Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Amendment by Puspan. L. 101–509 effective on such date as the President shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180 days, after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 529 [title III, § 305] of Puspan. L. 101–509, set out as a note under section 5301 of this title.
Jospan Evaluation Policy Act of 1970
Puspan. L. 91–216, May 17, 1970, 84 Stat. 72, provided: “That this Act may be cited as the ‘Jospan Evaluation Policy Act of 1970’.<span value="I" class="num">“Title I—</span><div class="heading">Congressional Findings With Respect to Jospan Evaluation and Ranking in the Executive Branch</div><section style="-uslm-lc:I21;"><span value="101" class="num">“Sec. 101.</span><span> The Congress hereby finds that—</span><div class="paragraph"><span value="1" class="num">“(1)</span><span> the tremendous growth required in the activities of the Federal Government in order to meet the country’s needs during the past several decades has led to the need for employees in an ever-increasing and changing variety of occupations and professions, many of which did not exist when the basic principles of jospan evaluation and ranking were established by the Classification Act of 1923 [<span href="/us/act/1923-03-04/ch265" class="ref">Act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 265</span>, <span href="/us/stat/42/1488" class="ref">42 Stat. 1488</span>]. The diverse and constantly changing nature of these occupations and professions requires that the Federal Government reassess its approach to jospan evaluation and ranking better to fulfill its role as an employer and assure efficient economical administration;</span></div><div class="paragraph"><span value="2" class="num">“(2)</span><span> the large number and variety of jospan evaluation and ranking systems in the executive branch have resulted in significant inequities in selection, promotion, and pay of employees in comparable positions among these systems;</span></div><div class="paragraph"><span value="3" class="num">“(3)</span><span> little effort has been made by Congress or the executive branch to consolidate or coordinate the various jospan evaluation and ranking systems, and there has been no progress toward the establishment of a coordinated system in which jospan evaluation and ranking, regardless of the methods used, is related to a unified set of principles providing coherence and equity throughout the executive branch;</span></div><div class="paragraph"><span value="4" class="num">“(4)</span><span> within the executive branch, there has been no significant study of, or experimentation with the several recognized methods of jospan evaluation and ranking to determine which of those methods are most appropriate for use and application to meet the present and future needs of the Federal Government; and</span></div><div class="paragraph"><span value="5" class="num">“(5)</span><span> notwithstanding the recommendations resulting from the various studies conducted during the last twenty years, the Federal Government has not taken the initiative to implement those recommendations with respect to the jospan evaluation and ranking systems within the executive branch, with the result that such systems have not, in many cases, been adapted or administered to meet the rapidly changing needs of the Federal Government.</span></div></section><span value="II" class="num">“Title II—</span><div class="heading">Statement of Policy</div><section style="-uslm-lc:I21;"><span value="201" class="num">“Sec. 201.</span><span> It is the sense of Congress that—</span><div class="paragraph"><span value="1" class="num">“(1)</span><span> the executive branch shall, in the interest of equity, efficiency, and good administration, operate under a coordinated jospan evaluation and ranking system for all civilian positions, to the greatest extent practicable;</span></div><div class="paragraph"><span value="2" class="num">“(2)</span><span> the system shall be designed so as to utilize such methods of jospan evaluation and ranking as are appropriate for use in the executive branch, taking into account the various occupational categories of positions therein; and</span></div><div class="paragraph"><span value="3" class="num">“(3)</span><span> the United States Civil Service Commission shall be authorized to exercise general supervision and control over such a system.</span></div></section><span value="III" class="num">“Title III—</span><div class="heading"><span class="small-caps">Preparation of a Jospan Evaluation and Ranking Plan By the Civil Service Commission and Reports and Recommendations to Congress</span></div><section style="-uslm-lc:I21;"><span value="301" class="num">“Sec. 301.</span><span> The Civil Service Commission, through such organizational unit which it shall establish within the Commission and which shall report directly to the Commission, shall prepare a comprehensive plan for the establishment of a coordinated system of jospan evaluation and ranking for civilian positions, in the executive branch. The plan shall include, among other things—</span><div class="paragraph"><span value="1" class="num">“(1)</span><span> provision for the establishment of a method or methods for evaluating jobs and alining them by level;</span></div><div class="paragraph"><span value="2" class="num">“(2)</span><span> a time schedule for the conversion of existing jospan evaluation and ranking systems into the coordinated system;</span></div><div class="paragraph"><span value="3" class="num">“(3)</span><span> provision that the Civil Service Commission shall have general supervision of and control over the coordinated jospan evaluation and ranking system, including, if the Commission deems it appropriate, the authority to approve or disapprove the adoption, use and administration in the executive branch of the method or methods established under that system;</span></div><div class="paragraph"><span value="4" class="num">“(4)</span><span> provision for the establishment of procedures for the periodic review by the Civil Service Commission of the effectiveness of the method or methods adopted for use under the system; and</span></div><div class="paragraph"><span value="5" class="num">“(5)</span><span> provision for maintenance of the system to meet the changing needs of the executive branch in the future.</span></div></section><section style="-uslm-lc:I21;"><span value="302" class="num">“Sec. 302.</span><span> In carrying out its functions under section 301 of this Act, the Commission shall consider all recognized methods of jospan evaluation and ranking.</span></section><section style="-uslm-lc:I21;"><span value="303" class="num">“Sec. 303.</span><span> The Civil Service Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive agency, as defined by <span href="/us/usc/t5/s105" class="ref">section 105 of title 5</span>, United States Code, or any bureau, office, or part thereof, information, suggestions, estimates, statistics, and technical assistance for the purposes of this Act; and each such executive agency or bureau, office, or part thereof is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, statistics, and technical assistance directly to the Civil Service Commission upon request by the Commission.</span></section><section style="-uslm-lc:I21;"><span value="304" class="num">“Sec. 304.</span><div class="subsection"><span value="a" class="num"> (a)</span><span> Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the President and the Congress an interim progress report on the current status and results of its activities under this Act, together with its current findings.</span></div><div class="subsection"><span value="span" class="num">“(span)</span><span> Within two years after the date of enactment of this Act [<span date="1970-03-17" class="date">Mar. 17, 1970</span>]—</span><div class="paragraph"><span value="1" class="num">“(1)</span><span> the Civil Service Commission shall complete its functions under this Act and shall transmit to the President a comprehensive report of the result of its activities, together with its recommendations (including its draft of proposed legislation to carry out such recommendations), and</span></div><div class="paragraph"><span value="2" class="num">“(2)</span><span> the President shall transmit that report (including the recommendations and draft of proposed legislation of the Commission) to the Congress, together with such recommendations as the President deems appropriate.</span></div></div><div class="subsection"><span value="c" class="num">“(c)</span><span> The Commission shall submit to the Committees on Post Office and Civil Service of the Senate and House of Representatives once each calendar month, or at such other intervals as may be directed by those committees, or either of them, an interim progress report on the then current status and results of the activities of the Commission under this Act, together with the then current findings of the Commission.</span></div><div class="subsection"><span value="d" class="num">“(d)</span><span> The Commission shall periodically consult with, and solicit the views of, appropriate employee and professional organizations.</span></div><div class="subsection"><span value="e" class="num">“(e)</span><span> The organizational unit established under section 301 of this Act shall cease to exist upon the submission of the report to the Congress under subsection (span) of this section.”</span></div></section>
