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Page 343 TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES § 4302 HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES—CONTINUED Par. (2)(E). Pub. L. 95–251 substituted ‘‘administrative law judge’’ for ‘‘hearing examiner’’. Revised Statutes and 1970—Par. (1)(ii). Pub. L. 91–375 repealed cl. (ii) which Derivation U.S. Code Statutes at Large excluded postal field service from definition of ‘‘agen- June 17, 1957, Pub. L. 85–56, cy’’. § 2201(21), 71 Stat. 159. July 11, 1957, Pub. L. 85–101, CHANGE OF NAME 71 Stat. 293. ‘‘Government Publishing Office’’ substituted for Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–857, ‘‘Government Printing Office’’ in par. (1)(B) on author- § 13(p), 72 Stat. 1266. Mar. 26, 1964, Pub. L. 88–290, ity of section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note ‘‘Sec. 306(b)’’, 78 Stat. 170. preceding section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. In paragraph (1), the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ is sub- EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT stituted for the reference to ‘‘executive departments, the independent establishments and agencies in the ex- Amendment by Pub. L. 104–201 effective Oct. 1, 1996, ecutive branch, including corporations wholly owned see section 1124 of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as a note by the United States’’ and ‘‘the General Accounting Of- under section 193 of Title 10, Armed Forces. fice’’. The exception of ‘‘a Government controlled cor- EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT poration’’ is added in subparagraph (vii) to preserve the application of this chapter to ‘‘corporations wholly Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after owned by the United States’’. The exceptions for Pro- Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as duction credit corporations and Federal intermediate a note under section 1101 of this title. credit banks in former section 2001(b)(5), (6) are omitted as they are no longer ‘‘corporations wholly owned by EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT the United States’’. Under the Farm Credit Act of 1956, Amendment by Pub. L. 91–375 effective within 1 year 70 Stat. 659, the production credit corporations were after Aug. 12, 1970, on date established therefor by merged in the Federal intermediate credit banks, and Board of Governors of United States Postal Service and pursuant to that Act the Federal intermediate credit published by it in Federal Register, see section 15(a) of banks have ceased to be corporations owned by the Pub. L. 91–375, set out as an Effective Date note preced- United States. The exceptions for Federal land banks ing section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service. and banks for cooperatives in former section 2001(b)(7), (8) are omitted as included within the exception of ‘‘a § 4302. Establishment of performance appraisal Government controlled corporation’’ in subparagraph systems (vii). Paragraph (2) is supplied because the definition of (a) Each agency shall develop one or more per- ‘‘employee’’ in section 2105 does not encompass individ- formance appraisal systems which— uals employed by the government of the District of Co- (1) provide for periodic appraisals of job per- lumbia. The definition in paragraph (2) does not encom- formance of employees; pass members of the uniformed services as they are not (2) encourage employee participation in es- ‘‘employed’’ in or under an agency. Paragraph (2)(E) is based on the third and fifth sen- tablishing performance standards; and tences, respectively, of former sections 1010 and 1011, (3) use the results of performance appraisals which are carried into sections 5362 and 559, respec- as a basis for training, rewarding, reassigning, tively, and section 1106(a) of the Act of Oct. 28, 1949, ch. promoting, reducing in grade, retaining, and 782, 63 Stat. 972. removing employees. Standard changes are made to conform with the defi- nitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined (b)(1) The head of each agency, in consultation in the preface to the report. with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Special Counsel, shall de- AMENDMENTS velop criteria that— 2017—Pub. L. 115–91, in introductory provisions, sub- (A) the head of the agency shall use as a stituted ‘‘Except as otherwise expressly provided, for critical element for establishing the job re- the purpose of’’ for ‘‘For the purpose of’’. 2008—Par. (1)(ii) Pub. L. 110–417 substituted ‘‘National quirements of a supervisory employee; and Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’’ for ‘‘National Imagery (B) promote the protection of whistle- and Mapping Agency’’. blowers. 2004—Par. (1)(iii). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted ‘‘Gov- ernment Accountability Office’’ for ‘‘General Account- (2) The criteria required under paragraph (1) ing Office’’. shall include— 1996—Par. (1)(ii). Pub. L. 104–201 substituted ‘‘Na- (A) principles for the protection of whistle- tional Imagery and Mapping Agency’’ for ‘‘Central Im- blowers, such as the degree to which super- agery Office’’. visory employees— 1994—Par. (1)(ii). Pub. L. 103–359 inserted ‘‘the Central (i) respond constructively when employees Imagery Office,’’ after ‘‘Defense Intelligence Agency,’’. 