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 PUBLIC LAW 102-378—OCT. 2, 1992 106 STAT. 1349 (ii) in subparagraph (H) by inserting "and** after the semicolon; and (iii) in subparagraph (I) by striking the semicolon and inserting a period; (B) in subsection (d)(l)(A) by inserting "(disregarding any described in section 5302(8)(0))" after General Schedule", and by striking '"annual"; (C) in subsection (e)— (i) in paragraph (1) by inserting after the second sentence the following: however, members under subparagraph (A) may oe paid expenses in accordance with section 5703."; and (ii) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) by striking "annual survey and inserting "surveys of pay localities", and by striking "industries," and inserting "industries"; (D) in subsection (g) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: "(2) The applicable maximum under this subsection shall be level III of the Executive Schedule for— "(A) positions under subparagraphs (A)-(E) of subsection (h)(l);and "(B) any positions under subsection (h)(l)(F) which the President may determine."; (E) in subsection (h)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) by amending subparagraph (F) to read as follows: "(F) a position within an Executive agency not covered under the General Schedule or any of the preceding subparagraphs, the rate of basic pay for whidi is (or, but for this section, would be) no more than the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule;"; (II) in clause (i) by striking "or" at the end; (III) in clause (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting "; or*; and (IV) by adding at the end the following: "(iii) a position to which subchapter II applies (relating to the Executive Schedule)."; (ii) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following: "(C) Notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) or any other provision of law, but subject to paragraph (3), in the case of a category with positions that are in more than 1 Executive agency, the I^sident may, on his own initiative, provide that each employee who holds a position within such category, and in the locality involved, shall be entitled to receive comparability payments. No later than President. 30 days before an employee receives comparability payments under ^voria. this subparagraph, the President or the President's designee shall submit a detailed report to the Congress justifying the reasons for the extension, including consideration of recruitment and retention rates and the expense of extending locality pay*"; and (iii) in paragraph (3) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: "(B) shall take effect, within the locality involved, on the first day of the first applicable pay period commencing on or aft»r such date as the President designates (except that no date may be designated which would require any retroactive

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