Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/548

 96 STAT. 1910

PUBLIC LAW 97-377—DEC. 21, 1982

was payable for the applicable grade and step to such employee under the applicable wage schedule that was in effect and payable on September 30, 1982; and (2) for the period consisting of the remainder of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, a rate which exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable under paragraph (1) of this subsection by more than the overall average percentage of the adjustment in the General Schedule during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9(b) of Public Law 5 USC 5343 note. 92-392 or section 704(b) of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply (in such manner as the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe) to prevailing rate employees to whom such section 9(b) applies, except that the provisions of subsection (a) may not apply to any increase in a wage schedule or rate which is required by the terms of a contract entered into before the date of enactment of this Act. (c) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the rate payable to any employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from a schedule which was not in existence on September 30, 1982, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the President. (d) The provisions of this section shall apply only with respect to pay for services performed by affected employees after the date of enactment of this Act. (e) For the purpose of administering any provision of law, rule, or regulation which provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit, which requires any deduction or contribution, or which imposes any requirement or limitation, on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. (f) Notwithstanding the limitations imposed on prevailing rate pay pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and section 109 of Ante, p. 1191. Public Law 97-276, an Act to make continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983, such limitations shall not apply to wage adjustments for prevailing rate supervisors provided by the supervisory pay plan published in the Federal Register on May 21, 1982. (47FR22100). Space and SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in, or funds services rental. made available by this or any other Act, shall be available for any agency to pay to the Administrator of the General Services Administration a higher rate per square foot for rental of space and services (established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property and 40 USC 490. Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended) than the rate per square foot established for the space and services by the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year and for which appropriations were granted: Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in, or funds made available by this or any other Act, shall be available for any agency to pay to the Administrator of the General Services Administration a higher rate per square foot for rental space and services (established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended) than the rate per square foot established for the space and services by the General Services Administration for the fiscal year 1982.

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