career-conditional employee has during the first year of employment. PART 315—CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT 5. The authority citation for part 315 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3301, and 3302; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218, unless otherwise noted; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729. Secs. 315.601 and 315.609 also issued under 22 U.S.C. 3651 and 3652. Secs. 315.602 and 315.604 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 1104. Sec. 315.603 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8151. Sec. 315.605 also issued under E.O. 12034, 43 FR 1917, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p.111. Sec. 315.606 also issued under E.O. 11219, 30 FR 6381, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 303. Sec. 315.607 also issued under 22 U.S.C. 2560. Sec. 315.608 also issued under E.O. 12721, 55 FR 31349, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 293. Sec. 315.610 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3304(c). Sec. 315.611 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3304(f). Sec. 315.612 also under E.O. 13473, 73 FR 56703, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 241. Sec 315.613 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 9602. Sec. 315.710 also issued under E.O. 12596, 52 FR 17537, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 264. 6. Amend § 315.609 by revising paragraph (e)(2) to read as follows: § 315.609 Appointment based on service in United States positions of the Panama Canal Commission.

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(1)* * *

(2)On satisfactory completion of probation if he or she had not previously completed such a 1-year trial period. 7. Amend § 315.614 by revising the section heading and paragraph

(g)to read as follows: § 315.614 Hiring authority for college graduates.

(g)*Acquisition of competitive status.* A person appointed under this section acquires competitive status upon completion of probationary period in accordance with the provisions of part 11 of this chapter. Subpart H—[Removed and Reserved] 8. Subpart H is removed and reserved. 9. Amend § 315.909 by revising paragraph

(a)to read as follows: § 315.909 Relationship to other actions.

(a)If an employee is required to concurrently serve both a probationary period under this subpart and a probationary period under part 11 of this chapter, the latter takes precedence and completion of the probationary period for competitive appointment fulfills the requirements of this subpart. PART 316—TEMPORARY AND TERM EMPLOYMENT 10. The authority citation for part 316 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729; 5 CFR 2.2(c). 11. Revise § 316.304 to read as follows: § 316.304 Probationary period.

(a)The first year of service of a term employee is a probationary period regardless of the method of appointment. Prior Federal civilian service is credited toward completion of the required probationary period in the same manner as prescribed by § 11.4 of this chapter.

(b)The agency may terminate a term employee at any time during the probationary period. The employee is entitled to the procedures prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management under § 11.6 of this chapter. 12. Revise § 316.906 to read as follows: § 316.906 Acquisition of competitive status. A student appointed under § 316.901 acquires competitive status only upon completion of probationary period after any conversion, in accordance with the provisions of part 11 of this chapter. Time spent on a time-limited appointment under this part may count toward fulfillment of such probationary period. PART 351—REDUCTION IN FORCE 13. The authority citation for part 351 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3502, 3503; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729; 5 CFR 2.2(c). Sec. 351.801 also issued under E.O. 12828, 58 FR 2965. 14. Amend § 351.501 by revising paragraph (b)(2) to read as follows: § 351.501 Order of retention—competitive service.

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(2)Group II includes each career-conditional employee, and each employee serving a probationary period under part 11 of this chapter. (A supervisory or managerial employee serving a probationary period required by subpart I of part 315 of this chapter is in group II if the employee has not completed a probationary period under part 11 of this chapter.) Group II also includes an employee when substantial evidence exists of the employee's eligibility to immediately acquire status and career-conditional tenure, and the employee's case is pending final resolution by OPM (including cases under Executive Order 10826 to correct certain administrative errors). PART 720—AFFIRMATIVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS 15. The authority citation for part 720 continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7201; 42 U.S.C. 2000e; unless otherwise noted. Subpart J—Equal Opportunity Without Regard to Politics or Marital Status 16. The authority citation for subpart J of part 720 is added to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 2301, 2302, 7201, 7202, 7203, 7204; 42 U.S.C. 2000e. E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729. 5 CFR 2.2(c). 17. Amend § 720.901 by revising paragraph

(b)and removing the undesignated paragraph following paragraph (b). The revisions read as follows: § 720.901 Equal opportunity without regard to politics or marital status.

(b)*In adverse actions and assignment actions for supervisory or managerial probationers.* An agency may not take an adverse action against an employee covered by part 752 of this chapter, nor assign a probationer to another position pursuant to § 315.907 of this chapter:

(1)for political reasons, except when required by statute, or

(2)because of marital status. [FR Doc. 2025-11576 Filed 6-23-25; 8:45 am]

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