§ 5942. Allowance based on duty at remote worksites

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1966

   Pub. L. 89–554 · 80 Stat. 378

   Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 5942

   Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 513

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 513

2. 1971

   Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970

   Pub. L. 91–656 § 6(a) · 84 Stat. 1946

   1. Substituted · 5 U.S.C. § 5942

      Pub. L. 91–656 substituted “duty at remote worksites” for “duty on California offshore islands or at Nevada Test Site” in section catchline and assignment to duty “at a site so remote from the nearest established communities or suitable places of residence as to require an appreciable degree of expense, hardship, and inconvenience, beyond that normally encountered in metropolitan commuting, on the part of the employee in commuting to and from his residence and such worksite” for assignment to duty “on one of the California offshore islands or at the United States Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Test Site, including the Nuclear Rocket Development Station”

   2. Inserted · 5 U.S.C. § 5942

      Pub. L. 91–656 inserted reference to employee “of an Executive department or an independent establishment” and provision for designation by regulation of sites to which the rates apply

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 91–656 substituted “duty at remote worksites” for “duty on California offshore islands or at Nevada Test Site” in section catchline and assignment to duty “at a site so remote from the nearest established communities or suitable places of residence as to require an appreciable degree of expense, hardship, and inconvenience, beyond that normally encountered in metropolitan commuting, on the part of the employee in commuting to and from his residence and such worksite” for assignment to duty “on one of the California offshore islands or at the United States Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Test Site, including the Nuclear Rocket Development Station”, inserted reference to employee “of an Executive department or an independent establishment” and provision for designation by regulation of sites to which the rates apply.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 91–656, § 6(b), Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1954, provided that: “Notwithstanding section 5536 of title 5, United States Code, and the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section [amending this section], and until the effective date of regulations prescribed by the President under such amendment—

3. 1990

   Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act

   Pub. L. 101–510 div. A title XII § 1206(g) · 104 Stat. 1485

   1. Amended · 5 U.S.C. § 5942

      Pub. L. 101–510 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Added · 5 U.S.C. § 5942

      Pub. L. 101–510 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 101–510 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (g) Adjustment of Amount Payable on the Basis of Duty at Remote Worksite.— Section 5942 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” before “Notwithstanding”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) Under procedures prescribed by the President, the maximum allowance specified in subsection (a) may be adjusted from time to time in the interest of recruiting and retaining employees for performance of duty at remote worksites.”.

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