[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR451.101]

[Page 325-326]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 451--AWARDS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart A--Agency Awards
 
Sec. 451.101  Authority and coverage.

    Source: 60 FR 43946, Aug. 23, 1995, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code authorizes agencies to 
pay a cash award to, grant time-off to, and incur necessary expense for 
the honorary recognition of, an employee (individually or as a member of 
a group) and requires the Office of Personnel

[[Page 326]]

Management to prescribe regulations governing such authority. Chapter 43 
of title 5, United States Code, provides for recognizing and rewarding 
employees whose performance so warrants. The regulations in this 
subpart, in combination with chapters 43 and 45 of title 5, United 
States Code, and any other applicable law, establish the requirements 
for agency award programs.
    (b) Section 4 of E.O. 11438 (Prescribing Procedures Governing 
Interdepartmental Cash Awards to the Members of the Armed Forces, 
December 3, 1968) requires the Office of Personnel Management to 
prescribe procedures for covering the cost of a cash award recommended 
by more than one agency for a member of the armed forces for the 
adoption or use of a suggestion, invention, or scientific achievement. 
Section 1 of E.O. 12828 (Delegation of Certain Personnel Management 
Authorities, January 5, 1993) delegates to the Office of Personnel 
Management the authority of the President to permit performance-based 
cash awards under 5 U.S.C. 4505a to be paid to categories of employees 
who would not be eligible otherwise.
    (c) This subpart applies to employees as defined by section 2105 and 
agencies as defined by section 4501 of title 5, United States Code, 
except as provided in Secs. 451.105 and 451.201(b).
    (d) For the regulatory requirements for granting performance awards 
to Senior Executive Service (SES) employees under 5 U.S.C. 5384, refer 
to Sec. 534.403 of this chapter.

[60 FR 43946, Aug. 23, 1995; 60 FR 47646, Sept. 13, 1995]