PUBLIC LAW 233 - 82ND CONGRESS CHAPTER 631 - 1ST SESSION S. 1046 AN ACT

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S. 1046
AN ACT
To readjust postal rates.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I Postal rates.
FIRST-CLASS MAIL
SECTION 1. (a) The rate of postage on each single postal card issued Postal oards.
and sold under the provisions of section 3916 of the Revised Statutes
(U. S. C., title 39, sec. 356), and on each portion of double postal cards
issued and sold under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1879
(U. S. C., title 39, sec. 358), shall be 2 cents: Provided, That on all 20 Stat. 362.
single and double postal cards sold in quantities of fifty or more there
shall be an additional charge of 10 per centum. The rate of postage
on each private mailing or post card conforming to the conditions pre-
scribed by the Act of May 19,1898 (U. S. C., title 39, sec. 281), shall be 30 Stat. 419.
2 cents.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of this section, the rate of Rate of postage.
postage on mail matter of the first class when mailed for local delivery
at post offices where free delivery by carrier is not established and when
the matter is not collected or delivered by rural or star route carriers,
shall be 2 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof.
SECOND-CLASS MAIL
SEC. 2. (a) In the case of publications entered as second-class mat-
ter (including sample copies to the extent of 10 per centum of the
weight of copies mailed to subscribers during the calendar year) when
mailed by the publisher thereof from the post office of publication and
entry or other post office where such entry is authorized, or when mailed
by news agents (registered as such under regulations prescribed by the
Postmaster General) to actual subscribers thereto or to other news
agents for the purpose of sale, the total postage computed at the pound
rates in effect under existing law and based on the bulk weight of each
mailing shall. be increased (1) by 10 per centum, beginning on April
1, 1952, (2) by an additional 10 per centum, based on the rates now in
force, beginning on April 1, 195.3, and (3) by an additional 10 per
centum, based on the rates now in force, beginning on April 1, 1954:
Provided, That publications having over 75 per centum advertising in
more than one-half of their issues during any twelve months' period
shall not be accepted for mailing as secon-class matter and their entry
shall be revoked, except that for the purpose of this proviso only, a
charge inade solely for the publication of transportation schedules,
fares, and related information shall not be construed as constituting a
charge for advertising : Provided further, That the rate of postage on
newspapers or periodicals maintained by and in the interests of reli-
gious, educational, scientific, philanthropic, agricultural, labor, veter-
ans' or fraternal organizations or associations, not or anized for profit
and none of the net income of which inures to the benefit of any private
stockholder or individual, shall be 11/2 cents per poinld or fraction
thereof, and the increases provided by this section shall not apply Nonapplioability.
to such rate : rind provided further, That existing rates shall continue
in effect with respect to any religious, educational, or scientific publi-
cation designed specifically for use in school classrooms or in religious
instruction classes. The publisher of any such newspaper, periodical
or publication before being entitled to such rate shall furnish proof
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of qualification to the Postmaster General at such times and under such
conditions as the Postmaster General may prescribe.
Free-in-oounty (b) The free-in-county mailing privilege and the rates of postage
mailing. on copies of publications of the second class when addressed for
delivery within the county in which they are published and entered
as such shall be the same as authorized by existing law : Provided fur-
ther, That copies of a publication mailed ,it, a post office where it is
entered, for delivery by letter carriers at, a different post office within
the delivery limits of which the headquarters or general business
office of the publisher is located, shall be chargeable with postage at
the rate that would be applicable if the copies were mailed at the
latter office, unless postage chargeable at the pound rates from the
office of mailing is higher, in which case such higher rates shall apply.
(c) In no case, except where the free-in-county mailing privilege
is applicable, shall the postage on each individually addressed copy
be less than one-eighth of 1 cent.
