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[CITE: 5USC5548]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                     CHAPTER 55--PAY ADMINISTRATION
 
                        SUBCHAPTER V--PREMIUM PAY
 
Sec. 5548. Regulations

    (a) The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations, 
subject to the approval of the President, necessary for the 
administration of this subchapter, except section 5545(d) insofar as 
this subchapter affects employees in or under an Executive agency.
    (b) The Office shall prescribe regulations necessary for the 
administration of section 5545(d).

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 488; Pub. L. 90-83, Sec. 1(32), 
Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 201; Pub. L. 92-392, Sec. 12, Aug. 19, 1972, 86 
Stat. 575; Pub. L. 95-454, title IX, Sec. 906(a)(2), (3), Oct. 13, 1978, 
92 Stat. 1224; Pub. L. 102-378, Sec. 2(44)(C), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 
1352.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
                                1966 Act
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 945.                 June 30, 1945, ch.
                                                    212, Sec.  605, 59
                                                    Stat. 304.
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    The words ``an Executive agency'' are substituted for ``the 
executive branch of the Government'' to conform to the definition in 
section 105. Applicability of this section to employees of the General 
Accounting Office is based on former section 933a.
    The remainder of the authority is covered by sections 5504 and 6101.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

                                1967 Act
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                                                    Source (Statutes at
 Section of title 5       Source (U.S. Code)               Large)
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5548(b)............  5 App.: 1072 (as applicable   Oct. 28, 1949, ch.
                      to 5 App.: 1134.)             782, Sec.  1101 (as
                                                    applicable to Sec.
                                                    804, added July 19,
                                                    1966, Pub. L. 89-
                                                    512, Sec.  1, 80
                                                    Stat. 318), 63 Stat.
                                                    971.
                     5 App.: 1134(4) (6th through  July 19, 1966, Pub.
                      9th words).                   L. 89-512, Sec.  1
                                                    ``Sec. 804(4) (6th
                                                    through 9th
                                                    words)'', 80 Stat.
                                                    318.
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    This section consolidates into 5 U.S.C. 5548(b) general regulatory 
authority granted to the Civil Service Commission by section 1101 of the 
Classification Act of 1949 (as applicable to sec. 804 of that act, added 
by Public Law 89-512) and the specific requirement in section 804(4) of 
that act that the Commission prescribe regulations.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-378 substituted ``section 5545(d)'' 
for ``sections 5545(d) and 5550 of this title''.
    1978--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 95-454 substituted ``Office of 
Personnel Management'' for ``Civil Service Commission'' and ``Office'' 
for ``Commission''.
    1972--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-392, Sec. 12(a), struck out reference 
to section 5544 of this title.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-392, Sec. 12(b), inserted reference to 
section 5550 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, 
see section 907 of Pub. L. 95-454, set out as a note under section 1101 
of this title.


                    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.

                         Delegation of Functions

    Function vested in Office of Personnel Management under this section 
to be performed without approval of President, see section 1(1) of Ex. 
Ord. No. 11228, June 14, 1965, 30 F.R. 7739, set out as a note under 
section 301 of Title 3, The President.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 2 section 1371.
