LEAVE SAVERS CAN GAIN NEST EGG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000500360003-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 20, 1973
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2001/08/29 : CIA-RDP75B0038OR000500360003-9
THE WASHINGTON POST
annual leave accumulated that
he now will be able to carry over
into the 1974 leave year.
The worker plans to retire or
leave government in 1974 and
his annual leave will be worth
$10 an hour.
During 1974, the emploee will
earn (if he is along-service
THE WASHINGTON POST
The Federal Dear
Leave
vacations, saving up that leave
and;then charging the govern-
ment for it.
The new law is intended to
prevent employees from losing
leave through no fault of their
own, but the way it works out, it
will allow many Who plan ahead
a special bonus when they leave
government. For example:
Suppose you have' an em-
ployee who now has 30 days of
Savers Can Gain lest Egg
By
Mike
Causey
The new annual leave-saving
jw (signed Friday) will permit
iany federal employees to
wild themselves a bonus nest
!gg for the time when they quit
it retire, if they plan carefully.
Public Law 93-181 ended the
inequity of the government's
"use it or lose it" system that
cost many workers leave they
had earned but couldn't take.
Before the law, employees
could not carry over more than
30 days (45 days for overseas
workers) of annual leave into a
new year.
The present: law permits
workers to carry over unused
leave they would have lost, if,
they were prevented from tak-
ing it as planned. because of
work emergencies, sickness or
administrative error. That ex-
cess leave now may be carried
Thursday, December 20, 1973
It's A Big Country: The Na-
tional Association of Letter Car-
riers union reports (we suspect.
with some glee) that the mail
service in Russia has its prob-
lems too. A recent survey of
mail delivery within the Soviet
Union, the American postal un-
ion says, shows average delivery
times in excess of five days.
Demonstration Officer: Urban
Thursday, Dec. 20, 1973 (;5
week. So switching to the four-
day week. of 10 hours a day,
would require the taxpayers to-
pay every federal worker at
least eight hours of overtime
each week.
We computed the costs in a
column here Nov. 19, saying that
the four-day week would cost
the government well over a bil-
lion dollars a year. The actual
rate is probably much higher,
since overtime for white col4tar
employees alone is estimated at
$984 million for the 10-hour,
four-day week.
Under his emergency powers,
President Nixon could put fed-
eral operations on a four-day
week. But he could not waive
the federal overtime law, unless
Congress repealed or sus-
pended it. That proposal hasn't
yet been made, and it isn't likely
to be made.
The 10-hour (lay isn't a popu-
lar prospect with all federal
workers, especially for parents
with children in day-care cen-
ters or staying with baby-sitters.
Mass Transportation Adminis-
tration is looking for a Grade 15
demonstration officer, willing
to travel. Call 426-4995.
Andrews Air Base needs tem-
porary engineering draftsmen,
Grade 6 or 7. Call 981-3150.
Four Day Week: National Fed-
eration of Federal Enfployees
has asked President Nixon to
put nonessential government of-
fices on the four-day week, to
preserve fuel supplies. t
worker) an additional 26 days of
annual leave if he does not take
any vacation.
Under the new law, that
worker will he entitled to a
lump sum payment for the 30
days.(240 hours) of leave carried
over from 1973 to 1974, plus the
26 days (208 hours) of leave
earned but not used during the
year.
At the time of retirement, or
when he 1e. ves government,
that leave will be worth at least
$4,480 to the ,$10-an-hour em-
ployee. He would get that lump
sum payment with his last
check. and be taxed on it at a
lower rate since his income for
the retirement year, in most
cases. would be lower.
over into the new leave year,
and will be kept in a separate
"account," which the worker
must use within two years. The
two-year time rule is to prevent
employees from never taking
The independent union says it
would go along with a 10-hour
day, four days a week at regular
pay rates. That, however, would
require an act of Congress, be-
cause the national overtime law
is different for civil servants.
