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PUBLIC LAW 92-392-AUG. 19, 1972

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citizen or a bona fide resident of one of the several States or the District of Columbia unless the Secretary of Labor certifies that no United States citizen or bona fide resident of one of the several States or the District of Columbia is available to fill the particular position. "§5343. Prevailing rate determinations; wage schedules; night differentials ''(a) The pay of prevailing rate employees shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates. Subject to section 213(f) ^^ ^^^^^ ^^' ^^^ rates may not be less than the appropriate rates provided by section 206(a)(1) of title 29. To carry out this subsection— '•* (1) the Civil Service Commission shall define, as appropriate— " (A) with respect to prevailing rate employees other than prevailing rate employees under paragraphs (B) and (C) ^f section 5342(a)(2) of this title, the boundaries of— "(i) individual local wage areas for prevailing rate employees having regular wage schedules and rates; and "(ii) wage areas for prevailing rate employees having special wage schedules and rates; " (B) with respect to prevailing rate employees under paragraphs (B) and (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of this title, the boundaries of—• " (i) individual local wage areas for prevailing rate employees under such paragraphs having regular wage schedules and rates (but such boundaries shall not extend beyond the immediate locality in which the particular prevailing rate employees are employed); and "(ii) wage areas for prevailing rate employees under such paragraphs having special wage schedules and rates; " (2) the Civil Service Commission shall (lesignate a lead agency for each wage area; "(3) subject to paragraph (5) of this subsection, and subsections (c)(l) - (3) and (d) of this section, a lead agency shall conduct wage surveys, analyze wage survey data, and develop and establish appropriate wage schedules and rates for prevailing rate employees; " (4) the head of each agency having prevailing rate employees in a wage area shall apply, to the prevailing rate employees of that agency in that area, the wage schedules and rates established by the lead agency, or by the Civil Service Commission, as appropriate, for prevailing rate employees in that area; and "(5) the Civil Service Commission shall establish wage sched^QQ and rates for prevailing rate employees who are United States citizens employed in any area which is outside the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto , Rico, the Canal Zone, the territories and possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

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