5 CFR §575.103

1. (a)Except as provided in § 575.104, an Executive agency may pay a recruitment incentive to an employee appointed or placed in the following categories of positions:
   1. (1)A General Schedule position paid under 5 U.S.C. 5332 or 5305 (or similar special rate authority);
   2. (2)A senior-level or scientific or professional position paid under 5 U.S.C. 5376;
   3. (3)A Senior Executive Service position paid under 5 U.S.C. 5383 or a Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service position paid under 5 U.S.C. 3151;
   4. (4)A position as a law enforcement officer, as defined in 5 CFR 550.103;
   5. (5)A position under the Executive Schedule paid under 5 U.S.C. 5311-5317 or a position the rate of pay for which is fixed by law at a rate equal to a rate for the Executive Schedule;
   6. (6)A prevailing rate position, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5342(a)(3); or
   7. (7)Any other position in a category for which payment of recruitment incentives has been approved by OPM at the request of the head of an executive agency.
2. (b)Except as provided in § 575.104, a legislative agency may pay a recruitment incentive to an employee appointed or placed in a General Schedule position paid under 5 U.S.C. 5332 or 5305 (or similar special rate authority).