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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

96 STAT. 1200 Funds, transfer. 95 Stat. 1413. 20 USC 956.

Effective date.

5 USC 5546a.

PUBLIC LAW 97-276—OCT. 2, 1982

SEC. 151. $5,200,000 of the funds appropriated to the National Endowment for the Humanities for Salaries and expenses" in Public Law 97-100 are hereby transferred to "Matching Grants" for the purposes of section 7(h) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended. Such funds shall remain available until September 30, 1984. SEC. 151. (a) Section 4109 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) of this section, the Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, may pay an individual training to be an air traffic controller of such Administration, during the period of such training, at the applicable rate of basic pay for the hours of training officially ordered or approved in excess of forty hours in an administrative workweek.". (b) Section 5532 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(fKD Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the retired or retainer pay of a former member of a uniformed service shall not be reduced wMe such former member is temporarily employed, during the period described in paragraph (2) or any portion thereof, under the administrative authority of the Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, to perform duties in the operation of the air traffic control system or to train others to perform such duties. "(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be in effect for any period ending not later than December 31, 1984, during which the Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, determines that there is an unusual shortage of air traffic controllers performing duties under the administrative authority of such Administrator.. (c)(1) Chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5546 the following new section:

    • § 5546a. Differential pay for certain employees of the Federal

Aviation Administration "(a) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Administrator') may pay premium pay at the rate of 5 per centum of the applicable rate of basic pay to— "(1) any employee of the Federal Aviation Administration who is— "(A) occupying a position in the air traffic controller series classified not lower than GS-9 and located in an air traffic control center or terminal or in a flight service station; "(B) assigned to a position classified not lower than GS-09 or WG-10 located in an airway facilities sector; or "(C) assigned to a flight inspection crew-member position classified not lower than GS-11 located in a flight inspection field office, the duties of whose position are determined by the Administrator to be directly involved in or responsible for the operation and maintenance of the air traffic control system; and "(2) any employee of the Federal Aviation Administration who is assigned to a flight test pilot position classified not lower than 6S-12 located in a r ^ o n or center, the duties of whose position are determined by the Administrator to be unusually