H. R. 13000

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• Publication Date: July 22, 1969
• Content Type: REGULATION

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IN TIIE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 22, 1969
Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. CORBETT, Mr. OLSEN, Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey,
Mr. Nix, Mr. CHARLES II. Wlr.soN, Mr. WALDIE, Mr. WILLIAM D. FORD,
Mr. HAMILTON, Mr. BRASCO, Mr. TIERNAN, Mr. PURCELL, Mr. CUNNINGHAM,
Mr. JoIINSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. BU TON, Mr. MPSI{ILL, Mr. LUKENS,
and Mr. IIoGAN) introduced the following bill.; which was referred Ito the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL.
To implement the Federal employee pay comparability sys-
tem, to establish a Federal Employee Salary Commission
and a Board of Arbitration, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Salary Compa-
4 rability Act of 1.969".
5 SEC. 2. Sections 5301 and 5302 of title 5, United States
6 Code, are amended to read as follows :
7 "? 5301. Policy
8 " (a) It is the policy of Congress that rates of pay for
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1 employees within the purview of this section be based on
2 the principles that-
:, " (1 } there he equal pay under each fray system for
4 substantially equal work;
5 "(2) pay distinctions he --mainta-.ined in keeping
and
with work distinction.,;, and
7 " (3) rates of pay be comparable, on a national
8 basis, with private enterprise rates of pay for the same
9 levels of work.
10 " (b) Rates of pay shall be adjusted annually, in accord-
11 ance with the puliev set forth in subsection (a.) of this section
12 and the procedures prescribed by section 5302 of this title,
1:1 for those employees subject to the provisions of-
14 " (1) section 5332 of this title, relating to em-
15 ployees under the General Schedule;
IG " (2) part III of title 39. relating to employees in
17 the postal field service;
18 " (3} sections 867 and 870 of title 22, relating to
19 officers, staff' officers, and employees in the Foreign
0 Service of the United States: and
21 " (4) section 4107 of title 38, relating to physicians,
22 dentists, and nurses in the Department, of Medicine
2:1 and Surgery, 1'ctera ns' Administration.
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1 "? 5302. Federal Employee Salary Commission; Federal
2 Employee Salary Board of Arbitration
3 " (a) There is established, as a permanent agency of the
4 Government, a Federal Employee Salary Commission, re-
5 ferred to as the 'Commission'.
6 " (b) The Commission shall be composed of 8 members
7 and 3 associate members, as follows :
8 " (1) the Chairman of the Civil Service Commis-
9 sion or, in his absence, someone designated by him,
10 who shall be Chairman;
11 " (2) 1 designated by the Director of the Bureau
12 of the Budget;
13 " (3) 1 designated by the Secretary of Defense;
14 " (4) 1 designated by the Postmaster General;
1.5 " (5) 1 designated by the organization of em-
1.6 ployees having the largest number of members in the
17 General Schedule;
18 " (6) 2, one designated by each of the 2 employee
19 organizations having the largest number of members in
20 the postal field service;
21 "(7) 1 designated by an employee organization,
22 other than an organization designating a member pur-
23 scant to paragraph (5) or (6) of this subsection,
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selected ea,ch year by the Chairman of the Civil Service
Commission on a rotating basis after consult,rtion with
representatives of such employee organizations as the
Commission determines appropriate; and
" (8) a associate members, one each designated by
G employee organizations, other than organizations dcsig-
7 nating members pursuant to paragraph (5), (6), or
(7) of this subsection, selected each year by the Chair-
ina.n of the Civil Service Comrriis.sion on a rotat.iiig basis
10 after cousiiltatiori with representatives of such employee
1 or!;aniz itions as the Corninissiort determines appropriate.
12 A
member- of the Commission litw
(A) 1 Vote, it' designated iuidcr paragraph (2)
14 (.`,), (4) (5i), or (7) of this subsection
15 " (p,) one-half vote, if designated under paragraph
16 (6) of this subsection; or
17 " (C) 1 vote to be cast only to break a tie vote of
its the Commission, if serving, under paragraph (1) of this
19 subsection.
