CONGRESSIONAL ACTION RELATING TO SUPERGRADES, SCIENTIFIC-TYPE POSITIONS AND ADJUSTMENT OF THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE PAY ACT OF 1956

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• Publication Date: September 22, 1961
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member 1961
WFe'XI: Congressional Action Relating to Supergrades, >;cientif
t "up Positions an . Ad juustment of the Federal EFxecauuti.
y Act of 1956
1. W o related bills have been passe(i In Congress dturin
past week: H.R. 7377 by the House of Representatives and S. J-732
ny the Senate. A c of the last print of each bill before pa ssx e,
~s attached. These bills do not contain the final amendments on the
floor i ediate1y prior to passage. both bills are being considered
! od_ y, 212 September 1961, in a conference of representatives of the
MO Houses.
. H.R. 7377, An Act To increase the limitation on the number
of ositions which. may be placed in the top grades of the Classification
Act of 3.949, as amended, and on the number of research and. development
n sitions of scientists and engineers for which special rates of
pays are authorized,, and for other purposes," is broader in scope then-
1.1-he corresponding, 14732. H.R. 7377 has as its stated purpose:
to reaffirm,by a declaration of congressional policy, that
requests for additional numbers of supergrade positions are properly
. i th.in the jurisdiction of the C ittees on Post office and C .l
service and. of the Senate and House of Representatives; CO to
Increase the number of top level positions in the Federal Government
an d (3) to amend and adjust the Federal Executive Pay Act of 1 56.
T n keeping therewith, the bill would authorize some 412 new
nu ergrade positions, V* engineering', scientific and research and
eve opment positions, and realine compensation Murder the Federal
ecutive Pa ,y Act of 1956 by removing 20 positions from the Federal
ec>ntive any Act of 1956 and placing them under the Classification
Act of 1949. (Since 1956, a ployees subject to the Classification
Act of 1949 have received two increases in compensation but no
+,eneral increase has been granted for positions under the Fedoral
xecuti_ve Pay Act of 1956. This has resulted in situations whereby
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oertain heads of agencies or bureaus, whose positions are under the
Federal Executive Pay Act of 1956, are, receiving as much as $1,000
.per year less than their deputies or assistants, who are under the
Classification Act of 1949.
_'. S. 73 , "A Bill To increase the limitation on the number
r)r sositions that may be placed in the top grades of the Classification
x Nt of 1x9 9, as amended, and the limitation on the number of research
send development positions of scientists and engineers for whickh
secial rates of pay are authorized; to fix the compensation of
earins examiners; and for other purposes, " is concerned primarily
with the establishment of additional supergrade and scientific positions
P,nd would create -65 new superarade and 259 new scientific positions.
. H.R. 7377 was passed by the House of Representatives on
eptember and transmitted to the Senate. S. 1732 was passed by
the Senate on 20 September 1961. At that time, the Senate also
nmend,ed H.R. 7377 by substituting the wording contained in S. 1732. As
indicated above, the two bills are in conference on 22 September.
A final bill may be anticipated before the close of the session.
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