An Act to implement the Federal employee pay comparability system, to establish a Federal Employee Salary Commission and a Board of Arbitration, and for other purposes
PL 91-656 (H.R.13000), enacted 01/08/1971

1946 
PUBLIC LAW 91-656-rJAN. 8, 1971 
Public Law 91-656 
[84 STAT. 
AN ACT 
January 8, 1971 
[H. R. 13000] 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to autliorlze the President to adjust the 
rates for the statutory pay systems, to establish an Advisory Committee on 
Federal Pay, and for other purposes. 
Federal Pay 
Comparability 
Act of 1970. 
80 Stat. 458. 
Infra. 
"Statutory pay 
system." 
5 u s e 5331. 
60 Stat. 1002. 
22 u s e 861. 
72 Stat. 1243. 
38 u s e 4101. 
Repeal. 
Be it enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembJed^ 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Pay Comparability 
Act of 1970". 
RESTATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL POLICY ON FEDERAL PAY COMPARABILITY 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 5301 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"§ 5301. Policy 
" (a) It is the policy of Congress that Federal pay fixing for employ-
ees under statutory pay systems be based on the principles that— 
"(1) there be equal pay for substantially equal work; 
"(2) pay distinctions be maintained in keeping with work and 
performance distinctions; 
"(3) Federal pay rates be comparable with private enterprise 
pay rates for the same levels of work; and 
"(4) pay levels for the statutory pay systems be interrelated. 
"(b) The pay rates of each statutory pay system shall be fixed and 
adjusted in accordance with the principles under subsection (a) of this 
section and the provisions of sections 5305, 5306, and 5308 of this title. 
"(c) For the purpose of this subchapter, 'statutory pay system' 
means a pay system under— 
"(^1) subchapter I I I of this chapter, relating to the General 
Schedule; 
"(2) subchapter IV of chapter 14 of title 22, relating to the 
Foreign Service of the United States; or 
" (3) chapter 73 of title 38, relating to the Department of Medi-
cine and Surgery, Veterans' Administration.", 
(b) (1) Section 5302 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed. 
(2) The table of sections of subchapter I of chapter 53 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking out: 
"5302. Annual reports on pay comparability.". 
5 u s e 5301-
5304. 
A N N U A L 
PAY 
REPORTS 
AND 
ADJUSTMENTS; 
ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE 
ON 
FEDERAL P A Y ; R E I ^ T E D PROVISIONS 
SEC 3. (a) Subchapter I of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
*'§ 5305. Annual pay reports and adjustments 
"(a) In order to carry out the policy stated in section 5301 of this 
title, the President shall— 
"(1) direct such agent as he considers appropriate to prepare 
and submit to him annually, after considering such views and 
recommendations as may be submitted under the provisions of 
subsection (b) of this section, a report that— 
"(A) compares the rates of pay of the statutory pay sys-
tems with the rates of pay for the same levels of work in 
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private enterprise as determined on the basis of appropriate 
annual surveys that shall be conducted by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics; 
"(B) makes recommendations for appropriate 
adjust-
ments in rates of pay; and 
"(C) includes the views and recommendations submitted 
under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section; 
"(2) after considering the report of his agent and the findings 
and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay 
reported to him under section 5306(b) (3) of this title, adjust the 
rates of pay of each statutory pay system in accordance with the 
principles under section 5301(a) of this title, effective as of the 
beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or 
after October 1 of the applicable year; and 
"(3) transmit to Congress a report of the pay adjustment, to-
gether with a copy of the report submitted to him by his agent and 
the findings and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on 
Federal Pay reported to him under section 5306(b)(3) of this 
title. 
