PUBLIC LAW 89-301 89th CONGRESS, H. R. 10281

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Public Law 89-301
89th Congress, H. R. 10281
October 29, 1965
2n 2(t
To adjust the rates of basic compensation of certain officers and employees of
the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of leepresentatives of the
I n.i.ted h'tates of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may
bo cited as the 'Federal Employees Salary Act of 1965".
EMPLOYLES SUBJECT TO CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1949
SEC. 2. (a) Section 603(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as Federal Enploy-
amended (78 Stitt. 400; 5 F.S.C. 1113(b) ), is amended to read as ees Salary Act
follows: of 1965.
"(b) The compensation schedule for the General Schedule shall be
as follows :
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PQr annum rates and steps
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
$3, 507
63, 626
$3,745
$3, 864
$3,983
$4,102
$4, 221
$4,340
$4
3, 814
3,943
4, 072
4,201
4,330
4,460
4, 888
4,717
4
4,149
4, 289
4,429
4,569
,
4, 709
1,849
4,089
5,129
5
4,611
4, 707
4,M
5
109
6,265
51421
3,677
5,733 I
5
5, 181
5,362
5.623
5, 694
5, 365
6,036
6,207
6, 3'/8
fl
6,702
5,894
6,080
6,278
6, 470
6,062
6,854
7, 046
7
8, 269
6,476
6, 683
6,890
7,097
7,304
7,511
7,718
7
6,869
7,097
7,325
7,553
7,781
8, 009
8, 237
8, 405
8, ,
7, 479
7,733
7,987
8,241
8,495
8,749
9, 003
9, 257
9, ,
8,184
8464
8,744
9,024
9, 304
9, 584
9,864
10, 144
10, ,
8,961
9,267
9,673
0,879
10,185
10, 491
10,797
11, 103
11,
10, 619
10, 987
11,355
11.723
12,001
,
12,459
12,827
13,105
13,
12, 510
12, 945
13, 380
13,815
14
250
14,685
15,423
15,556
15,
14, 680.
15,188
15,606
18, 204
16, 712
17,220
17, 728
18,236
18,
17, 055
17,045
18,235
18,825
19,415
20, 005
20,595
21,185
21,
19, 619
20, 207
20, 975
21, 663
22, 331
23, 009
23,687
24,305
25,
22,217
22,994
23,771
24,.548
25,325
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25,38'2
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(b) Except its provided in section 504(d) of the Federal Salary Adjustment of
Reform Act, of 1962 (78 Stat, 412: 5 ( ?.S.C.'. [173(d)), the rates of rates.
basic compensation of officers and employees to whom the colltpelisa-
lion schedule set forth in subsection (a) of this section applies shall
be initially adjusted its of the effective date of this section, as follows:
(1) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation
iuunediately prior to "he effective date, of this section at. one of
the rates of it grade in the General Schedule of the Classification
:pct of 1949, as amended, he shall receive a rate of basic compell- 78 Stat. 400.
sation at the corresponding rate in effect on and after such date.
(2) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation
immediately prior to the effective date of this section at it rate
between two rates of a. grade in the General Schedule of the
(`lassification Act of 1949, its amended, he shall receive a rate, of
basic; compensation at the higher of the two corresponding rates
in effect on and after such date. 79 STAT. 1111.
(3) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation 79 STAT. 1112.
immediately prior to the effective date of tliio section at a rate in
excess of the maximum rate, for his grade, he shall receive (A) the
nutxinntm. rate for his grade in the new schedule, or (B) his exist-
ing rate of basic compensation if such existing rate is higher.
(4) If the officer or employee, immediately prior to the effective
date of this section, is receiving, pul;suant to section 2(b) (4) of
the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, an existing 69 Stat. 173.
a gregate rate of compensation determined under section 208(b) 5 use 1113
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238
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025
693
511
424
409
563
900
744
775
043
$4,578
4,975
5,409
6, 045
6,720
7, 430
8,132
8,921
9, 765
10,704
11,715
13,931
16,425
19, 262
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5 USC 926 note.
Commission
authority,
limitation.
increases authorized by law, he shall receive an aggregate rate
of compensation equal. to the sum of his existing aggregate rate
of compensation, on the day preceding the effective date of this
section, plus the amount of increase made by this section in the
maximum rate of his grade, until (i) he leaves his position, or
(ii) he is entitled to receive aggregate compensation at a higher
rate by reason of the operation of this Act or any other provision
of law; but, when such position becomes vacant, the aggregate
rate of compensation of any subsequent appointee thereto shall
be fixed in accordance with applicable provisions of law. Subject
to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence of
this paragraph, the amount of the increase provided by this sec-
tion shall be held and considered for the purposes of section
208 (b) of the Act of September 1, 1954, to constitute a part of the
existing rate of compensation of the employee.
