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ment, including the President, the Vice President, a member 
of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commis-
sioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency 
(as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), 
or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2019, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) 
of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) during the period from the date of expiration 
of the limitation imposed by the comparable section 
for the previous fiscal years until the normal effective 
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is 
to take effect in fiscal year 2019, in an amount that 
exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and 
step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 
with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2019, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate pay-
able under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum 
of—
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(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2019 under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 
General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age 
percentage 
of 
the 
locality-based 
com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2019 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average 
percentage of such payments which was effective 
in the previous fiscal year under such section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 
no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 
paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect 
at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such em-
ployee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2018, shall be determined under regulations prescribed 
by the Office of Personnel Management.
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(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 
may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2018, except to the extent determined by the Office of 
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of 
this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2018. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, 
or that 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 subsection shall 
be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered by 
this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection 
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees.
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(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in 
rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 
place in fiscal year 2019 under sections 5344 and 5348 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employees at lo-
cations where there are no employees whose pay is in-
creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, and prevailing rate employees de-
scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay lo-
cality designated as ‘‘Rest of United States’’ pursuant 
to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for pur-
poses of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first appli-
cable pay period beginning after September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 
pay raise in calendar year 2019, notwithstanding the rate 
adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United States 
Code, or any other provision of law. 
(b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule po-
sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed
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by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive 
a pay rate increase in calendar year 2019, notwithstanding 
schedule adjustments made under section 5318 of title 5, 
United States Code, or any other provision of law, except 
as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection 
applies only to employees who are holding a position under 
a political appointment. 
(c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not 
receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2019, notwith-
standing section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, except 
as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 
(d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 
5, United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be re-
ceived in calendar year 2019 (except as provided in sub-
section (g), (h), or (i)) by— 
(1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 
IV of the Executive Schedule; or 
(2) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service serv-
ing under a political appointment and paid a rate of 
basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule.
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(e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including 
any locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, or similar authority) at or above level 
IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a political 
appointment may not receive a pay rate increase in cal-
endar year 2019, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This 
subsection does not apply to employees in the General 
Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay system, or 
to employees appointed under section 3161 of title 5, United 
States Code, or to employees in another pay system whose 
position would be classified at GS–15 or below if chapter 
51 of title 5, United States Code, applied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 
employees who do not serve under a political appointment 
from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under 
applicable law. 
(g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
who receives a Presidential appointment and who makes 
an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay 
entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United States 
Code, is not subject to this section. 
(h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re-
ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 
executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen-
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ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 
is not subject to this section. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an em-
ployee in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase 
upon an authorized movement to a different covered posi-
tion with higher-level duties and a pre-established higher 
level or range of pay, except that any such increase must 
be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations 
in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an 
individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 
pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 
pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) through 
(e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in cal-
endar year 2019 but ends in calendar year 2020, the bar 
on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases shall apply 
through the end of that pay period. 
SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for 
any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the