Unless there is a specific
agreement between. the em-
ployer and employee, private
industry does not have to pay
overtime after eight hours a
clay. The overtime kicks in only
for time after 40 hours a week.
In government, however, it is
an eitherfor proposition.Fed-
eral workers get overtime after
eight hours a day, or 40 hours a
The Democratic-controlled
Congress would be reluctant to
repeal the civil service 8-hour
overtime law, unless powerful
AFL-CIO federal and postal em-
ployee unions agreed. They
haven't officially taken a posi-
tion, although top union leaders
have discussed the four-day
week proposition with adminis-
tration advisers. ___.._
Approved For Release 2001/08/29 : CIA-RDP75B0038OR000500360003-9
 Approved For Release 2001/08/29 : CIA-RDP75B0038OR000500360003-9
fl oV 3o t 4O6 "
S,21576 col
IMPROVEMENT OF ADMINISTRA-
TION OF LEAVE SYSTEM FOR FED-
ERAL EMPLOYEES
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask
the Chair to lay before the Senate a mes-
sage from the House on H.R. 1284; to
amend title 5, United States Code, to im-
prove the administration of the leave sys-
tem for Federal employees.
The Chair laid before the Senate the
following message:
Resolved, That the House agree to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 8 to the'
aforesaid bill with the following amendment:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be in-
serted, insert:
SEC. 7. (a) Section 5562(a) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end thereof the following new sentences:
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
an employee in a missing status on or after
January 1, 1965, is entitled-
"(1) to payment for annual leave which
accrued to his account on or after January 1,
1965, but which was forfeited under section
6304 of this title because he was unable to
use that leave by virtue of his missing status;
or
"(2) to have all of that leave restored to
him and credited to a separate leave account
in accordance with the provisions of section
6304 (d) (2 of this title.
An employee shall elect in writing, within 90
days immediately following the date of en-
actment of this sentence or within 90 days
immediately following the termination of his
missing status, whichever is later, whether he
desires payment for the leave under clause
(1) of this subsection or credit of the leave
under clause (2) of this subsection. Payment
under clause (1) of this subsection shall be
at the-employee's rate of basic pay in effect at
the time the leave was forfeited."
(b) The amendment made by subsection
(a) of this section shall apply to former em-
ployees or their beneficiaries.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I
move that the Senate concur in the
amendment of the House to Senate
amendment numbered 8.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ques-
tion is on agreeing to the motion of the
Senator from Montana.
The motion was agreed to.
Approved For Release 2001/08/29 : CIA-RDP75B0038OR000500360003-9
 Approved For Release 2001/08/29 : CIA-RDP75B00380R000500360003-9
THE WASHINGTON POST
The Federal lllary
P4 1 a tI
Wednesday, November 28, 1973
I'HE WASHINGTON POST Wednesday, Nov. 28, J973 C29
House Backs Pay for Unused Leave.
By
Mike
C0
aicsey
Federal workers planning to
retire later this year would get a
significant cash break for un-
used annual leave under a bill
that cleared the House yester-
day. The legislation (H.R. 1284)
now goes back to the Senate for
quick approval. It could go to
Mr. Nixon as early as next week',
and would be effective as soon
as he signs it.
The legislation, by Rep.
Charles Wilson' (D-Calif.) would
permit civil servants to be paid
a lump sum at retirement for un'.
used annual leave time they
have accumulated. Under exist-
ing law, workers now "lose" any
leave over 30 days which they
cannot use up either before the
end of the leave year, or at re~
tirement.
Thousands of employees are
expected to retire Dee., 31, to
benefit from a 5.5 per cent cost
of living increase effective Jan.
1. As things nbw stand, they
could not be paid for any annual
leave.time (except in' rare cases)
in excess of 240 hours, or 30
days. In' government that is
known as the use-it-or-lone-it
,rule.
