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[CITE: 5USC4511]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                     Subpart C--Employee Performance
 
                      CHAPTER 45--INCENTIVE AWARDS
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--AWARDS FOR COST SAVINGS DISCLOSURES
 
Sec. 4511. Definition and general provisions

    (a) For purposes of this subchapter, the term ``agency'' means any 
Executive agency.
    (b) A cash award under this subchapter is in addition to the regular 
pay of the recipient. Acceptance of a cash award under this subchapter 
constitutes an agreement that the use by the Government of an idea, 
method, or device for which the award is made does not form the basis of 
a further claim of any nature against the Government by the employee, 
his heirs, or assigns.

(Added Pub. L. 97-35, title XVII, Sec. 1703(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 
755.)


                             Effective Date

    Subchapter effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 1703(c) of Pub. L. 
97-35, set out as an Effective Date of 1981 Amendment note under section 
4501 of this title.


                        Authority To Make Awards

    Pub. L. 102-487, Sec. 1(c), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3134, provided 
that: ``Awards may be made under subchapter II of chapter 45 of title 5, 
United States Code, on and after the date of the enactment of this Act 
[Oct. 24, 1992].''