(5) If the officer or employee, at any time during the period
beginning on the effective date of this section and ending on the
date of enactment of this Act, was promoted from one grade under
the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to another such grade
at a rate which is above the minimum rate thereof, his rate of
basic compensation shall be adjusted retroactively from the effec-
tive date of this section to the date on which he was so promoted,
on the basis of the rate which he was receiving during the period
from such effective date to the date of such promotion and, from
the date of such promotion, on the basis of the rate for that step
of the appropriate grade of the General Schedule contained in
this section which corresponds numerically to the step of the
grade of the General Schedule for such officer or employee which
was in effect (without regard to this Act) at the time of such
promotion.
SEC. 3. Section 701 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended
(5 U.S.C. 1121), is amended by adding the following new subsection
at the end thereof:
"(c) Whenever a determination is made under subsection (a of
this section that the work of an officer or employee is not o an
acceptable level of competence, he shall be given prompt written
notice of that determination and an opportunity for reconsideration
of the determination within his department under uniform procedures
established by the Commission. If the determination is affirmed upon
reconsideration, the employee shall have a right of appeal to the
Commission. If the reconsideration or appeal results in a reversal
of the earlier determination, the new determination shall supersede
the earlier determination and shall be deemed to have been made as
of the date of the earlier determination. The authority of the Com-
mission to establish procedures and the right of appeal by the officer
or employee to the Commission shall not apply to determinations
of acceptable level of competence made by the Librarian of Congress."
Postal Field Ser- SEC. 4. (a) Section 3542 (a) of title 39, United States Code, is
vice Schedule, amended to read as follows:
78 Stat. 406. "(a) There is established a basic compensation schedule for posi-
tions in the postal field service which shall be known as the Postal
Field Service Schedule and for which the symbol shall be `PFS'.
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Except as provided in sections 3543 and 3544 of this title, basic com-
pensation shall be paid to all employees in accordance with such
schedule.
1
2
8
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1 2
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$4,086
$4 , 221
$4, 356
$4, 491
$4, 626
$4, 761
$4, 898
$5, 031
$5, 166
$5,301
$5, 430
$5, 571
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4,424
4,569
4,714
4,859
8,004
5,149
5,294
5,439
5,884
5,729
5,874
8,019
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4,780
4,941
8, 1.02
5,283
5,424
5,585
8,746
5,907
8,068
0,229
6,390
6,551
4
5,18L
5,352
5,623
5,694
5,865
6,036
6,207
6,378
0,549
8,720
6,891
7,062
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8,636
5,722
5,908
8,094
6,280
6,468
6,652
6,838
7,024
7,210
7,396
7,582
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5,941
8,138
6,335
6,63'2
6,729
8,926
7,123
7,320
7,517
7,714
7,911
8,108
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6,361
6,573
8,785
6,997
7,209
7,421
7,633
7,845
8,057
8,269
8,481
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6,868
7,116
7,344
7,572
7,800
8,028
8,256
8,484
6,712
9,940
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7,449
7,697
7,045
8,193
8,441
8,689
8,937
9,185
9,433
9,681
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8,110
8,385
8,660
8,935
9,210
9,485
9,780
10,035
10,310
10,586
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_____
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8, N1
9,287
9,673
9,879
10,185
10,491
10,797
11,103
11,409
11,715
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______
12______.._______________
9,914
10,251
10,588
10,925
11,262
11,599
11,936
121 273
12,810
12,947
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10,956
11,334
11,712
12,090
12,468
12,846
13,224
13,602
13,980
14,858
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1'1,077
12,407
12,917
13, 337
15,437
,
15, 857
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13,349
13,810
1.4,271
14,732
15,193
15,364
18,115
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16,678
17
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17498
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16,320
16,890
17,460
18,030
18,600
19,170
19,
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20, 310
20, 880
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18, 078
18, 7101
19, 342
19,974
20,606
21, 238
21, 870
22, 502
23,134
23, 766
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20,042
20,741
21,440
22,139
22,838
23,637
24,236
24,935
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22, 217
22, 9941
23, 771
24, 5481
28, 325
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(b) Section 3543(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to Rural Carrier
read as follows: Schedule.
"(i) There is established a basic compensation schedule which shall 78 Stat. 406.
be known as the Rural Carrier Schedule and for which the symbol
shall be 'RCS'. Compensation shall be paid to rural carriers in
accordance with this schedule.
"Per annum rates and steps
Carrier in rural delivery
service: Fixed com-
pensation per annum.
Compensation per mile
per annum for each
mile up to 30 miles of
route----
For each mile of route
over 30 miles ...... -.-
(c) Section 3544(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to Fourth Class
read as follows: Office Schedule.
"(a) There is established a basic compensation schedule which shall
be known as the Fourth Class Office Schedule and for which the symbol
shall be 'FOS', for postmasters in post offices of the fourth class which
is based on the revenue units of the post office for the preceding fiscal
year. Basic compensation shall be paid to postmasters in post offices
of the fouikh class in accordance with this schedule.
