§ 4507. Awarding of ranks in the Senior Executive Service

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.

1. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–454 title IV § 406(a) · 92 Stat. 1111

   Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 4507

   Added Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 406(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1170

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 406(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1170

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§4507. Awarding of ranks in the Senior Executive Service “(a) For the purpose of this section, ‘agency’, ‘senior executive’, Definitions. and ‘career appointee’ have the meanings set forth in section 3132(a) of this title. Ante, p. 1155. “(b) Each agency shall submit annually to the Office recommendations Recommendations. of career appointees in the agency to be awarded the rank of Meritorious Executive or Distinguished Executive. The recommendations may take into account the individual’s performance over a period of years. The Office shall review such recommendations and provide to the President recommendations as to which of the agency recommended appointees should receive such rank. “(c) During any fiscal year, the President may, subject to subsection (d) of this section, award to any career appointee recommended by the Office the rank of— “(1) Meritorious Executive, for sustained accomplishment, or “(2) Distinguished Executive, for sustained extraordinary accomplishment. A career appointee awarded a rank under paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection shall not be entitled to be awarded that rank during the following 4 fiscal years. “(d) During any fiscal year— “(1) the number of career appointees awarded the rank of Meritorious Executive may not exceed 5 percent of the Senior Executive Service; and “(2) the number of career appointees awarded the rank of Distinguished Executive may not exceed 1 percent of the Senior Executive Service. “(e) (1) Receipt by a career appointee of the rank of Meritorious Executive entitles such individual to a lump-sum payment of $10,000, which shall be in addition to the basic pay paid under section 5382 of this title or any award paid under section 5384 of this title. “(2) Receipt by a career appointee of the rank of Distinguished Infra. Post, p. 1172. Executive entitles the individual to a lump-sum payment of $20,000, which shall be in addition to the basic pay paid under section 5382 of this title or any award paid under section 5384 of this title.”.

2. 1998

   Pub. L. 105–277 § 101(h)(tVI)(s631)(a) · 112 Stat. 2681

   Substituted · 5 U.S.C. § 4507(e)(1)

   Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(h) [title VI, § 631(a)], substituted “an amount equal to 20 percent of annual basic pay” for “$10,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(h) [title VI, § 631(a)], substituted “an amount equal to 20 percent of annual basic pay” for “$10,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 101. For programs, projects or activities in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act: AN ACT Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(h) [title VI, § 631(c)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–480, 2681–523, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1998, or the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998], whichever is later.”

3. 1998

   Pub. L. 105–277 § 101(h)(tVI)(s631)(b) · 112 Stat. 2681

   Substituted · 5 U.S.C. § 4507(e)(2)

   Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(h) [title VI, § 631(b)], substituted “an amount equal to 35 percent of annual basic pay” for “$20,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(h) [title VI, § 631(b)], substituted “an amount equal to 35 percent of annual basic pay” for “$20,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 101. For programs, projects or activities in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act: AN ACT Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(h) [title VI, § 631(c)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–480, 2681–523, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1998, or the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998], whichever is later.”

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