Notes on 5 U.S.C. § 5104 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 5 U.S.C. § 5104 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 446; Pub. L. 101-509,
title V, Sec. 529 [title I, Sec. 102(b)(1)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104
Stat. 1427, 1443.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
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Derivation           U.S. Code              Revised Statutes and    
Statutes at Large     
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5 U.S.C. 1111.           Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782,     
Sec. 601, 63 Stat. 959.    
Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1208,    
Sec. 107, 68 Stat. 1108.   
5 U.S.C. 1112.           Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782,     
Sec. 602, 63 Stat. 959.    
Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1208,    
Sec. 108, 68 Stat. 1108.   
June 20, 1958, Pub. L.      
85-462, Sec. 13(a), 72     
Stat. 214.                 
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Former sections 1111 and 1112 are combined and restated.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions
applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface
to the report.
REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
The General Schedule, referred to in text, is set out under
section 5332 of this title.
AMENDMENTS                            
1990 - Pub. L. 101-509 struck out "18" before "grades" in
introductory provisions and struck out pars. (16) to (18) which
described grades GS-16 to GS-18.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT                 
Amendment by Pub. L. 101-509 effective on such date as the
President shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not
later than 180 days, after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 529 [title
III, Sec. 305] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out as a note under section
5301 of this title.
JOB EVALUATION POLICY ACT OF 1970                 
Pub. L. 91-216, May 17, 1970, 84 Stat. 72, provided: "That this
Act may be cited as the 'Job Evaluation Policy Act of 1970'.
"TITLE I - CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO JOB EVALUATION
AND RANKING IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
"Sec. 101. The Congress hereby finds that - 
"(1) the tremendous growth required in the activities of the
Federal Government in order to meet the country's needs during
the past several decades has led to the need for employees in an
ever-increasing and changing variety of occupations and
professions, many of which did not exist when the basic
principles of job evaluation and ranking were established by the
Classification Act of 1923 [Act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 265, 42 Stat.
1488]. The diverse and constantly changing nature of these
occupations and professions requires that the Federal Government
reassess its approach to job evaluation and ranking better to
fulfill its role as an employer and assure efficient economical
administration;
"(2) the large number and variety of job evaluation and ranking
systems in the executive branch have resulted in significant
inequities in selection, promotion, and pay of employees in
comparable positions among these systems;
"(3) little effort has been made by Congress or the executive
branch to consolidate or coordinate the various job evaluation
and ranking systems, and there has been no progress toward the
establishment of a coordinated system in which job evaluation and
ranking, regardless of the methods used, is related to a unified
set of principles providing coherence and equity throughout the
executive branch;
"(4) within the executive branch, there has been no significant
study of, or experimentation with the several recognized methods
of job evaluation and ranking to determine which of those methods
are most appropriate for use and application to meet the present
and future needs of the Federal Government; and
"(5) notwithstanding the recommendations resulting from the
various studies conducted during the last twenty years, the
Federal Government has not taken the initiative to implement
those recommendations with respect to the job evaluation and
ranking systems within the executive branch, with the result that
such systems have not, in many cases, been adapted or
administered to meet the rapidly changing needs of the Federal
Government.
"TITLE II - STATEMENT OF POLICY                  
"Sec. 201. It is the sense of Congress that - 
"(1) the executive branch shall, in the interest of equity,
efficiency, and good administration, operate under a coordinated
job evaluation and ranking system for all civilian positions, to
the greatest extent practicable;
"(2) the system shall be designed so as to utilize such methods
of job evaluation and ranking as are appropriate for use in the
executive branch, taking into account the various occupational
categories of positions therein; and
"(3) the United States Civil Service Commission shall be
authorized to exercise general supervision and control over such
a system.
"TITLE III - PREPARATION OF A JOB EVALUATION AND RANKING PLAN BY
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
CONGRESS
"Sec. 301. The Civil Service Commission, through such
organizational unit which it shall establish within the Commission
and which shall report directly to the Commission, shall prepare a
comprehensive plan for the establishment of a coordinated system of
job evaluation and ranking for civilian positions, in the executive
branch. The plan shall include, among other things - 
"(1) provision for the establishment of a method or methods for
evaluating jobs and alining them by level;
"(2) a time schedule for the conversion of existing job
evaluation and ranking systems into the coordinated system;
"(3) provision that the Civil Service Commission shall have
general supervision of and control over the coordinated job
evaluation and ranking system, including, if the Commission deems
it appropriate, the authority to approve or disapprove the
adoption, use and administration in the executive branch of the
method or methods established under that system;
"(4) provision for the establishment of procedures for the
periodic review by the Civil Service Commission of the
effectiveness of the method or methods adopted for use under the
system; and
"(5) provision for maintenance of the system to meet the
changing needs of the executive branch in the future.
"Sec. 302. In carrying out its functions under section 301 of
this Act, the Commission shall consider all recognized methods of
job evaluation and ranking.
"Sec. 303. The Civil Service Commission is authorized to secure
directly from any executive agency, as defined by section 105 of
title 5, United States Code, or any bureau, office, or part
thereof, information, suggestions, estimates, statistics, and
technical assistance for the purposes of this Act; and each such
executive agency or bureau, office, or part thereof is authorized
and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates,
statistics, and technical assistance directly to the Civil Service
Commission upon request by the Commission.
"Sec. 304. (a) Within one year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Commission shall submit to the President and the
Congress an interim progress report on the current status and
results of its activities under this Act, together with its current
findings.
"(b) Within two years after the date of enactment of this Act
[Mar. 17, 1970] - 
"(1) the Civil Service Commission shall complete its functions
under this Act and shall transmit to the President a
comprehensive report of the result of its activities, together
with its recommendations (including its draft of proposed
legislation to carry out such recommendations), and
"(2) the President shall transmit that report (including the
recommendations and draft of proposed legislation of the
Commission) to the Congress, together with such recommendations
as the President deems appropriate.
"(c) The Commission shall submit to the Committees on Post Office
and Civil Service of the Senate and House of Representatives once
each calendar month, or at such other intervals as may be directed
by those committees, or either of them, an interim progress report
on the then current status and results of the activities of the
Commission under this Act, together with the then current findings
of the Commission.
"(d) The Commission shall periodically consult with, and solicit
the views of, appropriate employee and professional organizations.
"(e) The organizational unit established under section 301 of
this Act shall cease to exist upon the submission of the report to
the Congress under subsection (b) of this section."