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30 but fewer than 36----
$3,900
$4,035
$4,164
$4,293
$4,422
$4,651
$4, 680
$4,809
$4
$5,067
$6,196
$6,326
24 but fewer than 30----
3,610
3,729
3,848
3,967
4,086
4,205
4,324
4,443
, 682
4,681
4,800
4,919
1 8 but fewer than 24----
2,978
3,079
3,180
3,281
3,382
3,483
3,684
3,685
3,786
3,887
3,988
4,089
12 but fewer than 18....
2,339
2,415
2,491
2,567
2,643
2,719
2,795
2,871
2, 947
3,023
3,099
3,175
6 but fewer than 12----
1,687
1, 741
1,795
1,849
1,903
1,957
2,011
2,065
2,119
2,173
2,227
2,281
Fewer than 8_--_.___.__
1,359
1,403
1,447
1,491
1,535
1,579
1, 6'23
1,807
1,711
1,755
1,799
1,843".
(d) The basic compensation of each employee subject to the Postal
Field Service Schedule, the Rural Carrier Schedule, or the Fourth
Class Office Schedule immediately prior to the effective date of this
section shall, be determined as follows :
(1) Each employee shall be assigned to the same numerical
step for his position which he had attained immediately prior to
such effective date. If changes in levels or steps would otherwise
occur on such effective date without regard to enactment of this
Act, such changes shall be deemed to have occurred prior to con-
version.
(2) If the existing basic compensation is greater than the rate
to which the employee is converted under paragraph (1) of this
subsection, the employee shall be placed in the lowest step which
exceeds his basic compensation. If the existing basic compensa-
tion exceeds the maximum step of his position, his existing basic
compensation shall be established as his basic compensation.
74 Stat. 651. SFc. 5. (a) Section 3571 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows :
3571. Maximum hours of work
"(a) A basic workweek is established for all postal field service
employees consisting of five eight-hour days. The work schedule of
employees shall be regulated so that the eight hours of service does
not extend over a longer period than ten consecutive hours.
"(b) The Postmaster General shall establish work schedules in
advance for annual rate regular employees consisting of five eight-
bour days in each week.
"(c) Except for emergencies as determined by the Postmaster Gen-
eral, the hours of service of any employee shall not extend over a
longer period than twelve consecutive hours, and no employee may be
required to work more than twelve, hours in one day.
"(d) To the maximum extent practicable, senior regular employees
shall be assigned to a basic workweek Monday through Friday, inclu-
sive, except for those who express a preference for another basic
workweek."
(b) Section 3573 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read
its follows :
3573. Compensatory time, overtime, and holidays
"(a) In emergencies or if the needs of the service require, the Post-
master General may require employees to perform overtime work or
to work on holidays. Overtime work is any work officially ordered or
approved which is performed by-
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"(1) an annual rate regular employee in excess of his regular
work schedule,
"(2) an~iourly rate regular employee in excess of eight hours
in a day or forty hours in a week, and
"(3) a substitute employee in excess of forty hours in a week.
The Postmaster General shall determine the day and week used in
computing overtime work.
"(b) For each hour of overtime work the Postmaster General shall
compensate an employee in the `PFS' Schedule as follows :
"(1) He shall pay each employee in or below salary level
PFS-7 compensation at the rate of 150 per centum of the hourly
rate of basic compensation for his level and step computed by
dividing the scheduled annual rate of basic compensation by two
thousand and eighty.
"(2) He shall grant each employee in or above salary level
PFS-8 compensatory time equal to the overtime worked, or in
his discretion in lieu thereof pay such employee compensation
at the rate of 150 per centum of the hourly rate of basic com-
pensation of the employee or of the hourly rate of the basic
compensation for the highest step of salary level PFS-7, which-
ever is the lesser.
"(c) For officially ordered or approved time worked on a day
referred to as a holiday in the Act of December 2t, 1941 (55 Stat.
S62; 5 U.S.C. 876) or on a day designated by :Executive order as a
holiday for Federal employees, under regulations prescribed by the
Postmaster General, an employee in the PFS schedule shall receive
extra compensation, in addition to any other compensation provided
for by law, as follows :
"(1) Each regular employee in or below salary level PFS-7
shall be paid extra compensation at the rate of 100 per centum
of the hourly rate of basic compensation for his level and step
computed by dividing the scheduled annual rate of basic com-
pensation by two thousand and eighty.
"(2) Each regular employee in or above salary level PFS-8
shall be granted compensatory time in an amount equal to the
time worked on such holiday within thirty working days there-
after or, in the discretion of the Postmaster General, in lieu
thereof shall be paid extra compensation for the time so worked
at the rate of 100 per centum of the hourly rate of basic com-
pensation for his level and step computed by dividing the sched-
uled annual rate of basic compensation by two thousand and
eighty.
