---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 4522"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "4522"
heading: "General provision"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/4522"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart C — Employee Performance"
  - "Chapter 45 — Incentive Awards"
  - "Subchapter III — Award to Law Enforcement Officers for Foreign Language Capabilities"
---

# §4522. General provision


An award under this subchapter is in addition to the [basic pay](/usc/5/8401.md?p=4) of the recipient.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title IV, § 408(a)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1467.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1992, see section 529 [title IV, § 408(d)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out as a note under section 4521 of this title.