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[CITE: 5USC4505]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                     Subpart C--Employee Performance
 
                      CHAPTER 45--INCENTIVE AWARDS
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--AWARDS FOR SUPERIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 
Sec. 4505. Awards to former employees

    An agency may pay or grant an award under this subchapter 
notwithstanding the death or separation from the service of the employee 
concerned, if the suggestion, invention, superior accomplishment, other 
personal effort, or special act or service in the public interest for 
which the award is proposed was made or performed while the employee was 
in the employ of the Government.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 443; Pub. L. 97-35, title XVII, 
Sec. 1703(b)(2), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 756.)

                      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. 2123(c).             Sept. 1, 1954, ch.
                                                    1208 Sec.  304(c),
                                                    68 Stat. 1113.
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    The words ``or grant'' are added for clarity.
    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

    1981--Pub. L. 97-35 substituted ``subchapter'' for ``chapter''.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 
1703(c) of Pub. L. 97-35, set as a note under section 4501 of this 
title.