"(3) For work performed on Christmas Day (A) each regular
employee shall be paid extra compensation at the rate of 150
per centum of the hourly rate of basic compensation for his level
and step, computed by dividing the scheduled annual rate of basic
compensation by two thousand and eighty, and (I3) each sub-
stitute employee shall be paid extra compensation at the rate of
50 per centum of the hourly rate of basic compensation for his
level and step.
(d) The Postmaster General shall establish conditions for the use
of compensatory time earned and the payment of compensation for
unused compensatory time.
"(e) Each regular employee whose regular work schedule includes
an eight-hour period of service any part of which is within the period
commencing at midnight Saturday and ending tit, midnight Sunday
shall be paid extra compensation at the rate of 25 per centum of his
Hourly rate of basic compensation for each hour of work performed
daring that eight-hour period of service.
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"(f) If an employee is entitled under this section to unused com-
pensatory time at the time of his death, the Postmaster General shall
pay at the rate prescribed in this section, but not less than a sum equal
to the employee's hourly basic compensation, for each hour of such
unused compensatory time to the person or persons surviving at the
date of such employee's death. Such payment shall be made in the
order of precedence prescribed in the first section of the Act of
64 Stat. 395. August 3, 1950 (5 U.S.C. 61f)2 and shall be a bar to recovery by any
other persons of amounts so paid.
"(g) Notwithstanding any provision of this section other than
subsection (f), no employee shall be paid overtime or extra compen-
sation for a pay period which when added to his basic compensation
for the pay period exceeds one twenty-sixth of the annual rate of basic
compensation for the highest step of salary level PFS-17.
Definitions. "(h) For the purposes of this section and section 3571 of this title--
Ante, p. 1114. "(1) `Annual rate regular employee' means an employee for
whom the Postmaster ~1eneral has established a regular work
schedule consisting of five eight-hour days in accordance with
section3571 of this title.
"(2) `Hourly rate regular employee' means an employee for
whom the Postmaster General has established a regular work
schedule consisting of not more than forty hours a. week.
"(3) `Substitute employee' means an employee for whom the
Postmaster General has not established a regular work schedule."
74 Stat. 652. (c) Section 3575 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows :
3575. Exemptions
"(a) Sections 3571, 3573 and 3574 of this title do not apply to post-
masters, rural carriers, postal inspectors, and employees in salary level
PFS-15 and above.
"(b) Sections 3571 and 3573 of this title do not apply to employees
referred to in section 3581 of this title.
"(c) Sections 3571 (a), (b), and (d), and :3573(e) of this title do
not apply to substitute employees.
"(d) Section 3571 (b) of this title does not apply to hourly rate
regular employees."
39 USC 3101 Sic. (1. (a) That part of chapter 41 of title 39, United Slates Code,
et seg. which precedes the center ]reading "Special Classes of Employees"
Mid section 3111 thereof, is amended by inserting at the end thereof
t lie following new section :
"? 3107. Postal employees relocation expenses
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each employee in
the postal field service who is transferred or relocated from one official
station to another shall. under regulations promulgated by the Post-
master General, be granted the following allowances and expenses:
"(1) Per diem allowance, in lieu of subsistence. expenses, for each
member of his immediate family while en route between his old and
new official stations, not. in excess of the maximum per diem rates
prescribed by or pursuant to law for employees of the Federal Gov-
ernment.
"(2) Subsistence expenses of the employee and each member of his
immediate family for a period of not to exceed thirty days while occu-
pying temporary quarters at. the place of his new official duty station,
but. not, in excess of the maximum per dieni rates prescribed by or pur-
suant. to law for employees of the Federal (,overnment.
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"(3) Five days of leave with pay which shall not be charged to
any other leave to which he is entitled under existing law."
(b) That part of the table of contents of such chapter 41 under the
heading "Employees Generally" is amended by inserting
"3107. Postal employees relocation expenses."
immediately below
"3106. Special compensation rules.".
EMPLOYEES IN TILE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY OF TIIE
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 7. Section 4107 of title 38, United States Code, relating to grades 78 Stat, 410,
and pay scales for certain positions within the Department of Medicine
and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, is amended to read as
follows :
4107. Grades and pay scales
"(a) The per annum full-pay scale or ranges for positions provided
in section 4103 of this title, other than Chief Medical Director and 78 Stat. 409.
Deputy Chief Medical Director, shall be as follows :
"SECTION 4103 SCHEDULE
"Assistant Chief Medical Director, $25,382.
"Medical Director, $22,217 minimum to $25,325 maximum.
"Director of Nursing Service, $17,055 minimum to $22,365
maximum.
"Director of Chaplain Service, $17,055 minimum to $22,365
maximum.
"Chief Pharmacist, $17,055 minimum to $22,365 maximum.
"Chief Dietitian, $,17,055 minimum to $22,365 maximum.
"(h) (1) The grades and per annum full=pay ranges for positions
provided. in paragraph (1) of section 4104 of this title shall be as 72 Stat. 1244.
follows :
"PHYSICIAN AND DENTIST SCHEDULE
"Director grade, $19,619 minimum to $25,043 maximum.
