Public Law 854 - 84th Congress Chapter 804 - 2d Session H. R. 7619

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Public Law 854 - 84th Congress /
Chapter 804 - 2d Session
H. R. 7619
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To adjust the rates of compensation of the heads of the executive departments
and of certain other officials of the Federal Government, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I - BASIC COMPENSATION FOR HEADS OF Federal Exeou-
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER FEDERAL tine Pey Act
of 1956,
OFFICIALS
SEC. 101. This title may be cited as "Federal Executive Pay Act of
1956".
SEC. 102. The annual rate of basic compensation of each of the Annual rates
offices or positions listed in this section shall be $25,000. of basin oom-
(1) Secretary of State. p-ensation.
(8) Secretary of Commerce.
(9) Secretary of Labor.
(10) Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
SEC. 103. (a) The annual rate of basic compensation of each of the
Attorney General.
Postmaster General.
Secretary of the Interior.
'`dices or positions listed in this subsection shall be $22,500.
4) Under Secretary of State.
Comptroller General of the United States.
Director, Office of Defense Mobilization.
` (b) The annual rate of basic compensation of each of the offices or
y positions listed in this subsection shall be $22,000.
(1 Secretary of the Army.
(2) Secretary of the Navy.
(3 Secretary of the Air Force.
SEC. 104. (a) The annual rate of basic compensation of each of the
offices or positions listed in this section shall be $21,000.
(1 Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
2 Director of Central Intelligence.
(3 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(4 Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration.
(5) Administrator of General Services.
(6) Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
(7) Administrator of Veterans' Affairs.
(8 Director of the International Cooperation Administration.
(9) Director of the United States Information Agency.
10) Governor of the Farm Credit Administration.
(11) President of the Export-Import Bank of Washington.
12) Under Secretary of the Treasury.
13 Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs.
14) Deputy Postmaster General.
4 (15) Under Secretary of the Interior.
.we (16) Under Secretary of Agriculture.
(17) Under Secretary of Commerce.
18 Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation.
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(19) Under Secretary of Labor.
(20 Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
)
(23 Deputy Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Adminis-
tration.
(24) Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs.
(25) Deputy Director of the Bureau of the Budget.
(26) Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.
thority.
(20) Chairman, United States Tariff Commission.
(21) Comptroller of the Currency.
(22
) Assistant Comptroller General of the United States.
(19) Chairman, Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Ai
United States.
(11) Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
(12 Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission.
(13) Chairman, National Labor Relations Board.
(14) Chairman, National Mediation Board.
(15) Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board.
(16) Chairman of the Renegotiation Board.
(17) Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission.
18 Chairman, Subversive Activities Control Board.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the annual
rate of basic compensation of the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation shall be $22,000 so long as such office is held by the
present incumbent.
SEC. 105. The annual rate of basic compensation of each of the
offices or positions listed in this section shall be $20,500.
(1) Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board.
(2) Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission.
(3) Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
(4) Chairman, Federal Communications Commission.
(5) Chairman, Board of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
(6) Chairman of the Federal Maritime Board.
(7) Chairman, Federal Power Commission.
(8) Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
9) Chairman, Federal Trade Commission.
10) Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the
(27) Deputy Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization.
(28) Deputy Director of the United States Information Agency.
(29) Deputy Under. Secretary of the Department of State (3).
(30) Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
(31) First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of Washing-
lions, Department of Labor.
(8) Archivist of the United States.
(9) Assistant Directors of the Bureau of the Budget (2).
(10) Assistant Postmasters General (5).
ton.
Sc. E106. (a) The annual rate of basic compensation of each of the
offices or positions listed in this subsection shall be $20,000.
(1) Administrator, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, De-
partment of State.
(2) Administrator of Civil Aeronautics.
(3) Administrator, Commodity Stabilization Service.
(4) Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration.
(5) Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
(6) Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation.
(7) Administrator, Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divi-
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(11) Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture (3).
sr` (12) Assistant Secretaries of Commerce (3).
(13) Assistant Secretaries of Defense (9).
(14) Assistant Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare (2).
(15) Assistant Secretaries of the Interior (3).
16) Assistant Secretaries of Labor (3).
17) Assistant Secretaries of State (10).
18) Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury (3).
(19) Ass' Secretaries of the Air Force (4).
(20) Assistant Secretaries of the Army (4).
(21) Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (4).
22 Associate Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(23) Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee to the Atomic
Energy Commission, Department of Defense.
(24) Commissioner, Community Facilities, Housing and Home
Finance Agency.
(25) Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration.
(26) Commissioner, Public Housing Administration.
(27) Commissioner, Urban Renewal Administration.
(28) Counselor of the Department of State.
(29) Deputy Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance
Agency.
(30) Deputy Administrator of General Services.
(31) Director of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts.
32 Director of the Bureau of Prisons.
33 Director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
34 Director of the National Science Foundation.
35 Director of Selective Service.
.r.. 36) Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
37) General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
38 )) Librarian of Congress.
39 President of the Federal National Mortgage Association.
40 Public Printer.
41) Special Assistant to the Secretary (Health and Medical Af-
fairs), Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
(42) Under Secretary of the Army.
