Federal Administrative Procedure Act

5 U.S.C.

§ 5372. Administrative law judges

• (a) For the purposes of this section, the term 'administrative law judge' means an administrative law judge appointed under section 3105.

• (b)(1) There shall be 3 levels of basic pay for administrative law judges (designated as AL-1, 2, and 3, respectively), and each such judge shall be paid at 1 of those levels, in accordance with the provisions of this section. The rates of basic pay for those levels shall be as follows:

     
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     AL-3, rate A                       65 percent of the rate of   
                                         basic pay for level IV of  
                                         the Executive Schedule.
  
     AL-3, rate B                       70 percent of the rate of
                                          basic pay for level IV of 
                                          the Executive Schedule.
  
     AL-3, rate C                       75 percent of the rate of
                                          basic pay for level IV of
                                          the Executive Schedule.
  
     AL-3, rate D                       80 percent of the rate of
                                          basic pay for level IV of
                                          the Executive Schedule.
  
     AL-3, rate E                       85 percent of the rate of
                                          basic pay for level IV of
                                          the Executive Schedule.
  
     AL-3, rate F                       90 percent of the rate of 
                                          basic pay for level IV of
                                          the Executive Schedule.
  
     AL-2                               95 percent of the rate of
                                          basic pay for level IV of
                                          the Executive Schedule.
  
     AL-1                               The rate of basic pay for
                                          level IV of the Executive
                                          Schedule.
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• (2) The Office of Personnel Management shall determine, in accordance with procedures which the Office shall by regulation prescribe, the level in which each administrative-law-judge position shall be placed and the qualifications to be required for appointment to each level.

• (3)(A) Upon appointment to a position in AL-3, an administrative law judge shall be paid at rate A of AL-3, and shall be advanced successively to rates B, C, and D of that level upon completion of 52 weeks of service in the next lower rate, and to rates E and F of that level upon completion of 104 weeks of service in the next lower rate.

• (B) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for appointment of an administrative law judge in AL-3 at an advanced rate under such circumstances as the Office may determine appropriate.

• (c) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations necessary to administer this section.