Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73
§4509 Prohibition of cash award to Executive Schedule officers
Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart C— - Employee Performance › Chapter CHAPTER 45— - INCENTIVE AWARDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - AWARDS FOR SUPERIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS › § 4509
Summary
Officers in Executive Schedule jobs, or whose pay is set by law at those Executive Schedule levels, cannot get cash awards under this subchapter if they were appointed by the President with Senate approval.
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Title 5, §4509
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No officer may receive a cash award under the provisions of this subchapter, if such officer—
(1)serves in—
(A)an Executive Schedule position under subchapter II of chapter 53; or
(B)a position for which the compensation is set in statute by reference to a section or level under subchapter II of chapter 53; and
(2)was appointed to such position by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
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5 U.S.C. § 4509
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73