[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: 5CFR451.302]

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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. 451.302  Ranks for senior career employees.

    (a) The circumstances under which the President may award the rank 
of Distinguished Senior Professional and Meritorious Senior Professional 
to a senior career employee are set forth in 5 U.S.C. 4507a.
    (b) To be eligible for a rank award, a senior career employee must:
    (1) Hold a career appointment in a Senior-Level (SL) or Scientific-
Professional (ST) position that is subject to OPM position allocations 
under part 319 of this chapter and paid under 5 U.S.C. 5376 on the 
nomination deadline set by OPM;
    (2) Be an employee of the agency on the nomination deadline set by 
OPM; and
    (3) Have at least 3 years of career or career-type Federal civilian 
service above GS-15. Service need not be continuous. Qualifying service 
includes appointments that are not--
    (i) Time-limited; or
    (ii) To positions that are excepted from the competitive service 
because of their confidential or policy-making character.
    (c) Each agency may nominate up to 9 percent of its career senior 
employees for rank awards.