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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

ployee, and a Member of the Senate or House of Representatives who has completed two or more years of service as such a Member, may, on appointment to a position to which this subchapter applies, have his initial rate of pay fixed— (1) at the minimum rate of the appropriate grade; or (2) at a step of the appropriate grade that does not exceed the highest previous rate of pay received by him during that service in the legislative branch. (d) The Commission may prescribe regulations governing the retention of the rate of basic pay of an employee who together with his position is brought under this subchapter and chapter 51 of this title. If an employee so entitled to a retained rate under these regulations is later demoted to a position under this subchapter and chapter 51 of this title, his rate of basic pay is determined under section 5337 of this title. However, for the purpose of section 5337 of this title, service in the position which was brought under this subchapter and chapter 51 of this title is deemed service under this subchapter and chapter 51 of this title. (e) The rate of pay established for a teiaching position as defined by section 901 of title 20 held by an individual who becomes subject to subsection (a) of this section is deemed increased by 20 percent to determine the yearly rate of pay of the position. § 5335. Periodic step-increases (a) An employee paid on an annual basis, and occupying a permanent position within the scope of the General Schedule, who has not reached the maximum rate of pay for the grade in which his position is placed, shall be advanced in pay successively to the next higher rate within the ^ a d e at the beginning of the next pay period following the completion of— (1) each 52 calendar weeks of service in pay rates 1, 2, and 3; (2) each 104 calendar weeks of service in pay rates 4, 5, and 6; or (3) each 156 calendar weeks of service in pay rates 7, 8, and 9; subject to the following conditions: (A) the employee did not receive an equivalent increase in pay from any cause during that period; and (B) the work of the employee, except a hearing examiner appointed under section 3105 of this title, is of an acceptable level of competence as determined by the head of the agency. (b) Under regulations prescribed by the Civil Service Commission, the benefit of successive step-increases shall be preserved for employees whose continuous service is interrupted in the public interest by service with the armed forces or by service in essential nonGovernment civilian employment during a period of war or national emergency. (c) An increase in pay granted by statute is not an equivalent increase in pay within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section. (d) This section does not apply to the pay of an individual appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. § 5336. Additional step-increases (a) Within the limit of available appropriations and under regulations prescribed by the Civil Service Commission, the head of each agency may grant additional step-increases in recognition of high quality performance above that ordinarily found in the type of position concerned. However, an employee is eligible under this section for only one additional step-increase within any 52-week period.

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