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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1824
To increase the rate of pay for certain offices and positions within the
executive and judicial branches of the Government, respectively, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 2001
Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsquently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To increase the rate of pay for certain offices and positions
within the executive and judicial branches of the Govern-
ment, respectively, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN OFFICES
AND POSITIONS WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH.
(a) SALARY OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 104 of title 3,
United States Code, is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsection (a) as sub-
section (a)(1) and subsection (b) as paragraph
(2); and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b)(1)(A) Effective at the beginning of the first
month in which any comparability payment becomes pay-
able under section 5304 or 5304a of title 5 with respect
to General Schedule employees within the District of Co-
lumbia during any year, the per annum rate of salary of
the Vice President (exclusive of any previous adjustment
under this subsection) shall be adjusted by an amount,
rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or if midway be-
tween multiples of $100, to the next highest multiple of
$100) equal to the percentage of such per annum rate
which corresponds to the percentage adjustment becoming
so payable with respect to General Schedule employees
within the District of Columbia under such section 5304
or 5304a (as applicable).
‘‘(B) If an adjustment under this subsection is sched-
uled to take effect on the same date as an adjustment
under subsection (a), the adjustment under subsection (a)
shall be made first.
‘‘(2) The rate of salary of the Vice President, as ad-
justed under paragraph (1), shall for all purposes be treat-
ed as the rate of salary of the Vice President, except as
otherwise provided in subsection (a), paragraph (1), or
any other provision of law.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered
to permit or require the continuation of an adjustment
under paragraph (1) after the comparability payment (for
General Schedule employees within the District of Colum-
bia) on which it was based has been terminated or super-
seded.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 104
of title 3, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in the second sentence of subsection
(a)(1) (as so redesignated)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Subject to subsection
(b),’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph
(2),’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(exclusive of any
previous adjustment under subsection (b))’’
after ‘‘the salary of the Vice President’’;
and
(B) in subsection (a)(2) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)’’.
(b) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE PAY RATES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 5318 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsection (a) as sub-
section (a)(1) and subsection (b) as paragraph
(2); and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b)(1)(A) Effective at the beginning of the first ap-
plicable pay period commencing on or after the first day
of the month in which any comparability payment becomes
payable under section 5304 or 5304a with respect to Gen-
eral Schedule employees within the District of Columbia
during any year, the annual rate of pay for positions at
each level of the Executive Schedule (exclusive of any pre-
vious adjustment under this subsection) shall be adjusted
by an amount, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100
(or if midway between multiples of $100, to the next high-
est multiple of $100) equal to the percentage of such an-
nual rate of pay which corresponds to the percentage ad-
justment becoming so payable with respect to General
Schedule employees within the District of Columbia under
such section 5304 or 5304a (as applicable).
‘‘(B) If an adjustment under this subsection is sched-
uled to take effect on the same date as an adjustment
under subsection (a), the adjustment under subsection (a)
shall be made first.
‘‘(2) An annual rate of pay, as adjusted under para-
graph (1), shall for all purposes be treated as the annual
rate of pay for the positions involved, except as otherwise
provided in subsection (a), paragraph (1), or any other
provision of law.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered
to permit or require the continuation of an adjustment
under paragraph (1) after the comparability payment (for
General Schedule employees within the District of Colum-
bia) on which it was based has been terminated or super-
seded.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5318
of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection
(a)(1) (as so redesignated)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Subject to subsection
(b),’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph
(2),’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(exclusive of any
previous adjustment under subsection (b))’’
after ‘‘Executive Schedule’’; and
(B) in subsection (a)(2) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)’’.
(c) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CERTAIN LIMITA-
TION AND OTHER PROVISIONS.—
(1) PROVISIONS TO BE APPLIED BY EXCLUDING
EXECUTIVE
SCHEDULE
COMPARABILITY
ADJUST-
MENT.—Sections 5303(f), 5304(h)(1)(F), 5306(e),
and 5373(a) of title 5, United States Code, are each
amended by inserting ‘‘, exclusive of any adjustment
under section 5318(b)’’ after ‘‘Executive Schedule’’.
(2) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS.—Sec-
tion 5307(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) In the case of an employee who is receiving basic
pay under section 5372, 5376, or 5383, paragraph (1)
shall be applied by substituting ‘the annual rate of salary
of the Vice President of the United States’ for ‘the annual
rate of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive
Schedule’. Regulations under subsection (c) may extend
the application of the preceding sentence to other equiva-
lent categories of employees.’’.
(3) REFERENCES TO LEVEL IV OF THE EXECU-
TIVE
SCHEDULE.—Sections 
5372(b)(1)(C),
5372a(b)(1), 5376(b)(1)(B), and 5382(b) of title 5,
United States Code, are each amended by striking
‘‘level IV’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘level
III’’.
SEC. 2. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN OFFICES AND
POSITIONS WITHIN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH.
(a) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM RATES OF BASIC PAY
ALLOWABLE.—
(1) FOR
POSITIONS
COVERED
BY
SECTION
604(a)(5) OF TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE.—Sec-
tion 604(a)(5) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘by law’’ and inserting ‘‘by law
(except that the rate of basic pay fixed under this
paragraph for any such employee may not exceed
the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule)’’.
(2) 
FOR
CIRCUIT
EXECUTIVES.—Section
332(f)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘level IV of the Executive Schedule
under section 5315’’ and inserting ‘‘level III of the
Executive Schedule under section 5314’’.
(3) FOR PERSONNEL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the Ad-
ministrative Office of the United States Courts
Personnel Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–474;
28 U.S.C. 602 note) is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘level
V’’ and inserting ‘‘level IV’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (10), by striking
‘‘level IV’’ and inserting ‘‘level III’’.
(B) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
CERTAIN
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.—Section 603 of title
28, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5315’’ and inserting ‘‘level III of the Exec-
utive Schedule under section 5314’’.
(b) SALARY OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE ADMINISTRA-
TIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS.—Section
603 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘district’’ and inserting ‘‘circuit’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall be effective
with respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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