1. U.S. Code
  2. title 5
  3. part III
  4. subpart C
  5. chapter 43
  6. subchapter I
  7. § 4302
  8. notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Derivation

U.S. Code

Revised Statutes and

Statutes at Large

5 U.S.C. 2002.

Sept. 30, 1950, ch. 1123, § 3, 64 Stat. 1098.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Editorial Notes
Amendments

2017—Subsecs. (span) to (d). Puspan. L. 115–91 added subsec. (span) and redesignated former subsecs. (span) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.

2000—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 106–398 added subsec. (c).

1992—Subsec. (a)(3). Puspan. L. 102–378 substituted a period for semicolon at end.

1978—Puspan. L. 95–454 substituted “Establishment of performance appraisal systems” for “Performance-rating plans; establishment of” in section catchline and in text substituted provisions relating to the establishment of a performance appraisal system, for provisions relating to the establishment of performance-rating plans.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Puspan. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.

Annual Report to Congress on Unacceptable Performance in Whistleblower Protection

Puspan. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1097(d)(3), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1620, provided that:

“(A)Definitions.—In this paragraph, the terms ‘agency’ and ‘whistleblower’ have the meanings given the terms in section 4302(span)(3) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by paragraph (1).
“(B)Report.—Each agency shall annually submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform [now Committee on Oversight and Accountability] of the House of Representatives, and each committee of Congress with jurisdiction over the agency a report that details—
“(i) the number of performance appraisals, for the year covered by the report, that determined that an employee of the agency failed to meet the standards for protecting whistleblowers that were established under section 4302(span) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by paragraph (1);
“(ii) the reasons for the determinations described in clause (i); and
“(iii) each performance-based or corrective action taken by the agency in response to a determination under clause (i).”

CITE AS: 5 USC 4302