5 USC § 4508 - Limitation of awards during a Presidential election year

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s4508"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 4508 - Limitation of awards during a Presidential election year"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "4508"
section_name: "Limitation of awards during a Presidential election year"
chapter_number: 45
chapter_name: "INCENTIVE AWARDS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "AWARDS FOR SUPERIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–425, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4369.)"
---


# § 4508. Limitation of awards during a Presidential election year

**(a)** For purposes of this section, the term—

**(1)** “Presidential election period” means any period beginning on June 1 in a calendar year in which the popular election of the President occurs, and ending on January 20 following the date of such election; and

**(2)** “senior politically appointed officer” means any officer who during a Presidential election period serves—

**(A)** in a Senior Executive Service position and is not a career appointee as defined under section 3132(a)(4); or

**(B)** in a position of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

**(b)** No senior politically appointed officer may receive an award under the provisions of this subchapter during a Presidential election period.

---

**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–425, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4369.)