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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1981

95 STAT. 756 5 USC 4514

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 ««§ 4514. Expiration of "No award may be 1984.". (b)(1) Chapter 45 of inserting immediately chapter heading:

authority made under this title after September 30, title 5, United States Code, is amended by before section 4501 the following new sub-

"Subchapter I—Awards for Superior Accomplishments". (2) Chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, is amended in sections 4501, 4502, 4505, and 4506, by striking out "chapter" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "subchapter'. (3) The analysis for chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) by inserting immediately after the chapter heading the following new item: "Subchapter I—Awards for Superior Accomplishments";

and (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 4507 the following: "Subchapter II—Awards for Cost Savings Disclosures "4511. Definition and general provisions. "4512. Agency awards for cost savings disclosures. "4513. Presidential awards for cost savings disclosures. "4514. Expiration of authority.".

Effective date. (c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on 5 USC 4501 note. October 1, 1981. REDUCTIONS IN FORCE OF CAREER SENIOR EXECUTIVES

SEC. 1704. (a)(1) Chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, relating to retention preference, restoration, and reemployment, is amended by redesignating section 3595 as section 3596 and by inserting after section 3594 the following new section: 5 USC 3595.

5 USC 4311.

"§ 3595. Reduction in force in the Senior Executive Service "(a) An agency shall establish competitive procedures for determining who shall be removed from the Senior Executive Service in any reduction in force of career appointees within that agency. The competitive procedures shall be designed to assure that such determinations are primarily on the basis of performance, as determined under subchapter II of chapter 43 of this title. "(b)(1) This subsection applies to any career appointee who has successfully completed the probationary period prescribed under section 3393(d) of this title. "(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), a career appointee may not be removed from the Senior Executive Service due to a reduction in force within an agency. "(3) A career appointee who, but for this subsection, would be removed from the Senior Executive Service due to a reduction in force within an agency— "(A) is entitled to be assigned by the head of that agency to a vacant Senior Executive Service position for which the career appointee is qualified; or