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PUBLIC LAW 92-210-DEC. 22, 1971

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"§220. Severability "If any provision of this title or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the title, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby."' FEDERAL E M P L O Y E E

COMPENSATION

SEC. 3. Xotwithstanding any provision of section 3(c) of the Federal P a y Comparability Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-656), or of sec- 1%^^^%^^^'^tion 5305 of title 5, United States Code, as added by section 3(a) of note. Public Law 91-656, and the provisions of the alternative plan submitted by the President to the Congress pursuant thereto on August 31, 1971, such comparability adjustments in the rates of pay of each Federal statutory pay system as may be required under such sections 5305 and 3 (c), based on the 1971 Bureau of Labor Statistics survey— (1) shall not be greater than the guidelines established for the wage and salary adjustments for the private sector that may be authorized under authority of any statute of the United States, including the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-379; 84 Stat. 799), as amended, and that may be in effect on ^"*e, p. as. December 31, 1971; and (2) shall be placed into effect on the first day of the first pay Effective date. period that begins on or after January 1, 1972. Nothing in this section shall be construed to provide any adjustments in rates of pay of any Federal statutory pay system which are greater than the adjustments based on the 1971 Bureau of Labor Statistics survey. N A T I O N A L PRODUCTIVITY POLICY

SEC. 4. (a)(1) I t is the policy of the United States to promote efficient production, marketing, distribution, and use of goods and services in the private sector, and improve the morale of the American worker, all of which are essential to a prosperous and secure free world, and to achieve the objectives of national economic policy. (2) The Congress finds that the persistence of inflationary pressures, and of a high rate of unemployment, the underutilization and obsolescence of production facilities, and the inadequacy of productivity are damaging to the effort to stabilize the economy. (3) The Congress, therefore, finds a national need to increase economic productivity which depends on the effectiveness of management, the investment of capital for research, development, and advanced technology and on the training and motivation of the American worker. (4) The Congress further finds that at a time when economic stabilization programs require price-wage restraints, management and labor have a strong mutual interest in containing "cost-push" inflation and increasing output per man-hour so that real wages may increase without causing increased prices, and that, without in any way infringing on the rights of management or labor, machinery should be provided for translating this mutuality of interest into voluntary action. (b) I t shall be the objective of the President's National Commission on Productivity (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") — (1) to enlist the cooperation of labor, management, and State and local governments, in a manner calculated to foster and promote increased productivity through free competitive enterprise

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