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<PRE>        H.R.2685
                       One Hundred Third Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
  the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three


                                 An Act

  
 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the Federal Physicians 
Comparability

             Allowance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSIONS.

    (a) Extension of Authority.--
        (1) Amendment to title 5, united states code.--The second 
    sentence of section 5948(d) of title 5, United States Code, is 
    amended to read as follows: ``No agreement shall be entered into 
    under this section later than September 30, 1997, nor shall any 
    agreement cover a period of service extending beyond September 30, 
    1999.''.
        (2) Extension of repealer.--Section 3 of the Federal Physicians 
    Comparability Allowance Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is amended 
    by striking ``September 30, 1995'' and inserting ``September 30, 
    1999''.
        (3) Advance appropriations required.--Any service agreement 
    entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act 
    pursuant to section 5948 of title 5, United States Code, as amended 
    by paragraph (1), shall be effective only to such extent or in such 
    amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.
        (4) Rule of construction.--The amendments made by this 
    subsection shall not be construed to authorize additional or 
    supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
    1993.
    (b) Technical Amendments.--
        (1) Amendment to public law 100-140.--Effective as of October 
    27, 1987, section 1 of Public Law 100-140 (101 Stat. 830) is amended 
    by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Extension of Repealer.--Section 3 of the Federal Physicians 
Comparability Allowance Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is amended by 
striking `September 30, 1989' and inserting `September 30, 1992'.''.
        (2) Amendment to public law 101-420.--Effective as of October 
    13, 1990, Public Law 101-420 (104 Stat. 908) is amended--
            (A) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``That''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Section 3 of the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is amended by striking `September 30, 
1992' and inserting `September 30, 1995'.''.
    (c) Order of Amendments.--For purposes of applying the amendments 
made by this section--
        (1) the provisions of subsection (b)(1) shall be treated as 
    having been enacted immediately before the provisions of subsection 
    (b)(2); and
        (2) the provisions of subsection (b)(2) shall be treated as 
    having been enacted immediately before the provisions of subsection 
    (a).

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 5948 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j)(1) Not later than June 30 of each year, the President shall 
submit to each House of Congress a written report on the operation of 
this section. Each report shall include, with respect to the year 
covered by such report, information as to--
        ``(A) which agencies entered into agreements under this section;
        ``(B) the nature and extent of the recruitment or retention 
    problems justifying the use of authority by each agency under this 
    section;
        ``(C) the number of physicians with whom agreements were entered 
    into by each agency;
        ``(D) the size of the allowances and the duration of the 
    agreements entered into; and
        ``(E) the degree to which the recruitment or retention problems 
    referred to in subparagraph (B) were alleviated under this section.
    ``(2) In addition to the information required under paragraph (1), 
the last report due under this subsection before the expiration of the 
authority to enter into agreements under this section shall include--
        ``(A) recommendations as to whether or not such authority should 
    be continued beyond September 30, 1997, and, if so, by what period 
    of time; and
        ``(B) the reasons for those recommendations.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The first report under section 5948(j) of title 
5, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), shall be due not 
later than June 30, 1994.







                                Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                                 Vice President of the United States and
                                                President of the Senate.

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