Sample copies, (d) The rate of postage on copies of publications having second-
eto. class entry mailed by others than the publishers or authorized news
agents, sample copies mailed by the publishers in excess of the 10
per centnm allowance entitled to be sent at the pound rates, and copies
mailed by the publishers to persons who may not be included in the
required legitimate list of subscribers, shall be 2 cents for the first
two ounces and 1 cent. for each additional two ounces or fraction
thereof, except when the postage at the rates prescribed for fourth-
class matter is lower, in which case the latter rates shall apply,
computed on each individually addressed copy or package. of uunad-
dressed copies, and not, on the bulk weight of the copies and packages.
SEC. 3. The rate of postage on third-class matter shall be 2 cents for
the first two ounces or fraction thereof, and 1 cent for each additional
ounce or fraction thereof up to and including eight ounces in weight,
except that the rate of postage on books and catalogs, of twenty-four
pages or more, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants not
exceeding eight ounces in weight shall be 2 cents for the first two ounces
or fraction thereof and 11/2 cents for each additional two ounces or
sulk mail.. fraction thereof: Provided, That upon payment of a fee of $10 for
each calendar year or portion thereof and under such regulations as
the Postmaster General may establish for the collection of the lawful
revenue and for facilitating the handling of such matter in the mails,
it shall be lawful to accept for transmission in the mails, separately
addressed identical pieces of third-class matter in quantities of not
less than twenty pounds, or of not less than two hundred pieces, sub-
ject to pound rates of postage applicable to the entire bulk mailed at
one time: Provided further, That the rate of postage on third-class
matter mailed in bulk under the foregoing provision shall be 14 cents
for each pound or fraction thereof with a minimum charge per piece
of 1 cent, except that in the case of books and catalogs of twenty-four
pages or more, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants the rate
shall be 10 cents for each pound or fraction thereof with a minimum
charge per piece of 1 cent : Provided further, That the minimum charge
per piece of 1 cent specified in the foregoing proviso shall be increased
to 11/2 cents on July 1, 1952: Provided further, That pieces or pack-
ages of such size or form as to prevent ready facing and tying in bundles
and requiring individual distributing throughout shall be subject,
Nonapplioabil- to a minimum charge of 3 cents each: And provided further, That
ity. the rates prescribed by this section shall not apply with respect to
matter mailed by religious, educational, scientific, philanthropic, agri-
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cultural, labor, veterans', or fraternal organizations or associations,
not organized for profit and none of the net income of which inures to
the benefit of any private stockholder or individual, and the existing
rates shall continue to apply with respect to such matter.
BOOKS
SEC. 4. The rates of postage prescribed by subsections (0 and (e)
of section 204 of the Postal Rate Revision and Federal Employees
Salary Act of 1948 shall remain in effect until otherwise provided by 62 2 SStat. 1263.
Congress. 2U.S.
SPECIAL DELIVERY
SEC. 5. Mail of any class shall be given the most expeditious han-
dling and transportation practicable and immediate delivery at the
office of address when, in addition to the regular postage, a special-
delivery fee is prepaid thereon by means of special-delivery stamps or
ordinary postage stamps, or in such other manner as the Postmaster
General may prescribe, in accordance with the following schedule :
Matter weighing not more than two pounds, if of the first class, 20
cents; if of any other class, 35 cents. Matter weighing more than two
but not more than ten pounds, if of the first class, 35 cents; if of any
other class, 45 cents. Matter weighing more than ten pounds, if of
the first class, 50 cents; if of any other class, 60 cents.
REGISTERED MAIL
SEc. 6. (a) Mail matter shall be registered on the application of the
party posting the same. The registry fees, which shall be in addition
to the regular postage, and the. limits of indemnity therefor within
the maximum indemnity provided by this subsection, shall be as
follows :
For articles having no intrinsic value and for which no indemnity
Fayable, 30 cents;
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For registry indemnity not exceeding $5, 40 cents;
For registry indemmnity exceeding $5but not exceeding $25, 55 cents;
For registry indemnity exceeding $25 but not exceeding $50, 65
cents;
For registry indemnity exceeding $50 but. not exceeding $75, 75
cents;
For registry indemnity exceeding $75 but not exceeding $100, 85
cents:
For registry indemnity exceeding $100 but not exceeding $200, 95
cents;
For registry indemnity exceeding $200 but not exceeding $300,
$1.05;
For registry indemnity exceeding $300 but not exceeding $400,
$1.15;
For registry indemnity exceeding $400 but not exceeding $500, $1.25;
For registry indemnity exceeding $500 but not exceeding $600,$1.35;
For registry indemnity exceeding $600 but not exceeding $700, $1.45;
For registry indemnity exceeding $700 but not exceeding $800,$1.155;
For registry indemnity exceeding $800 but not exceeding $900, $1.65;
For registry indemnity exceeding $900 but not exceeding $1,000,
$1.75: Provided, That for registered mail having a declared value
in excess of $25 a registry fee of not less than 55 cents shall be paid.
