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5 U.S.C. § 8704 — Group insurance; amounts
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**(a)** An employee eligible for insurance is entitled to be insured for an amount of group life insurance equal to—
(1) the employee’s basic insurance amount, multiplied by
(2) the appropriate factor determined on the basis of the employee’s age in accordance with the following schedule: If the age of the employee isThe appropriate factor is: 35 or under2.0 361.9 371.8 381.7 391.6 401.5 411.4 421.3 431.2 441.1 45 or over1.0.
**(b)** An employee eligible for insurance is entitled to be insured for group accidental death and dismemberment insurance in accordance with this subsection. Subject to the conditions and limitations approved by the Office of Personnel Management which are contained in the policy purchased by the Office, the group accidental death and dismemberment insurance provides payment as follows: LossAmount payable For loss of lifeFull amount of the employee’s basic insurance amount. Loss of one hand or of one foot or loss of sight of one eyeOne-half the amount of the employee’s basic insurance amount. Loss of two or more such membersFull amount of the employee’s basic insurance amount. For any one accident the aggregate amount of group accidental death and dismemberment insurance that may be paid may not exceed an amount equal to the employee’s basic insurance amount.
**(c)** The Office shall prescribe regulations providing for the conversion of other than annual rates of pay to annual rates of pay and shall specify the types of pay included in annual pay. For the purpose of this chapter, “annual pay” includes—
(1) premium pay under [section 5545(c)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5545/c/1&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) with respect to a law enforcement officer as defined in section 8331(2
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**(a)** An employee eligible for insurance is entitled to be insured for an amount of group life insurance equal to—
(1) the employee’s basic insurance amount, multiplied by
(2) the appropriate factor determined on the basis of the employee’s age in accordance with the following schedule: If the age of the employee isThe appropriate factor is: 35 or under2.0 361.9 371.8 381.7 391.6 401.5 411.4 421.3 431.2 441.1 45 or over1.0.
**(b)** An employee eligible for insurance is entitled to be insured for group accidental death and dismemberment insurance in accordance with this subsection. Subject to the conditions and limitations approved by the Office of Personnel Management which are contained in the policy purchased by the Office, the group accidental death and dismemberment insurance provides payment as follows: LossAmount payable For loss of lifeFull amount of the employee’s basic insurance amount. Loss of one hand or of one foot or loss of sight of one eyeOne-half the amount of the employee’s basic insurance amount. Loss of two or more such membersFull amount of the employee’s basic insurance amount. For any one accident the aggregate amount of group accidental death and dismemberment insurance that may be paid may not exceed an amount equal to the employee’s basic insurance amount.
**(c)** The Office shall prescribe regulations providing for the conversion of other than annual rates of pay to annual rates of pay and shall specify the types of pay included in annual pay. For the purpose of this chapter, “annual pay” includes—
(1) premium pay under [section 5545(c)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5545/c/1&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) with respect to a law enforcement officer as defined in section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of this title, premium pay under [section 5545(c)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5545/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d)** In determining the amount of insurance to which an employee is entitled—
(1) a change in rate of pay under subchapter VI of chapter 53 of this title is deemed effective as of the first day of the pay period after the pay period in which the payroll change is approved; and
(2) a change in rate of pay under section 5344 or 5349 of this title is deemed effective as of the date of issuance of the order granting the increase or the effective date of the increase, whichever is later, except, that in the case of an employee who dies or retires during the period beginning on the effective date of the increase and ending on the date of the issuance of the order granting the increase, a change in rate of pay under either of such sections shall be deemed as having been in effect for such employee during that period.
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**(a)** Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of this section appropriated funds may not be used to pay an employee who establishes a maximum-age requirement for entrance into the competitive service.
**(b)** The Secretary may, with the concurrence of such agent as the President may designate, determine and fix the maximum limit of age within which an original appointment to a position as an air traffic controller may be made.
**(c)** The Secretary of the Interior may determine and fix the minimum and maximum limits of age within which original appointments to the United States Park Police may be made.
**(d)** The head of any agency may determine and fix the minimum and maximum limits of age within which an original appointment may be made to a position as a law enforcement officer or firefighter, as defined by section 8331(20) and (21), respectively, of this title.
**(e)**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the head of an agency may determine and fix the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as a firefighter or law enforcement officer, as defined by section 8401(14) or (17), respectively, of this title.