"Executive grade, $18,291 minimum to $24,024 maximum.
"Chief grade, $17,055 minimum to $22,365 maximum.
"Senior grade, $14,680 minimum to $19,252 maximum.
"Intermediate grade, $12,510 minimum to $16,425 maximum.
"Full grade, $10,619 minimum to $13,931 maximum.
"Associate grade, $8,961 minimum to $11,715 maximum.
"NURSE SCHEDULE
"Assistant Director grade, $14,680 minimum to $19,252 maximum.
"Chief grade, $12,510 minimum to $16,425 maximum.
"Senior grade, $10,619 minimum to $13,931 maximum.
"Intermediate grade, $8,961 minimum to $11,715 maximum.
"Full grade, $7,479 minimum to $9,765 maximum.
"Associate grade, $6,540 minimum to $8,502 maximum.
"Junior grade, $5,702 minimum to $7,430 maximum.
"(2) No person may hold the director grade unless he is serving as
a director of a hospital, domiciliary, center, or outpatient clinic (inde-
pendent). No person may hold the executive grade unless he holds the
position of chief of stab at a hospital, center, or outpatient clinic
(independent), or the position of clinic director at an outpatient
clinic, or comparable position."
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FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS; STAFF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
SEC. 8. (a) The fourth sentence of section 412 of the Forei
n S
g
erv-
78 Stat. 411. ice Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 867), is amended to read as
follows : "The per annum salaries of Foreign Service officers within
each of the other classes shall be as follows :
"Class 1_________
$23,465
$24,284
$20,382
---------
Class 2----------
Class 3__________
18,954
15,396
19,612
13 ,029
,
20,270
18
463
---
$16
,997
18
997
---?--5-
$21,586-
17,58361
17
531
?-- 22- 4 "
$1, 065
18
065
----8--
$, 909
Class 4----------
Class 6__________
12,510
10
303
12
948
10
661
,
13,380
11
019
,
13,815
11
377
,
14,250
,
14,685
18 ,599
15,120
Class 6__________
Class 7
,
8,594
,
8,889
,
9,184
,
9,479
11,736
9,774
12,093
10,069
12,451
10
364
__________
Class 8----------
7,262
6,209
7,506
6,476
7,750
6,683
7,994
6,890
8,238
7,097
8,482
7,304
,
8,720
7,511".
(b) The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 415 of such
Act (22 U.S.C. 870(a)) is amended to read as follows: "The per
annum salaries of such staff officers and employees within each class
shall be as follows :
"Class l__________
Class 2
$15,395
12
510
$15,929
12
945
$16,463
$16,997
$17,531
$18,065
$18,599
$19,133
$19,667
$20,201
__________
Class 3__________
,
10,303
,
10,881
13,390
11
019
13,815
11
377
14,260
11
736
14,085
12
093
15,120
12
411
16,565
12
15,990
16,425
Cis" 4---------
Cl
6
8,694
8,889
,
,
9,184
,
9,479
,
9,774
,
10,069
,
10,364
,809
10,669
13,167
10
954
13,621
11
249
ass
__________
Class 6__________
7,749
6,908
8
013
7,231
8,277
7
404
8,541
T697
8,805
7
930
9,009
8
163
9,333
8
396
9,597
8
629
,
9,861
,
10,125
Class 7_
C l
s
8
6,428
6,040
,
6,852
7,064
,
7,276
,
7,488
,
7,700
,
7,912
8,802
8,124
9,095
8
330
a
s
.
Class --------
1
5,688
6,190
5,880
5,361
6,072
3
6 703
8,264
6,456
5
874
6,048
045
6
6,840
6 216
7,032
f;
397
7,224
6
558
,
7,416
6
class
0---------
4,041
4,797
4953
5,109
,
8,265
1
5,421
5,577
6,733
,
5; 889
,720
6,045".
(c) Foreign Service officers, Reserve officers, and Foreign Service
staff officers and employees who are entitled to receive basic compensa-
tion immediately prior to the effective date of this section at one of the
rates provided by section 412 or 415 of the Foreign Service Act of
1946 shall receive basic compensation, on and after such effective date,
at the rate of their class determined to be appropriate by the Secre-
tary of State.
SEVERANCE PAY
SEC. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,
this section applies to each civilian officer or employee in or under-
(1) the executive branch of the Government of the United
States, including each corporation wholly owned or controlled
by the United States;
2 the Library of Congress;
(3 the Government Printing Office;
(4 the General Accounting Office; or
(5) the municipal government of the District of Columbia.
This section also applies to persons employed by the county commit-
tees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation
and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)), and the Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to prescribe and issue such
regulations as may be necessary to provide a means of effecting the
application and operations of the provisions of this section with re-
spect to such persons.