(b) For registered mail or insured mail treated as registered mail
having a declared value in excess of the maximum indemnity covered
by the registry or insurance fee paid there shall be charged additional
fees (known as "surcharges") as follows: When the declared value
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exceeds the maximum indemnity covered by the registry or insurance
fee paid by not more than $50, 2 cents; by more than $50 but not more
than $100, 3 cents; by more than $100 but not more than $200, 4 cents;
by more than $200 but not more than $400, 6 cents; by more than $400
but not more than $600, 7 cents; by more than $600 but not more than
$800, 8 cents; by more than $800 but less than $1,000, 10 cents; and
if the excess of the declared value over the maximum indemnity cov-
ered by the registry or insurance fee paid is $1,000 or more, the addi-
tional fees for each. $1,000 or part of $1,000 on articles destined to
points within the several zones applicable to fourth-class matter shall
be as follows :
For local delivery or for delivery within the first zone, 12 cents;
For delivery within the second zone, 14 cents;
For delivery within the third zone, 16 cents;
For delivery within the fourth zone, 17 cents;
For delivery within the fifth or sixth zones, 18 cents;
For delivery within the seventh or eighth zones, 19 cents : Provided,
That for registered mail or insured mail treated as registered mail
of such kind or character that it may be carried at less than the maxi-
mum risk of loss in the mails, the Postmaster General may prescribe
rules for determining upon what part of the declared value in excess
of the maximum indemnity covered by the registry or insurance fee
paid the additional fees shah be based.'
RETURN RECEIPTS FOR REGISTERED MAIL
SEC. T. Whenever the sender of any registered mail shall so request,
and upon payment of a fee of 7 cents at the time of mailing or of
15 cents subsequent to the time of mailing, a receipt shall be obtained
for such registered mail, showing to whom and when the same was
delivered, which receipt shall be returned to the sender, and be received
in the courts as prima facie evidence of such delivery: Provided, That
upon payment of the additional sum of 24 cents at the time of mailing
of any such registered mail, a receipt shall be obtained for such
registered mail, showing to whom, when, and the address where the
same was delivered, which receipt shall be returned to the sender, and
be received in the courts as prima facie evidence of such delivery:
Provided further, That no refund shall be made of fees paid for return
receipts for registered mail where the failure to furnish the sender
a return receipt or the equivalent is not due to the fault of the postal
service.
FEES FOR INSURED MAIL
SEC. 8. The fees for insurance, which shall be in addition to the reg-
ular postage, and the limits of indemnity therefor within the maximum
indemnity provided by this section, shall be as follows: 5 cents for
indemnification not exceeding $5; 10 cents for indemnification exceed-
ing $5 but not exceeding $10; 15 cents for indemnification exceedin
$10 but not exceeding $25; 20 cents for indemnification exceeding $25
but not exceeding $50; 30 cents for indemnification exceeding $50 but
not exceeding $100; 35 cents for indemnification exceeding $100 but
not exceeding $200.
