# Federal Register 2026-16456 — effective 2026-09-02 — Appellate Jurisdiction Update II — Merit Systems Protection Board

For Federal Register 2026-16456, effective date is 2026-09-02; agency is Merit Systems Protection Board; published is 2026-08-12; cfr parts amended is 5 CFR 1201, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31; source re-checked 2026-09-16.

- **FR document number:** 2026-16456 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Appellate Jurisdiction Update II _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Merit Systems Protection Board _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-09-02 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** This final rule is effective on September 2, 2026. However, consistent with OPM's rulemakings, the MSPB will not apply this rule to pending cases or to newly filed cases relating to agency actions taken before the effective date of OPM's rulemakings, and will continue to adjudicate such probationary termination appeals, suitability appeals, and RIF appeals. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 5 CFR 1201 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-08-12 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-31&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-09-16. Review by: 2026-09-29.
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