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 94 STAT. 28 Rates, publication.

5 USC 5332 note.

5 USC 5332 note. 5 USC 5332 note.

5 USC 5361. Employee performance appraisals.

Labormanagement relations program. 5 USC 7101 et seq.

5 USC 7501 et seq. Discrimination, prohibitions.

Minority recruitment program.

PUBLIC LAW 96-191—FEB. 15, 1980 (1) the Comptroller General shall publish a schedule of pay rates which shall apply to employees of the General Accounting Office and, except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection or section 5, the highest rate under such schedule shall not exceed the highest rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 under the General Schedule; (2) except as provided in section 5, the pay of the employees of the General Accounting Office shall be adjusted at the same time and to the same extent as rates of basic pay are adjusted for the General Schedule; (3) such schedule may provide for rates which do not exceed the maximum rate payable for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule for up to one hundred employees, reduced by the number of employees who are in the General Accounting Office Senior Executive Service established under section 5, except for employees in such service pursuant to section 5(a)(4); and (4) employees of the General Accounting Office shall be entitled to grade and pay retention, consistent with the principles of subchapter VI of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code. (d) The personnel sjnstem shall include a system for performance appraisals of employees of the General Accounting Office which meets the requirements of section 4302 of title 5, United States Code. The personnel system shall provide that the Comptroller General has the same responsibility with respect to the performance appraised system under this subsection as the Office of Personnel Management has with respect to the performance appraisal systems under such section. The O)mptroller General shall implement the performance system required by this subsection as soon as practicable, but not later than October 1, 1981. (e) The personnel system shall provide for procedures to ensure that each employee of the General Accounting Office has the right, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal, to form, join, and assist an employee organization, or to refrain from such activity, and shall provide for a labor-management relations program, consistent with chapter 71 of title 5, United States C!ode. (f) The personnel system shall provide for the reduction in grade or removed of employees based on unacceptable performance consistent with section 4303 of title 5, United States Code, and the taking of other personnel actions consistent with chapter 75 of such title. (g)(1) The personnel system shall provide that all personnel actions affecting employees or applicants for employment in the General Accounting Office shall be taken without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, or handicapping condition. (2) The personnel system shall include a minority recruitment program consistent with section 7201 of title 5, United States Code. (3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to abolish or diminish any right or remedy granted to employees of or applicants for employment in the General Accounting Office by section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-16), by sections 12 and 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 631, 633a), by section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(d)), by sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791, 794a), or by any other law prohibiting discrimination in Federal employment on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, or handicapping condition; except that, with respect to employees and applicants for employment in the General Accounting Office, authorities granted thereunder to the Equal Employment Opportunity.Commission,

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