[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR451.101]

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                    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.




                         Subpart A_Agency Awards

Sec.
451.101 Authority and coverage.
451.102 Definitions.
451.103 Agency award program(s).
451.104 Awards.
451.105 Award restrictions.
451.106 Agency responsibilities.
451.107 OPM responsibilities.

                      Subpart B_Presidential Awards

451.201 Authority and coverage.
451.202 Payment.
451.203 Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management.

                   Subpart C_Presidential Rank Awards

451.301 Ranks for the Senior Executive Service.
451.302 Ranks for senior career employees.
451.303 Restrictions.
451.304 Payment of Rank Awards.
451.305 Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 4302, 4501-4509; E.O. 11438, 33 FR 18085, 3 CFR, 
1966-1970 Comp., p. 755; E.O. 12828, 58 FR 2965, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 
569.


    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 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

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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 Sec. Sec. 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. 534.405 of this chapter.
    (e) An agency may grant performance-based cash awards (i.e., on the 
basis of a rating of record) under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 4505a and 
the provisions of this part to eligible non-GS employees who are covered 
by 5 U.S.C. chapter 45 and this part, and who are not otherwise covered 
by an explicit statutory authority for the payment of such awards, 
including 5 U.S.C. 5384 (SES performance awards).

[60 FR 43946, Aug. 23, 1995; 60 FR 47646, Sept. 13, 1995, as amended at 
69 FR 70359, Dec. 6, 2004]