{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-531.601","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 531.601","heading":"Purpose.","body":"This subpart contains Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulations implementing 5 U.S.C. 5304, which authorizes locality payments in defined geographic areas for GS employees and other categories of employees to whom locality payments are extended. These regulations must be read together with 5 U.S.C. 5304.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 531—PAY UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE","Subpart F—Locality-Based Comparability Payments"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"29759e1db8b356c562c165f84871256eeb595db1cdf1ed67fcce46954215a96a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-531.508","next":"us/5-cfr-531.602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}