(43) Under Secretary of the Navy
(44) Under Secretary of the Air Force.
(45) Members of boards and commissions (excluding chairmen) :
Civil Aeronautics Board (4).
United States Civil Service Commission (2).
Council of Economic Advisers (2).
Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of Washington
3
Federal Communications Commission (6).
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1).
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (6).
Federal Maritime Board (2 .
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States
(2).
Federal Power Commission (4).
Federal Trade Commission (4).
Federal Home Loan Bank Board (2).
Interstate Commerce Commission (10).
National Labor Relations Board (4).
National Mediation Board (2).
Railroad Retirement Board (2).
Renegotiation Board (4).
Securities and Exchange Commission (4).
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griculture.
2 Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration.
3 Administrator, Farmers' Home Administration.
4) Administrator, Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agri-
culture.
(5) Assistant Architect of the Capitol
(b) The annual rate of basic compensation of each of the offices or
positions listed in this subsection shall be $19,000.
1) Architect of the Capitol.
2) Assistant to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion.
(3) Commissioner of the United States Court of Claims (12).
(4) Governor of Alaska.
5 Governor of the Canal Zone.
6)) Governor of Guam.
(7) Governor of Hawaii.
(8) Governor of the Virgin Islands.
(9) Legal adviser, solicitor, or general counsel of an executive or
military department (excluding the Department of Justice).
(c) The annual rate of basic compensation of each of the offices or
positions listed in this subsection shall be $18,000.
(1) Commissioner of the Indian Claims Commission (3).
SEC. 107. (a) The annual rate of basic compensation of each of the
offices or positions listed in this subsection shall be $17,500.
(1) Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, Department of
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Subversive Activities Control Board (4).
Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (2).
United States Tariff Commission (5)
(6) Assistant Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts.
(7) Associate Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service.
8) Chief Assistant Librarian of Congress.
9) Chief Forester of the Forest Service, Department of Agricul-
ture.
(10) Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue
Taxation.
11 } Commissioner of Customs.
12) Commissioner, Federal Supply Service, General Services
Administration.
(13 Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization.
(14 Commissioner of Narcotics.
15 Commissioner, Public Buildings Service.
(16) Commissioner of Public Roads.
17 Commissioner of Reclamation.
18 Commissioner of Social Security.
19 Deputy Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel-
opment Corporation.
(20) Deputy Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.
21 Deputy Public Printer.
22) Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Department of
Agriculture.
(b) The annual rate of basic compensation of each of the offices or
positions listed in this subsection shall be $17,000.
(1) Deputy Administrator, Small Business Administration (3).
(2) Treasurer of the United States.
SEC. 108. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, theme
chairman or other head of each independent board or commission in
the executive branch shall receive, during the period of his service as
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chairman or other head of such board or commission, annual basic
%W compensation at a rate which is $500 more than the annual rate of
basic compensation prescribed by this title for the other members of
such board or commission.
SEC. 109. Section 105 of title 3 of the United States Code is amended 62 Stat. 678.
to read as follows :
105. Compensation of secretaries and executive, administrative, and
staff assistants to President.
"The President is authorized to fix the compensation of the six ad-
ministrative assistants authorized to be appointed under section 106
of this title, of the Executive Secretary of the National Security Coun-
cil, and of eight other secretaries or other immediate staff assistants in
the White House Office, as follows : Two at rates not exceeding $22,500
per annum, three at rates not exceeding $21,000 per annum, seven at
rates not exceeding $20,000 per annum, and three at rates not exceeding
$17,500 per annum."
SEC. 110. (a) The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service
shall receive such compensation, in addition to his pay and allowances
under the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, as will 63 Stat. 802.
make his compensation equal to $20,000 per annum in addition to such 37 USC 231 note.
allowances.
(b) The Deputy Surgeon General of the Public Health Service
shall receive such compensation, in addition to his pay and allowances
under the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, as will make
his compensation equal to $19,000 per annum in addition to such
allowances.
(c) The Director, National Institutes of Health, the Chief, Bureau
of Medical Services, and the Chief, Bureau of State Services, of the
Public Health Service, shall each receive such compensation, in addi-
tion to his pay and allowances under the Career Compensation Act
of 1949, as amended, as will make his compensation equal to $17,500
per annum in addition to such allowances.
SEC. 111. The annual compensation for each of the offices established
by section 1 (d) of Reorganization Plan Numbered 7 of 1953, effective
August 1, 1953 (67 Stat. 639) shall be established by the Secretary
of State at a rate not more than $19,000.
SEC. 112. Section 2 of Public Law 565, Seventy-ninth Congress,
approved July 30, 1946 (60 Stat. 712), is amended by striking out 22 USC 287n.
" 12,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$15,000"
SEC. 113. Section 527- (b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954,
approved August 26, 1954 (Public Law 665, Eighty-third Con ress
(68 Stat. 832)) is amended by striking out "$15,000 per annum' and 22 Usc 1787.
inserting in lieu thereof "$19,000 per annum".
