Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102

§9815 Reporting Requirement

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart I — Miscellaneous › CHAPTER 98 — NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION › § 9815

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must send a report to the proper Congressional committees by February 28 each year for the next 6 years after this law is passed. The report must list key program actions from the prior fiscal year. It must give summaries of bonuses paid under sections 9804 and 9805, showing total dollars, total number of bonuses, what share went to supervisors and managers, and the average percentage used to calculate bonuses. It must report the total term appointments converted under section 9806 and how many were for a critical need in the workforce plan under section 9802(b)(2). It must show how many pay rates were set and ended under section 9807, and how many of those settings were for a critical need. It must list scholarships awarded under section 9809 and how many recipients were appointed. It must give totals for distinguished scholar hires under section 9810 and how many filled critical-need roles. It must report average and largest travel payments under section 9811. It must show how many employees got extra annual leave under section 9812, how many were in critical-need positions, and the average extra leave for each group. It must give totals for appointments under section 9813 and pay settings under section 9814, noting how many addressed critical needs. Finally, it must summarize other recruitment/relocation/redesignation/retention bonuses (excluding sections 5753 and 5754), with totals, counts, manager share, and average percentages for each bonus type.

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Title 5, §9815

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The Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, not later than February 28 of each of the next 6 years beginning after the date of enactment of this chapter, a report that provides the following:
(1)A summary of all bonuses paid under subsections (b) and (c) of section 9804 during the preceding fiscal year. Such summary shall include the total amount of bonuses paid, the total number of bonuses paid, the percentage of the amount of bonuses awarded to supervisors and management officials, and the average percentage used to calculate the total average bonus amount, under each of those subsections.
(2)A summary of all bonuses paid under subsections (b) and (c) of section 9805 during the preceding fiscal year. Such summary shall include the total amount of bonuses paid, the total number of bonuses paid, the percentage of the amount of bonuses awarded to supervisors and management officials, and the average percentage used to calculate the total average bonus amount, under each of those subsections.
(3)The total number of term appointments converted during the preceding fiscal year under section 9806 and, of that total number, the number of conversions that were made to address a critical need described in the workforce plan pursuant to section 9802(b)(2).
(4)The number of positions for which the rate of basic pay was fixed under section 9807 during the preceding fiscal year, the number of positions for which the rate of basic pay under such section was terminated during the preceding fiscal year, and the number of times the rate of basic pay was fixed under such section to address a critical need described in the workforce plan pursuant to section 9802(b)(2).
(5)The number of scholarships awarded under section 9809 during the preceding fiscal year and the number of scholarship recipients appointed by the Administration during the preceding fiscal year.
(6)The total number of distinguished scholar appointments made under section 9810 during the preceding fiscal year and, of that total number, the number of appointments that were made to address a critical need described in the workforce plan pursuant to section 9802(b)(2).
(7)The average amount paid per appointee, and the largest amount paid to any appointee, under section 9811 during the preceding fiscal year for travel and transportation expenses.
(8)The total number of employees who were awarded enhanced annual leave under section 9812 during the preceding fiscal year; of that total number, the number of employees who were serving in a position addressing a critical need described in the workforce plan pursuant to section 9802(b)(2); and, for employees in each of those respective groups, the average amount of additional annual leave such employees earned in the preceding fiscal year (over and above what they would have earned absent section 9812).
(9)The total number of appointments made under section 9813 during the preceding fiscal year and, of that total number, the number of appointments that were made to address a critical need described in the workforce plan pursuant to section 9802(b)(2).
(10)The number of employees for whom the Administrator set the pay under section 9814 during the preceding fiscal year and the number of times pay was set under such section to address a critical need described in the workforce plan pursuant to section 9802(b)(2).
(11)A summary of all recruitment, relocation, redesignation, and retention bonuses paid under authorities other than this chapter and excluding the authorities provided in section 5753 and 5754 of this title, during the preceding fiscal year. Such summary shall include, for each type of bonus, the total amount of bonuses paid, the total number of bonuses paid, the percentage of the amount of bonuses awarded to supervisors and management officials, and the average percentage used to calculate the total average bonus amount.

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The date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in introductory provisions, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 108–201, which was approved Feb. 24, 2004.

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5 U.S.C. § 9815

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

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Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102