20 Associate members of the Commission shall be entitled to
21 attend all meetings of, consult. with, mid he beard by, the
22 Commissimi, on all nrntters, but shall not have a. vote.
2:3 " (c) Time ('onmini sion shall, in accordance with the
24 policy set forth in sect ion 5301 (a) of this title, after con-
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1 sultation with representatives of such agencies and emloyee
2 organizations as it determines appropriate--
3 " (1) prescribe, and revise from time to time as it
4 deems appropriate, a comparability pay survey-
5 " (A) which will develop valid comparisons
6 of (i) the rates of pay for employees within the
7 purview of section 5301 (b) of this title and (ii)
8 the rates of pay for the same levels of work in
9 private industry ;
10 " (B) which shall be conducted annually by the
11 Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department of
12 Labor; and
13 " (C) the results of which shall be reported by
14 the Bureau of Labor Statisitics to the Commission not
15 later than July 31 of each year beginning with
16 the year 1970;
1-7 " (2) prepare annually a comparative statement of
1.19 the rates of pay for such employees and the rates of
pay for the same levels of work in private industry as
disclosed by such comparability pay survey;
" (3) determine and prescribe, on the basis of
information and data disclosed by such annual compa-
rability pay survey, the exact national rates of pay for
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1 such employees which are neeessalv to effect the policy
2 set forth in section 5301 (a) of this title; and
3 " (4) except as provided ill subsection (e) and sub-
4 scotioll (g) of this station. prepare and subnvt. annually
5 to the Congress a report setting forth-
6 (A ) the eomparisoil of lutes of 11ar prepared
7 llilrsitant to paragraph (2) of this subsection; and
8 " (B) the exact lul.tional rates of pay for such
`t employees prescribed by the Commission in ac-
10 eordance with pa.ragrapll ()) of this suhsec.tion.
11 (d) (I) Its the exercise of the authority and the per-
12 formance of the duties vested its and imposed upon the
(!onnmission by this section, the C'onnnission-
" (A) shall seek the Views, in such ntaallner as the
Commission may provide, of such em ployee organiza-
tioiis as the Comnltsslolier considers appropriate, and
" (B) give thorough consideration to those views.
(2) All decisions of the Commission shall be by a. tua-
jority vote. The votes shall be recorded. A record shall be
maintained of the views, assenting or dissenting, of the
members of the Commission. Such record of votes and views
shall be available for public inspection and copying pur-
23 sttaitt to the provisions of section 552 of this title.
24 '` (c) II-
~~ it. member of the (uIIllliissioll designated ptir-
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1 scant to paragraph (5) or paragraph (6) of subsection
2 (b) of this section, with respect to a pay system referred
3 to in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of section 5301
4 (b) of this title;
5 " (2) a member of the Commission designated pur-
6 scant to paragraph (7) of subsection (b) of this sec-
7 tion, with respect to a pay system referred to in section
8 5301 (b) of this title; or
9 " (3) the presidents of employee organizations rep-
10 resenting not less than 50 per centum of the members
11 of employee organizations subject to a pay system re-
12 ferred to in paragraph (3) or paragraph (4) of such
13 section 5301 (b) , with respect to a pay system referred
14 to in such paragraph (3) or paragraph (4) ;
15 determine, and advise the Commission, that the rates of pay
16 applicable to the appropriate pay system, as such rates are
17 prescribed by the Commission, are not in conformity with
18 the policy set forth in section 5301 (a) of this title, the Com-
19 mission shall submit, not later than February 1 following
such determination, such rates of pay to the Board estab-
lished by subsection (f) of this section for consideration by
the Board.
