Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/1225

 PUBLIC LAW 95-454—OCT. 13, 1978

92 STAT. 1171

Distinguished Executive may not exceed 1 percent of the Senior ,,, ^ Executive Service. "(e)(1) Receipt by a career appointee of the rank of Meritorious Executive entitles such individual to a lump-sum payment of $10,000, which shall be in addition to the basic pay paid under section 5382 of this title or any award paid under section 5384 of this title. ^"/ra"(2) Receipt by a career appointee of the rank of Distinguished ^^•'^' P- 1172. Executive entitles the individual to a lump-sum payment of $20,000, which shall be in addition to the basic pay paid under section 5382 of this title or any award paid under section 5384 of this title.". (b) The analysis for chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "4507. Awarding of Ranks in the Senior Executive Service.". PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS

SEC. 407. (a) Chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subchapter:

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"SUBCHAPTER VIII—PAY FOR THE SENIOR EXECTTTIVE SERVICE "§ 5381. Definitions "For the purpose of this subchapter, 'agency', 'Senior Executive Service position', and 'senior executive' have the meanings set forth in section 3132(a) of this title. "§ 5382. Establishment and adjustment of rates of pay for the Senior Executive Service "(a) There shall be 5 or more rates of basic pay for the Senior Executive Service, and each senior executive shall be paid at one of the rates. The rates of basic pay shall be initially established and thereafter adjusted by the President subject to subsection (b) of this section. "(b) In setting rates of basic pay, the lowest rate for the Senior Executive Service shall not be less than the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS-16 of the General Schedule and the highest rate shall not exceed the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule. The payment of the rates shall not be subject to the pay limitation of section 5308 or 5373 of this title. " (c) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the first day of the month in which an adjustment takes effect under section 5305 of this title in the rates of pay under the General Schedule, each rate of basic pay for the Senior Executive Service shall be adjusted by an amount determined by the President to be appropriate. The adjusted rates of basic pay for the Senior Executive Service shall be included in the report transmitted to the Congress by the President under section 5305(a)(3) or (c)(1) of this title. "(d) The rates of basic pay that are established and adjusted under this section shall be printed "in the Federal Register and shall supersede any prior rates of basic pay for the Senior Executive Service. "§ 5383. Setting individual senior executive pay " (a) P]ach appointing authority shall determine, in accordance with criteria established by the Office of Personnel Management, which of the rates established under section 5382 of this title shall be paid to each senior executive under such appointing authority.

5 USC 5381. ^»«e, p. 1155. 5 USC 5382.

. 5 USC 5315. 5 USC 5308. ^^*^' P- l^^l5 USC 5305.

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