PUBLIC LAW 101-509—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1473 square foot established for the space and services by the General Services Administration for the fiscal year for which appropriations were granted. SEC. 612. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 5 USC 5343 note. except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1991, or September 30, 1992, by this Act or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States C!ode, or any employee covered by section 5348 of that title- CD during the period from the date of expiration of the limitation imposed by section 612 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1990, until the first day of the first applicable pay period that begins not less than ninety days after that date, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance with such section 612; and (2) during the period consisting of the remainder, if any, of fiscal year 1991, and that portion of fiscal year 1992, that precedes the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is to be effective in fiscal year 1992, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable under paragraph (1) of this subsection by more than the overall average percentage adjustment in the General Schedule during fiscal year 1991. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a) of this section is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such employee. (c) For the purpose of this section, the rates payable to an em- Regulations. ployee who is covered by this section and who is paid from a schedule that was not in existence on September 30, 1990, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 1990, except to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this section. (e) The provisions of this section shall apply with respect to pay Wages. for services performed by any affected employee on or after Effective date. October 1, 1990. (f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law, includ- Employee ing section 8431 of title 5, United States Code, or any rule or ^^e*"^* P^^^- regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit, that requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement or limitation, on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. (g) Nothing in this section may be construed to permit or require the payment to any employee covered by this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this section not in effect.
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