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5 U.S.C. § 5401 — Purpose
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The purpose of this chapter is to promote, through the creation of a Human Capital Performance Fund, greater performance in the Federal Government. Monies from the Fund will be used to reward agencies’ highest performing and most valuable employees. This Fund will offer Federal managers a new tool to recognize employee performance that is critical to the achievement of agency missions.
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The purpose of this chapter is to promote, through the creation of a Human Capital Performance Fund, greater performance in the Federal Government. Monies from the Fund will be used to reward agencies’ highest performing and most valuable employees. This Fund will offer Federal managers a new tool to recognize employee performance that is critical to the achievement of agency missions.
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The Secretary of Defense may by regulation establish a merit pay system for such employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency as the Secretary considers appropriate. The merit pay system shall be designed to carry out purposes consistent with those set forth in [section 5401 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5401&num=0&edition=prelim), as in effect on October 31, 1993.
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**(a)** The Comptroller General may appoint, pay, assign, and remove officers (except the Deputy Comptroller General) and employees the Comptroller General decides are necessary to carry out the duties and powers of the Government Accountability Office.
**(b)** The Comptroller General may establish for appropriate officers and employees a merit pay system consistent with [section 5401 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5401&num=0&edition=prelim), as in effect on October 31, 1993.
**(c)** The annual rate of basic pay of the General Counsel of the Government Accountability Office is equal to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
**(d)** Repealed. Pub. L. 110–323, § 9(a)(1), Sept. 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 3548.]
**(e)** The Comptroller General may procure the services of experts and consultants under [section 3109 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3109&num=0&edition=prelim) at rates not in excess of the daily rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule, except that the services of not more than 20 experts and consultants may be procured for terms of not more than 3 years, but which shall be renewable.
**(f)** The Comptroller General shall prescribe regulations under which officers and employees of the Office may, in appropriate circumstances, be reimbursed for any relocation expenses under subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5 for which they would not otherwise be eligible, but only if the Comptroller General determines that the transfer giving rise to such relocation is of sufficient benefit or value to the Office to justify such reimbursement.
**(g)** The Comptroller General shall prescribe regulations under which key officers and employees of the Office
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 5401
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on such date as the President shall
determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later
than 180 days, after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 529 [title
III, § 305] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out as an Effective Date
of 1990 Amendment note under section 5301 of this title.
CHAPTER 54—HUMAN CAPITAL
PERFORMANCE FUND
Sec.
5401.
Purpose.
5402.
Definitions.
5403.
Human Capital Performance Fund.
5404.
Human capital performance payments.
5405.
Regulations.
5406.
Agency plan.
5407.
Nature of payment.
5408.
Appropriations.
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior chapter 54, consisting of sections 5401 to 5410,
related to performance management and recognition
system, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–89, § 3(a)(1), (c),
Sept. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 981, 983, eff. Nov. 1, 1993.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES COVERED BY PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT
AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM
AS
OF TER-
MINATION DATE
Pub. L. 103–89, § 4, Sept. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 983, provided
that:
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘employee’ means an individual em-
ployed by an agency (within the meaning of section
7103(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code);
‘‘(2) the term ‘performance management and rec-
ognition system’ means the performance manage-
ment and recognition system under [former] chapter
54 of title 5, United States Code;
‘‘(3) the term ‘basic pay’ does not include any
amount payable under section 302 [set out as a note
under section 5304 of this title] or title IV [see Short
Title set out in a note under section 5305 of this title]
of FEPCA or section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United
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