"(b) In carrying out its functions under subsection (a) (1) of this 
section, the President's agent shall— 
"(1) establish a Federal Employees Pay Council of 5 members 
who shall not be deemed to be employees of the Government of 
the United States by reason of appointment to the Council and 
shall not receive pay by reason of service as members of the Coun-
cil, who shall be representatives of employee organizations which 
represent substantial numbers of employees under the statutory 
pay systems, and who shall be selected with due consideration to 
such factors as the relative numbers of employees represented 
by the various organizations, but no more than 3 members of 
the Council at any one time shall be from a single employee 
organization, council, federation, alliance, association, or affil-
iation of employee organizations; 
"(2) 
provide for meetings with the Federal Employees Pay 
Council and give thorough consideration to the views and recom-
mendations of the Council and the individual views and recom-
mendations, if any, of the members of the Council regarding— 
"(A) the coverage of the annual survey conducted by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics under subsection (a) (1) of this 
section (including, but not limited to, the occupations, estab-
lishment sizes, industries, and geographical areas to be 
surveyed); 
"(B) the process of comparing the rates of pay of the 
statutory pay systems with rates of pay for the same levels 
of work in private enterprise; and 
"(C) the adjustments in the rates of pay of the statutory 
pay systems that should be made to achieve comparability 
between those rates and the rates of pay for the same levels 
of work in private enterprise; 
"(3) give thorough consideration to the views and recommen-
dations of employee organizations not represented on the Federal 
Employees Pay Council regarding the subjects in paragraph (2) 
(A)-(C) of this subsection; and 
" (4) include in its report to the President the views and recom-
mendations submitted as provided in this subsection by the Fed-
eral Employees Pay Council, by any member of that Council, 
Post, p, 1949. 
Ante, p. 1946,, 
Report to 
Congress. 
Federal 
Employees 
Pay Council. 
Establishment. 
Effective date. 
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and by employee oriranizations not represented on that Council. 
Alternate plan, 
"(c)(1) If, bscauEc of national emergency or economic conditions 
congl^'sl!^'° 
affecting the general \vclfare, the President should, in any year, con-
sider it inappropriate to make the pay adjustment required by sub-
section (a) of this section, he shall prepare and transmit to Congress 
before September 1 of that year such alternative plan with respect to 
a pay adjustment as he considers appropriate, together with the rea-
sons therefor, in lieu of the pay adjustments required by subsection 
(a) of this section. 
"(2) An alternative plan transmitted by the President under para-
graph (1) of this subsection becomes effective on the first day of the 
first applicable pay period commencing on or after October 1 of the 
applicable year and continues in effect unless, before the end of the 
first period of 30 calendar days of continuous session of Congress 
after the date on which the alternative plan is transmitted, either 
House adopts a resolution disapproving the alternative plan so rec-
ommended and submitted, in which case the pay adjustments for the 
statutory pay systems sha'l be made effective as provided by subsec-
tion (m) of this section. The continuity of a session is broken only by 
an adjournment of the Congress sine die, and the days on which either 
House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 8 days 
to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the 30-day 
period. 
*'(d) Subsections (e)-(k) of this section are enacted by Congress— 
" (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they are 
deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but appli-
cable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the House 
in the case of resolutions described by this section; and they super-
sede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent there-
with ; and 
"(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 
House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of 
that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same 
extent as in the case of any other rule of that House. 
"(e) If the committee, to which has been referred a resolution dis-
approving the alternative plan of the President, has not reported the 
resolution at the end of 10 calendar days after its introduction, it is in 
order to move either to discharge the committee from further considera-
tion of the resolution or to discharge the committee from further con-
sideration of any other resolution with respect to the same plan which 
has been referred to the committee. 
"(f) A motion to discharge may be made only by an individual fav-
oring the resolution, is highly privileged (except that it may not be 
made after the committee has reported a resolution with respect to the 
same recommendation), and debate thereon is limited to not more than 
1 hour, to be divided equally between those favoring and those oppos-
ing the resolution. An amendment to the motion is not in order, and it 
is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
agreed to or disagreed to. 
"(g) If the motion to discharge is agreed to, or disagreed to, the 
motion may not be renewed, nor may another motion to discharge the 
committee be made with respect to any other resolution with respect to 
the same alternative plan. 
"(h) When the committee has reported, or has been discharged from 
further consideration of, a resolution with respect to an alternative 
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1949 
plan, it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous 
motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to 
tlie consideration of the resolution. The motion is highly privileged 
and is not debatable. An amendment to the motion is not in order, and 
it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
agreed to or disagreed to. 
"(i) Debate on the resolution is limited to not more than 2 hours, to 
be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the reso-
lution. A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. An amend-
ment to, or motion to recommit, the resolution is not in order, and it 
is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the resolution is 
agreed to or disagreed to. 
"(j) Motions to postpone, made with respect to the discharge from 
committee, or the consideration of, a resolution with respect to an 
alternative plan, and motions to proceed to the consideration of other 
business, are decided without debate. 
"(k) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the appli-
cation of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the 
case may be, to the procedure relating to a resolution with respect to 
an alternative plan are decided without debate. 
"(1) The rates of pay which become effective under this section are 
the rates of pay applicable to each position concerned, and each class 
of positions concerned, under a statutory pay system. 
