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5 U.S.C. § 4504 — Presidential awards

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5 U.S.C. § 4504 — Presidential awards

The President may pay a cash award to, and incur necessary expense for the honorary recognition of, an employee who— (1) by his suggestion, invention, superior accomplishment, or other personal effort contributes to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement of Government operations or achieves a significant reduction in paperwork; or (2) performs an exceptionally meritorious special act or service in the public interest in connection with or related to his official employment. A Presidential award may be in addition to an agency award under [section 4503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section4503&num=0&edition=prelim).

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5 U.S.C. § 4503 — Agency awards

The head of an agency may pay a cash award to, and incur necessary expense for the honorary recognition of, an employee who— (1) by his suggestion, invention, superior accomplishment, or other personal effort contributes to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement of Government operations or achieves a significant reduction in paperwork; or (2) performs a special act or service in the public interest in connection with or related to his official employment.

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3 U.S.C. § 301 — General authorization to delegate functions; publication of delegations

The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.

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10 U.S.C. § 4832 — Encouragement of technology transfer

**(a) Encouragement of Transfer Required.—** The Secretary of Defense shall encourage, to the extent consistent with national security objectives, the transfer of technology between laboratories and research centers of the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies, State and local governments, colleges and universities, and private persons in cases that are likely to result in accomplishing the objectives set forth in [section 4811(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4811/a&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Examination and Implementation of Methods To Encourage Transfer.—** The Secretary shall examine and implement methods, in addition to the encouragement referred to in subsection (a) and the program described in subsection (c), that are consistent with national security objectives and will enable Department of Defense personnel to promote technology transfer. **(c) Program To Encourage Diversification of Defense Laboratories.—** (1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement a program to be known as the Federal Defense Laboratory Diversification Program (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the “Program”). The purpose of the Program shall be to encourage greater cooperation in research and production activities carried out by defense laboratories and by private industry of the United States in order to enhance and improve the products of such research and production activities. (2) Under the Program, the defense laboratories, in coordination with the Office of Technology Transfer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out cooperative activities with private industry in order to promote (by the use or exchange of patents, licenses, cooperative research and development a

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15 U.S.C. § 3710c — Distribution of royalties received by Federal agencies

**(a) In general** (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (4), any royalties or other payments received by a Federal agency from the licensing and assignment of inventions under agreements entered into by Federal laboratories under [section 3710a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3710a&num=0&edition=prelim), and from the licensing of inventions of Federal laboratories under [section 207 of title 35](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title35-section207&num=0&edition=prelim) or under any other provision of law, shall be retained by the laboratory which produced the invention and shall be disposed of as follows: (A) (i) The head of the agency or laboratory, or such individual’s designee, shall pay each year the first $2,000, and thereafter at least 15 percent, of the royalties or other payments, other than payments of patent costs as delineated by a license or assignment agreement, to the inventor or coinventors, if the inventor’s or coinventor’s rights are assigned to the United States. (ii) An agency or laboratory may provide appropriate incentives, from royalties, or other payments, to laboratory employees who are not an inventor of such inventions but who substantially increased the technical value of such inventions. (iii) The agency or laboratory shall retain the royalties and other payments received from an invention until the agency or laboratory makes payments to employees of a laboratory under clause (i) or (ii). (B) The balance of the royalties or other payments shall be transferred by the agency to its laboratories, with the majority share of the royalties or other payments from any invention going to the laboratory where the invention occurred. The r

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5 U.S.C. § 4502 — General provisions

**(a)** Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, a cash award under this subchapter may not exceed $10,000. **(b)** When the head of an agency certifies to the Office of Personnel Management that the suggestion, invention, superior accomplishment, or other meritorious effort for which the award is proposed is highly exceptional and unusually outstanding, a cash award in excess of $10,000 but not in excess of $25,000 may be granted with the approval of the Office. **(c)** A cash award under this subchapter is in addition to the regular pay of the recipient. Acceptance of a cash award under this subchapter constitutes an agreement that the use by the Government of an idea, method, or device for which the award is made does not form the basis of a further claim of any nature against the Government by the employee, his heirs, or assigns. **(d)** A cash award to, and expense for the honorary recognition of, an employee may be paid from the fund or appropriation available to the activity primarily benefiting or the various activities benefiting. The head of the agency concerned determines the amount to be paid by each activity for an agency award under [section 4503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section4503&num=0&edition=prelim). The President determines the amount to be paid by each activity for a Presidential award under [section 4504 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section4504&num=0&edition=prelim). **(e)** The Office of Personnel Management may by regulation permit agencies to grant employees time off from duty, without loss of pay or charge to leave, as an award in recognition of superior accomplishment or other personal effort that contributes to the

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5 U.S.C. § 4504 — Presidential awards

Page 490 TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES § 4503 In subsections (a) and (b), the words ‘‘cash award’’ are substituted for ‘‘monetary award’’ and ‘‘such award’’ to conform to the remainder of the chapter. In subsection (c), the word ‘‘Government’’ is sub- stituted for ‘‘Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia’’ in view of the definition of ‘‘Government’’ in section 4501. Standard changes are made to conform with the defi- nitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2000—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106–398 added subsec. (f). 1993—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–89 struck out par. (2) designation and struck out par. (1) which read as fol- lows: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 4501(2), for the purpose of this subsection, ‘employee’ includes an employee covered by the performance management and recogni- tion system established under chapter 54.’’ 1990—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101–509 added subsec. (e). 1981—Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 97–35 substituted ‘‘sub- chapter’’ for ‘‘chapter’’. 1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–454, § 503(b), substituted ‘‘$10,000’’ for ‘‘$5,000’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–454, § 503(c), substituted ‘‘Office of Personnel Management’’ for ‘‘Civil Service Commis- sion’’, ‘‘$10,000’’ for ‘‘$5,000’’, and ‘‘Office’’ for ‘‘Commis- sion’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1993 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 103–89 effective Nov. 1, 1993, see section 3(c) of Pub. L. 103–89, set out as a note under section 3372 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 101–509 effective on such date as the President shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180 days, after Nov. 5, 199

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