[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2685 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2685


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 22 (legislative day, September 7), 1993

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental 
                                Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the Federal Physicians 
      Comparability Allowance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSIONS.

    (a) Extension of Authority.--
            (1) Amendment to title 5, united states code.--The second 
        sentence of section 5948(d) of title 5, United States Code, is 
        amended to read as follows: ``No agreement shall be entered 
        into under this section later than September 30, 1997, nor 
        shall any agreement cover a period of service extending beyond 
        September 30, 1999.''.
            (2) Extension of repealer.--Section 3 of the Federal 
        Physicians Comparability Allowance Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 
        note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 1995'' and 
        inserting ``September 30, 1999''.
            (3) Advance appropriations required.--Any service agreement 
        entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act 
        pursuant to section 5948 of title 5, United States Code, as 
        amended by paragraph (1), shall be effective only to such 
        extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in 
        appropriation Acts.
            (4) Rule of construction.--The amendments made by this 
        subsection shall not be construed to authorize additional or 
        supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
        September 30, 1993.
    (b) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Amendment to public law 100-140.--Effective as of 
        October 27, 1987, section 1 of Public Law 100-140 (101 Stat. 
        830) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Extension of Repealer.--Section 3 of the Federal Physicians 
Comparability Allowance Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is amended by 
striking `September 30, 1989' and inserting `September 30, 1992'.''.
            (2) Amendment to public law 101-420.--Effective as of 
        October 13, 1990, Public Law 101-420 (104 Stat. 908) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``That''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Section 3 of the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is amended by striking `September 30, 
1992' and inserting `September 30, 1995'.''.
    (c) Order of Amendments.--For purposes of applying the amendments 
made by this section--
            (1) the provisions of subsection (b)(1) shall be treated as 
        having been enacted immediately before the provisions of 
        subsection (b)(2); and
            (2) the provisions of subsection (b)(2) shall be treated as 
        having been enacted immediately before the provisions of 
        subsection (a).

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 5948 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j)(1) Not later than June 30 of each year, the President shall 
submit to each House of Congress a written report on the operation of 
this section. Each report shall include, with respect to the year 
covered by such report, information as to--
            ``(A) which agencies entered into agreements under this 
        section;
            ``(B) the nature and extent of the recruitment or retention 
        problems justifying the use of authority by each agency under 
        this section;
            ``(C) the number of physicians with whom agreements were 
        entered into by each agency;
            ``(D) the size of the allowances and the duration of the 
        agreements entered into; and
            ``(E) the degree to which the recruitment or retention 
        problems referred to in subparagraph (B) were alleviated under 
        this section.
    ``(2) In addition to the information required under paragraph (1), 
the last report due under this subsection before the expiration of the 
authority to enter into agreements under this section shall include--
            ``(A) recommendations as to whether or not such authority 
        should be continued beyond September 30, 1997, and, if so, by 
        what period of time; and
            ``(B) the reasons for those recommendations.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The first report under section 5948(j) of 
title 5, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), shall be due 
not later than June 30, 1994.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 21, 1993.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.