The bill that sailed through
the House yesterday would per-
mit employees to be given lump-
sum payment for all leave car-
ried over into this year, plus any
leave earned this year.
Example:
A long service employee car-
ried over the maximum (30 days)
amount of leave into the 1973
year. He now plans to retire at
the end of this year, with 26 ad-
ditional days of vacation which
he has earned this year.
Under existing law, he could
be paid for the 30-days carried
over into this year upon retire-
ment, but not for the 26 days he
earned but-failed to use this
year.
The bill sent to the Senate
yesterday would allow him to be
paid for both the 30 days carried
over, plus the 24 days (or anq
part thereof) earned this year.
Payments, in' most cases,
would not be made until early in
1974.,That would mean' that the
lump sum payment would not be
taxable in' the 1973 year, when'
income was higher. Instead the
worker would pay taxes because
the money was received in 1974
when, because retirement pay is
lower, income would be less.
The bill has several other at-
tractive features.
One, would permit employees
in future to carry over annual
leave into the new year when
they were prevented from using
the time up because of adminis-
trative error, press of govern.
ment business, or because of ill-
ness.
The legislation' also carries a
provision for federal workers
who accumulated an'n'ual leave
when they were prisoners in Vi-
etnam. Some 15 State, AID and
Defense Department workers
were held captive during the
war and, quite obviously, didn't
have a chance to take the vaca-
tion time they earned while in
the hands of the Viet Cong or
North Vietnamese. The bill
would give them credit for the
leave time, or lump sum pay-
ment for that time.
The Wilson bill was cleared
earlier by both the House and
Senate. However, amendments
and language problems re-
quired that it be run through
both sides of Congress again.
The House has now finished its
work, and the Senate is ex-
pected to accept the, almost
identical House version' and
clear it quickly for the Presi-
dent.
Christmas Holiday: Still no
determination from the White
House whether to give federal
workers an' extra holiday, by de-
claring the Monday before
Christmas (which falls on Tues-
day this year) a holiday. It has
been customary in' past years to
close government offices an ex-
tra day if Christmas is on' Tues-
day or Thursday.
U.S. Information Agency: Al-
though its budget is more or less
squared away, USIA plaq's very
little hiring between now and
Ju'n'e 30. The agenby is still over-
staffed, and must find jobs for
surplus workers via the attrition
route.
It will be hiring the usual.
number of clerical workers, and
also is in the market for people
with "hard" language skills
such as Russian, Urkanian and
East European languages, for
the Voice of America. Also It
will tkke on some technicians-
but but for the most part outside re-
cruiting will be kept to a mini-
mum.
Jobs: Office of Education
wants a Grade 13 or 14 supervi-
sory personnel management
specialist and labor-manage-
ment relations specialist. Call
245-8284.
It pays to
look
(or advertise)
in the paper
that carries
75%
of all daily
REAL ESTATE
want ads.
Approved For Release 2001/08/29 : CIA-RDP75B00380R000500360003-9
 Approved For Release 2001/08/29 CIA-RDP75B00380R000500360003-9
November 27, 1973 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -DAILY DIGEST
Office, Executive Office of the President; S. David Free-
man, Ford Foundation, New York City; and George P.
