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§5372a Contract Appeals Board Members

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

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Sets pay for members of agency contract appeals boards, including the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals. "Contract appeals board member" — a member of those boards. "Appeals board" — an agency contract appeals board. The chair gets the pay for Executive Schedule level IV. The vice chair gets 97% of that. Other members get 94% of that. The rates must be published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §5372a

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(a)For the purpose of this section—
(1)the term “contract appeals board member” means a member of an agency board of contract appeals appointed under section 7105(a)(2), (c)(2), or (d)(2) of title 41 or a member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals appointed under section 7105(b)(2) of title 41; and
(2)the term “appeals board” means an agency board of contract appeals established pursuant to section 7105(a)(1), (c)(1), or (d)(1) of title 41.
(b)Rates of basic pay for contract appeals board members shall be as follows:
(1)Chairman of an appeals board—the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
(2)Vice chairman of an appeals board—97 percent of the rate under paragraph (1).
(3)Other members of an appeals board—94 percent of the rate under paragraph (1).
(c)Rates of pay taking effect under this section shall be printed in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Level IV of the Executive Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is set out in section 5315 of this title.

Amendments

2011—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(a)(9)(A), substituted “section 7105(a)(2), (c)(2), or (d)(2) of title 41” for “section 8 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978” and “section 7105(b)(2) of title 41” for “section 42 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act”. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(a)(9)(B), substituted “section 7105(a)(1), (c)(1), or (d)(1) of title 41” for “section 8 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978”. 2006—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–163 inserted “or a member of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals appointed under section 42 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act” after “of 1978”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2006 Amendment Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VIII, § 847(g), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3395, provided that: “section 42 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as added by this section, and the

Amendments

and

Repeals

made by this section [enacting section 438 of Title 41, Public Contracts, amending this section and section 601 and 607 of Title 41, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 607 of Title 41], shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 6, 2006].”

Effective Date

Section 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 Pub. L. 101–509, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1990 Amendment note under section 5301 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

5 U.S.C. § 5372a

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60