technical and conforming amendments

technical and conforming amendments Sec. 503. (a) Section 4501(2) (A) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out “; and” and inserting in lieu thereof “, but does not include an employee covered by the merit pay system established under section 5402 of this title; and”. (b) Section 4502(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out “$5,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$10,000”. (c) Section 4502(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out “Civil Service Commission” and inserting in lieu thereof “Office of Personnel Management”; 92 STAT. 1184 (2) by striking out “$5,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$10,000”; and (3) by striking out “the Commission” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Office”. (d) Section 4506 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out “Civil Service Commission may” and inserting in lieu thereof “Office of Personnel Management shall”. (e) The second sentence of section 5332(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after “applies” the following: “, except an employee covered by the merit pay system established under section 5402 of this title,”. (f) Section 5334 of title 5, United States Code (as amended in section 801 (a)(3)(G) of this Act), is amended— (1) in paragraph (2) of subsection (c), by inserting “, or for an employee appointed to a position covered by the merit pay system established under section 5402 of this title, any dollar amount,” after “step”; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(f) In the case of an employee covered by the merit pay system established under section 5402 of this title, all references in this section to ‘two steps’ or ‘two step-increases’ shall be deemed to mean 6 percent.”. (g) Section 5335(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after “individual” the following: “covered by the merit pay system established under section 5402 of this title, or,”. (h) Section 5336(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after “individual” the following: “covered by the merit pay system established under section 5402 of this title, or,”. (i) The table of chapters for part III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 53 the following new item: “54. Merit Pay and Cash Awards 5401”.