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PUBLIC LAW 101-509 —NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1465 TITLE IV—FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PAY REFORM SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990". SEC. 402. DEFINITION. For the purposes of this title, except as otherwise provided, the term "law enforcement officer" means any law enforcement officer within the meaning of section 8331(20) or section 8401(17) of title 5, United States C!ode, with respect to whom the provisions of chapter 51 of such title apply. SEC. 403. SPECIAL RATES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. (a) Notwithstanding the procedures of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this Act, or similar provision of law, higher minimum rates and corresponding increases in all step rates of each designated General Schedule grade shall be established for law enforcement officers in accordance with the provisions of this section. (b)(l) Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1992, the higher minimum rates to be established are as follows: GS-3 Step 4 GS-4 Step 4 GS-5 Step 4 GS-6 Step 3 GS-7 Step 3 GS-8 Step 3 GS-9 Step 2 GS-10 Step 2 (2) Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1993, the higher minimum rates to be established are as follows: GS-3 Step? GS-4 Step? GS-5 Steps GS-6 Step 6 GS-? Step 5 GS-8 Step 3 GS-9 Step 2 GS-10 Step 2 (c) The higher minimum rates and corresponding higher rates for each step rate of each designated grade shall apply to every law enforcement officer in the designated grades (except in the case of any law enforcement officer for whom a higher rate is authorized under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this Act, or similar provision of law) in the same manner as rates established under section 5305 of such title, as so amended, and may be increased in accordance with subsection (f) of such section 5305. (d) Any interim entry-level adjustment under section 303 of this Act which a law enforcement officer is receiving shall be eliminated on the day before the effective date of the higher minimum rates under subsection (b)(D. Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990. 5 USC 5305 note. 5 USC 5305 note. 5 USC 5305 note.