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type: "LegalText"
title: "5 U.S.C. § 4508"
description: "Limitation of awards during a Presidential election year"
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title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
chapter_number: "45"
chapter_name: "INCENTIVE AWARDS"
section: "4508"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 4508"
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# 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. 103425, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4369.)