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to an irrational result." 759 F.2d at 929-30 n.1l. with regard to the antidiscriminatory provision of P.L. 99-150, the 1 statutory language is clear, unambiguous, and logical: an assertion of FLSA coverage by public employees on or after February 19, 1985, is pro- tected from employer discrimination. Language in both the House Committee Report and the Conference Report indicates that a unilateral wage
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February 19, 1985, the employee asserted coverage under section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 shall be held to have violated section 15(a)(3) of such Act. H.R. Rep. No. 99-331, 99th Cong., lst Sess. 4 (1985) The accompanying committee report explained the provision as follows: C. DISCRIMINATION Section 8 of the bill makes it unlawful, on or after February 19, 1985, for any state or local
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be selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and would face a service requirement to teach 2 years for each year of financial assistance received. P.L. 98-377 authorizes $5 million for fiscal year (FY) 1984 and $15 million for FY 1985 for this program. Thus, the scholarship program in P.L. 98-377 is similar to that of title VII of P.L. 98- 558 with respect to size of the grant, service requirement
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CRS-2 under H.R. 4477 as passed by the House. The bill, as amended, was agreed to by the Senate (page S13430), and sent to the House. On October 9, 1984, the House agreed to S. 2565 as passed by the Senate, by a vote of 376 yeas, 6 nays (roll no. 453, pages Hl1654-5). On October 30, 1984, she President signed 8. 2565, making it public law 98-S58. Provided below are a summary of the provisions
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CRS-4% llwould be spread over a number of years, rather than occurring fully in then initial year of application of the "absorption factor," The attached table contains both the estimated allocations with and with- M r»out the 2 percent "absorption factor," plus the county's formula eligible child percentage. sThe percentage gain--in comparison to estimated allocations
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than 10,000 scholarships could be supported. For the fellowship program, it is unclear whether the intent is to authorize one fellowship per year per Congressional district (see footnote 3]). Using the public classroom teacher average salary for 1981-82, 442 fellowships would cost $8,890,388--just somewhat below the Egg gregate authorization level of $10,000,000. Thus, whatever the intent, the
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CRS-8 5 percent of each school district's teachers may receive supplements of up to $2,000 annually to improve their instructional skills. Florida has recently adopted legislation providing for loans and scholarships for individuals in- tending to teach in shortage areas, as well as sumer institutes for experi- enced teachers in science and_mathematics. Student loans, with forgivenessi
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of pro-rata share of grant plus interest and collection fee under title VII of P.L. 98-558); and total authorization level and period (up to a total of $20 million in FY 1984-85 under P.L. 98-377; up to $20-23 million per year in FY 1986-90 under title VII of P.L. 98-558). Potential Effectiveness of Title VII of P.L. 98-558 There are at least four aspects to this topic: (a) whether title VII of P.L. 98
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CRS-17 authorized funding would be sufficient (assuming future increases in teacher salaries) to fund only one fellowship per Congressional district over the life of the program. Selection Processes For scholarship recipients, selection is to be made by State boards named by the "chief State elected officiall" Each State is to establish criteria for selection; the only standard element
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. _ __ ._ _ _.._?__# .:__l._.._.-,.___ , _ . __l,,,,., . , , , _ CRS-18 In response, proponents of title VII of P.L. 98-558 might argue that the proposal gives proper recognition to the weaknesses of standardized test scores A as a "universal" measure of academic achievement or ability, and further recog- nizes the decentralized educational governance system in the United States
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, 1986, with the term of office to expire on March 1, 1987; --The President would make his own pay recomendations, based on Committee [sic] findings, in his FY 1988 Budget Message to Congress; and --The regular quadrennial process would resume in 1988, as set forth in the original statute. OUTLOOK FOR FEDERAL EXECUTIVE PAY IN 1987 On December 19, 1985, President Reagan signed into law legislation
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,1 ii. _ <~ LL 1%. ix/as I \Q$V.f'0.‘t;f,t8é"‘"' /0(3) QOU 86-1021 oov I Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress T Washington, D.C. 20540 FEDERAL EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL COMPENSATION: THE SITUATION AND CHOICES AS THE IOOTH CONGRESS CONVENES James P. McGrath Analyst in American National Government Government Division December 30, 1986 Updated
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_,_ ._ H ;..;.__.i.-4.. l;..iA.____...____t-4_A-.-,_A_,ii..,~i ,_,4_,4.. h inn CRS-12 that Federal pay levels in general are too high. géf Congress is reluctant to raise its own pay because of this feeling and because of a perceived conflict of interest in Members voting to raise their own pay. On the other hand, Federal compensation commissions, staffed by pay experts from outside the Government
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, January 6, 1987. p. 505, 509; and Havemann, Judith. Reagan Widens Pay Proposal: Raises Sought for 7,000 Senior Executives. Washington Post, January 8, 1987. pp. Al, A8. 63/ Figures supplied by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). According to 0PM the SES increases would be as follows: SES-1 from $63,200 to $64,700; SES-2 from $65,700 to $67,600; SES-3 from $68,200 to $70,500; SES-4 from $70
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CRS-19 In each of the first four Commissions (fiscal 1969, l973, 1977, l98l), the President reduced the size of the Commission pay increase recommendations for Government officials in sending his recommendations to Congress. In 1969 and 1977, Congress accepted the President's pay recommendations andg they went into effect; in 1973 and 1981, Congress disapproved the President
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and bonuses rose by 171 percent between 1982 and 1983. Executive Pay: The Top Earners: Who Made the Most-And Are They Worth It? Business Week, May 7, 1984, p. 88. These figures can be even more dramatic when surveyed over a ten-year time span. They show, for instance, that from 1971 to 1981, compensation for the President of Boeing and the President of Swift, Inc., increased by more than 1,000 percent
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); and the salary of the Vice President would be raised from $100,800 to $175,000 (73.6 percent). (The Appendix shows salary rates as of January 1, 1987, together with the salary increases recommended by the Commission.) When the Commission delivered its report to President Reagan, the President reportedly told the Commission that senior Government officials‘ pay is a problem that needs to be addressed. "
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..........................................;............... 10 Political Considerations Affecting Federal Officials Pay-Setting..... 10 ‘Problems Inherent in Comparing Federal and Private Pay Standards.t... 12a COMMISSION ON EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL SALARIES............... 16 WHAT CO ISSION‘FO .....’....00....’C-..C..C............... The APprOaCh and Findings Of the 1985 COmmiSSi0nooooooooooooooooooooo 19 Changes Proposed by the 1985 Commission
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