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[CITE: 5USC4304]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                     Subpart C--Employee Performance
 
                    CHAPTER 43--PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 4304. Responsibilities of the Office of Personnel 
        Management
        
    (a) The Office of Personnel Management shall make technical 
assistance available to agencies in the development of performance 
appraisal systems.
    (b)(1) The Office shall review each performance appraisal system 
developed by any agency under this section and determine whether the 
performance appraisal system meets the requirements of this subchapter.
    (2) The Comptroller General shall from time to time review on a 
selected basis performance appraisal systems established under this 
subchapter to determine the extent to which any such system meets the 
requirements of this subchapter and shall periodically report its 
findings to the Office and to the Congress.
    (3) If the Office determines that a system does not meet the 
requirements of this subchapter (including regulations prescribed under 
section 4305), the Office shall direct the agency to implement an 
appropriate system or to correct operations under the system, and any 
such agency shall take any action so required.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 440; Pub. L. 95-454, title II, 
Sec. 203(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1134.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 2005.                Sept. 30, 1950, ch.
                                                    1123, Sec.  6, 64
                                                    Stat. 1099.
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    In subsection (a)(1), the words ``corresponding to an efficiency 
rating of `good' under the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, as amended, 
and under laws superseded by this chapter'' in clause (1) of former 
section 2005 are omitted, but are carried into section 3502.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1978--Pub. L. 95-454 substituted ``Responsibilities of the Office of 
Personnel Management'' for ``Ratings for performance'' in section 
catchline and in text substituted provisions relating to the 
responsibilities of the Office of Personnel Management under this 
subchapter, for provisions relating to ratings for performance.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, 
see section 907 of Pub. L. 95-454, set out as a note under section 1101 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 12 section 1441a.
