---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 451.107"
title: "5"
number: "451.107"
heading: "OPM responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/451.107"
---

# §451.107. OPM responsibilities.

- (a) OPM shall review and approve or disapprove each agency recommendation for an award that would grant more than $10,000 to an individual employee.
- (b) When a recommended award would grant more than $25,000 to an individual employee, OPM shall review the recommendation and submit it (if approved) to the President for final approval.
- (c) OPM shall review and approve or disapprove a request from the head of an Executive agency to extend the provisions of [5 U.S.C. 4505a](/usc/5/4505a.md) to any category of employees within that agency that would not be covered otherwise.
- (d) OPM may evaluate the operation and application of an agency's award program(s).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 60 FR 43946, Aug. 23, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 4302, 4501-4509; E.O. 11438, 33 FR 18085, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 755; E.O. 12828, 58 FR 2965, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 569.