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B-193803 1 (1979-02-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgxw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FILE: B-193803 DATE: FEB 1 4 1979 MATTER OF: ndochins Refge Pro m Em loee Within-Grade Salary Increases -M DIGEST: Employees of the Indochinese Refugee Program, Social Security Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, appointed under civil service regulations to Schedule A excepted service positions under the General Schedule, for periods not to exceed September 30, 1981, are eligible for within-grade salary increases under 5 U.S.C. § 5335 (1976) on the same basis as term employees. See B-191861, October 20, 1978, 58 Comp. Gen. This action arises from a request by Mr.. Thomas S. McFee, Assistant Secretary for Personnel Administration, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, for a determination as to whether certain employees appointed to the steff of the Indochinese Refugee Program in the Office of Family Assistance, Social Security Administration, are eligible for within-grade salary increases under the-provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 5335 (1976). Under the provisions of the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975, Public Law 94-23, May 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 87, as amended by title II of Public Law 95-145, October 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1223, a staff of employees for the Indochinese Refugee Program has been established in the Cffice of Family Assistance, Social Security Administration. These employees are engaged in work activity directly related to the refugee resettlement effort for refugees from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. By 5 C.F.R. § 213.3116(d)(5) the United States Civil Service Commission (CSC) has authorized the appointment of a limited number of employees to this staff. Service under such authority may not exceed September 30, 1981. The employees presently assigned to the staff are given Schedule A excepted service appointments that may not exceed the September 30, 1981, date. Section 5335, title 5, United States Code, provides that an employee paid on an annual basis, and occdpying a permanent position within the scope of the General Schedule, shall, following the completion of certain enumerated requirements,