PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX C 114 STAT. 2763A-169 and shall apply to any conviction of a felony entered by a Federal or State court on or after that date. SEC. 640. Section 504 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-346) is repealed. SEC. 641. (a) Section 5545b(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following new paragraph: "(4) Notwithstanding section 8114(e)(1), overtime pay for a firefighter subject to this section for hours in a regular tour of duty shall be included in any computation of pay under section 8114.". (b) The amendment in subsection (a) shall be effective as if it had been enacted as part of the Federal Firefighters Overtime Pay Reform Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681-519). SEC. 642. Section 6323(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(3) The minimum charge for leave under this subsection is one hour, and additional charges are in multiples thereof". SEC. 643. Section 616 of the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1988, as contained in the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 490b), is amended by adding at the end the following: "(e)(1) All existing and newly hired workers in any child care center located in an executive facility shall undergo a criminal history background check as defined in section 231 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13041). "(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term 'executive facility' means a facility that is owned or leased by an office or entity within the executive branch of the Government (including one that is owned or leased by the General Services Administration on behalf of an office or entity within the judicial branch of the Government). "(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to apply with respect to a facility owned by or leased on behalf of an office or entity within the legislative branch of the Government.". SEC. 644. Section 501 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-346) is amended by striking subsection (c) and by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c). SEC. 645. (a)(1) Title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5372a the following:
- '§ 5372b. Administrative appeals judges
"(a) For the purpose of this section— "(1) the term 'administrative appeals judge position' means a position the duties of which primarily involve reviewing decisions of administrative law judges appointed under section 3105; and "(2) the term 'agency' means an Executive agency, as defined by section 105, but does not include the General Accounting Office. "(b) Subject to such regulations as the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe, the head of the agency concerned shall fix the rate of basic pay for each administrative appeals judge position within such agency which is not classified above GS- 15 pursuant to section 5108. "(c) A rate of basic pay fixed under this section shall be—
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