(b) This section does not apply to-
(1) an officer or employee whose rate of basic compensation is
fixed at a rate provided for one of the levels of the Federal Execu-
tive Salary Schedule or is in excess of the highest rate of grade 18
of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as
amended ;
(2) an officer or employee serving under an appointment with
a definite time limitation, except one so appointed for full-time
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employment, without. a break in service or after a separation of
three days or less, following service under an appointment without
time limitation;
(3) an alien employee who occupies a position outside the
several States, the District of Columbia, and the Canal Zone;
(4) an officer or employee who is subject to the Civil Service
Retirement Act, as amended, or any other retirement law or 70 Stat. 743.
retirement system applicable to Federal officers or employees or 5 USC 2251 note.
members of the uniformed services, and who, at the time of
separation from the service, has fulfilled the requirements for
immediate annuity under any such law or system;
(5) an officer or employee who, at the time of separation from
the service, is receiving compensation under the Federal Employ-
ees' Compensation Act, as amended, except one receiving this 39 Stat. 742;
compensation concurrently with salary or on account of the death 63 Stat. 854.
of another person; 5 USC 751 note.
(6) an officer or employee who, at the time of separation from
the service, is entitled to receive other severance pay from the
Government ;
(7) officers and employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority;
and
(8) such other officers or employees as may be excluded by
rules and regulations of the President or of such officer or agency
as he may designate.
(c) An officer or employee to whom this section applies who is
involuntarily separated from the service, on or after the effective date
of this section, not. by removal for cause on charges of misconduct,
delinquency, or inefficiency, shall, under rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the President or such officer or agency as he may designate,
be paid severance pay in regular pay periods by the department, inde-
pendent establishment, corporation, or other governmental unit, from
which separated.
(d) Severance pay shall consist of two elements, a basic severance Computation.
allowance and an age adjustment allowance. The basic. severance
allowance shall be computed on the basis of one week's basic compen-
sation at. the rate received immediately before separation for each
year of civilian service up to and including ten years for which sever-
ance pay has not. been received under this or any other authority and
two weeks' basic compensation at such rate for each year of civilian
service beyond ten years for which severance pay has not been received
under this or any other authority. The age adjustment allowance
shall be computed on the basis of 10 per centum of the total basic
severance allowance for each year by which the age of the recipient
exceeds forty years at the time of separation. Total severance pay
received under this section shall not exceed one year's pay at the rate
received immediately before. separation.
(e) An officer or employee may be paid severance pay only after Twelve months
having been employed currently for a continuous period of at least, requirement.
twelve months.
(f) If an officer or employee is reemployed by the Federal Govern- Reemployment,
went or the municipal government of the District of Columbia before tennination of
the expiration of the period covered by payments of severance pay, pay.
the payments shall be discontinued beginning with the date of reem-
ployment and the service represented by the unexpired portion of the
period shall be recredited to the officer or employee for use in any
subsequent computations of severance pay. For the purposes of sub-
section (e), reemployment which causes severance pay to be discon-
tinued shall be considered as employment continuous with that serv-
ing as the basis for the severance pay.
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79 STAT. 1120
Payments to (g) If the officer or employee dies before the expiration of the
survivors. period covered by payments of severance pay the payments of sever-
ance pay with respect to such officer or employee shall be continued
as if such officer or employee were living and shall be paid on a pay
period basis to the survivor or survivors of such officer or employee
in accordance with the first section of the Act of August 3, 1950
64 Stat. 395. (5 U.S.C. 61f).
(lr) Severance pay under this section shall not be a basis for pay-
ment, nor be included in the basis for computation, of any other type
of Federal or District of Columbia Government benefits, and any
period covered by severance pay shall not be regarded as a period of
Federal or District of Columbia Government service or employment.
52 Stat. 31;
78 Stat. 412.
Ante, p. 1111.
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION COUNTY COMMITTEE
EMPLOYEES
SEc. 10. The rates of compensation of persons employed by the
county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (1.6 U.S.C. 590h(h)) shall
be increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the
increases provided by section 2(a) of this Act for corresponding rates
of compensation.
House employees. SEC. 11. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each
officer or employee in or under the legislative branch of the Govern-
ment, whose rate of compensation is increased by section 5 of the Fed-
60 Stat. 217; eral Employees Pay Act of 1946, shall be paid additional compensation
78 Stat. 41.3. at the rate of 3.6 per centum of his gross rate of compensation (basic
5 USC 931, 932. compensation plus additional compensation authorized by law).
(b) The total annual compensation in effect immediately prior to
the effective date of this section of each officer or employee of the
House of Representatives, whose compensation is disbursed by the
Clerk of the House and is not increased by reason of any other pro-
vision of this section, shall be increased by an amount which is equal
to the amount of the increase provided by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion; except that this section shall not apply to the compensation of
student congressional interns authorized by H. Res. 416 of the Eighty-
ninth Congress.
