Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Part III · Chapter 45 — Incentive Awards
§ 4505. Awards to former employees
Statutory text
An agency may pay or grant an award under this subchapter notwithstanding the death or separation from the service of the employee concerned, if the suggestion, invention, superior accomplishment, other personal effort, or special act or service in the public interest for which the award is proposed was made or performed while the employee was in the employ of the Government.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 89–554 · 80 Stat. 378
Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 4505
Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 443
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 443Pub. L. 97–35 title XVII § 1703(b)(2) · 95 Stat. 357
Substituted · 5 U.S.C. § 4505
Pub. L. 97–35 substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 97–35 substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, is amended in sections 4501, 4502, 4505, and 4506, by striking out “chapter” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “subchapter”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 1703(c) of Pub. L. 97–35, set as a note under section 4501 of this title.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
| 5 U.S.C. 2123(c). | Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1208 § 304(c), 68 Stat. 1113. | |
The words “or grant” are added for clarity.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1981—Pub. L. 97–35 substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective , see section 1703(c) of Pub. L. 97–35, set as a note under section 4501 of this title.
Credits
1966–1981 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 89–554, , 80 Stat. 443; Pub. L. 97–35, title XVII, § 1703(b)(2), , 95 Stat. 756.)