1991—Par. (2)(C). Pub. L. 102–54 substituted ‘‘Veterans of the agency make disclosures described in Health Administration of the Department of Veterans subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 2302(b)(8); Affairs’’ for ‘‘Department of Medicine and Surgery, (ii) take responsible actions to resolve the Veterans’ Administration’’. disclosures described in clause (i); and 1990—Par. (1). Pub. L. 101–474 redesignated subpar. (C) (iii) foster an environment in which em- as (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which included ployees of the agency feel comfortable mak- Administrative Office of United States Courts within ing disclosures described in clause (i) to su- definition of ‘‘agency’’. Par. (2)(H). Pub. L. 101–510 added subpar. (H). pervisory employees or other appropriate 1988—Par. (2)(E). Pub. L. 100–325 inserted reference to authorities; and Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement (B) for each supervisory employee— Administration Senior Executive Service. 1978—Pub. L. 95–454 substituted provisions defining (i) whether the agency entered into an ‘‘agency’’, ‘‘employee’’, and ‘‘unacceptable perform- agreement with an individual who alleged ance’’ for provisions defining ‘‘agency’’ and ‘‘em- that the supervisory employee committed a ployee’’. prohibited personnel practice; and [§ 4302a TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES Page 344 (ii) if the agency entered into an agree- Standard changes are made to conform with the defi- ment described in clause (i), the number of nitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined instances in which the agency entered into in the preface to the report. such an agreement with respect to the super- AMENDMENTS visory employee. 2017—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 115–91 added subsec. (3) In this subsection— (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) (A) the term ‘‘agency’’ means any entity the and (d), respectively. 2000—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–398 added subsec. (c). employees of which are covered under para- 1992—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102–378 substituted a pe- graphs (8) and (9) of section 2302(b), without re- riod for semicolon at end. gard to whether any other provision of this 1978—Pub. L. 95–454 substituted ‘‘Establishment of section is applicable to the entity; performance appraisal systems’’ for ‘‘Performance-rat- (B) the term ‘‘prohibited personnel practice’’ ing plans; establishment of’’ in section catchline and in has the meaning given the term in section text substituted provisions relating to the establish- 2302(a)(1); ment of a performance appraisal system, for provisions (C) the term ‘‘supervisory employee’’ means relating to the establishment of performance-rating plans. an employee who would be a supervisor, as de- fined in section 7103(a), if the agency employ- EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT ing the employee was an agency for purposes Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after of chapter 71; and Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as (D) the term ‘‘whistleblower’’ means an em- a note under section 1101 of this title. ployee who makes a disclosure described in ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON UNACCEPTABLE section 2302(b)(8). PERFORMANCE IN WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION (c) Under regulations which the Office of Per- Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1097(d)(3), Dec. 12, 2017, sonnel Management shall prescribe, each per- 131 Stat. 1620, provided that: formance appraisal system shall provide for— ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, the terms (1) establishing performance standards ‘agency’ and ‘whistleblower’ have the meanings given which will, to the maximum extent feasible, the terms in section 4302(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by paragraph (1). permit the accurate evaluation of job perform- ‘‘(B) REPORT.—Each agency shall annually submit to ance on the basis of objective criteria (which the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern- may include the extent of courtesy dem- mental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Over- onstrated to the public) related to the job in sight and Government Reform of the House of Rep- question for each employee or position under resentatives, and each committee of Congress with ju- the system; risdiction over the agency a report that details— (2) as soon as practicable, but not later than ‘‘(i) the number of performance appraisals, for the year covered by the report, that determined that an October 1, 1981, with respect to initial ap- employee of the agency failed to meet the standards praisal periods, and thereafter at the begin- for protecting whistleblowers that were established ning of each following appraisal period, com- under section 4302(b) of title 5, United States Code, as municating to each employee the performance amended by paragraph (1); standards and the critical elements of the em- ‘‘(ii) the reasons for the determinations described in ployee’s position; clause (i); and (3) evaluating each employee during the ap- ‘‘(iii) each performance-based or corrective action praisal period on such standards; taken by the agency in response to a determination under clause (i).’’ (4) recognizing and rewarding employees whose performance so warrants; [§ 4302a.