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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2685

To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the Federal Physicians

Comparability Allowance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 21, 1993

Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mrs. MORELLA) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the Federal

Physicians Comparability Allowance Act of 1978, and

for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. EXTENSIONS.

4 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—

5 (1) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES

6 CODE.—The second sentence of section 5948(d) of

7 title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as

8 follows: ‘‘No agreement shall be entered into under

9 this section later than September 30, 1997, nor shall
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1 any agreement cover a period of service extending

2 beyond September 30, 1999.’’.

3 (2) EXTENSION OF REPEALER.—Section 3 of

4 the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Act

5 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘September 30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘September

7 30, 1999’’.

8 (3) ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED.—

9 Any service agreement entered into on or after the

10 date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to sec11 tion 5948 of title 5, United States Code, as amended

12 by paragraph (1), shall be effective only to such ex13 tent or in such amounts as are provided in advance

14 in appropriation Acts.

15 (4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The amend16 ments made by this subsection shall not be con17 strued to authorize additional or supplemental ap18 propriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,

19 1993.

20 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

21 (1) AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 100–140.—Ef22 fective as of October 27, 1987, section 1 of Public

23 Law 100–140 (101 Stat. 830) is amended by adding

24 at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(c) EXTENSION OF REPEALER.—Section 3 of the

2 Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Act of 1978

3 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is amended by striking ‘September

4 30, 1989’ and inserting ‘September 30, 1992’.’’.

5 (2) AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 101–420.—Ef6 fective as of October 13, 1990, Public Law 101–420

7 (104 Stat. 908) is amended—

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘That’’; and

9 (B) by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(b) Section 3 of the Federal Physicians Comparabil11 ity Allowance Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is amend12 ed by striking ‘September 30, 1992’ and inserting ‘Sep13 tember 30, 1995’.’’.

14 (c) ORDER OF AMENDMENTS.—For purposes of ap15 plying the amendments made by this section—

16 (1) the provisions of subsection (b)(1) shall be

17 treated as having been enacted immediately before

18 the provisions of subsection (b)(2); and

19 (2) the provisions of subsection (b)(2) shall be

20 treated as having been enacted immediately before

21 the provisions of subsection (a).

22 SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5948 of title 5, United

24 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow25 ing:
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1 ‘‘(j)(1) Not later than June 30 of each year, the

2 President shall submit to each House of Congress a writ3 ten report on the operation of this section. Each report

4 shall include, with respect to the year covered by such re5 port, information as to—

6 ‘‘(A) which agencies entered into agreements

7 under this section;

8 ‘‘(B) the nature and extent of the recruitment

9 or retention problems justifying the use of authority

10 by each agency under this section;

11 ‘‘(C) the number of physicians with whom

12 agreements were entered into by each agency;

13 ‘‘(D) the size of the allowances and the dura14 tion of the agreements entered into; and

15 ‘‘(E) the degree to which the recruitment or re16 tention problems referred to in subparagraph (B)

17 were alleviated under this section.

18 ‘‘(2) In addition to the information required under

19 paragraph (1), the last report due under this subsection

20 before the expiration of the authority to enter into agree21 ments under this section shall include—

22 ‘‘(A) recommendations as to whether or not

23 such authority should be continued beyond Septem24 ber 30, 1997, and, if so, by what period of time; and

25 ‘‘(B) the reasons for those recommendations.’’.
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The first report under sec2 tion 5948(j) of title 5, United States Code, as amended

3 by subsection (a), shall be due not later than June 30,

4 1994.

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