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124 STAT. 3040 PUBLIC LAW 111–282—OCT. 15, 2010 Police, or the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department. (iii) STEP 13 CONVERSION MAXIMUM RATE.— (I) IN GENERAL.—A member who, at the time of conversion, is in step 13 of any rank below Deputy Chief, is entitled to that rate of basic pay which is the greater of— (aa) the rate of pay for step 13 under the new salary schedule; or (bb) the rate of pay for step 14 under the pay schedule in effect immediately before conversion. (II) STEP 14 RATE.—Clause (iv) shall apply to a member whose pay is set in accordance with subclause (I)(bb). (iv) ADJUSTMENT BASED ON FORMER RATE OF PAY.— (I) DEFINITION.—In this clause, the term ‘‘former rate of basic pay’’ means the rate of basic pay last received by a member before the conver- sion. (II) IN GENERAL.—If, as a result of conversion to the new salary schedule, the member’s former rate of basic pay is greater than the maximum rate of basic pay payable for the rank of the mem- ber’s position immediately after the conversion, the member is entitled to basic pay at a rate equal to the member’s former rate of basic pay, and increased at the time of any increase in the maximum rate of basic pay payable for the rank of the member’s position by 50 percent of the dollar amount of each such increase. (III) PROMOTIONS.—For the purpose of applying section 10207 of title 5, United States Code, relating to promotions, (as added by section 2(a)) an employee receiving a rate above the max- imum rate as provided under this clause shall be deemed to be at step 13. (2) CREDIT FOR SERVICE.—Each member whose position is converted to the salary schedule under chapter 102 of title 5, United States Code, (as added by section 2(a)) in accordance with this subsection shall be granted credit for purposes of such member’s first service step adjustment made after conver- sion to the salary schedule under that chapter for all satisfac- tory service performed by the member since the member’s last increase in basic pay before the adjustment under this section. (3) ADJUSTMENTS DURING TRANSITION.—The schedule of rates of basic pay shall be increased by the percentage of any annual adjustment applicable to the General Schedule authorized under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, or any other authority, which takes effect during the period beginning on January 1, 2010, through the last day of the last pay period preceding the first pay period which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Homeland Security may establish a methodology of schedule adjustment that results in uniform fixed-dollar step increments within any given rank and preserves the established percentage Applicability.