5 USC § 5372a - Contract appeals board members

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title: "5 USC § 5372a - Contract appeals board members"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "5372a"
section_name: "Contract appeals board members"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
part_number: "III"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 104(a)(2)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1446; amended Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VIII, § 847(f)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3395; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(a)(9), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3841.)"
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# § 5372a. Contract appeals board members

**(a)** For the purpose of this section—

**(1)** the term “contract appeals board member” means a member of an agency board of contract appeals appointed under section 7105(a)(2), (c)(2), or (d)(2) of title 41 or a member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals appointed under section 7105(b)(2) of title 41; and

**(2)** the term “appeals board” means an agency board of contract appeals established pursuant to section 7105(a)(1), (c)(1), or (d)(1) of title 41.

**(b)** Rates of basic pay for contract appeals board members shall be as follows:

**(1)** Chairman of an appeals board—the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule.

**(2)** Vice chairman of an appeals board—97 percent of the rate under paragraph (1).

**(3)** Other members of an appeals board—94 percent of the rate under paragraph (1).

**(c)** Rates of pay taking effect under this section shall be printed in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 104(a)(2)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1446; amended Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VIII, § 847(f)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3395; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(a)(9), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3841.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Level IV of the Executive Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is set out in .

### Amendments

2011—Subsec. (a)(1). , substituted “section 7105(a)(2), (c)(2), or (d)(2) of title 41” for “section 8 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978” and “” for “section 42 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act”.

Subsec. (a)(2). , substituted “section 7105(a)(1), (c)(1), or (d)(1) of title 41” for “section 8 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978”.

2006—Subsec. (a)(1).  inserted “or a member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals appointed under section 42 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act” after “of 1978”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2006 Amendment

> “Section 42 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as added by this section, and the amendments and repeals made by this section [enacting
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> , Public Contracts, amending this section and sections 601 and 607 of Title 41, and enacting provisions set out as a note under
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> ], shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [
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> ].”

, , , provided that:

### Effective Date

Section effective on such date as the President shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180 days, after , see section 529 [title III, § 305] of , set out as an Effective Date of 1990 Amendment note under .