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legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-45/section-4508.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "5 U.S.C. § 4508"
+description: "Limitation of awards during a Presidential election year"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 5
+title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
+chapter_number: "45"
+chapter_name: "INCENTIVE AWARDS"
+section: "4508"
+citation: "5 U.S.C. § 4508"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc05@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s4508"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 5 U.S.C. § 4508 - Limitation of awards during a Presidential election year
+
+## Text
+
+(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.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 103–425, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4369.)