Mitchell, Mitchell Energy and Development Corp.,
Houston, Tex.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OPIC
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed
executive consideration of proposed legislation on the
organization of the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration, but did, not complete action thereon and
recessed subject: to call.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee. on Interior and Insular Affairs: Committee,
in an open business meeting, ordered favorably reported
the following measures:
S. 584, authorizing approximately $7,626,000 in addi-
tional funds for the completion of the Indiana Dunes
National Lakeshore (amended);
S. 417, providing for the addition of certain property
in Philadelphia, Pa., to Independence National Histor-
ical Park (amended) ;
S. "903, adding Alaska and Hawaii to list of States
inscribed upon the wall of the Lincoln National- Memo-
rial, Washington, D.C. (amended) ;
H.R. 3436, providing for the conveyance of certain
mineral rights in and under lands in' Onslow
County, N.C.;
S. 1468, authorizing the establishment of the Knife
River Indian Villages National Historic Site, N. Dak.;
S. 262, proposing establishment of the Tuskegee Insti-
tute National Historical Park, Ala.;
S. 1039, authorizing funds for additional costs of land
acquisition for the National Park System (amended);
S. 1976, proposing study of Indian Nations Trail ex-
tending from the Red River in Oklahoma northward
to the Oklahoma-Kansas boundary line for inclusion in
national trails system;
S. 979, authorizing the establishment of the Spring-
field Armory National Historic Site, Mass.; and
D 1333
S. 1283, establishing a national program for research,
development, and demonstration of fuels and energy
technologies, and the coordination and financial supple-
mentation of Federal energy research and development
(amended).
Also, committee reconsidered its action of October 2
when it ordered favorably reported S.J. Res. 133, pro-
viding for the establishment of an American Indian
Policy Review Commission, agreed to an additional
amendment thereto, and again approved the bill for
reporting to the full Senate.
Committee ordered favorably reported the nomina-
tion of Morris Thompson, of Alaska, to be Commis-
sioner of Indian Affairs.
Committee will meet again on Friday, November 30,
on other committee business.
SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY AND
AUTO EMISSIONS
Committee on Public Works: Committee began execu-
tive consideration of estimated costs for nationwide
construction of sewage treatment facilities as outlined
in the survey conducted by EPA in accordance with the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and proposed
procedures for implementing the Clean Air Act as it
relates to auto emission standards, but did not complete
action thereon and will meet again tomorrow to fur-
ther discuss the auto emission standards aspect.
SMALL BUSINESSES AND FUEL ALLOCATION
Select Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on
Environmental, Rural, and Urban Development began
hearings on the impact of mandatory petroleum and
propane allocations on small business concerns, receiv-
ing testimony from John F. Schaefer, Senior Staff
Member, Council on International Economic Policy,
Executive Office of the President; Vice Adm. : Eli T.
Reich (Ret.), Administrator, Office of Petroleum Allo-
cation, Department of the Interior; and Gary M. Cook,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Domestic Com-
merce, Department of Commerce.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 28 public bills, H.R. 11577-11604;
4 private bills, H.R. 116o5-116o8; and 9 resolutions,
H.J. Res. 832 and 833, H. Con. Res. 381-384, and H.
Res. 718-72o, were introduced. Pages H 10217-H 10218
Bills Reported: Reports were filed as follows:
Conference report on S. 1443, to authorize the fur-
nishing of defense articles and services to foreign coun-
tries and international organizations (H. Rept. 93-664)
H. Res. 718, providing for the consideration of H.R.
11324, to provide for daylight saving time on a year-
round basis for a 2-year trial period (H. Rept. 93-665);
H.R. 1817, to provide for the striking of national
medals to honor the late J. Edgar Hoover (H. Rept.
93-666); and
H. Res. 719, providing for consideration of H.R.
11010, to assure opportunities for employment and
training to unemployed and underemployed persons
(H. Rept. 93-667). Page H 10217
Approved For. Release 2001/08/29 : CIA-RDP75B0038OR000500360003-9
 Approved For Release 2001/08/29 : CIA-RDP75B0038OR000500360003-9
D.1.334 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -DAILY DIGEST November 27, 1973
Federal Employees Health Benefits: House disagreed
to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 9256, to in-
crease the contribution of the Government to the costs
of health benefits for Federal employees; and asked a
conference with the Senate. Appointed as conferees:
Representa?:ives Dulski, Henderson, Waldie, Gross, and
Hogan. Page H 10171
deral Employees Leave System: House concurred
in Senate amendments Nos. 1-7 and concurred with
amendment to. Senate amendment No. 8 to H.R. 1284,
to improve the administration of the leave system for
Federal employees; and returned the measure to the
Senate.