SEC. 114. (a) The compensation schedule for the General Schedule
contained ` in section 603 (b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as 63 Stat. 965.
amended, is amended by striking out: 5 USC 1113.
"GS-17 ----- 13,975 14,190 14, 405 14, 620
GS-18 ----- 14, 800"
and inserting in lieu thereof :
"GS-17 ----- 13,975 14,190 14,405 14,620 14,835
GS-18 ----- 16, 000".
(b) The rates of basic compensation of officers and employees to
'whom this section applies shall be initially adjusted as follows:
(1) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation imme-
diately prior to the effective date of this section at a scheduled rate of
grade 17 or 18 of the General Schedule, he shall receive a rate of basic
compensation at the corresponding scheduled rate in effect on and after
such date;
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(2) If the officer or employee, immediately prior to the effective
date of this section, is in a position in grade 17 of the General Schedule
and is receiving basic compensation at a rate between two scheduled
rates of such grade, he shall receive a rate of basic compensation at
the higher of the two corresponding rates in effect on and after such
date;
(3) If the officer or employee, immediately prior to the effective date
of this section, is in a position in grade 17 of the General Schedule and
is receiving basic compensation at a rate which is in excess of the
maximum scheduled rate of his grade as provided in this section, he
shall continue to receive such higher rate of basic compensation until
(A) he leaves such position, or (B) he is entitled to receive basic com-
pensation at a higher rate by reason of the operation of the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended; but when such position becomes vacant,
the rate of basic compensation of any subsequent appointee thereto
shall be fixed in accordance with such Act, as amended.
SEC. 115. The Postal Field Service Schedule in section 301 (a) of the
Act of June 10, 1955 (Public Law 68, 84th Congress), is amended by
striking out:
"18-------- 12,500 12, 800 13, 100 13,400 13, 700 14,000 14, 300
19-------- 13, 600 13,900 14, 200 14,500 14, 800
20-------- 14, 800"
and inserting in lieu thereof :
"18-------- 12, 800 13, 100 13,400 13, 700 14,000 14,300 14, 600
19-------- 14, 000 14,300 14,600 14,900 15, 200
20-------- 16, 000".
SEC. 116. Section 3 of the Act of January 3, 1946, as amended (38
U. S. C. 15b), is hereby amended as follows : AOW
(a) The last sentence of section 3 (b) is amended to read: "During
the period of his service as such, the Chief Medical Director shall be
paid a salary of $17,800 a year."
(b) The last sentence of section 3 (c) is amended to read : "During
the period of his service as such, the Deputy Chief Medical Director
shall be paid a salary of $16,800 a year."
(c) That portion of section 3 (d) which precedes the proviso is
amended to read : "Each Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be
appointed by the Administrator upon the recommendation of the
Chief Medical Director and shall be paid a salary of $15,800."
SEC. 117. (a) The first section of the Act approved August 1, 1947
(61 Stat. 715; Public Law 313, Eightieth Congress), as amended,
relating to salary limitations on research and development positions
requiring the services of specially qualified scientific or professional
personnel in certain departments and agencies, is amended by striking
out "$10,000" and "$15,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,500" and
"$19,000", respectively.
(b) Section 208 (g) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended
(42 U. S. C. 210 (g)), relating to salary limitations on research and
development positions requiring the services of specially qualified
scientific or professional personnel in the Public Health Service is
amended by striking out "10,000" and "$20,000" and inserting in lieu
thereof "$12,500" and "$19,000", respectively.
SEC. 118. The salary amendments contained in section 117 shall not
affect the authority of the Civil Service Commission or the procedure
for fixing the pay of individual officers or employees under the statutes
therein amended; except that the existing rate of basic compensation
of any officer or employee to whom such section applies which is less
than a rate of $12,500 per annum shall be increased to such rate on the"
effective date of this title.
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SEC. 119. Section 12 of the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended (21
U. S. C. 1.13a), relating to salary limitation on technical experts or 62 Stat. 198.
scientists for research and study of foot-and-mouth disease and other
animal diseases, is hereby amended by striking out "$15,000" and
inserting in lieu thereof "$19,000".
SEc. 120. This title shall take effect at the beginning of the first pay Effeotive date.
period commencing after June 30, 1956.
TITLE II-PROVISIONS RELATING TO ORGANIZATION
OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
SEc. 201. (a) The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to regu-
late and improve the civil service of the United States", approved
January 16, 1883, as amended (5 U. S. C., sec. 632), is amended by 22 Stat. 403.
inserting immediately after the first paragraph thereof a paragraph
as follows :
"The term of office of each such Commissioner shall be six years,
except that (1) the terms of office of the Commissioners holding office
on the effective date of this paragraph (including the term of office
of an individual appointed to fill any vacancy in the Commission
existing on such effective date) shall expire, as designated by the
President, one at the end of two years, one at the end of four years and
one at the end of six years, after such effective date; (2) any Com-
missioner appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration
of the term of his predecessor shall be appointed for the remainder of
such term; and (3) upon the expiration of his term of office a Com-
missioner mazy continue to serve until his successor is appointed and
has qualified.'