RETURNED RECEIPTS FOR INSURED MAIL
SEC. 9. Whenever the sender of all insured article of mail on which
other than the minimum fee was paid shall so request, and a pon pay-
ment of a fee of 7 cents at the time of mailing or of 15 cents subsequent
to the time of mailing, a receipt shall be obtained for such insured
mail, showing to whom and when the same was delivered, which receipt
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shall be returned to the sender, and be received in the courts as prima
facie evidence of such delivery : Provided, That upon payment of the
additional sum of 24 cents at the time of mailing of any insured article
of mail on which other than the minimum fee was paid, a receipt shall
be obtained for such insured mail, showing to whom, when, and the
address where the same was delivered, which receipt shall be returned
to the sender, and be received in the courts as prima facie evidence of
such delivery : Provided further, That no refund shall be made of fees
paid for return receipts for insured mail where the failure to furnish
the sender a return receipt or the equivalent is not due to the fault of
the postal service.
FEES FOR COLLECT-ON-DELIVERY MAIL
SEC. 10. The fees for collect-on-delivery service for sealed domestic
mail matter of any class bearing postage at the first-class rate and for
domestic third- and fourth-class mail matter shall, in addition to the
regular postage and any other required fees, be as follows : 30 cents for
collections and indemnity not exceeding $5; 40 cents for collections and
indemnity exceeding $5 but not exceeding $10; 60 cents for collections
and indemnity exceeding $10 but not exceeding $25; 70 cents for col-
lections and indemnity exceeding $25 but not exceeding $501 80 cents
for collections and indemnity exceeding $50 but not exceeding $100;
90 cents for collections and indemnity exceeding $100 but not exceed-
ing $150; $1 for collections and indemnity exceeding $150 but not
exceeding $200.
REGISTERED COLLECT-ON-DELIVERY MAIL
SEC. 11. (a) The fee for collect-on-delivery service for registered
sealed domestic mail of any class bearing postage at the first-class rate
shall, in addition to the regular postage and any other required fees,
be 80 cents for collections and indemnity not exceeding $10; $1.10 for
collections and indemnity exceeding $10 but not exceeding $50; $1.20
for collections and indemnity exceeding $50 but not exceeding $100;
$1.40 for collections and indemnity exceeding $100 but not exceeding
$200. The maximum amount of charges collectible on any registered
sealed domestic collect-on-delivery article shall be $200.
(b) When indemnity in excess of $200 is desired, the fee for such
registered sealed domestic collect-on-delivery snail shall, in addition
to the regular postage and any other required fees, be $1.50 for indem-
nity exceeding $200 but not exceed$300; $1.60 for indemnity
exceeding $300 but not exceeding $40011;151.70 for indemnity exceeding
$400 but not exceeding $500; $1.80 for Indemnity exceeding $500 but
not exceeding $600; $1.90 for indemnity exceeding $600 but not exceed-
ing $700; $2 for indemnity exceeding $700 but not exceeding $800;
$2.10 for indemnity exceeding $800 but not exceeding $1,000.
FEES FOR SPECIAL SERVICES
SEC. 12. (a) The Postmaster General is authorized to prescribe by
regulation from time to time the fees which shall be charged by the
postal service-
(1) for the registry of mail matter;
(2) for the insurance of mail matter, or other indemnification
of senders thereof for articles damaged or lost;
(3) for securing a signed receipt upon the delivery of regis-
tere or insured mail matter and returning such receipt to sender;
(4) for collect-on-delivery service;
(5) for special-delivery service;
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(6) for special-handling service;
(7) for tie issuance of money orders;
(8) for notice to publishers of undeliverable second-class mail,
for notice of change of address, and for notice to addressee or
sender of undeliverable third- or fourth-class matter, or of unde-
liverable second-class matter mailed at the transient rate.
(b) Regulations issued by the Postmaster General under subsection
(a) shall, to the extent prescribed therein, supersede existing laws, reg-
ulations, and orders governing the fees for the services covered thereby.
