[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: 5CFR451.203]

[Page 328]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 451--AWARDS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B--Presidential Awards
 
Sec. 451.203  Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management.

    (a) The Office of Personnel Management shall review annually agency 
recommendations for Presidential Rank Awards for career appointees of 
the Senior Executive Service under section 4507 of title 5, United 
States Code, and recommend to the President which of those career 
appointees should receive awards.
    (b) The Office of Personnel Management, in accordance with Executive 
Order 10717, as amended, shall review agency recommendations for the 
President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service and 
recommend to the President which career employees should receive this 
award.
    (c) Under Executive Order 11228, section 2, the Office of Personnel 
Management has the authority to determine the activity or activities 
primarily benefiting from any suggestion, invention, or other 
contribution which forms the basis for a Presidential award under 5 
U.S.C. 4504.

[51 FR 8419, Mar. 11, 1986, as amended at 58 FR 65534, Dec. 15, 1993]