[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR24.6]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 24_SENIOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 24.6  Pay and compensation.



    The SBRS is an ungraded system, with a single, flexible pay range to 

include all members.

    (a) Pay of the members of the Service shall be determined by the 

Secretary or his/her designee.

    (b) The pay of a member of the Service shall be not less than the 

minimum rate payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule and shall not 

exceed:

    (1) The rate payable for level I of the Executive Schedule unless a 

higher rate of pay is expressly approved on an individual basis by the 

President, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5377(d)(2), or

    (2) The rate payable for level II of the Executive Schedule unless a 

higher rate of pay is expressly approved on an individual basis by the 

Secretary.

    (c) While the full pay range will be used, individual pay at the 

higher end of the range will be used only as needed to recognize 

individual scientific value and as necessary to recruit or retain an 

exceptionally well-qualified scientist.

    (d) The following factors will be used in establishing appropriate 

pay rates for individual members:

    (1) Impact of the individual on the scientific field;



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    (2) Recognition of the individual by the scientific community;

    (3) Originality of the individual's ideas/work products;

    (4) Specific ``clinical'' or highly technical skills of the 

individual which are of benefit to the agency and which are in addition 

to requirements of the basic scientific assignment;

    (5) The individual's earnings and monetary benefits;

    (6) Salary surveys of similar skills in pertinent labor markets; and

    (7) Other relevant factors.

    (e) Annual adjustments to pay rates may be made effective on the 

first day of the first pay period on or after January 1 of each calendar 

year. The rate of such adjustments will be at the discretion of the 

Secretary or his/her designee, except that the minimum rate payable in 

the SBRS will be increased to the amount of the minimum rate of the GS-

15 of the General Schedule.

    (f) Other pay adjustments will be made on an individual basis by the 

Secretary or his/her designee.

    (g) Except as provided in paragraph (h) of this section, new 

appointees to the Service, who are not covered by the Civil Service 

Retirement System, will be covered by the Federal Employees Retirement 

System.

    (h) Upon the request of a member who performed service in the employ 

of an institution of higher education immediately prior to his 

appointment as a member of the Service, and retains the right to make 

contributions to the retirement system of such institution, the 

Department of Health and Human Services may contribute an amount not to 

exceed ten percent per annum of the member's basic pay to such 

institution's retirement system on behalf of such member. A member who 

participates in this program shall not be covered by any retirement 

system established for employees of the United States under title 5, 

United States Code.