JOINT COMMITPEE ON POSTAL SERVICE
Establishment. SEC. 13. (a) (1) There is hereby established a Joint Committee on
the Postal Service (hereinafter referred to as the "joint committee"),
to be composed of three members of the Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the
Senate, and three members of the Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(2) The chairman of the joint committee shall be the chairman of
the Post Office and Civil Service Committee of the Senate, and the
vice-chairman shall be the chairman of the Committee on Post Office
and Civil Service of the House of Representatives. Vacancies in the
membership of the joint committee shall not affect the power of the
remaining members to execute the functions of the joint committee,
and shall be filled in the same manner as the original selection. A
majority of the members of the joint committee, or any subcommittee
thereof, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,
except that a lesser number, to be fixed by the joint committee, shall
constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking sworn testimony.
Study and (b) The joint committee, acting as a whole or by subcommittee,
investigation. shall conduct a thorough study and investigation in respect of the
following matters: -
(1) Postal rates and charges in relation to the reasonable cost
of handlino the several classes of mail matter and special services,
with due arlowances in each class for the care required, the degree
of preferment, priority in handling, and economic value of the
services rendered and the public interest served thereby.
(2) The extent to which expenditures now charged to the Post
Office Department for the following items should be excluded in
considering costs for the several classes of mail matter and special
services:
(A) Expenditures for free postal services;
(B) Expenditures in excess of revenues for international
postal services;
(C) Expenditures for subsidies for postal services pur-
suant to law or legislative policy of Congress ;
(D) Expenditures in excess of revenues, pursuant to the
46 Stat. 523. Act of June 5, 1930 (39 U. S. C. 793), not enumerated in the
preceding subparagraphs (A), (B), or (C) ;
other-
wise enuumer enumerated herein which services be performed for pother
departments and agencies of the Government; and
(F) Expenditures which may be justified only on a national
welfare basis and not primarily as a business function.
(3) Expenditures for the Post Office Department by other
Government agencies which should be considered in connection
with the cost for the handling of the several classes of mail matter
and special services, such as employees' retirement, use of Govern-
ment buildings, and maintenance services.
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(4) The extent, if any, to which Post Office Department
expenditures in excess of revenue, for its various services and for
the handling of various classes of mail, are justified as being in
the public interest.
(c) (1) The joint committee, or any duly authorized subcommit- Powers.
tee thereof, is authorized (A) to hold such hearings; (B) to sit and
act at such places and times; (C) to require, by subpena or otherwise,
the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books,
papers, and documents; (D) to administer such oaths; (E) to take
such testimony; (F) to procure such printing and binding; and (G)
to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of steno- Stenograph3.o
graphic services to report such hearings shall not exceed 25 cents per services.
hundred words. The provisions of sections 102 to 104, inclusive, of
the Revised Statutes shall apply in the case of any failure of any 2 U.S.C.
witness to comply with a subpena or to testify when summoned under ?? 192-194.
authority of this section.
(2) The joint committee is authorized to appoint and fix the Personnel, eto.
compensation of such personnel as it deems necessary to assist it in
the performance of its functions. Such compensation shall not be
fixed at a rate in excess of the maximum rate payable under section
202 (e) of the Le islative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended, 60 Stat. 835.
in the case of employees of standing committees, except that the joint 2 U.S.C. ? 72a.
committee may employ part-time consultants, experts, and technicians
at a per diem rate not in excess of $50. The joint committee may also
contract for the service of accounting and management engineering
firms to assist it in the performance o'its functions. Insofar as prac-
ticable, the joint committee shall employ persons familiar with the
operation of the postal service, accounting practices, or problems of
public transportation and distribution with special reference to rate
making in those fields. The chairman and vice chairman of the joint
committee are authorized to assign from time to time the members
of the staff of their respective committees to duties and responsibilities
in connection with the operation of such joint committee.
(d) The joint committee shall report from time to time to the Reports to
committees of the Senate and House of Representatives from which Congress.
the membership of the joint committee was appointed, and shall
submit its final report to the Senate and the House of Representatives
not later than January 15, 1953, of the results of its study and inves-
tigation together with such recommendations as to necessary legisla-
tion as it may deem advisable. Upon the submission of such final Termination
report the joint committee shall cease to exist. or committee.
(e) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not in excess Appropriation
of $100,000 to carry out the purposes of this section, to be disbursed authorized.
by the Secretary of the Senate on vouchers signed by the chairman
and vice chairman of the joint committee.
