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 PUBLIC LAW 102-141 —OCT. 28, 1991 105 STAT. 861 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT GENERAL PROVISION SECTION 1. The allowances provided to employees at rates set 5 USC 5941 note. under section 5941 of title 5, United States Code, and Executive Order Numbered 10000 as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act may not be reduced during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act through December 31, 1995: Provided, Reports. That no later than March 1, 1995, the Office of Personnel Management shall conduct a study and submit a report to the Congress proposing adjustments to the methodology for calculating allowances which take into account all costs of living in the geographic areas of the affected employees. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD SALARIES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct procurement of survey printing, $23,361,000, together with not to exceed $1,850,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board. OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-454), and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-12), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $7,789,000. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; $20,769,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as

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