(a) 
         The Department of Defense shall establish special wage schedules for leader and supervisory wage employees in the Puerto Rico wage area.
     
    
        
        (b) 
         The step 2 rate for each grade of the leader wage schedule shall be equal to 120 percent of the rate for step 2 of the corresponding grade of the nonsupervisory regular wage schedule for the Puerto Rico wage area.
     
    
        
        (c) 
         The step 2 rate for the supervisory wage schedule shall be:
     
    
        
        (1) 
         For grades WS-1 through WS-10, equal to the rate for step 2 of the corresponding grade of the nonsupervisory regular wage schedule for the Puerto Rico wage area, plus 60 percent of the rate for step 2 of WG-10;
     
    
        
        (2) 
         For grades WS-11 through WS-18, the second rate of WS-10 plus 5, 11.5, 19.6, 29.2, 40.3, 52.9, 67.1, and 82.8 percent, respectively, of the difference between the step 2 rates of WS-10 and WS-19; and
     
    
        
        (3) 
         For grade WS-19, the third rate in effect for General Schedule grade GS-14 at the time of the area wage schedule adjustment. The WS-19 rate shall include any cost of living allowance payable for the area under 5 U.S.C. 5941.
     
    
        
        (d) 
         Step rates shall be developed by using the formula established in  § 532.203 of this subpart.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [55 FR 46144, Nov. 1, 1990]