REPEAL OF EXISTING PROVISIONS'
SEC. 14. All existing laws or portions thereof, inconsistent or in
conflict with this title, are hereby amended or repealed.
APPLICATION TO GUAM
SEC. 15. This Act shall have the same force and effect within Guam
as within other possessions of the United States.
EFFEOTIVE DATE
SEC. 16. This title shall take effect on the first day of the third
calendar month following the calendar month in which it is enacted,
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except the rates herein provided for second-class mail shall take effect
on the first day of the second quarter beginning after the approval
of this Act.
Annual and TITLE II
Sick Leave Aot
or 1951. Sxc. 201. This title may be cited as the "Annual and Sick Leave
Act of 1951".
COVERAGE AND EXEMPTIONS
SEo. 202. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this title shall
apply to all civilian officers and employees of the United States and
of the government of the District of Columbia, including officers and
employees of corporations wholly owned or controlled by the United
States.
(b) (1) This title shall not apply to-
(A) teachers and librarians of the public schools of the Dis-
trict of Columbia;
(B) part-time officers and employees (except hourly employees
in the field service of the Post Office Department) for whom there
has not been established a regular tour of duty during each
administrative workweek;
(C) temporary employees engaged on construction work at
hourl rates;
(D) employees of the Canal Zone Government and the Panama
Canal Company when employed on the Isthmus of Panama;
(E) commissioned officers of the Public Health Service;
(F) commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey;
(G) doctors, dentists, and nurses in t.Ie Department ofMedi-
cine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration;
(H) officers and employees of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives; and
(I) officers and employees of any corporation under the super-
vision of the Farm Credit Administration of which corporation
any member of the board of directors is, elected or appointed by
private interests.
(2 This title, except section 203 (g), shall not apply to alien
employees who occupy positions outside the several States and the
District of Columbia.
(3) Section 204 of this title shall not apply to officers and members
of the Metropolitan Police and the Fire Department of the District of
Columbia.
ANNUAL LEAVE
Accrual rate. SEC. 203. (a) Officers and employees to whom this title applies shall
be entitled to annual leave with pay which shall accrue as follows-
(1) one-half day for each full biweekly pay period in the case
of officers and employees with less than three years of service,
(2) three-fourths day for each full biweekly pay period (except
that the accrual for the last full biweekly pay period in the year
shall be one and one-fourth days) in the case of officers and
employees with three but less than fifteen years of service, and
(3) one day for each full biweekly pay period in the case of
officers and employees with fifteen years or more of service.
In determining years of service for the purposes of this subsection,
there shall be included all service creditable {under the provisions of
46 Stat. 472. section 5 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as
5 U.S.C. ? 707. amended, for the purposes of an annuity under such Act and the
determination of the period of service rendered may be made upon
the basis of an affidavit of the employee. In the case of an officer or
employee who is not paid on the basis of biweekly pay periods, the
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leave provided by this title shall accrue on the same basis as it would
accrue if such officer or employee were paid on the basis of biweekly
pay periods.
(b) Any change in the rate of accrual of annual leave by an officer
or employee under the provisions of this section shall take effect as of
the beginning of the pay period following the pay period, or corre-
sponding period in the case of an officer or employee who is not paid
on the basis of biweekly pay periods, in which such officer or employee
completes the prescribed period of service.
(c) The annual leave provided for in this section, which is not used Acoumulation,
by an officer or employee, shall. accumulate for use in succeeding years limitation.
until it totals not to exceed sixty days at the end of the last complete
biweekly pay period, or corresponding period in the case of an officer
or employee who is not paid on the basis of biweekly pay periods,
occurring in any year.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), a xnaxinnmi Employees out-
accumulation not to exceed ninety days at the end of the last complete side U.S.
biweekly pay period, or corresponding period in the case of an officer
or employee who is not paid on the basis of biweekly pay periods, in
any year is authorized to the following categories of employees of the
Federal Government, other than officers and employees in the Foreign
Service of the United States under the Department of State, stationed
outside the several States and the District of Columbia:
(1) Persons directly recruited or transferred from the United
States by the Federal Government.
