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 107 STAT. 1262 PUBLIC LAW 103-123—OCT. 28, 1993 Locality pay. Cost-of-living adjustment. Regulations. (B) during the period from the date determined under paragraph (2) until the end of fiscal year 1994, in an amount that exceeds the maximum rate allowable under subparagraph (A) by more than the amount determined under paragraph (3). (2) The period under paragraph (I)(B) shall begin on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the later of— (A) the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is to become effective in fiscal year 1994 (determined as if this section and section 616 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1993, were not in effect); or (B) January 1, 1994. (3)(A) If, during fiscal year 1994, employees under the General Schedule receive locality-based comparability payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, but do not receive a pay adjustment under section 5303 of such title, the applicable amount under this paragraph shall be equal to one-fifth of the difference between the maximum amount allowable under paragraph (I)(A) and the amount that would be payable under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of such title (taking into account the applicable wage survey adjustment referred to in paragraph (2)(A)) were this section and section 616 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1993, not in effect. (B) If, during fiscal year 1994, employees under the General Schedule receive a pay adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, and locality-based comparability payments under section 5304 of such title, the applicable amount under this paragraph shall be equal to— (i) the amovint determined under subparagraph (A); and (ii) the amount resulting from an increase of 2.2 percent. (C) The applicable amount under this paragraph shall be zero if neither subparagraph (A) nor subparagraph (B) applies. (4) The Office of Personnel Management shall discuss with and consider the views of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee in carrying out the Office's responsibilities with respect to this paragraph. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such employee. (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from a schedule that was not in existence on September 30, 1993, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, except to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this section.

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