{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-531.505","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 531.505","heading":"Restrictions on granting quality step increases.","body":"As provided by 5 U.S.C. 5336, a quality step increase may not be granted to an employee who has received a quality step increase within the preceding 52 consecutive calendar weeks.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 531—PAY UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE","Subpart E—Quality Step Increases"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"22847a160fc6126e1cada5b030fa5d050377450a0d03219e6c3351eb35dea83f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-531.504","next":"us/5-cfr-531.506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}