(2) Persons employed locally but (A) who were originally
recruited from the United States and have been in substantially
continuous employment by other Federal agencies, United States
firms, interests, or organizations, international organizations in
which the United States Government participates, or foreign gov-
ernments, and whose conditions of employment provide for their
return transportation to the United States, or (B) who were at the
time of employment temporarily absent from the United States
for purposes of travel or formal study and maintained residence in
the United States during such temporary absence.
(3) Persons who are not normally residents of the area con-
cerned and who are discharged from the military service of the
United States to accept employment with an agency of the Federal
Government.
(e) Where an officer or employee to whom the provisions of sub-
section (d) are applicable, or who is in the Foreign Service of the
United States under the Department of State, and whose post of duty
is outside the several States and the District of Columbia returns to any
such State or the District of Columbia on leave, the leave granted
pursuant to this Act shall be exclusive of the time actually and neces-
sarily occupied in going to and from his post of duty and such time as
may be necessarily occupied in awaiting sailing or flight. The provi-
sions of this subsection shall not apply with respect to more than one
period of leave in any twenty-four month period.
(f) Officers and employees in the Foreign Service of the United Foreign service.
States under the Department of State may be granted leave of absence,
without regard to any other leave provided by this title, for use in the
United States, its Territories or possessions, at a rate equivalent to one
week for each four months of service outside the several States and the
District of Columbia. Such leave may be accumulated for future use
without regard to the limitation in subsection (c) but no such leave
which is not used shall be made the basis for any terminal leave or
lump-sum payment.
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All 65 Stet. 681.
Alien employees (g) Alien employees who occupy positions outside the several States
outside U.S. and the District of Columbia may, in the discretion of the head of the
department or agency concerned, be granted leave of absence with pay
not in excess of the amount of annual and sick leave allowable under
this title in the case of citizen employees.
Granting of (h) The annual leave provided for in this section, including such
leave. leave as will accrue to any officer or employee during the-year, may be
granted at any time during such year as the heads of the various
de artments and independent establishments may prescribe.
Servioe require- p(1 Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), an officer or
ment. employee shall be entitled to annual leave under this title only after
having been employed currently for a continuous period of ninety days
under one or more appointments without break in service. In any case
in which an officer or employee completes a period of continuous
employment of ninety days there shall be credited to him an amount of
annual leave equal to the amount which, but for this subsection, would
have accrued to him under subsection (a) during such period.
sIC$ LEAVE
SEC. 204. (a) Officers and employees to whom this title applies shall
be entitled to sick leave with pay, which shall accrue on the basis of one-
half day for each full biweekly for period.
(b) The sick leave provided for in this section, which is not used by
an officer or employee during the year in which it accrues, shall accumu-
late and be available for use in succeeding years.
(c) Not to exceed thirty days sick leave may be advanced in cases of
serious disability or ailments and when required by the exigencies of the
situation.
GENERAL PROVISION8
Days of leave. SEc. 205. (a) The days of leave provided for in this title shall mean
days upon which an employee would otherwise work and:receive pay,
and shall be exclusive of holidays, and all nonworkdays established by
Federal statute or by Executive or administrative order.
Pay-period (b) An employee shall be considered for the purposes of this title
employment. to have been employed for a full biweekly pay period if he shall have
been employed during the days within such period, exclusive of holi-
days and all nonworkdays established by Federal statute or by Execu-
tive or administrative order, which fall within his basic administrative
workweek.
Part-time em- (c) Part time officers and employees, unless otherwise excepted, shall
ployees. be entitled on a-pro rata basis to the benefits provided by sections 203
and 204 of this title.
Rural oarriers. (d) The authorized absence of a rural carrier on Saturdays which
occur within or at the beginning or end of a period of sick or annual
leave of five or more days' duration (or four days' duration if a holiday
falls within or at the beginning or end of the period of sick or annual
leave) shall be without charge to such leave or loss of compensation.
