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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

[80 STAT.

(B) variations in rates of basic pay paid to different employees will be in proportion to substantial differences in the difficulty, responsibility, and qualification requirements of the work performed and to the contributions of employees to efficiency and economy in the service; and (2) individual positions will^ in accordance with their duties, responsibilities, and qualification requirements, be so grouped and identified by classes and grades, as defined by section 5102 of this title, and the various classes will be so described in published standards, as provided by section 5105 of this title, that the resulting position-classification system can be used in all phases of personnel administration. § 5102. Definitions; application (a) For the purpose of this chapter— (1) "agency" means— (A) an Executive agency; (B) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; (C) the Library of Congress; (D) the Botanic Garden; (E) the Government Printing Office; (F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and (G) the government of the District of Columbia; but does not include— (i) a Government controlled corporation; (ii) the Tennessee Valley Authority; (iii) The Alaska Railroad; (iv) the Virgin Islands Corporation; (v) the Atomic Energy Commission; (vi) the Central Intelligence Agency; ^vii) the Panama Canal Company; or (viii) the National Security Agency, Department of Defense; (2) "employee" means an individual employed in or under an agency; (3) "position" means the work, consisting of the duties and responsibilities, assignable to an employee; (4) "class" or "class of positions" includes all positions which are sufficiently similar, as. to— (A) kmd or sul3Ject-matter of work; (B) level of difficulty and responsibility; and (C) the qualification requirements of the work; to warrant similar treatment in personnel and pay administration; and (5) "grade" includes all classes of positions which, although different with respect to kind or subject-matter of work, are sufficiently equivalent as to— (A) level of difficulty and responsibility; and (B) level of qualification requirements of the work; to warrant their inclusion within one range of rates of basic pay in the General Schedule. (b) Except as provided by subsections (c) and (d) of this section, this chapter applies to all civilian positions and employees in or under an agency. (c) This chapter does not apply to— (1) employees in the postal field service whose pay is fixed under chapter 45 of title 39;

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