Pub. L. 87-793, pt. II, tit. I, sec. 505

Sec. 505. The functions, duties, and regulations of the departments and the Civil Service Commission with respect to this title, the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, the provisions of part III of title 39, United States Code, relating to personnel in the postal field service, the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, and the provisions of chapter 73 of title 38 of the United States Code relating to personnel of the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans’ Administration, shall be subject to such policies and rules as the President may issue. Among other things, the President’s policies and rules may provide for— (1) preparing and reporting to him the annual comparison of Federal salary rates with private enterprise rates, (2) obtaining and reporting to him the views of employee organizations on such annual comparison, and on other salary matters, (3) reviewing and reporting to him on the adequacy of the Federal statutory salary structures for the Federal programs to which they apply, 76 Stat. 843 (4) reviewing the relationship of Federal statutory salary rates and private enterprise salary rates in specific occupation and local areas, and (5) providing step-increases in recognition of high quality performance and providing for properly relating supervisory salary rates paid under one system to those of subordinates paid under another system.