(2)
(A) In the case of the conversion of an agency function from performance by a contractor to performance by an employee of the agency, the head of the agency, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, may waive any maximum limit of age, determined or fixed for positions within such agency under paragraph (1), if necessary in order to promote the recruitment or appointment of experienced personnel.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph—
(i) the term “agency” means the Department of Defense or a military department; and
(ii) the term “head of the agency” means—
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**(a)** The pay of prevailing rate employees shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates. Subject to [section 213(f) of title 29](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section213/f&num=0&edition=prelim), the rates may not be less than the appropriate rates provided by [section 206(a)(1) of title 29](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section206/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim). To carry out this subsection—
(1) the Office of Personnel Management shall define, as appropriate—
(A) with respect to prevailing rate employees other than prevailing rate employees under paragraphs (B) and (C) of [section 5342(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5342/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), the boundaries of—
(i) individual local wage areas for prevailing rate employees having regular wage schedules and rates; and
(ii) wage areas for prevailing rate employees having special wage schedules and rates;
(B) with respect to prevailing rate employees under paragraphs (B) and (C) of [section 5342(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5342/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), the boundaries of—
(i) individual local wage areas for prevailing rate employees under such paragraphs having regular wage schedules and rates (but such boundaries shall not extend beyond the immediate locality in which the particular prevailing rate employees are employed); and
(ii) wage areas for prevailing rate employees under such paragraphs having special wage schedules and rates;
(2) the Office of Personnel Management shall designate a lead age
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) “agency” means—
(A) an Executive agency;
(B) an office, agency, or other establishment in the legislative branch;
(C) an office, agency, or other establishment in the judicial branch; and
(D) the government of the District of Columbia;
(2) “public official” means an officer (including the President and a Member of Congress), a member of the uniformed service, an employee and any other individual, in whom is vested the authority by law, rule, or regulation, or to whom the authority has been delegated, to appoint, employ, promote, or advance individuals, or to recommend individuals for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement in connection with employment in an agency; and
(3) “relative” means, with respect to a public official, an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.
**(b)** A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement, in or to a civilian position in the agency in which he is serving or over which he exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a relative of the public official. An individual may not be appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced in or to a civilian position in an agency if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement has been advocated by a public official, serving in or exercising jurisdiction or control over the agency, who is a relative of the individual.
**(c)** An indi
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It is the policy of Congress that rates of pay of prevailing rate employees be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates and be based on principles that—
(1) there will be equal pay for substantially equal work for all prevailing rate employees who are working under similar conditions of employment in all agencies within the same local wage area;
(2) there will be relative differences in pay within a local wage area when there are substantial or recognizable differences in duties, responsibilities, and qualification requirements among positions;
(3) the level of rates of pay will be maintained in line with prevailing levels for comparable work within a local wage area; and
(4) the level of rates of pay will be maintained so as to attract and retain qualified prevailing rate employees.
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**(a)** For the purpose of this chapter, “employee” means—
(1) an employee as defined by [section 2105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2105&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) a Member of Congress as defined by [section 2106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2106&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) a Congressional employee as defined by [section 2107 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2107&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) the President;
(5) a justice or judge of the United States appointed to hold office during good behavior (i) who is in regular active judicial service, or (ii) who is retired from regular active service under section 371(b) or 372(a) of title 28, United States Code, or (iii) who has resigned the judicial office under [section 371(a) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section371/a&num=0&edition=prelim) with the continued right during the remainder of his lifetime to receive the salary of the office at the time of his resignation;
(6) an individual first employed by the government of the District of Columbia before October 1, 1987;
(7) an individual employed by Gallaudet College; 11 See Change of Name note below.
(8) an individual employed by a county committee established under [section 590h(b) of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
(9) an individual appointed to a position on the office staff of a former President under section 1(b) of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838); and
(10) an individual appointed to a position on the office staff of a former President, or a form
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**(a)** Under the conditions, directives, and terms specified in sections 8709–8712 of this title, the Office of Personnel Management, without regard to section 6101(b) to (d) of title 41, may purchase a policy which shall make available to each insured employee equal amounts of optional life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance in addition to the amounts provided in [section 8704(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8704/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)**
(1) An employee who is deployed in support of a contingency operation (as that term is defined in [section 101(a)(13) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section101/a/13&num=0&edition=prelim)) or an employee of the Department of Defense who is designated as emergency essential under [section 1580 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1580&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be insured under the policy of insurance under this section if the employee, within 60 days after the date of notification of deployment or designation, elects to be insured under the policy of insurance. An election under this paragraph shall be effective when provided to the Office in writing, in the form prescribed by the Office, within such 60-day period.
