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administration Sec. 114. (a) Subsection (a) of section 303 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(a) (1) In addition to the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration authorized by section 3(e) of the Department of Transportation Act, there shall be a Deputy Federal Highway Administrator appointed by the Secretary of Transportation, with the approval of the President. The Deputy Federal Highway Administrator shall perform such duties as the Federal Highway Administrator shall prescribe. There shall also be an Assistant Federal Highway Administrator who shall be the chief engineer of the Administration and shall be appointed, with the approval of the President, by the Secretary of Transportation under the classified civil service and who shall perform such functions, powers, and duties as the Federal Highway Administrator shall prescribe. “(2) The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay of level II of the Executive Schedule in section 5313 of title 5, United States Code. The Deputy Federal Highway Administrator shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay of level IV of the Executive Schedule in section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. The Assistant Federal Highway Administrator shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay of level V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.” 84 Stat. 1723 (b) All provisions of law enacted before the date of enactment of this Act which are inconsistent with the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. (c) The President may authorize any person who immediately before the date of enactment of this Act held the office of Director of Public Roads to act as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration created by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section until the first. Deputy Administrator is appointed in accordance with such amendment. The President may authorize any person acting as Deputy Administrator in accordance with this subsection to receive compensation at the rate authorized for the Office of Deputy Administrator. Such compensation, if authorized, shall be in hen of, and not in addition to, any other compensation from the United States to which such person may be entitled.