Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§3362 Promotion; effect of incentive award

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart B— - Employment and Retention › Chapter CHAPTER 33— - EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - PROMOTION › § 3362

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Title 5, §3362

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An agency, in qualifying and selecting an employee for promotion, shall give due weight to an incentive award under chapter 45 of this title. For the purpose of this section, “agency” and “employee” have the meanings given them by section 4501 of this title.

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DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 2123(f).Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1208, § 304(f), 68 Stat. 1113. The word “incentive” is added for clarification. The second sentence is added on authority of former section 2122, which is carried into section 4501. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

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5 U.S.C. § 3362

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73