(2) The optional life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance shall be made available to each insured employee under such conditions as the Office shall prescribe and in amounts approved by the Office but not more than the greater of $10,000 or an amount which, when added to the amount provided in [section 8704(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8704/a&
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Level II of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):
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For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “employee” means an employee to whom chapter 51 of this title applies, and a prevailing rate employee, as defined by [section 5342(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5342/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), whose employment is other than on a temporary or term basis;
(2) “agency” has the meaning given it by [section 5102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5102&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) “retained grade” means the grade used for determining benefits to which an employee to whom [section 5362 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5362&num=0&edition=prelim) applies is entitled;
(4) “rate of basic pay” means—
(A) the rate of basic pay payable to an employee under law or regulations before any deductions or additions of any kind, but including—
(i) any applicable locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 or similar provision of law;
(ii) any applicable special pay under section 5305 or similar provision of law; and
(iii) subject to such regulations as the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe, any applicable existing retained rate of pay established under section 5363 or similar provision of law; and
(B) in the case of a prevailing rate employee, the scheduled rate of pay determined under section 5343;
(5) “covered pay schedule” means the General Schedule, any prevailing rate schedule established under subchapter IV of this chapter, or a special occupational pay system under subchapter IX;
(6) “position subject to this subchapter” means any position under a covered pay schedule;
(7) “reduction-in-force procedures” means procedures
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) “overtime pay” means pay for hours of service in excess of a statutory or other basic workweek or other basic unit of worktime, as observed by the employing establishment; and
(2) “year” means a period of 12 calendar months, or the equivalent thereof as specified by regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.
**(b)** In computing monetary compensation for disability or death on the basis of monthly pay, that pay is determined under this section.
**(c)** The monthly pay at the time of injury is deemed one-twelfth of the average annual earnings of the employee at that time. When compensation is paid on a weekly basis, the weekly equivalent of the monthly pay is deemed one-fifty-second of the average annual earnings. However, for so much of a period of total disability as does not exceed 90 calendar days from the date of the beginning of compensable disability, the compensation, in the discretion of the Secretary of Labor, may be computed on the basis of the actual daily wage of the employee at the time of injury in which event he may be paid compensation for the days he would have worked but for the injury.
**(d)** Average annual earnings are determined as follows:
(1) If the employee worked in the employment in which he was employed at the time of his injury during substantially the whole year immediately preceding the injury and the employment was in a position for which an annual rate of pay—
(A) was fixed, the average annual earnings are the annual rate of pay; or
(B) was not fixed, the average annual earnings are the product obtained by multiplying his daily wage for the particular employment, or the average thereof if the daily wage has fluctuated, by 300 if he was employed on the basis of a 6-day workwe
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**(a)** Effective as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1 of each calendar year, the rates of basic pay for each statutory pay system shall be increased by the percentage (rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent) equal to one-half of 1 percentage point less than the percentage by which the ECI for the base quarter of the year before the preceding calendar year exceeds the ECI for the base quarter of the second year before the preceding calendar year (if at all).
**(b)**
(1) If, because of national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare, the President should consider the pay adjustment which would otherwise be required by subsection (a) in any year to be inappropriate, the President shall—
(A) prepare and transmit to Congress before September 1 of the preceding calendar year a plan for such alternative pay adjustments as he considers appropriate, together with the reasons therefor; and
(B) adjust the rates of pay of each statutory pay system, in accordance with such plan, effective on the same day as the increase under subsection (a) would otherwise take effect.
(2) In evaluating an economic condition affecting the general welfare under this subsection, the President shall consider pertinent economic measures including, but not limited to, the Indexes of Leading Economic Indicators, the Gross National Product, the unemployment rate, the budget deficit, the Consumer Price Index, the Producer Price Index, the Employment Cost Index, and the Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption Expenditures.
(3) The President shall include in the report to Congress under paragraph (1)(A) his assessment of the impact that the alternative pay adjustments under this subsection will have on
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