"(m) If either House adopts a resolution disapproving an alterna*-
tive plan submitted under subsection (c) of this section, the President 
shall take the action required by paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection 
(a) of this section and adjust the rates of pay of the statutory pay sys-
tems effective as of the beginning of the first applicable pay period com-
mencing on or after the date on which the resolution is adopted, or on 
or after October 1, whichever is later. 
" (n) The rates of pay that take effect under this section shall modify, 
supersede, or render inapplicable, as the case may be, to the extent 
inconsistent therewith— 
"(1) all provisions of law enacted prior to the effective date or 
dates of all or part (as the case may be) of the increases; and 
"(2) any prior recommendations or adjustments which took 
effect under this section or prior provisions of law. 
"(o) The rates of pay that take effect under this section shall be 
printed in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations. 
" (p) An increase in rates of pay that takes effect under this section is 
not an equivalent increase in pay within the meaning of section 5335 of 
this title. 
"(q) Any rate of pay under this section shall be initially adjusted, 
effective on the effective date of the rate of pay, under conversion rules 
prescribed by the President or by such agencies as the President may 
designate. 
"(r) This section does not impair any authority pursuant to which 
rates of pay may be fixed by administrative action. 
"§ 5306. Advisory Committee on Federal Pay 
"(a) There is established as an independent establishment an 
Advisory Committee on Federal Pay, to be composed of 3 members, 
not otherwise employed in the Government of the United States, 
appointed by the President. The Director of the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service shall, and other interested parties may, recom-
mend to the President for his consideration persons generally recog-
nized for their impartiality, knowledge, and experience in the field 
Publication in 
Federal Register 
and Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
80 Stat. 469; 
81 Stat. 199. 
Establishment; 
membership. 
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of labor relations and pay policy to serve as members. The President 
shall designate one of the members as Chairman. Each appointment 
shall be for a term of 6 years, except that one of the original members 
shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, and another for a term of 4 
years. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the end 
of the term of his predecessor shall serve for the remainder of that 
term. When the term of a member ends, he may continue to serve until 
his successor is appointed. 
" (b) To assist the President in carrying out the policy under section 
5301 of this title, the Committee shall— 
" (1) review the annual report of the President's agent; 
"(2) consider such further views and recommendations with 
respect to the analysis and pay proposals contained in the annual 
report of the President's agent as may be presented to it in writing 
by employee organizations, the President's agent, other officials of 
the Government of the United States, and such experts as it may 
consult; and 
"(3) report its findings and recommendations to the President. 
" (c) The Committee may secure from any Executive agency or mili-
tary department information, suggestions, estimates, statistics, and 
technical assistance for the purpose of carrying out its functions. Each 
such Executive agency or military department shall furnish the infor-
mation, suggestions, estimates, statistics, and technical assistance 
directly to the Committee on request of the Committee. 
"(d) On request of the Committee the head of any Executive agency 
or military department may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of its 
personnel to assist the Committee in carrying out its functions. 
"(e) The Administrator of General Services shall provide admin-
istrative support services for the Committee on a reimbursable basis. 
"(f) The Committee may obtain services of experts or consultants in 
accordance with section 3109 of this title but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed that of the highest rate of basic pay then currently being 
paid under the General Schedule of subchapter III of this chapter. 
"(g) Each member of the Committee is entitled to pay at the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay of level IV of the Executive 
Schedule for each day he is engaged on work of the Committee, and is 
entitled to travel expenses, including a per diem allowance, in accord-
ance with section 5703(b) of this title. 
" (h) The Committee may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel 
as may be necessary to carry out its functions. 
*
*
§ 5307. Pay fixed by administrative action 
64 Stat. 765. 
u^^^ Notwithstanding scctiou 665 of title 31— 
"(1) the rates of pay of— 
"(A) employees in the legislative, executive, and judicial 
branches of the Government of the United States (except 
employees whose pay iS disbursed by the Secretary of the Sen-
ate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives) and of the 
government of the District of Columbia, whose rates of pay 
are fixed by administrative action under law and are not 
otherwise adjusted under this subchapter; 
"(B) employees under the Architect of the Capitol, whose 
73 Stat. 407; 
^ates of pay are fixed under section 166b-3 of title 40, and the 
1 Stat. 638,775. 
Superintendent of Garages, House office buildings; and 
"(C) persons employed by the county committees estab-
52 Stat. 31; 
lished under section 590h(b) of title 16; and 
80 Stat 416. 
5 u s e 5332 
note. 
