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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5290 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the disclosure, public 
documentation, and reporting of Federal employee bonuses, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2018 
Mr. SANFORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the disclo-
sure, public documentation, and reporting of Federal em-
ployee bonuses, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employee 
Bonus Disclosure Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE, DOCUMENTATION, AND REPORTING 
OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 45 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘§ 4510. Disclosure, documentation, and reporting of 
performance awards 
‘‘(a)(1) Not later than 30 days after the end of fiscal 
year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, the head of each 
agency shall submit a report to the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management describing each performance 
bonus awarded to an employee of the agency during the 
most recently ended fiscal year, the name of the employee 
receiving the bonus, and the amount of the bonus. 
‘‘(2) With respect to any performance bonus included 
in a report submitted under paragraph (1) that was equal 
to or greater than $10,000, the agency head shall include 
in the report a detailed description of the reasons why the 
bonus was awarded and the metrics used to determine that 
such bonus was appropriate. 
‘‘(b) Not later than January 1 of each fiscal year, 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
shall— 
‘‘(1) publish, on the Office’s public Internet 
website, a list containing the name of any employee 
receiving a performance bonus in the most recently 
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ended fiscal year, the agency that awarded the 
bonus, and the amount of the bonus; and 
‘‘(2) submit a report to Congress containing a 
list of each performance bonus awarded in the most 
recently ended fiscal year that was equal to or great-
er than $10,000, including the reasons why the 
bonus was awarded and the metrics used to deter-
mine that the bonus was appropriate, as provided 
under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 4501 and includes— 
‘‘(A) the United States Postal Service and 
the Postal Regulatory Commission; and 
‘‘(B) notwithstanding the matter following 
subparagraph (G) of such section, the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority and the Central Bank 
for Cooperatives; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘performance bonus’ includes any 
performance-based bonus, including a bonus under 
this subchapter or section 5384.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any performance bonus (as that 
term is described in section 4510 of title 5, United States 
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Code, as added by such subsection) made on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subchapter I of chapter 45 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 4509 the following: 
‘‘4510. Disclosure, documentation, and reporting of performance awards.’’. 
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