(b) Such first section of such Act of January 16, 1883, is further
amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph :
"In addition to designating a Chairman of the Commission from
time to time, pursuant to section 1 of Reorganization Plan Numbered
5 of 1949, the President shall from time to time designate one of the 63 Stat. 1067.
Commissioners as Vice Chairman of the Commission. During the 5 USC 632 note.
absence or disability of the Commissioner designated as Chairman, or
in the event of a vacancy in the office of such Commissioner, the Com-
missioner designated as Vice Chairman shall perform those functions
of the Chairman which were transferred to the Chairman by the pro-
visions of section 2 (a) (2) to 2 (a) (6), inclusive, of such Reorganiza-
tion Plan. During the absence or disability of both the Commissioner
designated as Chairman and the Commissioner designated as Vice
Chairman, or in the event of vacancies in the offices of both such Com-
missioners, the remaining Commissioner shall perform such functions.
During the absence or disability of all three Commissioners, or in the
event of vacancies in the offices of all three Commissioners, the Execu-
tive Director shall perform such functions; but the Executive Director
shall at no time sit as a member or acting member of the Commission."
SEc. 202. (a) This section and section 201 (b) shall take effect on Effeotive dates.
the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Section 201 (a) shall take effect on March 1, 1957.
TITLE III-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEc. 301. (a) The President shall hereafter appoint, by and with Appointment of
the advice and consent of the Senate, a General Counsel of the Post pertain Gen-
Office Department, a General Counsel of the Department of Agricul- eras counsels.
ture, and a General Counsel of the Department of Health, Education,
`,.rand Welfare.
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(b) The existing office of Solicitor of the Post Office Departmen
and the existing offices of General Counsel of the Department of Agri-
culture and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall
be abolished effective upon the appointment and qualification of the
General Counsels of such respective departments provided for by
subsection (a) or April 1, 1957, whichever is earlier.
SEC. 302. The positions of three Deputy Administrators of the
Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture, shall be
in grade GS-18 of the General Schedule established by the Classifica-
Ante, p. 740. tion Act of 1949, as amended. Such positions shall be in addition to
the number of positions authorized to be placed in such grade by
5 Usc 1105
section 505 (b) of such Act.
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TITLE IV-CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT
SEC. 401. The Civil Service Retirement Act.of May 29,
1930, as
46 Stat. 4
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s.
amended, is amended to read as follows:
note.
"DEFINITIONS
"SECTION 1. Wherever used in this Act--
"Employee" "(a) The term `employee' shall mean a civilian officer or employee
in or under the Government and, except for purposes of section 2, shall
mean a person to whom this Act applies.
"Member". "(b) The term `Member' shall mean the Vice President, a United
States Senator, Representative in Congress, Delegate from a Territory,
or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and, except for pur-
poses of section 2, shall mean a Member to whom this Act applies.
"Congressim- "(c) The term `congressional employee' means an employee of tl i?`
al employes". Senate or House of Representatives or of a committee of either House,
an employee of a joint committee of the two Houses, an elected officer
of the Senate or House of Representatives who is not a Member of
either House, the Legislative Counsel of the Senate and the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the House of Representatives and the employees in
their respective offices, an Official Reporter of Debates of the Senate
and a person employed by the Official Reporters of Debates of the
Senate in connection with the performance of their official duties, a
member of the Capitol Police force, an employee of the Vice President
if such employee's compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate, and an employee of a Member if such employee's compensa-
tion is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the
House of Representatives.
"Basic sa ary. "(d) The term `basic salary' shall not include bonuses, allowances,
overtime pay, military pay, or salary, pay, or compensation given in
addition to the base pay of the position as fixed by law or regulation :
Provided, That for employees paid on a fee basis, the maximum
amount of basic salary which may be used shall be $10,000 per annum.
For a Member, the term `basic salary' shall include, from April 1,
1954, to February 28, 1955, the amount received as expense allowance
60 Stat. 50. under section 601 (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946,
2 USC 31. as amended, and such amount from January 3, 1953, to March 31,
1954, provided deposit is made therefor as provided in section 4.
Average "(e) The term average salary' shall mean the largest annual rate
salary". resulting from averaging, over an;y period of five consecutive years of
creditab'Ie service, or at a Member s option over all periods of Member
service subsequent to the date of enactment of the Legislative Reor-
2 USC 72 ganization Act of 1946 used in the computation of an annuity under
note. this Act, a Member's or an employee's rates of basic salary in effec
during such period, with each rate wei?hted by the time it was in
effect.
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" f) The term `fund' shall mean the civil service retirement and "Fund".
disability fund created by the Act of May 22,1920.
"(g) The terms `disabled' and `disability' shall mean totally disabled "Disability".
for useful and efficient service in the grade or class of position last
occupied by the employee or Member by reason of disease or injury
not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful misconduct on his
part within the five years next prior to becoming so disabled.
"(h) The term `widow', for purposes of section 10, shall mean the "Widow".
surviving wife of an employee or Member who was married to such
individual for at least two years immediately preceding his death or is
the mother of issue by such marriage.