(c) The rates of compensation of employees of the House of Rep-
resentatives whose compensation is fixed lby the House Employees
Schedule under the House Employees Position Classification Act
(78 Stat. 1079; Public Law 88--652; 2 U.S.C. 291-303) shall be
increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may he practicable, to the
increases provided by subsection (a) of this section; except, that this
section shall not apply to the compensation of those employees whose
compensation is fixed by the House Wage Schedule Of such Act.
(d) The additional compensation provided by this section shall be
considered a part of basic coinnensation for the purposes of the. Civil
70 Stat. 743; Service Retirement Act (5 U.S.C. 2251 and the following).
Ante, p. 840. (e) Section 60t(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946,
Members of as amended (2 U.S.C. 31), is amended to read as follows:
Congress, etc. "(a) The compensation of Senators, Representatives in Congress,
78 Stat. 415, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico shall be at the
rate of $30,000 per annum each. The compensation of the Speaker
of the House of Representatives shall be at the rate of $43,000 per
annum. The compensation of the Majority Leader and the Minority
Leader of the Senate and the Majority Leader and the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives shall be at the rate of $35,000
per annum each."
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(f) The basic compensation of each employee in the office of a Senate employ-
Senator is hereby adjusted, effective on the first day' of the month ees.
following the date of enactment of this Act, to the lowest multiple
of $60 which will provide a gross rate of compensation not less than
the gross rate such employee was receiving immediately prior thereto,
except ,that the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not apply
in the case of any employee if on or before the fifteenth day following
the date of enactment of this Act, the Senator by whom such employee
is employed notifies the disbursing office of the Senate in writing
that he does not wish such provisions to apply to such employee. No
employee whose basic compensation is adjusted under this subsection
shall receive any additional compensation under subsection (a) for
any period prior to the effective date of such adjustment during which
such employee was employed in the office of the Senator by whom
he is employed on the first day of the month following the enactment
of this Act. No additional compensation shall be paid to any person
under subsection (a) for any period prior to the first day of the
month following the date of enactment of this Act during which such
person was employed in the office of a Senator (other than a Senator
by whom he is employed on such day) unless on or before the fifteenth
day following the date of enactment of this Act such Senator notifies
the disbursing office of the Senate in writing that he wishes such
employee to receive such additional compensation for such period.
In any case in which, at the expiration of the time within which a Sen-
ator may give notice under this subsection, such Senator is deceased,
such notice shall be deemed to have been given.
(g) Notwithstanding the provision referred to in subsection (h), Senate officers.
the rates of gross compensation of the Secretary for the Majority
of the Senate, the Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, the Chief
Reporter of Debates of the Senate, the Parliamentarian of the Senate,
the Senior Counsel in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the
Senate, the Chief Clerk of the Senate, the Chaplain of the Senate,
and the Postmaster and Assistant Postmaster of the Senate are hereby
increased by 3.6 per centum.
(h) The paragraph imposing limitations on basic and gross com- Salary limita-
pensation of officers and employees of the Senate appearing under tions, increase.
the heading "SENATE" in the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1956,
as amended (74 Stat. 304; Public Law 86--568), is amended by striking 78 Stat, 414.
out "$22,945" and inserting in lieu thereof "$23,770". 2 use 60a note.
(i.) The limitation on gross rate per hour per person provided by
applicable law on the effective date of this section with respect to the
folding of speeches and pamphlets for the Senate is hereby increased
by 3.6 per centum. The amount of such increase shall be computed
to the nearest cent, counting one-half cent and over as a whole cent.
The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to
employees whose compensation is subject to such limitation.
SEC. 12. (a) The rates of basic compensation of officers and
employees in or under the judicial branch of the Government whose
rates of compensation are fixed by or pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision a of section 62 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.G.
102(a) (2) ), section 3656 of title 18, United States Code, the third
sentence of section 603, sections 671 to 675, inclusive, or section
604 (a) (5), of title 28, United States Code, insofar as the latter section
applies to graded positions, are hereby increased by amounts reflecting
the respective applicable increases provided by section 2(a) of this
Act in corresponding rates of compensation for officers and employees
subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. The rates of
60 Stat. 329;
62 Stat. 843.
65 Stat. 725;
62 Stat. 918,
914.
78 Stat. 433.
Ante., p. 1111.
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79 STAT. 1122
basic compensation of officers and employees holding ungraded posi-
62 Stat. 914. tions and whose salaries are fixed pursuant to such section 604 (a) (5)
may be increased by the amounts reflecting the respective applicable
Ante, p. 1111. increases provided by section 2(a) of this Act in corresponding rates
of compensation for officers and employees subject to the Classification
Act of 1949, as amended.
Seoretarles and (b) The limitations provided by applicable law on the effective date
law clerks. of this section with respect to the aggregate salaries payable to secre-
taries and law clerks of circuit and district judges are hereby increased
by amounts which reflect the respective applicable increases provided
by section 2(a) of this Act in corresponding rates of compensation for
officers and employees subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as
amended.
