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 114 STAT. 3054 PUBLIC LAW 106-571—DEC. 28, 2000 Public Law 106-571 106th Congress Dec. 28, 2000 [H.R. 207] Federsil Physicians Comparability Allowance Amendments of 2000. 5 USC 5948 note. An Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to make permanent the authority under which comparability allowances may be paid to Government physicians, and to provide that such allowances be treated as part of basic pay for retirement purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Physicians Comparabihty Allowance Amendments of 2000". SEC. 2. AUTHORITY MADE PERMANENT. (a) IN GENERAL.— (1) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. —The second sentence of section 5948(d) of title 5, United States Code, is repealed. (2) AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL PHYSICIANS COM- PARABILITY ALLOWANCE ACT OF 1978.— Section 3 of the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is repealed. (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— Section 5948 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by repealing paragraph (2) of subsection (j); and (2) in subsection (j)(l)— (A) by striking "(j)(l)" and inserting "(j)"; (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) as paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively; and (C) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated by this paragraph) by striking "subparagraph (B)" and inserting "paragraph (2)". SEC, 3. TREATMENT OF ALLOWANCES AS PART OF BASIC PAY FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES. (a) DEFINITION OF BASIC PAY. — Section 8331(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (F) by striking "and" after the semicolon; (2) in subparagraph (G) by inserting "and" after the semicolon; (3) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following: "(H) any amount received under section 5948 (relating to physicians comparability allowances);"; and

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