Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102

§5401 Purpose

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart D — Pay and Allowances › CHAPTER 54 — HUMAN CAPITAL PERFORMANCE FUND › § 5401

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a Human Capital Performance Fund to reward top federal employees and help managers recognize work that advances agency goals.

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Title 5, §5401

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purpose of this chapter is to promote, through the creation of a Human Capital Performance Fund, greater performance in the Federal Government. Monies from the Fund will be used to reward agencies’ highest performing and most valuable employees. This Fund will offer Federal managers a new tool to recognize employee performance that is critical to the achievement of agency missions.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 5401, added Pub. L. 95–454, title V, § 501, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1180; amended Pub. L. 97–346, § 2, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1647; Pub. L. 98–615, title II, § 201(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3208; Pub. L. 102–378, § 2(37), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1351, stated purpose of chapter to provide a performance management and recognition system, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–89, § 3(a)(1), (c), Sept. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 981, 983, eff. Nov. 1, 1993.

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5 U.S.C. § 5401

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102