§2445 Limitation on bonuses for employees who engage in improper program management

Summary

The Secretary of Energy and the Administrator must not pay a covered employee a bonus for one year after they find the employee engaged in improper program management that led to a required notice under section 2753 or that seriously harmed the cost, scope, or schedule for approving a project's Critical Decision 3. They also must not pay a bonus for one year after finding the employee’s bad management endangered the health, safety, or security of nuclear security workers or facilities, or when it happened while doing defense nuclear nonproliferation work. The Secretary had to issue guidance for the first rule within one year after November 25, 2015, and both officials had to issue guidance within 180 days after November 25, 2015 for the safety and nonproliferation rules. Either official may waive the ban case-by-case if they tell the appropriate congressional committees (the congressional defense committees; the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources) and wait 60 days. “Bonus” means awards under title 5 (including chapters 45 or 53). “Covered employee” is defined in section 2443.