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B-198847 1 (1980-07-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjum0001 and id is 1 raw text is: eLrnT- COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES * 0~)K.WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-198847 July 7, 1980 The Honorable James M. Hanley Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives Dear Mr.'Chairman: Your letter of May 1, 1980, requested ourLiews and comments on H.R. 70863 This bill would.,amend section 5305(c) of title 5, United States Code, to provide that (1) the authority of the President to submit any alternative plan for pay comparability adjustments be available only if gen- eral wage guidelines or controls are in effect and (2) the overall percentage of any pay adjustment proposed under any such alternative plan be not less than the pay adjustment generally permitted under the general wage guidelines or controls or, if various pay adjustments are permitted, the median of such adjustments. VWe support the intent-of H.R. 7086, to limit the President's use of alternative plans. In fact, the thrust of this bill is very similar to suggestions we made in our November 13, 1979, report, Determining Federal Compensation: Changes Needed to Make the Processes More Equitable and Credible, FPCD-80-17. A copy of the report is enclosed. ALTERNATIVE PLAN AUTHORITY As you know, section 5305(c) as presently enacted allows the President to propose an alternative plan if he believes that the comparability adjustment is not warranted because of national emergency or economic conditions affecting the general welfare. Since 1970, Presidents have proposed alternative plans for 6 of 10 annual adjustments. On three of these occasions, the Congress rejected the alternative plan. -We believe it was the Congress' intention that alter- native plans were to be used only as a safety valve in extraordinary circumstances. We are concerned, however, A777

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