[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3185 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3185

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a new method for 
 fixing rates of basic pay for administrative appeals judges, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 1999

  Mrs. Morella (for herself, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
Moran of Virginia, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a new method for 
 fixing rates of basic pay for administrative appeals judges, 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. PAY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS JUDGES.

    (a) In General.--Title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after section 5372a the following:
``Sec. 5372b. Administrative appeals judges
    ``(a) For the purpose of this section--
            ``(1) the term `administrative appeals judge position' 
        means a position the duties of which primarily involve 
        reviewing decisions of administrative law judges appointed 
        under section 3105; and
            ``(2) the term `agency' means an Executive agency, as 
        defined by section 105, but does not include the General 
        Accounting Office.
    ``(b) Subject to such regulations as the Office of Personnel 
Management may prescribe, the head of the agency concerned shall fix 
the rate of basic pay for each administrative appeals judge position 
within such agency which is not classified above GS-15 pursuant to 
section 5108.
    ``(c) A rate of basic pay fixed under this section shall be--
            ``(1) not less than the minimum rate of basic pay for level 
        AL-3 under section 5372; and
            ``(2) not greater than the maximum rate of basic pay for 
        level AL-3 under section 5372.''.
    (b) Amendment to Section 7323.--Section 7323(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``or 5372a'' and 
inserting ``5372a, or 5372b''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 53 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 5372a the following:

``5372b. Administrative appeals judges.''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendment made by section 1(a) shall apply with respect to pay 
for service performed on or after the first day of the first applicable 
pay period beginning on or after--
            (1) the 120th day after the date of enactment of this Act; 
        or
            (2) if earlier, the effective date of regulations 
        prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management to carry out 
        such amendment.
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