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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

[80 STAT.

SUBCHAPTER V—STUDENT-EMPLOYEES Sec.

5351. 5352. 5353. 5354. 5355. 5356.

Definitions. Stipends. Quarters, subsistence, and laundry. Effect of 4etail or affiliation; travel expenses. Effect on other statutes. Appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec.

5361. 5362. 5363. 5364.

Scientific and professional positions. Hearing examiners. Limitation on pay fixed by administrative action. Miscellaneous positions in the executive branch.

SUBCHAPTER I—PAY COMPARABILITY SYSTEM

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§ 5301. Policy, I t is the policy of Congress that Federal pay fixing be based on the principles that— (1) there be equal pay for substantially equal work, and pay distinctions be maintained in keeping with work and performance distinctions; and (2) Federal pay rates be comparable with private enterprise pay rates for the same levels of work. Pay levels for the several Federal statutory pay systems shall be interrelated, and pay levels shall be set and adjusted in accordance with these principles. § 5302. Annual reports on pay comparability In order to carry out the policy stated by section 5301 of this title, the President shall— (1) direct such agency as he considers appropriate, to prepare and submit to him annually a report which compares the rates of pay fixed by statute for employees with the rates of pay paid for the same levels of work in private enterprise as determined on the basis of appropriate annual surveys conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and (2) after seeking the views of such employee organizations as he considers appropriate and in such manner as he may provide, report annually to Congress— (A) this comparison of Federal and private enterprise pay rates; and (B) such recommendations for revision of statutory pay schedules, pay structures, and pay policy, as he considers advisable. § 5303. Higher minimum rates; Presidential authority (a) When the President finds that the pay rates in private enterprise for one or more occupations in one or more areas or locations are so substantially above the pay rates of statutory pay schedules as to handicap significantly the Government's recruitment or retention of well-qualified individuals in positions paid under— (1) section 5332 of this title; (2) the provisions of part III of title 39 relating to employees in the postal field service;

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