; (B) section 5384; or (C) section 5754. (4) Employee The term employee means an employee of an agency. (b) Prohibition The head of an agency may not award a bonus to an employee of the agency until the date that is 5 years after the end of the fiscal year during which the head of an agency makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. (c) After bonus awarded (1) In general For a bonus awarded to an employee after the date of enactment of this section, if the head of the agency employing the employee makes an adverse finding relating to the employee during the year in which the bonus is awarded, the head of the agency, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, shall issue an order directing the employee to repay the amount of the bonus. (2) Hearings A hearing under this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with regulations relating to hearings promulgated by the head of the agency under chapter 75. (d) Condition of receipt As a condition of receiving a bonus awarded after the date of enactment of this section, an employee shall sign a certification stating that the employee shall repay the bonus in accordance with a final order issued under subsection (c). (e) Appeal An employee determined to be ineligible for a bonus under subsection (b) or against whom an order is issued under subsection (c) may submit an appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board under section 7701. . (b) Rulemaking The head of each agency, as defined in section 551 of title 5, United States Code, may promulgate rules to carry out section 4531 of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). (c) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “SUBCHAPTER IV—Limitations on bonus authority “4531. Certain forms of misconduct.”.