career reserved position
(1) the term “career reserved position” means a position in the Administration designated under section 3132(b) which may be filled only by— (A) a career appointee; or (B) a limited emergency appointee or a limited term appointee— (i) who, immediately before entering the career reserved position, was serving under a career or career-conditional appointment outside the Senior Executive Service; or (ii) whose limited emergency or limited term appointment is approved in advance by the Office of Personnel Management;