; (2) Section 3(b) of title 35, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking , including any applicable locality-based comparability payment that may be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of title 5 ; and (B) in paragraph (6), by striking section 5306(e) or . (3) Section 14306(a)(2) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking , including any applicable locality-based comparability payment that may be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of title 5) . (4) Section 15301(d)(1) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking , including any applicable locality-based comparability payment that may be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of that title . (5) Section 382B(h)(5)(A)(ii) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2009aa–1(h)(5)(A)(ii) ) is amended by striking , including any applicable locality-based comparability payment that may be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of that title . (6) Section 383A(h)(5)(A)(ii) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2009bb–1(h)(5)(A)(ii) ) is amended by striking , including any applicable locality-based comparability payment that may be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of that title . (7) Section 141 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1018 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (d)(5)(A), by striking , including any applicable locality-based comparability payment that may be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(B) of such title ; and (B) in subsection (e)(3)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking , including any applicable locality-based comparability payment that may be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of such title