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Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§5372b Administrative appeals judges

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart D— - Pay and Allowances › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 5372b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agencies must set the basic pay for their administrative appeals judge positions that mostly review decisions by administrative law judges under section 3105, and that are not classified above GS–15 under section 5108. "Agency" means an Executive agency under section 105, excluding the Government Accountability Office. Pay must follow rules the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) makes and must be no lower than the AL–3 minimum and no higher than the AL–3 maximum in section 5372.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §5372b

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)For the purpose of this section—
(1)the term “administrative appeals judge position” means a position the duties of which primarily involve reviewing decisions of administrative law judges appointed under section 3105; and
(2)the term “agency” means an Executive agency, as defined by section 105, but does not include the Government Accountability Office.
(b)Subject to such regulations as the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe, the head of the agency concerned shall fix the rate of basic pay for each administrative appeals judge position within such agency which is not classified above GS–15 pursuant to section 5108.
(c)A rate of basic pay fixed under this section shall be—
(1)not less than the minimum rate of basic pay for level AL–3 under section 5372; and
(2)not greater than the maximum rate of basic pay for level AL–3 under section 5372.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

GS–15, referred to in subsec. (b), is contained in the General Schedule which is set out under section 5332 of this title.

Amendments

2004—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(3) [title VI, § 645(b)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–170, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) [enacting this section] shall apply with respect to pay for service performed on or after the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after— “(1) the 120th day after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 21, 2000]; or “(2) if earlier, the

Effective Date

of

Regulations

prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management to carry out such amendment.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

5 U.S.C. § 5372b

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73