[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: 5CFR451.301]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 451_AWARDS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart C_Presidential Rank Awards
 
Sec. 451.301  Ranks for the Senior Executive Service.

    Source: 67 FR 52596, Aug. 13, 2002, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The circumstances under which the President may award the rank 
of Distinguished Executive and Meritorious Executive to a Senior 
Executive Service (SES) career appointee are set forth in 5 U.S.C. 4507.
    (b) To be eligible for a rank award, a senior executive must:
    (1) Hold a career appointment in the SES, as defined at 5 U.S.C. 
3132(a)(4), on the nomination deadline set by OPM;
    (2) Be an employee of the agency, as defined at 5 U.S.C. 3132(a)(1), 
on the nomination deadline set by OPM; and
    (3) Have at least 3 years of career or career-type Federal civilian 
service at the SES level. Service need not be continuous.
    (i) Qualifying service includes appointments in the SES, the Senior 
Foreign Service, the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service, and 
similar senior executive systems.
    (ii) Qualifying service does not include noncareer, limited term, or 
limited emergency appointments in the SES or their equivalent, 
Scientific and

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Professional (ST) appointments, and Senior-Level (SL) appointments.
    (c) Each agency may nominate up to 9 percent of its SES career 
appointees for rank awards.