"(i) The term `widower', for purposes of section 10, shall mean the "Widower".
surviving husband of an employee or Member who was married to
such employee or Member for at least two years immediately preced-
ing her death or is the father of issue by such marriage. The term
`dependent widower', for purposes of section 10, shall mean a 'wid-
ower' who is incapable of self support by reason of mental or physi-
cal disability, and who received more than one-half his support from
such employee or Member.
"(j) The term `child', for purposes of section 10 shall mean an un- "Child".
married child, including (1) an adopted child, and (2) a stepchild or
recognized natural child who received more than one-half his support
from and lived with the Member or employee in a regular parent-
child relationship, under the age of eighteen years, or such unmarried
child regardless of age who because of physical or mental disability
incurred before age eighteen is incapable of self-support.
"(k) The term Government' shall mean the executive, judicial, and "Government".
legislative branches of the United States Government, including Gov-
ernment-owned or controlled corporations and Gallaudet College, and
the municipal government of the District of Columbia.
"(1) The term `lump-sum credit' shall mean the unrefunded "Lump-sum
amount consisting of (1) the retirement deductions made from the oredit".
basic salary of an employee or Member, (2) any sums deposited by
an employee or Member covering prior service, and (3) interest on
such deductions and deposits at 4 per centum per annum to December
31, 1947, and 3 per centum per annum thereafter compounded annually
to December 31, 1956 or, in the case of an employee separated or trans-
ferred to a position not within the purview of this Act before he has
completed five years of civilian service or a Member separated before
he has completed five years of Member service, to the date of the sep-
aration or transfer. The lump-sum credit shall not include interest
if the service covered thereby aggregates one year or less, nor shall it
include interest for the fractional part of a month in the total service.
"(m) The term `Commission' shall mean the United States Civil "Commission".
Service Commission.
"(n) The term `annuitant' shall mean any former employee or "Annuitant".
Member who, on the basis of his service, has met all requirements of
the Act for title to annuity and has filed claim therefor.
"(o) The term `survivor' shall mean a person who is entitled to "survivor".
annuity under this Act based on the service of a deceased employee
or Member or of a deceased annuitant.
"(p) The term `survivor annuitant' shall mean a survivor who has
filed claim for annuity.
"(q) The term `service' shall mean employment which is creditable "Servioe".
under section 3.
"(r) The term `military service' shall mean ?onorable active service "Military
in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the service".
United States, but shall not include service in the National Guard
except when ordered to active duty in the service of the United States.
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Bureau.
Military
service.
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tion employees or any other temporary, part-time, or intermittent 4
employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority; and the Architect of
the Capitol and the Librarian of Congress are authorized to exclude
from the operation of this Act any employees under the office of the
Architect of the Capitol and the Library of Congress, respectively,
whose tenure of employment is temporary or of uncertain duration.
"(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any Executive
order, this Act shall apply to each United States Commissioner whose
total compensation for services rendered as United States Commis-
sioner is not less than $3,000 in each of the last three consecutive cal-
endar years (1) ending prior to the effective date of the Civil Service
Retirement Act Amendments of 1956 or (2) ending prior to the first
day of any calendar year which begins after such effective date. For
the purposes of this Act, the employment and compensation of each
such United States Commissioner coming within the purview of this
Act pursuant to this subsection shall be held and considered to be on
a daily basis when actually employed; but nothing in this Act shall
affect, otherwise than for the purposes of this Act, the basis, under
applicable law other than this Act, on which such United States Coin-
missioner is employed or on which his compensation is determined
and paid.
"(s) The term `Member service' shall mean service as a Member and
shall include the period from the date of the beginning of the term for
which the Member is elected or appointed to the date on which he takes
office as a Member.
"COVERAGE
"SEC. 2. (a) This Act shall apply to each employee and Member,
except as hereinafter provided.
"(b) This Act shall not apply to the President, to any judge of the
United States as defined under section 451 of title 28 of the United
States Code, or to any employee of the Government subject to another
retirement system for Government employees.
"(c) This Act shall not apply to any Member or to any congressional
employee until he gives notice in writing to the officer by whom his
salary is paid of his desire to come within the purview of this Act.
"(d) This Act shall not apply to any temporary congressional
employee unless such employee is appointed at an annual rate of sal-
ary and gives notice in writing to the officer by whom his salary is
paid of his desire to come within the purview of this Act.
"(e) The Commission may exclude from the operation of this Act
any employee or group of employees in the executive branch of the
United States Government, or of the District of Columbia govern-
ment upon recommendation by its Commissioners, whose tenure of
office or employment is temporary or intermittent.
"(f) This Act shall not apply to any temporary employee of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, of the courts speci-
fied in section 610 of title 28 of the United States Code, or to construe-
"CREDITABLE SERVICE
"SEc. 3. (a) An employee's service for the purposes of this Act
including service as a substitute in the postal service shall be credited
from the date of original employment to the date of the separation
upon which title to annuity is based in the civilian service of the Gov-
erninent. Credit shall similarly be allowed for service in the Pan
American Sanitary Bureau. No credit shall be allowed for any period
of separation from the service in excess of three calendar days.
