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1947

PUBLIC LAW 91^56-JAN. 8, 1971

private enterprise as determined on the basis of appropriate annual surveys that shall be conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; " (B) makes recommendations for appropriate adjustments in rates of pay; and " (C) includes the views and recommendations submitted under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section; "(2) after considering the report of his agent and the findings and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay reported to him under section 5306(b)(3) of this title, adjust the rates of pay of each statutory pay system in accordance with the principles under section 5301(a) of this title, effective as of the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after October 1 of the applicable year; and "(3) transmit to Congress a report of the pay adjustment, together with a copy of the report submitted to him by his agent and the findings and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay reported to him under section 5306(b)(3) of this title. " (b) I n carrying out its functions under subsection (a)(1) of this section, the President's agent shall— "(1) establish a Federal Employees Pay Council of 5 members who shall not be deemed to be employees of the Government of the United States by reason of appointment to the Council and shall not receive pay by reason of service as members of the Council, who shall be representatives of employee organizations which represent substantial numbers of employees under the statutory pay systems, and who shall be selected with due consideration to such factors as the relative numbers of employees represented by the various organizations, but no more than 3 members of the Council at any one time shall be from a single employee organization, council, federation, alliance, association, or affiliation of employee organizations; "(2) provide for meetings with the Federal Employees Pay Council and give thorough consideration to the views and recommendations of the Council and the individual views and recommendations, if any, of the members of the Council regarding— " (A) the coverage of the annual survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics under subsection (a)(1) of this section (including, but not limited to, the occupations, establishment sizes, industries, and geographical areas to be surveyed); " (B) the process of comparing the rates of pay of the statutory pay systems with rates of pay for the same levels of work in private enterprise; and " (C) the adjustments in the rates of pay of the statutory pay systems that should be made to achieve comparability between those rates and the rates of pay for the same levels of work in private enterprise; "(3) give thorough consideration to the views and recommendations of employee organizations not represented on the Federal Employees Pay Council regarding the subjects in paragraph (2) (A) - (C) of this subsection; and " (4) include in its report to the President the views and recommendations submitted as provided in this subsection by the Federal Employees Pay Council, by any member of that Council,

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