" (f) (1) There is established, as a permanent agency
of the Government, a Federal Employee Salary Board of
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Arbitration, referred to as the `Board', which shall be com-
posed of 7 members as follows:
" (A) 2 Members of the. United States Senate desig-
4 nated by the President tyro tetmmpore of the Senate, each
5 from a different 1mlitical party;
U " (B) 2 Members of the United States Douse of
7 Representatives designated by the Speaker of the louse,
Is each from a different political party;
9 " (C) 1 designated by the Chairman of the Civil
1() Service Commission ;
11 " (D) 1, who may serve not more than 2 consecutive
12 years, designated by a majority vote of the presidents
13 of the four employee organizations which have desig-
14 hated members currently serving on the commissioni tin-
15 der paragraph (5), (6) , or (7) of subsection (b) of
16 this section with each president of the employee organi-
17 zation under paragraph (5) or (7) having one vote
18 and each president of the organizations under paragraph
19 (6) having one-half vote: and
`'0 " (E) I designated by a majority of the members
21 of the Board referred to in paragraphs (A) to (D) , in-
22 elusive, of this subsection from the membership of the
23 American Arbitration Association, who shall be Chair-
24 man of the Board.
(2) The Board shall consider the rates of pay sub-
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1 mitted to it by the Commission pursuant to subsection (e)
2 of this section and determine whether or not such rates of
3 pay conform with the policy set forth in section 5301 (a)
4 of this title. If the Board determines that such rates of pay
5 do not so conform, the Board shall prepare such rates of
6 pay as, will conform with such policy. The Board shall trans-
7 mit to the Commission not later than the 30th day following
8 the date the Board received the rates of pay submitted to
9 it by the Commission, a report setting forth-
10 "(A) the decision of the Board with respect to
11 the rates of pay submitted by the Commission;
12 " (B) the reasons for the decision of the Board; and
13 " (C) such rates of pay as the Board shall have
14 determined to be necessary to conform with the policy
15 set forth in such section 5301 (a).
16 The decision of the Board, and such rates of pay as it may
17 prepare in accordance with this paragraph, shall be final
18 and conclusive.
19 " (g) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this
20 subsection, the Commission shall submit to the Congress
21 the first report pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection (c)
22 of this section, based on the 1969 national survey of pro-
23 fessional, administrative, technical, and clerical pay, not
24 later than February 1., 1970, and subsequent reports pur-
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stcattt to such) paaragtxtph (4) not later ihaaat February 1 of
2 each Year thereafter.
3 " (2) In the case of the submission of rates of pay by
4 the Commission to the Board pursuant to subsection (e) of
5 this section, the Commission, itntnediately upon receipt of
is the final and conclusive decision of the Board, shall submit
to the Conaress the decision of the Board and such rates of
lay as the Board shall have determined to be necessary to
conform with the policy set forth in section 5301 (a) of this
title.
" (11) (1
Except as provided in paragraph (_') of this
subsection. all or part (as the ease tatav the) of the rates of
pa.ti. submitted to the Congress as provided in subsection (c)
(4) or subsection (g) of this section shall become effective
at the beginning of the first 13ar period Nvhieh begins on or
after the first day of the Year in which sate]) rates of pay are
submitted: but only to the extent that, within 30 days
alter such rates of l-aay are submitted to the Congress-
(A) there has not been enacted into a law a
statute which establishes rates of paay other than those
proposed by all or part of such rcconnatcaadatioats.
(B) neither House of Congress has adopted a
resolution which sl-ecificeallV disaplarc,Vcd all
such recommendations, or
" (C') both.
or hart of
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1 " (2) Any part of the recommendations may, in ac-
2 cordance with express provisions of such recommendations,
3 be made operative on a date earlier than the date on which
4 such recommendations otherwise are to take effect.
5 " (3) (A) The rates of pay of United States attorneys
6 and assistant United States attorneys whose annual salaries
7 are fixed pursuant to section 548 of title 28 shall be in-
8 creased, effective on the first day of the first pay period
9 which begins on or after the first day of the year in which
10 increases are granted pursuant to this section, by amounts
11 equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the increases pro-
12 vided pursuant to this section for corresponding rates of pay.
13 " (B) Notwithstanding section 3679 of the revised
14 statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), the rates of pay of
15 officers and employees of the Federal Government and of
16 the government of the District of Columbia whose rates of
17 pay are fixed by administrative action pursuant to law and
18 are not otherwise increased pursuant to this section are
19 hereby authorized to be increased, effective on the first day
20 of the first pay period which begins on or after the first day
21 of the year in which increases are granted pursuant to this
22 section, by amounts not to exceed the increases provided
23 pursuant to this section for corresponding rates of pay in
24 the appropriate schedule or scale of pay.
