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PUBLIC LAW 91^56-JAN. 8, 1971

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'* (2) any mhiimum or maximum rate of pay (other than a maximum rate equal to or greater than the maximum rate then currently being paid under the General Schedule as a result of the •

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pay adjustment by the President), and any monetary limitation on or monetary allowance for pay, applicable to employees described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) of this subsection; may be adjusted, by the appropriate authority concerned, effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the day on which a pay adjustment becomes effective under section 5805 of this title, by whichever of the following methods the appropriate authority concerned considers appropriate— "(i) by an amount or amounts not in excess of the pay adjustment provided under section 5305 of this title for corresponding rates of pay in the appropriate schedule or scale of pay; "(ii) if there are no corresponding rates of pay, by an amount or amounts equal cr equivalent, insofar as practicable and with such exceptions and modifications as may be necessary to provide for appropriate pay relationships between positions, to the amount of the pay adjustment provided under section 5305 of this title; or " (iii) in the case of minimum or maximum rates of pay, or monetary limitations or allowances with respect to pay, by an amount rounded to the nearest $100 and computed on the basis of a percentage equal or equivalent, insofar as practicable and with such variations as may be appropriate, to the percentage of the pay adjustment provided under section 5305 of this title, " (b) An adjustment under subsection (a) of this section in rates of I)ay, minimum oi' maximum rates of pay, and monetary limitations or allowances with respect to pay, shall be made in such manner as the appropriate authority concerned considers appropriate. "(c) This section does not authorize any adjustment in the rates of pay of employees whose rates of pay are fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates or practices. " (d) This section does not impair any authority under which rates of pay may be fixed by administrative action. "Pay may not be paid, by.reason of any provision of this subchapter, at a rate in excess of the rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.". (b) The table of sections of subchapter I of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "5305. '•.5306. •'•5307. •'5308.
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Annual pay reports and adjustments. Advisory Committee on Federal Pay. Pay fixed by administrative action. Pay limitation.".

(c) The President may make the initial adjustment required by subchapter I of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this Act, without regard to the provisions of such subchapter relating to the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay and the Federal Employees Pay Council. Notwithstanding any provision of such subchapter I imtiai prescribing an effective date of October 1 for any pay adjustment e«"cVi^e"'' made by the President, the initial adjustment based on the 1970 date! '"^^ Bureau of Labor Statistics survey and the adjustment based on the 1971 Bureau of Labor Statistics survey shall become effective on the

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