View all text of Subchapter VIII [§ 6991 - § 7002]
§ 6992. National Appeals Division and Director
(a) Establishment of Division
(b) Director
(1) Appointment
(2) Term and removal
(3) Position classification
(c) Direction, control, and support
(1) Direction and control
(A) In general
(B) Administrative support
(C) Prohibition on delegation
(2) Exception
(d) Determination of appealability of agency decisions
(e) Division personnel
(1) In general
(2) Political appointee
In this subsection, the term “political appointee” means an individual occupying—
(A) a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5 (relating to the Executive Schedule);
(B) a noncareer position in the Senior Executive Service, as described under section 3132(a)(7) of that title;
(C) a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations; or
(D) a position which has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character.
(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 272, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3229; Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1610(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 709; Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12412, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4980.)