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[CITE: 5USC9502]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                        Subpart I--Miscellaneous
 
  CHAPTER 95--PERSONNEL FLEXIBILITIES RELATING TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE 
                                 SERVICE
 
Sec. 9502. Pay authority for critical positions

    (a) When the Secretary of the Treasury seeks a grant of authority 
under section 5377 for critical pay for 1 or more positions at the 
Internal Revenue Service, the Office of Management and Budget may fix 
the rate of basic pay, notwithstanding sections 5377(d)(2) and 5307, at 
any rate up to the salary set in accordance with section 104 of title 3.
    (b) Notwithstanding section 5307, no allowance, differential, bonus, 
award, or similar cash payment may be paid to any employee receiving 
critical pay at a rate fixed under subsection (a), in any calendar year 
if, or to the extent that, the employee's total annual compensation will 
exceed the maximum amount of total annual compensation payable at the 
salary set in accordance with section 104 of title 3.

(Added Pub. L. 105-206, title I, Sec. 1201(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 
712.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 9501, 9503, 9504, 9507 of 
this title.
