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5 U.S.C. § 4507a — Awarding of ranks to other senior career employees
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section, the term “senior career employee” means an individual appointed to a position classified above GS–15 and paid under section 5376 who is not serving—
(1) under a time-limited appointment; or
(2) in a position that is excepted from the competitive service because of its confidential or policy-making character.
**(b)** Each agency employing senior career employees shall submit annually to the Office of Personnel Management recommendations of senior career employees in the agency to be awarded the rank of Meritorious Senior Professional or Distinguished Senior Professional, which may be awarded by the President for sustained accomplishment or sustained extraordinary accomplishment, respectively.
**(c)** The recommendations shall be made, reviewed, and awarded under the same terms and conditions (to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management) that apply to rank awards for members of the Senior Executive Service under section 4507.
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section, the term “senior career employee” means an individual appointed to a position classified above GS–15 and paid under section 5376 who is not serving—
(1) under a time-limited appointment; or
(2) in a position that is excepted from the competitive service because of its confidential or policy-making character.
**(b)** Each agency employing senior career employees shall submit annually to the Office of Personnel Management recommendations of senior career employees in the agency to be awarded the rank of Meritorious Senior Professional or Distinguished Senior Professional, which may be awarded by the President for sustained accomplishment or sustained extraordinary accomplishment, respectively.
**(c)** The recommendations shall be made, reviewed, and awarded under the same terms and conditions (to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management) that apply to rank awards for members of the Senior Executive Service under section 4507.
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The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations and instructions under which the awards programs set forth by this subchapter shall be carried out.
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**(a)**
(1) The General Schedule, the symbol for which is “GS”, is the basic pay schedule for positions to which this subchapter applies. Each employee to whom this subchapter applies is entitled to basic pay in accordance with the General Schedule.
(2) The General Schedule is a schedule of annual rates of basic pay, consisting of 15 grades, designated “GS–1” through “GS–15”, consecutively, with 10 rates of pay for each such grade. The rates of pay of the General Schedule are adjusted in accordance with section 5303.
**(b)** When payment is made on the basis of an hourly, daily, weekly, or biweekly rate, the rate is computed from the appropriate annual rate of basic pay named by subsection (a) of this section in accordance with the rules prescribed by [section 5504(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5504/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Designation of Positions.—** The Secretary of Defense may designate as an Intelligence Senior Level position any defense intelligence position that, as determined by the Secretary—
(1) is classifiable above grade GS–15 of the General Schedule;
(2) does not satisfy functional or program management criteria for being designated a Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service position; and
(3) has no more than minimal supervisory responsibilities.
**(b) Regulations.—** Subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
**(c) Award of Rank to Employees in Intelligence Senior Level Positions.—** The President, based on the recommendations of the Secretary of Defense, may award a rank referred to in [section 4507a of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section4507a&num=0&edition=prelim) to employees in Intelligence Senior Level positions designated under subsection (a). The award of such rank shall be made in a manner consistent with the provisions of that section.
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**(a) In General.—** The Transportation Security Administration shall be an administration of the Department of Homeland Security.
**(b) Leadership.—**
(1) **Head of transportation security administration.—**
(A) *Appointment.—* — The head of the Administration shall be the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (referred to in this section as the “Administrator”). The Administrator shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(B) *Qualifications.—* — The Administrator must—
(i) be a citizen of the United States; and
(ii) have experience in a field directly related to transportation or security.
(C) *Term.—* — Effective with respect to any individual appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, after the date of enactment of the TSA Modernization Act, the term of office of an individual appointed as the Administrator shall be 5 years. The term of office of an individual serving as the Administrator on the date of enactment of the TSA Modernization Act shall be 5 years beginning on the date that the Administrator began serving.
(2) **Deputy administrator.—**
(A) *Appointment.—* — There is established in the Transportation Security Administration a Deputy Administrator, who shall assist the Administrator in the management of the Transportation Security Administration. The Deputy Administrator shall be appointed by the President.
(B) *Vacancy.—* — The Deputy Administrator shall be Acting Administrator during the absence or incapacity of the Administrator or during a vacancy in the office of Administrator.
(C) *Qualifications.—* — The Deputy Administrator must—
(i) be a citizen of the United States; and
(ii) have experience in a field di
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 4507a
exceed 1 percent of the Senior Executive Serv-
ice.
(e)(1) Receipt by a career appointee of the
rank of Meritorious Executive entitles such in-
dividual to a lump-sum payment of an amount
equal to 20 percent of annual basic pay, which
shall be in addition to the basic pay paid under
section 5382 of this title or any award paid under
section 5384 of this title.
(2) Receipt by a career appointee of the rank
of Distinguished Executive entitles the indi-
vidual to a lump-sum payment of an amount
equal to 35 percent of annual basic pay, which
shall be in addition to the basic pay paid under
section 5382 of this title or any award paid under
section 5384 of this title.
(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title IV, § 406(a), Oct. 13,
1978, 92 Stat. 1170; amended Pub. L. 105–277, div.
A, § 101(h) [title VI, § 631(a), (b)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112
Stat. 2681–480, 2681–523.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1998—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(h) [title VI,
§ 631(a)], substituted ‘‘an amount equal to 20 percent of
annual basic pay’’ for ‘‘$10,000’’.
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(h) [title VI,
§ 631(b)], substituted ‘‘an amount equal to 35 percent of
annual basic pay’’ for ‘‘$20,000’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(h) [title VI, § 631(c)], Oct.
21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–480, 2681–523, provided that: ‘‘The
amendments made by this section [amending this sec-
tion] shall take effect on October 1, 1998, or the date of
enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998], whichever is
later.’’
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective 9 months after Oct. 13, 1978, and con-
gressional review of provisions of sections 401 through
412 of Pub. L. 95–454, s
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