5 USC § 4509 - Prohibition of cash award to Executive Schedule officers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s4509"
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title: "5 USC § 4509 - Prohibition of cash award to Executive Schedule officers"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "4509"
section_name: "Prohibition of cash award to Executive Schedule officers"
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. 4370.)"
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# § 4509. Prohibition of cash award to Executive Schedule officers

No officer may receive a cash award under the provisions of this subchapter, if such officer—

**(1)** serves in—

**(A)** an Executive Schedule position under subchapter II of chapter 53; or

**(B)** a position for which the compensation is set in statute by reference to a section or level under subchapter II of chapter 53; and

**(2)** was appointed to such position by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–425, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4370.)