employees subject to the general schedule

employees subject to the general schedule Sec. 202. (a) The General Schedule contained in section 5332(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 81 Stat. 625 “GENERAL SCHEDULE “Grade Annual rates and steps 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 GS–1 $3,776 $3,902 $4,028 $4,154 $4,280 $4,406 $4,532 $4,658 $4,784 $4,910 GS–2 4,108 4,245 4,382 4,519 4,656 4,793 4,930 5,067 5,204 5,341 GS–3 4,466 4,615 4,764 4,913 5,062 5,211 5,360 5,509 5,658 5,807 GS–4 4,995 5,161 5,327 5,493 5,659 5,825 5,991 6,157 6,323 6,489 GS–5 5,565 5,751 5,937 6,123 6,309 6,495 6,681 6,867 7,053 7,239 GS–6 6,137 6,342 6,547 6,752 6,957 7,162 7,367 7.572 7,777 7,982 GS–7 6,734 6,959 7,184 7,409 7,634 7.859 8,084 8.309 8,534 8,759 GS–8 7,384 7,630 7,876 8,122 8,368 8,614 8,860 9,106 9,352 9,598 GS–9 8,054 8,323 8,592 8,861 9,130 9,399 9,668 9,937 10,206 10,475 GS–10 8,821 9,115 9,409 9,703 9,997 10,291 10,585 10,879 11,173 11,467 GS–11 9,657 9,979 10,301 10,623 10.945 11,267 11,589 11,911 12,233 12,555 GS–12 11,461 11,843 12,225 12,607 12,989 13,371 13,753 14,135 14,517 14,899 GS–13 13,507 13,957 14,407 14,857 15,307 15,757 16,207 16,657 17,107 17,557 GS–14 15,841 16,369 16,897 17,425 17,953 18,481 19,009 19,537 20,065 20,593 GS–15 18,404 19,017 19,630 20,243 20,856 21,469 22,082 22,695 23,308 23,921 GS–16 20,982 21,681 22,380 23,079 23,778 24,477 25,176 25,875 26,574 _ _ _ _ _ _ GS–17 23,788 24,581 25,374 26,167 26,960 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ GS–18 27,055 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (b) Except as provided in section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, the rates or basic pay of officers and employees to whom the General Schedule set forth m the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section applies shall be initially adjusted as of the effective date of this section, as follows: (1) If the officer or employee is receiving basic pay immediately prior to the effective date of this section at one of the rates of a grade in the General Schedule, he shall receive a rate of basic pay at the corresponding rate in effect on and after such date. (2) If the officer or employee is receiving basic pay immediately prior to the effective date of this section at a rate between two rates of a grade in the General Schedule, he shall receive a rate of basic pay at the higher of the two corresponding rates in effect on and after such date. (3) If the officer or employee is receiving basic pay immediately prior to the effective date of this section at a rate in excess of the maximum rate for his grade, he shall receive (A) the maximum rate for his grade in the new schedule, or (B) his existing rate of basic pay increased by 4.5 per centum, rounded to the next highest dollar, if such existing rate as so increased is higher. (4) If the officer or employee, immediately prior to the effective date of this section, is receiving, pursuant to section 2(b) (4) of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, an existing aggregate rate of pay determined under section 208(b) of the Act or September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1111), plus subsequent increases authorized by law, he shall receive an aggregate rate of pay equal to the sum of his existing aggregate rate of pay on the day preceding the effective date of this section, plus the amount of increase made by this section in the maximum rate of his grade, until (i) he leaves his position, or (ii) he is entitled to receive aggregate pay at a higher rate by reason of the operation of this Act or any other provision of law; but, when such position becomes vacant, the aggregate rate of pay of any subsequent appointee thereto shall be fixed in accordance with applicable provisions of law. Subject to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence of this subparagraph, the amount of the increase provided by this section shall be held and considered for the purposes of section 208(b) of the Act of September 1, 1954, to constitute a part of the existing rate of pay of the employee. (5) If the officer or employee, at any time during the period beginning on the effective date of this section and ending on the 81 Stat. 626date of enactment of this title, was promoted from one grade under the General Schedule contained in section 5332 (a) of title 5, United States Code, to another such grade at a rate which is above the minimum rate thereof, his rate of basic pay shall be adjusted retroactively from the effective date of this section to the date on which he was so promoted, on the basis of the rate which he was receiving during the period from such effective date to the date of such promotion and, from the date of such promotion, on the basis of the rate for that step of the appropriate grade of the General Schedule contained in the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section which corresponds numerically to the step of the grade of the General Schedule to which such officer or employee was promoted as in effect (without regard to this title) at the time of such promotion. (6) If the officer or employee, at any time during the period beginning on the effective date of this section and ending on the date of enactment of this title, became subject to the General Schedule and his rate of basic pay was set above the minimum rate of the grade on the basis of a previously earned rate above such minimum rate, his rate of basic pay shall be adjusted retroactively to the date on which he became subject to the General Schedule on the basis of the rate of the appropriate grade of the General Schedule contained in this section which corresponds numerically to the rate of the grade at which the pay of such officer or employee was set at the time he became subject to the General Schedule.