25 " (C) Nothing contained in this section shall be held
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or considered to authorize any increase in the rates of pay
of officers and employees whose rates of pay are fixed and
adjusted from time to bane as nearly as is consistent with
4 the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates or
5 p-r,cctic es.
G " (I)) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the
7 authority contained in any law pursuant to which rates of pay
8 may be fixed by administrative action.
9 " (4) Retroactive pay, compensation, or salary shall be
10 paid by reason of this section only in the case of an individual
11 in the service of the United States (including service in the
12 Armed Forces of the United States) or the government of
13 the District of Coltuanbia on the day immediately following
14 the close of the 30-day period specified in subsection (h) (1)
15 of this section, except that such retroactive pay, compensa-
16 tion, or salary shall be paid-
17 " (A) to an officer or employee who retired, dur-
18 ing the period beginning on the first day of the first pay
19 period which began on or after January 1, and ending on
20 the day immediately following the close of the 30-day
21 period specified in subsection (h) (1) of this section,
22 for services rendered during, such period, and
23 " (B) in accordance with sul,chaptcr VIII of chap-
24 ter 55 of this title, relating to settlement of accounts,
25 for services rendered. during the period beginning on the
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1 first day of the first pay period which began on or after
2 January 1, and ending on the day immediately follow-
3 ing the close of the 30-day period specified in subsection
4 (h) (1) of this section, by an officer or employee who
5 died during such period.
6 Such retroactive pay, compensation, or salary shall not be
7 considered as basic pay for the purposes of subchapter III
8 of chapter 83 of this title, relating to. civil service retirement,
9 or any other retirement law or retirement system, in the case
10 of any such retired or deceased officer or employee.
11 " (5) For the purposes of paragraph (4) of this section,
12 service in the Armed Forces of the United States, in the
13 case of an individual relieved from training and service in
14 the Armed Forces of the United States or discharged from
15 hospitalization following such training and service, shall in-
16 chide the period provided by law for the mandatory restora-
17 tion of such individual to a position in or under the Federal
18 Government or the government of the District of Columbia.
19 " (i) Each member and each associate member of the
20 Commission and each member of the Board shall be allowed
21 travel expenses, including a per diem allowance in accord-
22 ante with section 5703 (b) of this title. Each such member
23 or associate member who is not an employee or a Member of
24 Congress shall be paid at a rate equal to the per diem equiv-
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1 alent of the maximum rate of basic. payr of the General
Schedule for each day he is engaged in the performance of
services for the C'otnniissioli or the Iloard, as the case may
4 he, except tliat the member from the American Arbitration
5 A ssocia.t.ion may be paid the usual fees.
G " (j) (1) Without, regard to the provisions of this title
7 go erning appointments in the competitive service and of
8 chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of this title,
9 relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, and
10 on a temporary basis-
11 " (A) the Commission and the Board each is au-
12 thorized to appoint an Executive Director and fix his
13 basic pay at the rate provided for level 1' of the E:xecu-
14 Live Schedule by section 5316 of this title; and
15 " (B) with the approval of the Commission or the
1G Board, as appropriate, the Executive. Director may ap-
17 point and fix the basic pay (at respective rates not in
18 excess of the maximum rate of the General Schedule)
19 of such additional personnel as may be necessary to
carry out the functions of the Commission or of the
I foard, as applicable.
" (2) Upon the request of the Commission or of the
Board, the head of any department., agency, or establislnnent
of any branch of the Federal Goverimient is, authorized to
detail, on a reinilrursalale basis, any of the per,onnel of such
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1 department, agency, or establishment to assist the Cornmis-
2 Sion or the Board, as appropriate, in carrying out its functions.
3 " (k) The Commission and the Board may use the
4 United States mails in the same manner and upon the same
5 conditions as other departments and agencies of the United
6 States.
7 " (1) The Administrator of the General Services shall
8 provide administrative support services for the Commission
9 and the Board on a reimbursable basis.
