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PUBLIC LAW 101-194—NOV. 30, 1989 103 STAT. 1765 (2) in the first sentence, by striking "Commission of" and inserting "Commission with respect to rates of pay for"; and (3) in the second sentence, by striking "December 15" and all that follows thereafter through the period and inserting "December 15 next following the close of the fiscal year in which the review is conducted by the Commission.". (f) RECX>MMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT WITH RESPECT TO PAY.— Section 225Gi) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 358) is amended to read as follows: "(h) RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT WITH RESPECT TO PAY.— "(1) After considering the report and recommendations of the Commission submitted under subsection (g), the President shall transmit to Congress his recommendations with respect to the exact rates of pay, for offices and positions within the purview of subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of subsection (f), which the President considers to be fair and reasonable in light of the Commission's report and recommendations, the prevailing market value of the services rendered in the offices and posi- tions involved, the overall economic condition of the country, and the fiscal condition of the Federal Government. "(2) The President shall transmit his recommendations under this subsection to Congress on the first Monday after January 3 of the first calendar year beginning after the date on which the Commission submits its report and recommendations to the President under subsection (g).". (g) EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT.— Section 225(i) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 359) is amended to read as follows: "(i) EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT.— "(1) None of the President's recommendations under subsec- tion (h) shall take effect unless approved under paragraph (2). "(2)(A) The recommendations of the President under subsec- tion (h) shall be considered approved under this paragraph if there is enacted into law a bill or joint resolution approving such recommendations in their entirety. This bill or joint reso- lution shall be passed by recorded vote to reflect the vote of each Member of Congress thereon. "(B)(i) The provisions of this subparagraph are enacted by the Congress— "(I) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives and as such shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, and shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and "(n) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as they relate to the procedures of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House. "(ii) During the 60-calendar-day period beginning on the date that the President transmits his recommendations to the Con- gress under subsection (h), it shall be in order as a matter of highest privilege in each House of Congress to consider a bill or joint resolution, if offered by the majority leader of such House (or a designee), approving such recommendations in their entirety.