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 PUBLIC LAW 100-440—SEPT. 22, 1988

102 STAT. 1757

(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the rate of salary or basic pay payable as of September 30, 1988, for any office or position which was not in existence on such date shall be deemed to be the rate of salary or basic pay payable to individuals in comparable offices or positions on such date, as determined under regulations prescribed— (A) by the President, in the case of any office or position within the executive branch or in the government of the District of Columbia; (B) jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, in the ceise of any office or position within the legislative branch; or (C) by the Chief Justice of the United States, in the case of any office or position within the judicial branch. SEC. 621. Effective October 1, 1988, the Secretary shall sell, within fiscal year 1989, two million five hundred thousand fine troy ounces of silver held by the Treasury subject to Sec. 624 of this Act. SEC. 622. Effective October 1, 1989, the Secretary shall sell, within fiscal year 1990, two million five hundred thousand fine troy ounces of silver held by the Tresisury subject to Sec. 624 of this Act. SEC. 623. Effective October 1, 1990, the Secretary shall sell, within fiscal year 1991, two million five hundred thousand fine troy ounces of silver held by the Treasury subject to Sec. 624 of this Act. SEC. 624. The Secretary of the Treasury may reduce the amount of silver required to be sold pursuant to this Act if he makes a written determination to the Congress that such a sale will severely disrupt the domestic market for silver. SEC. 625. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive branch £^ency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, SEC. 626. Employees currently performing stockpile management and related functions in the Federal Property Resources Service, General Services Administration, pursuant to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act shall continue to perform these functions notwithstanding enactment of any amendments to this Act placing the direct functional responsibilities in another Federal department or sigency. Any of these employees transferred from the Federal Property Resources Service, General Services Administration, to another Federal department or agency pursuant to law shall not be subject to agency reduction-in-force procedures nor shall they be reduced in classification or compensation for two years after such transfer, except for cause. A formal plan implementing these provisions shall be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by the recipient Eigency prior to any actual transfer that may be mandated. SEC. 627. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be expended by any Federal agency to procure any product or service that is subject to the provisions of Public Law 89-306 and that will be available under the procurement by the Administrator of General Services known as "FTS2000" unless— (1) such product or service is procured by the Administrator of General Services as part of the procurement known as "FTS2000"; or

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