10 " (m) The rates of pay which become effective pursuant
11 to this section shall be held and considered to modify, super-
12 sede, or render inapplicable, as the case may be, to the extent
13 inconsistent therewith-
14 " (A) all provisions of law enacted prior to the
15 effective date or dates of all or part (as the case may be)
16 of such rates (other than any provision of law enacted
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-c ay perlo specified in paragraph (1) 01 sub-
section (h) of this section with respect to such rates)
and
" (B) any prior recommendations of the President
which took effect under prior provisions of law.
22 " (n) The rates of pay which become effective pursuant
to this section shall be printed in the statutes at large in the
same volume as public laws and shall be printed in the Fed-
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1 end Register nod included in the ('ode of Federal Regula-
2 dons.
3 " (o) Any increase in rates of pays which becomes effec-
4 tive pursuant to this section is not an equivalent increase in
5 pay within the meaning of section 5335 of this title or see-
6 tiou 3552 of title 39.
7 " (p) Any rate of pay which becomes effective pursuant
8 to this section shall be initially adjusted, effective on the effcc-
9 live date of such rate of pay, under conversion tales pre-
10 scribed by the President or by such agency as the President
11 may designate.
12 " (q) The rates of pay of personnel subject to sections
13 210 and 213 (except subsections (d) and (e)) of the Fed-
14 eral Salary Act of 1967 (81 Stat. 633), G.315; Public Law 90-
15 206), and any minimum or maximum rate, limitation, or
allowance applicable to any such personnel, shall be adjusted,
17 by amounts which are equal, insofar as practicable and with
18 such exceptions as ma r be necessary to provide for aappropri-
19 ate relationships between positions, to the amounts of the
20 adjustments glade pursuant to this section, by the following
21 authorities-
22 (1) the Director of the Administrative Office of
23 the United States Courts, with respect to the. judicial
24 branch of the Government; and
25 (2) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to
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1 persons employed by the county committees established
2 pursuant to section 8 (b) of the Soil Conservation and
3 Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h (b) ) .
4 Such adjustments shall be made in such manner as the
5 appropriate authority concerned deems advisable and shall
6 have the force and effect of statute. Nothing in this section
7 shall impair any authority pursuant to which rates of pay
8 may be fixed by administrative action.".
9 SEC. 3. The table of contents of subchapter I of chap-
10 ter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking
11 out
"5302. Annual reports on pay comparability."
12 and inserting in lieu thereof-
"5302. Federal Employee Salary Commission; Federal Employee Salary
Board of Arbitration.".
13 SEC. 4. Section 3552 (a) of title 39, United States Code,
14 is amended to read as follows :
15 " (a) (1) Each employee subject to the Postal Field
16 Service Schedule and each employee subject to the Rural
17 Carrier Schedule who has not reached the highest step for
18 his position shall be advanced successively to the next higher
19 step as follows :
20 " (A) to steps 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7-at the begin-
21 ning of the first pay period following the completion of
22 26 calendar weeks of satisfactory service; and
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1 " (B) to steps 8 and above-at the begiiining of the
first pay period following the completion of 52 calendar
weeks of satisfactory service.
4 "(2) The receipt of an equivalent increase during and-
of the waiting periods specified in this subsection shall cause
It new full Baiting period to commence for further step
increases.
"(3) An employee subject to the Postal Field Service
Schedule who returns to a. position lie formerly occupied at
10 a. lower level may, at his request, have his waiting periods
11 adjusted, at the time of his return to the lower level, as if
12 his service had been continuous in the lower level.".
Suc. 5. (a) Each employee in levels I through 11 of
the Postal Field Service Schedule and each employee sue>;ect.
to the Rural Carrier Schedule-
(1) who is in a step below the 2 top steps of his
Jevel shall be advanced 2 steps; or
(2) who is in either of the 2 top steps of his level
shall receive basic compensation at a rate equal to his
rate of basic compensation in effect immediately prior to
the effective date of this subsection plus the amount of
2 step increases of his level.
