118 STAT. 2313 PUBLIC LAW 108–411—OCT. 30, 2004 SEC. 203. COMPENSATORY TIME OFF FOR TRAVEL. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at end the following: ‘‘§ 5550b. Compensatory time off for travel ‘‘(a) Notwithstanding section 5542(b)(2), each hour spent by an employee in travel status away from the official duty station of the employee, that is not otherwise compensable, shall be treated as an hour of work or employment for purposes of calculating compensatory time off. ‘‘(b) An employee who has any hours treated as hours of work or employment for purposes of calculating compensatory time under subsection (a), shall not be entitled to payment for any such hours that are unused as compensatory time.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5550a the following: ‘‘5550b. Compensatory time off for travel.’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the earlier of— (1) the effective date of any regulations prescribed to carry out such amendments; or (2) the 90th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. TITLE III—PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAY ADMINISTRATION SEC. 301. CORRECTIONS RELATING TO PAY ADMINISTRATION. (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 5302, by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following: ‘‘(8) the term ‘rates of pay under the General Schedule’, ‘rates of pay for the General Schedule’, or ‘scheduled rates of basic pay’ means the rates of basic pay under the General Schedule as established by section 5332, excluding pay under section 5304 and any other additional pay of any kind; and’’; (2) in section 5305— (A) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the fol lowing: ‘‘(a)(1) Whenever the Office of Personnel Management finds that the Government’s recruitment or retention efforts with respect to 1 or more occupations in 1 or more areas or locations are, or are likely to become, significantly handicapped due to any of the circumstances described in subsection (b), the Office may estab lish for the areas or locations involved, with respect to individuals in positions paid under any of the pay systems referred to in subsection (c), higher minimum rates of pay for 1 or more grades or levels, occupational groups, series, classes, or subdivisions thereof, and may make corresponding increases in all rates of the pay range for each such grade or level. However, a minimum rate so established may not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay (excluding any locality based comparability payment under sec tion 5304 or similar provision of law) for the grade or level by 5 USC 5550b note.
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