Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1227

 PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981

95 STAT. 1201

level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code; or (3) $57,500, if such individual has an office or position the salary or pay for which corresponds to the rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. (b)(l) For purposes of subsection (a), any rate of salary or pay shall be considered to correspond i.o the basic pay for a level of the Executive Schedule if the rate of salary or pay for that office or position is (i) fixed at a rate which is equal to or greater than the rate of basic pay for that level of the Executive Schedule or (ii) limited to a maximum rate which is equal to or greater than the rate of basic pay for such level (or to a percentage of such a maximum rate) by reason of section 5308 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law (other than the provisions of such section 305, as made applicable by section 101(g) of this joint resolution) or congressional resolution. (2) In applying subsection (a) for any office or position for which the rate of salary or basic pay is limited to a percentage of such a maximum rate, there shall be substituted, in heu of the amount specified in subsection (a) for that office or position, an amount equal to such percentage of the specified amount. (c) Any adjustment pursuant to this section made to the pay of any employee or class of employees whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House should be of such amount as to assure, to the maximum extent practicable, that such employees are not paid at rates at less than employees or classes of employees whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and who hold equivalent positions. SEC. 142. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, and except as otherwise provided in this section, total budget authority provided by this joint resolution for appropriation accounts for which provision would be made in the following appropriation Acts: the Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982; the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982; the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982; the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982; and the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 1982; shall be reduced by 4 per centum. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, and except as otherwise provided in this section, total budget authority provided by this joint resolution for appropriation accounts for which provision would be made in the Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1982, shall be reduced by 2 per centum. (c) The reductions made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be applied proportionally to each appropriation account. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, and except as otherwise provided in this section, total budget authority provided by this joint resolution for appropriation accounts for which provision would be made in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982, shall be reduced by 2 per centum. The reduction in this subsection shall be taken only from,appropriation accounts in titles IV and V of that Act, and shall be applied proportionally to those accounts. After the conclusion of the first

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