Administrative Provisions

Administrative Provisions Sec. 104. (a) Section 10803)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (40 U.S.C. 166b–3b(b)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “the rate payable” through the semicolon and inserting “90 percent of the maximum rate allowable for the Senior Executive Service;”; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking “the rate payable” through the period and inserting “85 percent of the maximum rate allowable for the Senior Executive Service.”; and (3) by adding at the end, as a flush left sentence, the following: “For purposes of the preceding sentence, ‘the maximum rate allowable for the Senior Executive Service’ means the highest rate of basic pay that may be set for the Senior Executive Service under section 5382(b) of title 5, United States Code.”. (b) Section 108 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (40 U.S.C. 166b–3b) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(c) Effective beginning with any pay period beginning on or after the date of enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992, the rate of basic pay for up to 8 positions under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol may be fixed at such rate as the Architect considers appropriate for each, not to exceed 135 percent105 STAT. 460 of the minimum rate payable for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule.”. Sec. 105. The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 is amended in the matter under “House Office Buildings”, under the paragraph headed “Architect of the Capitol” (40 U.S.C. 175 note)— (1) by striking “5 U.S.C. 5307(a)(1)(B)” and inserting “section 5306(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code,”; and (2) by striking “policy.” and inserting “policy, and subject to any increase which may be allowed by the Committee on House Administration based on performance exceeding an acceptable level of competence over a 52-week period (except that no such performance-based increase shall affect the waiting period or effective date of any longevity step-increase or increase under such section 5306(a)(1)(B)).”.