Subsequently, the House agreed to H. Con. Res. 381,
authorizing the Clerk to make a technical correction
in the enrollment of the bill. Page H "0171-H 10172
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration:
By a yea-and-nay vote of 357 yeas to 34 nays the House
agreed to the conference report on H.R. 7446, to estab-
lish the American Revolution Bicentennial Adminis-
tration, clearing the measure for Senate action.
Subsequently, the House agreed to H. Con. Res. 382,
authorizing the Clerk to make a technical correction
in the enrollment of the bill. Pages H 0172-H 10174
Late Reports: Committee on Rules received permission
to file certain privileged reports by midnight tonight.
Daylight Saving Time: By a yea-and-nay vote of: 311
yeas to 88 nays, the House passed H.R. 11324, to provide
for daylight saving time on a year-.round basis for a
2-year trial period.
Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of
a substitute.
Agreed to amend the title of the bill.
The following actions were taken on the committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute:
Agreed to:
An amendment that exempts the State of Hawaii
from the provisions of the bill (agreed to by a division
v,)te of 83 ayes to 2 noes);
An amendment that advances the effective date of
the bill by r5 days; and
,An amendment that clarifies language in the com-
mittee substitute by extending the authority for AM
radio stations to begin operations i hour before sunrise
to stations which are already eligible for presunrise
operation as well as to those which are now ineligible.
Rejected an amendment that sought to exempt the
Statc of Georgia from the provisions of the bill.
H. Res. '718, the rule under which the bill was con-
,.idcred, was agreed to earlier by a voice vote. Previously,
by a yea-and-nay vote of 349 yeas to 4o nays, agreed to
a motion to consider the rule (two-thirds o1 those-pres-
ent voting in the affirmative). Pages H '10174-H 10196
Referrals: One Senate-passed measure was referred to
tdke appropriate House committee. Page H 10216
Quorum Calls-Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes devel-
oped during the proceedings of the House today and
appear on pages H1o174, H1o175, and l-110196. There
w:ire no quorum calls.
Program for Wednesday: Met it noon and adjourned
at 3:19 p.m. until noon on Wednesday, November 28,
w lien the House will consider H.R. 11oio, Comprehen-
sive Manpower Act (open rule, ^. hours of debate).
Committee Meetings
SALE OF VESSELS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee No. 3
held a hearing on S. 1773, relating to the sale of vessels
stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Testimony was
heard from Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Chief of Naval
Operations.
Hearings continue Monday, December 3.
ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER SYSTEMS-
SAN DIEGO BANK SEIZURE
Committee on Banking and Currency: Subcommittee
on Bank Supervision and Insurance held a hearing on
electronic funds transfer systems; and seizure of U.S.
National Bank in San Diego. Testimony was heard
from Frank Wille, Chairman, FDIC; and James E.
Smith, Comptroller of the Currency.
SBA OPERATIONS
Committee on Banking and Currency: Subcommittee
on Small Business began public hearings on Small Busi-
ness Administration operations. Testimony was heard
from Curtis Prins, committee chief investigator.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
CHILD ABUSE--14EADSTART
FEE POSTPONEMENT
Committee on Education and Labor: Met and ordered
reported favorably to the House the following bills:
S. 1191 amended, to provide for the establishment of
a National Center on Child Development and Abuse
Prevention within the Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare; and
iH.R. 11441, to postpone the implementation of the
Headstart fee schedule.
The committee also continued consideration of H.R.
69, to extend and amend the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, and will resume consideration on Thurs-
day, November 29.
CI-[ILD ABUSE
Committee on Education and Labor: Select Subcom-
mittee on Education, met and approved for full com-
mittee action S. 1191 (title above), amended to contain
the language of H.R. 6379?
Approved For Release 2001/08/29 : CIA-RDP75B0038OR000500360003-9