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Calculating Rate of Pay of Department of Justice Employees for Purposes of "Covered Persons" Determination Under Independent Counsel Act
The term "rate of pay" in the section of the Independent Counsel Act that indicates which Department of Justice employees are "covered persons" does not include "locality-based comparability payments" under 5 U S.C § 5304. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19836/download.
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