at rates no greater than 15 percent above the minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) through (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code. SAGE-GROUSE 116. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. )— (1) to write or issue a proposed or final rule with regard to— (A) the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)