The Executive Schedule, referred to in text, is set out in section
5311 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section
529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of
Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section
5376 of Title
5.