DRAFT LEGISLATION; 'CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION ACT OF 1979' (U)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00156R000300010015-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2003
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: January 15, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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5 JAR' 1979
STAT
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Legislative Stall, OLC
FROM: Edward L. Sherman
Director of Finance
SUBJECT: Draft Legislation; "Classification and Compensation
Act of 1979" (U)
1. Within the short time permitted for review we have conducted a cursory
review of the draft legislation with particular attention to compensation
entitlements. We would suggest clarification or rewording in the following
areas.
Page 71 and 72 of the bill place the effective data at "such
time as the President may direct within a 3 year period that
follows the date of enactment by not more that 2 years". This
language seems vague and further confusing when one refers to
the "Section Analysis" paper pages 28 and 29. The important
point we wish to stress is that ample time be provided between
the date of enactment and date of actual implementation for
preparation of regulatory revisions and modifications of
computer systems to accommodate the new requirements.
b. Section 5 of Section Analysis
The provisions of subsection (d) of section 5 appear to be
contradictory to those of subsection (h). Subsection (h)
clearly states that the amendment to section 5547 of title
5 removes the maximum limitation on aggregate compensation for
nonexempt employees and thereby parallels the FLSA. However,
Subsection (d) provides that compensatory time off may not
be granted for the value of that time which exceeds the rate
for Executive Level V or premium pay in excess of the limitation
imposed by section 5547 of title 5.
2. On the question as to whether the Agency should adhere to the proposed
new classification system should it become law we recommend the Agency continue
to conform with classification and compensation systems enacted by Congress.
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The Acting Director of the Agency reaffirmed, in 1962, CIA policy to adhere,
insofar as practicable, to the compensation schedules and other provisions
of the Classification Act of 1949-(see memorandum DDS 62-4815, dated 8 October
1962, cy. att.). That action resolved several recurring problems relative to
the administration of pay in general and in particular with respect to
legislative pay increases.
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