"(b) An employee or Member shall be allowed credit for periods of
military service prior to the date of the separation upon which title
to annuity is based; however, if an employee or Member is awarded
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retired pay on account of military service, his military service shall
not be included, unless such retired pay is awarded on account of a
service-connected disability (1) incurred in combat with an enemy of
the United States or (2) caused by an instrumentality of war and
incurred in line of duty during an enlistment or employment as pro-
vided use oh. 12A.
in Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), part I, paragraph I, as stet. 12A
or is awarded under title III of Public Law 810, Eightieth Congress, 62 6o StUSC at.
that for purposes of section 9 (c) (1), a Member (A) shall be 10361.
allowed credit only for periods of military service not exceeding five
years, plus any military service performed by the Member upon
leaving his office, for the purpose of performing such service, during
any war or national emergency proclaimed by the President or de-
clared by the Congress and prior to his final separation from service
as Member and (B) may not receive credit for military service for
which credit is allowed for the purposes of retired pay under any other
provision of law. Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of an
employee or a Member to retired pay, pension, or compensation in
addition to the annuity herein provided.
"(c) Credit shall be allowed for leaves of absence granted an em-
ployee while performing military service or while receiving benefits
under the Federal Employees Compensation Act of September 7, 39 stet. 742.
1916, as amended. Except for a substitute in the postal service, there 5 751
shall be excluded from credit so much of any other leaves of absence 5t use SC
without pay as may exceed six months in the aggregate in any calendar !- g.
year.
(d) An employee who during the period of any war, or of any
national emergency as proclaimed by. the President or declared by the
Congress has left or leaves his position to enter the military service
'- shall not be considered, for the purposes of this Act, as separated from
his civilian position by reason of such military service, unless he shall
apply for and receive a lump-sum benefit under this Act : Provided,
That such employee shall not be considered as retaining his civilian
position beyond December 31, 1956, or the expiration of five years of
such military service, whichever is later. Total aervioe.
"(e) The total service of an employee or Member shall be the full
years and twelfth parts thereof, excluding from the aggregate the
fractional part of a month, if any. Eligibility.
"(f) An employee must have completed at least five years of civilian
service before he shall be eligible for annuity under this Act.
"(g) An employee or Member must have, within the two-year
period preceding any separation from service, other than a separation
by reason of death or disability, completed at least one year of
creditable civilian service during which he was subject to this Act
before he or his survivors shall be eligible for annuity under this Act
based on such separation. If any employee or Member, other than an
employee or Member separated from the service by reason of death
or disability, fails to meet the service requirement of the preceding
sentence, the amounts deducted from his salary during his period of
service for which no eligibility for annuity is established based on
such separation shall be returned to him upon such separation. Fail-
ure to meet this service requirement shall not deprive the individual
or his survivors of any annuity rights which attached upon a previous
separation.
"(h) An employee who (1) has at least five years' Member service
and (2) has served as a Member at any time after August 2, 1946, shall
not be allowed credit for any service which is used in the computation
of an annuity under section 9 (c). s, Commission-
within In the case of each United States Commissioner who comes era.
within the purview of this Act pursuant to section 2 (g) of this Act,
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ioe after
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42 USC 402.
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d
all, -Ok
Welf upon the request of the Commission, inform tthe,Commiss on wheth
er
or not any such individual or widow or child is entitled at any speci-
fied time to such benefits.
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service rendered prior to, on, or after the effective date of the Civil
Service Retirement Act Amendments of 1956 as United States Com-
missioner shall be credited for the purposes of this Act on the basis
of one three-hundred-and-thirteenth of a year for each day on which
such United States Commissioner renders service in such capacity
and which is not credited for the purposes of this Act for service
performed by him in any capacity other than United States Commis-
sioner. Such credit shall not be granted for service rendered as United
States Commissioner for more than three hundred and thirteen days
in any one year.
?- "(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any mili-
tary
w i service (other than military service covered by military leave
with pay from a civilian position) performed by an individual after
December 1956 shall be excluded in determining the aggregate period
of service upon which an annuity payable under this Act to such
individual or to his widow or child is to be based, if such individual
or widow or child is entitled (or would upon proper application be
entitled), at the time of such determination, to monthly old-age or
survivors benefits under section 202 of the Social Security Act based
on such individual's wages and self-employment income. If in the
case of the individual or widow such military service is not excluded
under the preceding sentence, but upon attaining retirement age (as
defined in section 216 (a) of the Social Security Act) he or she becomes
entitled (or would upon proper application be entitled) to such bene-
fits, the ommission shall redetermine the aggregate period of serv-
ice upon which such annuity is based, effective as of the first day of
the month in which he or she attains h
"DEDUCTIONS AND DEPOSITS
"SEC. 4. (a) From and after the first day of the first pay period
which begins on or after the effective date of the Civil Service Retire-
ment Act Amendments of 1956, there shall be deducted' and withheld
from each employee's basic salary an amount equal to 61/2 per centmn
of such basic salary' and 'from each Member's basic-,,salary an
amount equal to 71/2 per centum of such basic salary. From'ano after
the first day of the first pay period which begins after June 30; 1957,
an equal sum shall also be contributed from the respective appropria-
tion or fund which is used for payment of his salary; l5ay or compensa-
tion, or in the case of an elected official, from such appropriation or
fund as may be available for payment of other salaries of the same
office or establishment. The amounts so deducted and withheld by
each department or agency, together with the amounts so contributed,
shall, in accordance with such procedures as may be prescribed by
the Comptroller General of the United States, be deposited by the
department or agency in the Treasury of the United States to the
credit of the fund. There shall also be so credited all deposits made
by employees or Members under this section. Amounts contributed
under this subsection from appropriations of the Post Office Depart-
ment shall not be considered as costs of providing postal service for the
purpose, of establishin
t
l
g pos
a
rates.
