124 STAT. 4560 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—DEC. 15, 2010 policies and processes of those employing offices with employees covered by the VEOA, and to provide for transparency in the application of veterans’ preference in covered appointment and retention decisions. Provided, nothing in these regulations shall be construed so as to require an employing office to reduce any existing veterans’ preference rights and protections that it may afford to preference eligible individuals. H Regs: (c) Scope of Regulations. The definition of ‘‘covered employee’’ in Section 4(c) of the VEOA limits the scope of the statute’s applicability within the Legislative branch. The term ‘‘cov- ered employee’’ excludes any employee: (1) whose appointment is made by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) whose appointment is made by a Member of Congress within an employing office, as defined by Sec. 101 (9)(A–C) of the CAA, 2 U.S.C. § 1301 (9)(A–C) or; (3) whose appointment is made by a committee or subcommittee of either House of Congress or a joint committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate; or (4) who is appointed to a position, the duties of which are equivalent to those of a Senior Executive Service position (within the meaning of section 3132(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code). Accordingly, these regulations shall not apply to any employing office that only employs individuals excluded from the definition of covered employee. S Regs: (c) Scope of Regulations. The definition of ‘‘covered employee’’ in Section 4(c) of the VEOA limits the scope of the statute’s applicability within the Legislative branch. The term ‘‘cov- ered employee’’ excludes any employee: (1) whose appointment is made by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) whose appointment is made or directed by a Member of Congress within an employing office, as defined by Sec. 101(9)(A–C) of the CAA, 2 U.S.C. § 1301 (9)(A–C) or; (3) whose appointment is made by a committee or subcommittee of either House of Congress or a joint committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate; (4) who is appointed pursuant to 2 U.S.C. § 43d(a); or (5) who is appointed to a position, the duties of which are equivalent to those of a Senior Executive Service position (within the meaning of section 3132(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code). Accordingly, these regulations shall not apply to any employing office that only employs individuals excluded from the definition of covered employee. C Reg: (c) Scope of Regulations. The definition of ‘‘covered employee’’ in Section 4(c) of the VEOA limits the scope of the statute’s applicability within the Legislative branch. The term ‘‘cov- ered employee’’ excludes any employee: (1) whose appointment is made by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) whose appointment is made by a Member of Congress or by a committee or subcommittee of either House of Congress or a joint committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate; or (3) who is appointed to a position, the duties of which are equivalent to those of a Senior Executive Service position (within the meaning of section 3132(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code). Accordingly, these regulations shall not apply to any employing office that only employs individuals excluded from the definition of covered employee.