Saturdays occurring in a period of annual or sick leave taken in a
smaller number of days may at the option of the carrier be charged to
his accrued leave and when so charged he shall be paid for such absence.
REGULATIONS
SEc. 206. The Civil Service Commission is authorized to prescribe
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to provide for the
administration of this title.
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SEC. 207. (a) The following Acts or parts of Acts are hereby
repealed :
(1) The Act entitled "An Act to provide for vacations to Govern-
ment employees, and for other purposes", approved March 14, 1936 5 U.S.C.
(49 Stat. 1161). ?? 29a, 30b-30e,
(2) The Act entitled "An Act to standardize sick leave and extend it 301.
to all civilian employees", approved March 14, 1936 (49 Stat. 1162). 5 U.s.c.
(3) Section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to reclassify the salaries ?? 30f-30k,30m.
of postmasters, officers, and employees of the Postal Service; to estab-
lish uniform procedure for computing compensation; and for other
purposes", approved July 6, 1945, as amended (59 Stat. 435). 39 U.S.C. ? 856.
(4) The paragraph under the heading "Public Printing and Bind-
ing" in the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes",
approved June 11, 1896 (44 U. S. C. 45), relating to leaves of absence 29 Stat. 453.
of employees of the Government Printing Office.
(5) The third proviso in the Act of August 29,1916 (34 U. S. C. 513). 39 Stat. 557.-
(6) Sections 931 and 932 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946. 60 Stat. 1028.
(7 Section 601 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952. 22 U.S.C.
(b Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promo- 1146, 1147.
tion of substitute employees in the postal service, and for other pur-
poses", approved April 15, 1947 (61 Stat. 40), is amended by striking 39 U.S.C. ? 862d.
out the words "and leave".
SEC. 208. (a) In any case in which-
(1) the amount of accumulated annual leave carried over into
the calendar year 1952 by an officer or employee under provisions
of law applicable to such officer or employee on December 31, 1951,
is in excess of the amount allowable under the applicable provisions
of section 203, or
(2) the amount of accumulated annual leave to the credit of an
officer or employee who is subject to the provisions of section
203 (d) and who becomes subject to the provisions of section
203 (c) is in excess of the amount allowable under section 203 (c),
such excess shall remain to the credit of such officer or employee until
used, but the use during any year of an amount of leave in excess of the
aggregate amount which shall have accrued during such year shall
automatically reduce the maximum allowable accumulation at the end
of the last complete biweekly pay period in any year until the accumu-
lation of such officer or employee no longer exceeds the amount pre-
scribed in the applicable provisions of section 203.
(b) An officer or employee heretofore subject to a system of leave
administered on a calendar-day basis shall be deemed to have to his
credit on the effective date of this title five-sevenths day of leave charge-
able as provided in section 205 (a) for each calendar day's leave to his
credit on such date.
(c) No officer or employee shall be considered, by reason of the en-
actment of this title, to have been transferred to an agency under a
different leave system within the meaning of the Act entitled "An Act
to provide for the payment to certain Government employees for
accumulated or accrued annual leave upon their separation from Gov-
ernment service", approved December 21,1944 (5 U. S. C. 61d). 58 Stat. 845.
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Postal service. (d) Any person who served during the period from December 1,
annual and sick 1950, to January 6, 1952, as an employee in the postal service, other
leave, than a substitute rural carrier, under a temporary or indefinite appoint-
65 Stat. 682. went for not less than ninety days and who shall not have been sep-
6 Stat. 683. arated from the postal service prior to January 6, 1952, shall be deemed
to have earned annual leave at the rate of fifteen days per year and sick
leave at the rate of 10 days per year, and for such purposes shall receive
credit for one-twelfth of a year for each whole calendar month he was
carried on the roll as a temporary or indefinite employee during such
period.
SEC. 209. This title shall take effect on January 6, 1952, except that
paragraph (7) of section 207 (a) shall take effect as of the date of
65 Stat. 268. enactment of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952.
Approved October 30, 1951.
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