83 Stat. 863. 
5 u s e 5315. 
80 Stat. 499. 
78 Stat. 743. 
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1951 
'* (2) any mhiimum or maximum rate of pay (other than a max-
imum rate equal to or greater than the maximum rate then cur-
rently being paid under the General Schedule as a result of the 
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• 
note 
pay adjustment by the President), and any monetary limitation 
on or monetary allowance for pay, applicable to employees 
described in subparagraphs (A), (B),and (C) of paragraph (1) 
of this subsection; 
may be adjusted, by the appropriate authority concerned, effective at 
the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or 
after the day on which a pay adjustment becomes effective under sec-
tion 5805 of this title, by whichever of the following methods the 
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appropriate authority concerned considers appropriate— 
"(i) by an amount or amounts not in excess of the pay adjust-
ment provided under section 5305 of this title for corresponding 
rates of pay in the appropriate schedule or scale of pay; 
"(ii) if there are no corresponding rates of pay, by an amount 
or amounts equal cr equivalent, insofar as practicable and with 
such exceptions and modifications as may be necessary to provide 
for appropriate pay relationships between positions, to the amount 
of the pay adjustment provided under section 5305 of this title; or 
" (iii) in the case of minimum or maximum rates of pay, or mone-
tary limitations or allowances with respect to pay, by an amount 
rounded to the nearest $100 and computed on the basis of a per-
centage equal or equivalent, insofar as practicable and with such 
variations as may be appropriate, to the percentage of the pay 
adjustment provided under section 5305 of this title, 
"(b) An adjustment under subsection (a) of this section in rates of 
I)ay, minimum oi' maximum rates of pay, and monetary limitations 
or allowances with respect to pay, shall be made in such manner as the 
appropriate authority concerned considers appropriate. 
"(c) This section does not authorize any adjustment in the rates of 
pay of employees whose rates of pay are fixed and adjusted from time 
to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance 
with prevailing rates or practices. 
"(d) This section does not impair any authority under which rates 
of pay may be fixed by administrative action. 
*
*
§ 5308. Pay limitation 
"Pay may not be paid, by .reason of any provision of this subchapter, 
at a rate in excess of the rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 
Schedule.". 
83 stat. sea. 
(b) The table of sections of subchapter I of chapter 53 of title 5, 
^ "^^ ^^^^* 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following: 
"5305. Annual pay reports and adjustments. 
'•.5306. Advisory Committee on Federal Pay. 
•'•5307. Pay fixed by administrative action. 
•'5308. Pay limitation.". 
(c) The President may make the initial adjustment required by sub-
chapter I of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 
this Act, without regard to the provisions of such subchapter relating 
to the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay and the Federal Employees 
Pay Council. Notwithstanding any provision of such subchapter I 
imtiai 
prescribing an effective date of October 1 for any pay adjustment e«"cVi^e"'' 
made by the President, the initial adjustment based on the 1970 date! '"^^ 
Bureau of Labor Statistics survey and the adjustment based on the 
1971 Bureau of Labor Statistics survey shall become effective on the 
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Ante, p. 1946. 
first day of the first applicable pay period that begins on or after 
January 1, 1971, and January 1, 1972, respectively. Notwithstanding 
the provisions of such subchapter I, the President's a^ent for purposes 
of the 1971 and 1972 adjustments shall be the Director, Office of 
Management and Budget and the Chairman, United States Civil 
Exception. 
Scrvlce Commission. Adjustments under the provisions of such sub-
chapter I shall not apply to employees of the Post Office Department 
whose basic pay is fixed under the General Schedule. 
SENATE PAY ADJUSTMENTS 
SEC. 4. (a) Each time the President adjusts the rates of pay of 
employees under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code, the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate shall, as he considers appropriate— 
(1) (A) adjust the rates of pay of personnel whose pay is dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate, and any minimum or maxi-
mum rate applicable to any such personnel; or 
(B) in the case of such personnel whose rates of pay are fixed 
by or pursuant to law at specific rates, adjust such rates (including 
the adjustment of such specific rates to maximum pay rates) and, 
in the case of all other personnel whose pay is disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate, adjust only the mmimum or maximum 
rates applicable to such other personnel; and 
(2) adjust any limitation or allow^ance applicable to such 
personnel; 
by percentages which are equal or equivalent, insofar as practicable 
and with such exceptions as may be necessary to provide for appropri-
ate pay relationships between positions, to the percentages of the 
adjustments made by the President under such section 5305 for corre-
sponding rates of pay for employees subject to the General Schedule 
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contained in section 5332 of such title. Such rates, limitations, and 
allowances adjusted by the President pro tempore shall become effec-
tive on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the 
day on which any adjustment becomes effective under such section 
5305 or section 3 (c) of this Act. 
