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5 U.S.C. § 7541 — Definitions
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For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “employee” means a career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who—
(A) has completed the probationary period prescribed under [section 3393(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3393/d&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) was covered by the provisions of subchapter II of this chapter immediately before appointment to the Senior Executive Service; and
(2) “suspension” has the meaning set forth in [section 7501(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7501/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
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For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “employee” means a career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who—
(A) has completed the probationary period prescribed under [section 3393(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3393/d&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) was covered by the provisions of subchapter II of this chapter immediately before appointment to the Senior Executive Service; and
(2) “suspension” has the meaning set forth in [section 7501(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7501/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
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It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish a Senior Executive Service to ensure that the executive management of the Government of the United States is responsive to the needs, policies, and goals of the Nation and otherwise is of the highest quality. The Senior Executive Service shall be administered so as to—
(1) provide for a compensation system, including salaries, benefits, and incentives, and for other conditions of employment, designed to attract and retain highly competent senior executives;
(2) ensure that compensation, retention, and tenure are contingent on executive success which is measured on the basis of individual and organizational performance (including such factors as improvements in efficiency, productivity, quality of work or service, cost efficiency, and timeliness of performance and success in meeting equal employment opportunity goals);
(3) assure that senior executives are accountable and responsible for the effectiveness and productivity of employees under them;
(4) recognize exceptional accomplishment;
(5) enable the head of an agency to reassign senior executives to best accomplish the agency’s mission;
(6) provide for severance pay, early retirement, and placement assistance for senior executives who are removed from the Senior Executive Service for nondisciplinary reasons;
(7) protect senior executives from arbitrary or capricious actions;
(8) provide for program continuity and policy advocacy in the management of public programs;
(9) maintain a merit personnel system free of prohibited personnel practices;
(10) ensure accountability for honest, economical, and efficient Government;
(11) ensure compliance with all applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, including those related to equal employment opportunity
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Notwithstanding subsection (f) of [section 5754 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5754&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department may waive the limit established under subsection (e)(1) of such section and pay an otherwise eligible employee or category of employees in the territory of Guam retention bonuses of up to 50 percent of basic pay, based on a critical agency need.
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 7542
(3) is a citizen of the United States;
is entitled, after suspension and before removal,
to—
(A) a written statement of the charges
against him within 30 days after suspension,
which may be amended within 30 days there-
after and which shall be stated as specifically
as security considerations permit;
(B) an opportunity within 30 days thereafter,
plus an additional 30 days if the charges are
amended, to answer the charges and submit af-
fidavits;
(C) a hearing, at the request of the em-
ployee, by an agency authority duly con-
stituted for this purpose;
(D) a review of his case by the head of the
agency or his designee, before a decision ad-
verse to the employee is made final; and
(E) a written statement of the decision of
the head of the agency.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 529.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Derivation
U.S. Code
Revised Statutes and
Statutes at Large
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5 U.S.C. 22–1 (less
3d–5th provisos).
Aug. 26, 1950, ch. 803, § 1
(less 3d–5th provisos), 64
Stat. 476.
July 29, 1958, Pub. L. 85–568,
§ 301(c), 72 Stat. 432.
The application of this section is covered by the defi-
nition in section 7531.
In subsection (a), the words ‘‘Notwithstanding the
provisions of section 652 of this title’’ are omitted but
are carried into section 7501(c). The words ‘‘in his abso-
lute discretion’’ are omitted as unnecessary in view of
the permissive grant of authority. The word ‘‘rein-
stated’’ is omitted as it is commonly used in other stat-
utes to denote action different from that referred to
here.
In subsections (b) and (c), the words ‘‘remove’’ and
‘‘removal’’ are coextensive with and substituted for
‘‘terminate the employment’’, ‘‘termination’’, and
‘
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