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[CITE: 5USC5344]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                    CHAPTER 53--PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
 
Sec. 5344. Effective date of wage increase; retroactive pay

    (a) Each increase in rates of basic pay granted, pursuant to a wage 
survey, to prevailing rate employees is effective not later than the 
first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the 45th day, 
excluding Saturdays and Sundays, following the date the wage survey is 
ordered to be made.
    (b) Retroactive pay is payable by reason of an increase in rates of 
basic pay referred to in subsection (a) of this section only when--
        (1) the individual is in the service of the Government of the 
    United States, including service in the armed forces, or the 
    government of the District of Columbia on the date of the issuance 
    of the order granting the increase; or
        (2) the individual retired or died during the period beginning 
    on the effective date of the increase and ending on the date of 
    issuance of the order granting the increase, and only for services 
    performed during that period.

For the purpose of this subsection, service in the armed forces includes 
the period provided by statute for the mandatory restoration of the 
individual to a position in or under the Government of the United States 
or the government of the District of Columbia after he is relieved from 
training and service in the armed forces or discharged from 
hospitalization following that training and service.

(Added Pub. L. 92-392, Sec. 1(a), Aug. 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 568.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those comprising subsec. (a) of this section 
were contained in Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 471 (formerly 
classified to section 5343 of this title) prior to the general amendment 
of this subchapter by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 92-392.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5349, 5581, 8331, 8704 of 
this title.
