described in section 5343(a)(5) of such title 5 shall be considered to be located in the pay locality designated as Rest of U.S. pursuant to section 5304 of such title 5 for purposes of this subsection. (c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from appropriations, which are made to each applicable department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2020. 748. (a) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar year 2020 shall be 3.1 percent above the rate payable to the Vice President on December 31, 2019, by operation of section 749 of division D of Public Law 116–6 . (b) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law, the payable rate for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be increased by 3.1 percent (relative to the preexisting rate payable) at the time the official rate is adjusted in January 2020. Such an employee may receive no other pay increase during calendar year 2020, except as provided in subsection (i). (c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( Public Law 96–465 ) or any other provision of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other employees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. (d) (1) This subsection applies to— (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule