which such employee occupied on October 31, 1993;
and
(2) to which the provisions of chapter 54 of
title 5, United States Code (as in effect on October
31, 1993) would apply if such provisions had re-
mained in effect.
(c) SPECIAL RULES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The rate of basic pay for an
employee who is subject to this section shall be the
rate payable to such employee on October 31, 1993,
subject to paragraph (2).
(2) ADJUSTMENTS.—Adjustments in the rate of
basic pay for an employee who is subject to this sec-
tion shall be made in accordance with the relevant
provisions of title 5, United States Code, or other-
wise applicable provisions of law, subject to the
following:
(A) DEEM RATES AND POSITIONS TO BE
UNDER
THE
GENERAL
SCHEDULE.—For pur-
poses of applying subchapters I and III of
chapter 53 of such title (and the provisions of
section 302 and title IV of FEPCA with respect
to any payment under any of those provi-
sions)—
(i) the rate of basic pay determined
under this section for an employee shall be
treated as a rate of basic pay described in
section 5302(8) of such title;
(ii) the position then currently occu-
pied by an employee who is subject to this
section shall be deemed to be a ‘‘General
Schedule position’’ within the meaning of
section 5302(9) of such title; and
(iii) any employee who is subject to
this section shall be considered to be a
‘‘General Schedule employee’’ (as referred
to in section 302(b) of FEPCA).
(B) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO PROVI-
SIONS GOVERNING STEP-INCREASES.—For pur-
poses of applying the provisions of sections
5335 and 5336 of title 5, United States Code,
with respect to any employee who is subject to
this section—
(i) any reference in such provisions to
a ‘‘step-increase’’ shall be considered to
mean an increase equal to one-ninth of the
difference between the minimum and maxi-
mum rates of pay for the applicable grade
of the General Schedule;
(ii) any reference in such provisions to
the ‘‘next higher rate within the grade’’
shall be considered to mean the rate of
basic pay which exceeds such employee’s
then current rate of basic pay by the
amount of a step-increase;
(iii) if the employee’s rate of basic pay
is less than the rate for pay rate 4 of the
applicable grade, such employee’s rate of
basic pay shall be governed by paragraph
(1) of section 5335(a) of such title;
(iv) if the employee’s rate of basic pay
is equal to or greater than the rate for pay
rate 4 but less than the rate for pay rate
7 of the applicable grade, such employee’s
rate of basic pay shall be governed by
paragraph (2) of section 5335(a) of such
title; and
(v) if the employee’s rate of basic pay
is equal to or greater than the rate for pay
rate 7 but less than the maximum rate of
the applicable grade, such employee’s rate
of basic pay shall be governed by para-
graph (3) of section 5335(a) of such title.
No rate of basic pay for an employee may be
increased, as a result of this subparagraph (or
any provision of law to which any clause of this
subparagraph relates), if or to the extent that
the resulting rate would exceed the maximum
rate for the grade of the position occupied by
such employee.
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man-
agement shall prescribe any regulations which may be nec-
essary for the administration of this section.
SEC. 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
(a) COORDINATION
RULE.—Notwithstanding the
amendment made by section 3(b)(1)(H)(ii), an increase in
pay granted under section 5404 of title 5, United States
Code, before November 1, 1993, shall be deemed to be
an equivalent increase in pay within the meaning of sec-
tion 5335(a) of such title.
(b) PERFORMANCE AWARDS.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 2, for purposes of applying section 5406 of title 5,
United States Code, the amount under subsection
(c)(1)(A)(ii) of such section 5406 with respect to awards
for work performed during fiscal year 1994 shall, for each
agency subject to such section 5406, be deemed to be zero.
Passed the House of Representatives September 21,
1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.