(b) The adjustments made by the President pro tempore shall be 
made in such manner as he considers advisable and shall have the force 
and effect of law. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall impair any authority pursuant to 
which rates of pay may be fixed by administrative action. 
(d) No rate of pay shall be adjusted under the provisions of this 
section to an amount m excess of the rate of basic pay for level V of the 
Executive Schedule contained in section 5316 of title 5, United States 
83 Stat. 863. 
Code. 
"Personnel." 
^g^ Yov purposcs of this sectiou, the term "personnel" does not 
include any Senator. 
PAY ADJUSTMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRE8ENTATIAT2S 
SEO. 5. (a) Whenever a pay adjustment by the President under 
section 5305 of title 5, L^nited States Code, is made effective pursuant 
to subsection (a) (2), or subsections (c) to (m), inclusive, as the case 
'may be, of such section 5305, or section 3(c) of this Act, then the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives, in such manner as he considers 
advisable— 
Effective date. 
(1) eft'ectlvc at the beginning of the first pay period com-
mencing on or after the day on which such pay adjustment by 
the President is made effective as described above, shall adjust— 
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(A) each minimum and maximum rate of pay applicable 
to any employee or class of employees whose pay is disbursed 
Iby the Clerk of the House (other than a maxnnum rate equal 
to or greater than the maximum rate then currently being-
paid under the General Schedule of r;ection 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code, as a result of such pay adjustment by 
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the President) ; and 
(B) each monetary limitation on or monetary allowance 
for pay applicable to any such employee or class of employ-
ees, including but not limited to— 
(i) the clerk hire allowance for each Member of the 
House of Representatives and the Resident Commissioner 
from Puerto Rico; and 
(ii) the allowances for additional office personnel in 
the offices of the Speaker, the majority leader, the minor-
ity leader, the majority whip, and the minority whip, of 
the House of Representatives; 
by an amount rounded to the nearest $100 and computed on the 
basis of a percentage equal or equivalent, insofar as practicable 
and with such variations as the Clerk considers appropriate, to the 
percentage of the pay adjustment made by the President; 
{'2) shall determine, with respect to the employees and classes 
of employees within the purview of this section whose pay is dis-
bursed by the Clerk, the respective amounts of pay adjustments 
which are equal or equivalent, insofar as practicable and with such 
exceptions and modifications as may be necessary to provide for 
appropriate pay relationships between positions, to corresponding 
increases in pay, as determined by the Clerk, made by the pay 
adjustment by the President; and 
(3) shall transmit to the appropriate pay-fixing authority con-
cerned in the House of Representatives a copy of his determina-
tions with respect to the pay of those employees whose pay is fixed 
and adjusted by that authority. 
(b) After consideration of the pay determinations transmitted by the 
Clerk of the House, the pay-fixing authority concerned may adjust, 
notwithstanding the provisions contained in section 665 of title 31, 
United States Code, the rates of pay concerned in such manner as that 
^^ ^^^^' '^^s-
authority considers appropriate. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall impair any authority pursuant to 
which rates of pay may be fixed by administrative action. 
(d) This section shall not be deemed to authorize any adjustment in 
the rates of pay of employees whose rates of pay are disbursed by the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives and are fixed and adjusted from 
time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accord-
ance with prevailing rates or practices, including employees subject to 
the House Wage Schedule. 
(e) No rate of pay shall be adjusted under this section to an amount 
in excess of the rate of basic pay of level V of the Executive Schedule 
contained in section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. 
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ALLOWANCES AT REMOTE WORKSITES 
81 Stat. 207. 
SEC. 6. (a) Section 5942 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to ^,^1,11^';^^,^^' 
read as follows: 
"§ 5942. Allowance based on duty at remote worksites 
"Notwithstanding section 5536 of this title, an employee of an Execu-
tive department or an independent establishment who is assigned to 
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[84 STAT. 
duty, except temporary duty, at a site so remote from the nearest 
established communities or suitable places of residence as to require 
an appreciable degree of expense, hardship, and inconvenience, beyond 
that normally encountered in metropolitan commuting, on the part 
of the employee in commuting to and from his residence and such work-
site, is entitled, in addition to pay otherwise due him, to an allowance 
of not to exceed $10 a day. The allowance shall be paid under regula-
tions prescribed by the President establishing the rates at which the 
allowance will be paid and defining and designating those sites, areas, 
and groups of positions to which the rates apply.". 