Court reporters. (c) Section 753(e) of title 28, United States Code (relating to the
78 Stat. 434. compensation of court reporters for district courts), is amended by
striking out the existing salary limitation contained therein and insert-
ing a new limitation which reflects the respective a plicable increases
provided by section 2(a) of this Act in corresponding rates of com-
pensation for officers and employees subject to the Classification Act
of 1949, as amended.
SEC. 13. The Federal Employees Uniform Allowance Act, as
y striking out
amended (68 Stat. 11t4; 5 U~~..C. 2131), is amended b
"$100" wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "$125".
78 Stat. 419.
5 USC 2211.
SEC. 14. Except as otherwise provided in section 11(e), no rate of
salary shall be increased, by reason of the enactment of this Act, to an
amount in excess of the salary rate now or hereafter in effect for
Level V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule.
ADJUSTMENT OF SALARY RATES FIXED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
SI:c. 15. (a) The rates of basic compensation of assistant United
States attorneys whose basic salaries are fixed pursuant to section 508
78 Stat. 428. of title 28, United States Code, shall be increased by 3.6 per centum
effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or
after October 1, 1965.
(b) Notwithstanding section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as
amended (31 U.S.C. 665), the rates of compensation of officers and
employees of the Federal Government and of the municipal govern-
ment of the District of Columbia whose rates of compensation are
fixed by administrative action pursuant to law and are not other-
wise increased by this Act are hereby authorized to be increased effec-
tive on or after the first day of the first pay period which begins on or
after October 1, 1965, by amounts not to exceed the increases provided
by this Act for corresponding rates of compensation in the appropri-
ate schedule or scale of pay.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to authorize
any increase in the rates of compensation of officers and employees
whose rates of compensation are fixed and adjusted from time to time
as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with
prevailing rates or practices.
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(d) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the authority
contained in any law pursuant to which rates of compensation may
be fixed by administrative action.
SEc. 16. Section 204 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945,
as amended (68 Stat. 1110; 5 U.S.C. 912b), is amended by adding at
the end thereof the following sentence : "To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the head of any department, independent establishment, or
agency, including Government-owned or controlled corporations, or
of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, or the
head of any legislative or judicial agency to which this title applies,
shall schedule the time to be spent by an officer or employee in a travel
status away from his official duty station within the regularly sched-
uled workweek of such officer or employee.".
SEc. 17. This Act shall become effective as follows :
(1) This section and sections 1, 9, 13, 15, 16, and 18, and section
3107(3) of title 39, United States Code, as contained in the amend-
ment made by section 6(a) of this Act, shall become effective on the
date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Section 5 shall become effective on the first day of the first pay
period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
(3) Sections 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 14 shall become effective on
t?he first day of the first pay period which begins on or after October 1,
1965.
(4) Section 3 shall become effective on the ninetieth day following
the date of enactment of this Act.
(5) Section 6(b), and section 3107 (1) and (2) of title 39, United
States Code, as contained in the amendment made by section 6(a) of
this Act, shall become effective as of July 1, 1965.
6 For the purpose of determining the amount of insurance for
which an individual is eligible under the Federal Employees' Group
Life Insurance Act of 1954, all changes in rates of compensation or
salary which result from the enactment of this Act shall be held and
considered to be effective as of the date of such enactment.
SEc. 18. (a) Retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid by
reason of this Act only in the case of an individual in the service of the
United States (including service in the Armed Forces of the United
States) or the municipal government of the District of Columbia on
the date of enactment of this Act, except that such retroactive compen-
sation or salary .,hall be paid (1) to an officer or employee who retired
during the period beginning on the effective date prescribed by section
17(3) and ending on the date of enactment of this Act for services
rendered during such period and (2) in accordance with the provisions
of the Act of August 3,1950 (Public Law 636, Eighty-first Congress),
as amended (5 U.S.C. 61f-61k) for services rendered durin the
period beginning on the effective date prescribed by section 17(3) and
ending on the date of enactment of this Act by an officer or employee
who dies during such period. Such retroactive compensation or salary
68 Stat. 736.
5 USC 2091
note.
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shall not be considered as basic salary for the purpose of the Civil
70 Stat. 743. Service Retirement Act, in the vase of any such retired or deceased
5 USC 2251 note. officer or employee.
(b) For the purposes of this section, service in the Armed Forces
of the United States, in i he case of an individual relieved from train-
ing and serrrice in the Armed Forces of the United States or dis-
charged from hospitalization following such training and service,
shall include the period provided by law for the mandatory restoration
of such individual to a position in or under the Federal Government
or the nnuticip al government of the District of Columbia,
Approved October 29, 1965.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-
HOUSE REPORT No. 792 (Comm. on Post Office & Civil Service).
SENATE REPORT No. 910 (Comm. on Post Office & Civil Service).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 111 (1965):
Sept.
13:
Considered
in
House.
Sept.
30:
Considered
and
passed
House.
Oct.
22:
Considered
and
passed
Senate, amended; House agreed to
Senate amendments.
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