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[CITE: 5USC5348]

 
             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. 5348. Crews of vessels

    (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, the pay of 
officers and members of crews of vessels excepted from chapter 51 of 
this title by section 5102(c)(8) of this title shall be fixed and 
adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public 
interest in accordance with prevailing rates and practices in the 
maritime industry.
    (b) Vessel employees in an area where inadequate maritime industry 
practice exists and vessel employees of the Corps of Engineers shall 
have their pay fixed and adjusted under the provisions of this 
subchapter other than this section, as appropriate.

(Pub. L. 89-544, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 471, Sec. 5348, formerly 
Sec. 5342; renumbered and amended Pub. L. 92-392, Sec. 1(a), Aug. 19, 
1972, 86 Stat. 572; Pub. L. 96-70, title III, Sec. 3302(e)(1), Sept. 27, 
1979, 93 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 104-201, div. C, title XXXV, 
Sec. 3548(a)(3)(C), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2868.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 3548(a)(3)(C)(iii), 
substituted ``subsection (b)'' for ``subsections (b) and (c)''.
    Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 3548(a)(3)(C)(i), (ii), 
redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which 
read as follows: ``Vessel employees of the Panama Canal Commission may 
be paid in accordance with the wage practices of the maritime 
industry.''
    1979--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-70 substituted ``Commission'' for 
``Company''.
    1972--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-392 inserted reference to subsection 
(c) of this section.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-392 added subsec. (c).


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-70 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 3304 
of Pub. L. 96-70, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3601 
of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.


                    Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 92-392 effective on first day of first 
applicable pay period beginning on or after 90th day after Aug. 19, 
1972, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 92-392, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 5341 of this title.


                      Limitation on Pay Adjustments

    For provisions limiting the adjustment of salary or basic pay of 
employees covered by this section, see provisions set out as notes under 
section 5343 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5342 of this title.
