An agency may pay or grant an award under this subchapter notwithstanding the death or separation from the service of the employee concerned, if the suggestion, invention, superior accomplishment, other personal effort, or special act or service in the public interest for which the award is proposed was made or performed while the employee was in the employ of the Government.
5 U.S.C. § 4505
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE | ||
Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large |
5 U.S.C. 2123(c) . | Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1208 §304(c), 68 Stat. 1113. |
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1981- Pub. L. 97-35 substituted "subchapter" for "chapter".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 1703(c) of Pub. L. 97-35 set as a note under section 4501 of this title.