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 PUBLIC LAW 95-454—OCT. 13, 1978

92 STAT. 1223

(2) No employee covered by this subsection whose reduction in grade resulted in an increase in pay shall have such pay reduced by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) of this section. (3)(A) For purposes of this subsection, the requirements under paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, relating to continuous employment following reduction in grade, shall be considered to be met in the case of any employee— (i) who separated from service with a right to an immediate annuity under chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, or under 5 USC 8301 et another retirement system for Federal employees; or seq. (ii) who died. (B) Amounts payable by reason of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph in the case of the death of an employee shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of subchapter VIII of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, relating to settlement of accounts in the case of deceased employees. - sa t, (4) The Office of Personnel Management shall have the same authority to prescribe regulations under this subsection as it has under section 5365 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to subchapter VI of chapter 53 of such title, as added by subsection (a) of this section. TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS STUDY ON DECENTRALIZATION OF GOVERNMENTAL

FUNCTIONS

SEC. 901. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall conduct a detailed study concerning the decentralization of Federal governmental functions. (b) The study to be conducted under subsection (a) of this section shall include— (1) a review of the existing geographical distribution of Federal governmental functions throughout the United States, including the extent to which such functions are concentrated in the District of Columbia; and (2) a review of the possibilities of distributing some of the functions of the various Federal agencies currently concentrated in the District of Columbia to field offices located at points throughout the United States. Interested parties, including heads of agencies, other Federal employees, and Federal employee organizations, shall be allowed to submit views, arguments, and data in connection with such study. (c) Upon completion of the study under subsection (a) of this section, and in any event not later than one year after the effective date of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the President and to the Congress a report on the results of such study together with his recommendations. Any recommendation which involves the amending of existing statutes shall include draft legislation.

Study. 31 USC 18 notes,

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Report to OMB, President and Congress,

SAVINGS PROVISIONS

SEC. 902. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all executive 5 USC 1101 note:, orders, rules, and regulations affecting the Federal service shall continue in effect, according to their terms, until modified, terminated, superseded, or repealed by the President, the Office of Personnel Management, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or the Federal Labor Relations Authority with respect to matters within their respective jurisdictiona

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