80 .at. 484. 
(J3*J Notwithstanding section 5536 of title 5, United States Code, 
and the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section, and until 
the effective date of regulations prescribed by the President under 
such amendment— 
(1) allowances may be paid to employees under section 5942 
of title 5, United States Code, and the regulations prescribed by 
the President under such section, as in effect immediately prior 
to the effective date of this section; and 
(2) such regulations may be amended or revoked in accordance 
with such section 5942 as in effect immediately prior to the effective 
date of this section. 
(c) The table of sections of subchapter IV of chapter 59 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking out: 
"5942. Allowance based on duty on California offshore islands or at Nevada 
Test Site." 
and inserting in lieu thereof: 
"5942. Allowance based on duty at remote worksites.". 
ALLOWANCES FOR EMPLOYEES ON FLOATING PLANT OPERATIONS 
SEC. 7. (a) Subchapter IV of chapter 59 of title 5, United States 
5 use 5941. 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section: 
"§5947. Quarters, subsistence, and allowances for employees of 
the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, 
engaged in floating plant operations 
"(a) An employee of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the 
Army, engaged in floating plant operations may be furnished quar-
ters or subsistence, or both, on vessels, without charge, when the fur-
nishing of the quarters or subsistence, or both, is determined to be 
equitable to the employee concerned, and necessary in the public inter-
est, in connection with such operations. 
"(b) Notwithstanding section 5536 of this title, an employee 
entitled to the benefits of subsection (a) of this section while on a ves-
sel, may be paid, in place of these benefits, an allowance for quarters or 
subsistence, or both, when— 
"(1) adverse weather conditions or similar circumstances 
beyond the control of the employee or the Corps of Engineers 
prevent transportation of the employee from shore to the vessel; or 
"(2) quarters or subsistence, or both, are not available on the 
vessel while it is undergoing repairs. 
"(c) The quarters or subsistence, or both, or allowance in place 
thereof, may be furnished or paid only under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of the Army.". 
(b) The table of sections of subchapter IV of chapter 59 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding: 
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1955 
"5947. Quarters, subsistence, and allowances for employees of the Corps of 
Engineers, Department of the Army, engaged in floating plant 
operations." 
immediately below: 
"5946. Membership fees; expenses of attendance at meetings; limitations.". 
(c) The Act entitled "An Act to authorize the furnishing of sub- 
^^p^^i-
sistence and quarters without charge to employees of the Corps of 
Engineers engaged on floating plant operations", approved May 13, 
1955 (69 Stat. 48; Public Law 35, Eighty-fourth Congress), is 
repealed. 
RESTRICTIONS ON POSTAL SERVICE EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES 
SEC. 8. (a) Section 410(b)(1) of title 39, United States Code, as 
enacted by section 2 of the Postal Reorganization Act (84 Stat. 725; 
Public Law 91-375), is amended— 
(1) by inserting "section 3110 (restrictions on employment of 
relatives)," immediately before "section 3333"; and 
(2) by striking out "except that not regulation" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "except that no regulation". 
(b) The provisions of this section shall become effective on the 
effective date prescribed under section 15(a) of the Postal Reorganiza-
tion Act for section 410 of title 39, United States Code, as enacted by 
that Act. 
81 Stat. 640. 
5 u s e 3110. 
Effective date. 
Ante, p. 787. 
SUPERGRADES 
SEC. 9. (a) Section 5108(c) of title 5, United States Code, is 
^"te, pp. lew, 
amended— 
^^^^' 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking out the word "and" at the 
end thereof; 
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking out the period at the end 
thereof and inserting in lieu of the period a semicolon and the 
word "and"; and 
(3) by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: 
" (10) the Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court, without 
regard to this chapter (except section 5114), may place a total of 
5 positions in GS-16,17, and 18.". 
(b) Section 5108(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "2,734" and inserting in lieu thereof "2,754". 
Approved January 8, 1971. 
Public Law 91-657 
AN ACT 
January 8, 1971 
To regulate the practice of psychology in the District of Columbia. 
[s. i626] 
Ante, p. 51. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Practice of Psychology 
Act." 
Practice of 
Psychology Act., 
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