"(b) Each employee or Member shall be deemed to consent and
gree to such deductions from basic salary, and payment less such
eductions shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of
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period covered by such payment, except the right to the benefits to
Nome which he shall be entitled under this Act notwithstanding any law,
rule or regulation affecting the individual's salary.
"cc) Each employee or Member credited with civilian service after Deposits for
July 31, 1920, for which, for any reason whatsoever, no retirement service after
deductions or deposits have been made, may deposit with interest an July 31, 1920.
amount equal to the following percentages of his basic salary received
for such service:
Percentage of
basic salary Service period
Employee --------- 21/2---------------- August 1, 1920, to June 30, 1926
81/2---------------- July 1, 1926, to June 30, 1942
5-----------------. July 1, 1942, to June 30, 1948
6-----------------. July 1, 1948, to October 31, 1956
61/1---------------- After October 31, 1956
Member for Mem- 21/2 ---------------- August 1, 1920, to June 30, 1926
ber service. 31/2---------------- July 1, 1926, to June 30, 1942
5-----------------. July 1, 1942, to August 1, 1946
6-----------------. August 2, 1946, to October 31, 1956
71%z---------------- After October 31, 1956
"(d Each employee or Member who has received a refund of retire-
ment deductions under this or any other retirement system established
for employees of the Government covering service for which lie may
be allowed credit under this Act may deposit the amount received, with
interest. No credit shall be allowed for the service covered by the
refund until the deposit is made.
"(e) Interest under subsection (c) or (d) shall be computed from
the midpoint of each service period included in the computation, or
from the date refund was paid, to the date of deposit or commencing
date of annuity, whichever is earlier. The interest shall be computed
at the rate of 4 per centum per annum to December 31, 1947, and 3
per centum per annum thereafter compounded annually. Such deposit
mazy be made in one or more installments.
` (f) Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commis-
sion, amounts deducted under subsection (a) and deposited under
subsections (c) and (d) shall be entered on individual retirement
records.
"(g) No deposit shall be required for any service prior to August 1,
1920, for periods of military service or for any service for the Panama
Railroad Company prior to January 1, 1924.
"MANDATORY SEPARATION
"SEC. 5. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, an employee who shall
have attained the age of seventy years and completed fifteen years of
service shall be automatically separated from the service. Such
separation shall be effective on the last day of the month in which such
employee attains the age of seventy years or completes fifteen years of
service if then beyond such age, and all salary shall cease from that
day.
`(b) Each employing office shall notify each employee under its
direction of the date of such separation from the service at least sixty
days in advance thereof : Provided, That subsection (a) shall not take
effect without the consent of the employee until sixty days after he has
been so notified.
"(c) The President may, by Executive order, exempt from auto-
matic separation under this section any employee when, in his judg-
ment, the public interest so requires.
Exemption by
President.
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"(d) The automatic separation provisions of this section shall not
apply to any person named in any Act of Congress providing for the
continuance of such person in the service, to any Member, to any con-
gressional employee, to the Architect of the Capitol or any employee
under the office of the Architect of the Capitol, or to any employee in
the judicial branch who has been appointed to hold office for a definite
term of years.
"(e) In the case of an employee of The Alaska Railroad, Territory
of Alaska, or an employee who is a citizen of the United States
employed on the Isthmus of Panama by the Panama Canal Company
or the Canal Zone Government, the provisions of this section shall
apply upon his attaining the age of sixty-two years and completing
fifteen years of service on the Isthmus of Panama or in the Territory
of Alaska.
"IMMEDIATE RETIREMENT
"SEc. 6. (a) Any employee who attains the age of sixty years and
completes thir e rs of service shaII, upon separation from the serv-
ice, lpaid_an annuity computed as provided in section 9.
"(b) Any employee who attains the age of fifty-five years and com-
pletes thirty years of service shall, upon separation from the service
prior to attainment of the age of sixty years, be paid a reduced annuity
computed as provided in section 9.
