5 U.S. Code § 5301

5.U.S. Code § 5301 is about Policy. It is under Part 3 (Employees) Subpart D (Pay and Allowances) Subchapter 1 (Pay Comparability System) Chapter 53 (Pay Rates And Systems) of Title 5 (Government Organizations and Employees) of the Code.

It is the policy of Congress that Federal pay fixing for employees under the General Schedule be based on the principles that—

(1)there be equal pay for substantially equal work within each local pay area;

(2)within each local pay area, pay distinctions be maintained in keeping with work and performance distinctions;

(3)Federal pay rates be comparable with non-Federal pay rates for the same levels of work within the same local pay area; and