5 Usc 5341

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5 USC Sec. 5341 01/03/2007

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TITLE 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES

PART III - EMPLOYEES

Subpart D - Pay and Allowances

CHAPTER 53 - PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS

SUBCHAPTER IV - PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS

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Sec. 5341. Policy

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It is the policy of Congress that rates of pay of prevailing rate

employees be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is

consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing

rates and be based on principles that -

(1) there will be equal pay for substantially equal work for

all prevailing rate employees who are working under similar

conditions of employment in all agencies within the same local

wage area;

(2) there will be relative differences in pay within a local

wage area when there are substantial or recognizable differences

in duties, responsibilities, and qualification requirements among

positions;

(3) the level of rates of pay will be maintained in line with

prevailing levels for comparable work within a local wage area;

and

(4) the level of rates of pay will be maintained so as to

attract and retain qualified prevailing rate employees.

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(Added Pub. L. 92-392, Sec. 1(a), Aug. 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 564.)

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PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 5341, Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat.

471; Pub. L. 90-83, Sec. 1(97), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 220; Pub.

L. 90-560, Sec. 4, Oct. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 997, provided prevailing

rate system for trades and crafts and is covered by sections

5343(c), (d) and 5349(a) of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 15(a) of Pub. L. 92-392 provided that: "The provisions of

this Act [enacting this subchapter and section 5550 of this title,

amending sections 2105, 5337, 5541, 5544, 5548, 6101, 7154, and

8704 of this title, repealing section 6102 of this title, and

enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 5341 and 5343

of this title and sections 60a-1 and 60a-2 of Title 2, The

Congress] are effective on the first day of the first applicable

pay period which begins on or after the ninetieth day after the

date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 19, 1972], except that, in the

case of those employees referred to in section 5342(a)(2)(B) and

(C) of title 5, United States Code (as amended by the first section

of this Act), such provisions are effective on the first day of the

first applicable pay period which begins on or after the one

hundred and eightieth day after such date of enactment or on such

earlier date (not earlier than the ninetieth day after such date of

enactment) as the Civil Service Commission may prescribe.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, section

5343(e)(1)(D) and (E) and (e)(2)(C), as enacted by the first

section of this Act, shall not be effective until the first day of

the first pay period commencing after (1) the date on which the

President ceases to exercise his authority under the Economic

Stabilization Act of 1970 [formerly set out as a note under section

1904 of Title 12, Banks and Banking] to stabilize wages and

salaries, or (2) April 30, 1973, whichever occurs first."

REPEALS

Section 13 of Pub. L. 92-392 provided that:

"(a) All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act [see

Effective Date note above] are hereby repealed to the extent of

such inconsistency.

"(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not repeal or otherwise

affect section 5102(d) of title 5, United States Code, section 305

of title 44 of such Code, or the provisions contained in section

180 of former title 31, United States Code."