{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-9701.371","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 9701.371","heading":"General.","body":"(a) Sections 9701.371 through 9701.374 describe the transitional provisions that apply when DHS employees are converted to a pay system established under this subpart. An affected employee may convert from the GS system, a prevailing rate system, the SL/ST system, or the SES system, as provided in § 9701.302. For the purpose of this section and §§ 9701.372 through 9701.374, the terms “convert,” “converted,” “converting,” and “conversion” refer to employees who become covered by the pay system without a change in position (as a result of a coverage determination made under § 9701.102(b)) and exclude employees who are reassigned or transferred from a noncovered position to a position already covered by the DHS system.\n(b) DHS will issue implementing directives prescribing the policies and procedures necessary to implement these transitional provisions.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER XCVII—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT)","PART 9701—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM","Subpart C—Pay and Pay Administration"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"e769a0e6a78d2608ca84e764663d62419244392aba2f8a15c8c4ad99cda51a73","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-9701.363","next":"us/5-cfr-9701.372"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}