---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 451.304"
title: "5"
number: "451.304"
heading: "Payment of Rank Awards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/451.304"
---

# §451.304. Payment of Rank Awards.

- (a) Receipt of the Distinguished rank by an SES career appointee or a senior career employee entitles the individual to a lump-sum payment of an amount equal to 35 percent of annual basic pay, which shall be in addition to the basic pay paid under 5 U.S.C. [5376](/usc/5/5376.md) or [5382](/usc/5/5382.md), or any award paid under [5 U.S.C. 5384](/usc/5/5384.md).
- (b) Receipt of the Meritorious rank by an SES career appointee or a senior career employee entitles such individual to a lump-sum payment of an amount equal to 20 percent of annual basic pay, which shall be in addition to the basic pay paid under 5 U.S.C. [5376](/usc/5/5376.md) or [5382](/usc/5/5382.md), or any award paid under [5 U.S.C. 5384](/usc/5/5384.md).
- (c) Payment of rank awards must comply with the restrictions on annual aggregate compensation at [5 U.S.C. 5307](/usc/5/5307.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 52596, Aug. 13, 2002, as amended at 72 FR 44367, Aug. 8, 2007]

### Source

Source: 67 FR 52596, Aug. 13, 2002, 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.

### Amendments

[67 FR 52596, Aug. 13, 2002, as amended at 72 FR 44367, Aug. 8, 2007]