5 USC § 3362 - Promotion; effect of incentive award

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title: "5 USC § 3362 - Promotion; effect of incentive award"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3362"
section_name: "Promotion; effect of incentive award"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "EXAMINATION, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "PROMOTION"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 426.)"
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# § 3362. Promotion; effect of incentive award

section 4501 of this title

An agency, in qualifying and selecting an employee for promotion, shall give due weight to an incentive award under chapter 45 of this title. For the purpose of this section, “agency” and “employee” have the meanings given them by .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 426.)

| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 2123(f). | Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1208, § 304(f), 68 Stat. 1113. |

The word “incentive” is added for clarification. The second sentence is added on authority of former section 2122, which is carried into section 4501.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.