[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 97 (Monday, May 20, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 22693]
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[FR Doc No: 2019-10335]



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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 532

RIN 3206-AN76


Prevailing Rate Systems; Special Appropriated Fund Wage Schedules 
for U.S. Insular Areas

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule amends the special appropriated fund wage schedules 
for U.S. insular areas in OPM regulations to designate the Department 
of Defense (DOD) as the sole lead agency for American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Midway, and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands.

DATES: Effective June 19, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, by telephone at 
(202) 606-2838 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 13, 2019, the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed rule (84 FR 3729) that 
amends the special appropriated fund wage schedules for U.S. insular 
areas in Sec.  532.259(a) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
designate DOD as the sole lead agency for American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Midway, and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands. The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee 
(FPRAC), the national labor-management committee responsible for 
advising OPM on matters concerning the pay of Federal Wage System 
employees, recommended by consensus that we adopt these changes. The 
30-day comment period ended on March 15, 2019, during which OPM 
received no comments.
    This rule is not significant under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, 
``Regulatory Planning and Review;'' therefore, E.O. 13771, ``Reducing 
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs'' does not apply.

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532

    Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information, 
Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wages.

Office of Personnel Management.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.

    Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management amends 5 CFR part 
532 as follows:

PART 532--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS

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1. The authority citation for part 532 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; Sec.  532.707 also issued under 
5 U.S.C. 552.


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2. Section 532.259 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  532.259  Special appropriated fund wage schedules for U.S. 
insular areas.

    (a) The lead agency shall establish and issue special wage 
schedules for U.S. civil service wage employees in certain U.S. insular 
areas. The Department of Defense is the lead agency for American Samoa, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Midway, and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands. These schedules shall provide rates of pay for 
nonsupervisory, leader, supervisory, and production facilitating 
employees.
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