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title: "5 U.S.C. § 4509"
description: "Prohibition of cash award to Executive Schedule officers"
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title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
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chapter_name: "INCENTIVE AWARDS"
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citation: "5 U.S.C. § 4509"
status: "current"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 5 U.S.C. § 4509 - Prohibition of cash award to Executive Schedule officers

## Text

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.

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