Changes in levels or steps which would otherwise occur
24 on the effective date of this subsection without regard to the
25 enactlucnt of this subsection shall be deemed to have occurred
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1 prior to adjustments under this subsection. Each such em-
2 ployee who receives ,in adjustment under this subsection shall
3 commence a new full waiting period., for further step in-
4 crease purposes under section 3552 (a) of title 39, United
5 States Code, on the first day of the first pay period which
6 begins on or after July 1, 1970, and service by such an
7 employee on or after the effective date of this section and
8 prior to the beginning of such pay period in July, 1970, shall
9 not be credited for such step increase purposes.
10 (b) For the purposes of the initial application of sec-
11 tion 3552 (a) of title 39, United States Code, as amended
12 by section 4 of this Act, credit for satisfactory service per-
13 formed by an employee in levels 12 or above of the Postal
14 Field Service Schedule since his last step increase prior to
15 the effective date of section 4 of this Act, shall be granted in
16 an amount not in excess of the amount of service required for
17 a one step increase applicable to the step category of the
18 employee.
19 SEE.c. 6. Section 5545 (c) (2) of title 5, United States
20 Code, is amended to read as follows :
21 " (2) an employee in a, position in which the hours
22 of duty cannot be controlled administratively, and which
23 requires substantial amounts of irregular, unscheduled,
24 overtime duty with the employee generally being respon-
25 sible for recognizing, without supervision, circumstances
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1 which retlnirc hint to remain on ditty, shall receive I-re-
2 iiiiiiin fray for this duty oil all annual basis instead of
preiiiiunl pay provided by other provisions of this sub-
4 chapter, except for regnlarlrv scheduled overtime, itight,
5 aild Sunday ditty, and for holiday duty. Preinmat pay
it under this paragraph is deterniilred as an appropriate
I percentage, not. less than it) per centintl nor uulre than
8 25 per eentuiii, of sUCh part (-t the rate of basic pay for
the positiot1 its sloes not exceed the ntinilnnn- rate of
10 basic pay for GS-1O, by taking into consideration the
11 frequency and duration of irregular unscheduled over-
12 time duty required in tltt' position.".
13 Si:c, 7. (a) Section 5942 of title 5, United States Code,
14 is amended lo read its follows:
15 "?5942. Allowance based on duty at remote worksites
1 ti " i otwithstai-di-1 ; section 5330, of this title. an e-it-
11 ployee of an Executive agency who is assigned to dote,
18 except. tenlltorary ditty, at a site so reitiote froin the nearest
19 esial,lislted t?olununntitie, or sitital-le plaves of residence as
20 to require alt appreciable atuotuit of expense, hardship, and
ilreonlvelnence, oil the part 14 the eniplo ce ill eolm11Uting
to and from his residence and such worksite is entitled, in
addition to pay otherwise date hint, to an allowance of not
to exceed $10 a dun . The, allowance shall he paid under reg-
illations prescribed by the President, cstahlisliiiig the rates at
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1 which the allowance will be paid and defining and desi.gnnt-
2 ing those sites, areas, and groups of positions to which the
3 rates apply.".
4 (b) Notwithstanding section 5536 of title 5, United
5 States Code, and the amendment made by subsection (a)
6 of this section, and until the effective date of regulations
7 prescribed by the President under such amendment-
8 (1) allowances may be paid to employees under
9 section 5942 of title 5, United States Code, and the
10 regulations prescribed by the President under such see-
11 Lion, as in effect immediately prior to the effective date
12 of this section; and
1.3 (2) such regulations may be amended or revoked in
14 accordance with such section 5942 as in effect iminedi-
15 ately prior to the effective date of this section.
16 (c) The table of contents of subchapter IV of chapter
17 59 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking
18 out-
"5942. Allowance based on duty on California offshore islands or at
Nevada Test Site."
19 and inserting in lieu thereof-
"5942. Allowance based on duty at remote worksites.".
20 SEC. 8. (a) Subchapter IV of chapter 59 of title 5,
21 TJnited States Code, is amended by adding at the end there-
22 of the following now section :
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" 5947. Quarters, subsistence, and allowances for em-
ployees of the Corps of Engineers, Department
of the Army, engaged in floating plant opera-
tions
"(a.) An employee of the Corps of l;ngiueers, Depart-
inent of the Arnty, engaged in 4loating plant operations may
be furnished quarters or subsistence, or both, on Vessels,
without charge,