"(c) Any employee the duties of whose position are primarily the
investigation, apprehension, or detention of persons suspected or con-
victed of offenses against the criminal laws of the United States, includ-
ing any employee engaged in such activity who has been transferred
to a supervisory or administrative position, who attains the age of
fifty years and completes twenty years of service in the performance
of such duties, may, if the head of his department or agency recom-
mends his retirement and the Commission approves, voluntarily re-
tire from the service and be paid an annuity computed as provided
in section 9. The head of the department or agency and the Com-
mission shall give full consideration to the degree of hazard to which
such employee is subjected in the performance of his duties, rather
than the general duties of the class of the position held by such
employee. The word `detention', as used in this subsection, shall be
construed to include the duties of-
"(1) all employees of the Bureau of Prisons and Federal Prison
Industries, Incorporated,
"(2) all employees of the Public Health Service assigned to the
field service of the Bureau of Prisons or to the field service of
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated,
"(3) all civilian employees employed in the field services at
Army or Navy disciplinary barracks or at confinement and reha-
bilitation facilities operated by any of the United States armed
services, and
"(4) all employees of the Department of Corrections of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, its industries and utilities,
whose duties in connection with persons in detention suspected or con-
victed of offenses against the criminal laws of the United States or of
the District of Columbia or offenses against the punitive articles of
the Uniform Code of Military, Justice require frequent (as determined
by the appropriate administrative authority with the concurrence of
the Commission) direct contact with such persons in the detention,
direction, supervision, inspection, training, employment, care, trans-
portation, or rehabilitation of such persons.
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"(d) Any employee who completes twenty-five years of service or
*'fwho attains the age of fifty years and completes twenty years of
service shall upon involuntary separation from the service not by
removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, be paid a
reduced annuity computecas provided in section 9.
"(e) Any employee who attains the age of sixty-two years and
completes five years of service, shall, upon separation from the service,
be paid an annuity computed as provided in section 9. 1
" f) Any Member who attains the age of sixty-two years and
completes five years of Member service, or who attains the age of
sixty years and completes ten years of Member service, shall, upon
separation from the service, be paid an annuity computed as provided
in section 9. Any Member who attains the age of fifty-five years and
completes thirty years of service shall, upon separation from the
service prior to attainment of the age of sixty years, be paid a reduced
annuity computed as provided in section 9. Any Member who com-
pletes twenty-five years of service, or who attains the age of fifty years
and completes twenty years of service, shall, upon separation from the
service (other than separation by resignation or expulsion), be paid
a reduced annuity computed as provided in section 9. No Member or
survivor of a Member shall be entitled to receive an annuity under
this Act unless there shall have been deducted or deposited the amounts
specified in section 4 with respect to his last five years of Member
service.
"SEC. 7. (a) Any employee who completes five years of civilian
service and who is found by the Commission to have become disabled
:hall, upon his own application or upon application by his department
for agency, be retired on an annuity computed as provided in section 9.
Any Member who completes five years of Member service and who
is found by the Commission to have become disabled shall, upon his
own application, be retired on an annuity computed as provided in
section 9.
"(b) No claim shall be allowed under this section unless the appli-
cation is filed with the Commission prior to separation of the employee
or Member from the service or within one year thereafter. This
time limitation may be waived by the Commission for an individual
who at the date of separation from service or within one year there-
after is mentally incompetent, if the application is filed with the
Commission within one year from the date of restoration of such
individual to competency or the appointment of a fiduciary, whichever
is the earlier.
"(c) Each annuitant retired under this section or under section 6
of the Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, unless his disability is per-
manent in character, shall at the expiration of one year from the date
of such retirement and annually thereafter, until reaching age sixty,
be examined under the direction of the Commission. If the annuitant
fails to submit to examination as required under this section, payment
of the annuity shall be suspended until continuance of the disability
is satisfactorily established.
"(d) If such annuitant, before reaching age sixty, recovers from
his disability or is restored to an earning capacity fairly comparable
to the current rate of compensation of the position occupied at the
time of retirement, payment of the annuity shall cease (1) upon
reemployment by the Government, (2) one year from the date of the
medical examination showing such recovery, or (3) one year from the
late of determination that he is so restored, whichever is earliest.
Recovery from
disability.
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of this Act, lie shall be considered, except for service credit, as having
been involuntarily separated from the service for the purposes of this
Act as of the date of discontinuance of the disability annuity and
shall, after such discontinuance, be entitled to annuity in accordance
with the applicable provision of this Act.
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Earning capacity shall be deemed restored if in each of two succeed
ing calendar years the income of the annuitant from wages or self-
employment or both shall equal at least 80 per centum of the current
rate of compensation of the position occupied immediately prior to
retirement.
any "(e) If such annuitant whose annuity is discontinued under subsec-
on. tion (d) is not reemployed in any position included in the provisions
Act and compensation for injury or disability to himself under the
742. Federal Employees' Compensation Act of September. 7, 1916, as
paid, so much of such compensation as has been paid for any perioL_
extended beyond the date such annuity becomes effective, as deter-
mined by the Department of Labor, shall be refunded to the Depart-
ment of Labor, to be covered into the Federal Employees' Compen-
sation Fund. Before such person shall receive such annuity lie shall
(1) refund to such Department the amount representing such com-
muted payments for such extended period, or (L) authorize the de-
duction of such amount from the annuity payable to him under this
Act, which amount shall be transmitted to such Department for reim-
bursement to such fund. Deductions from such annuity may be made
from accrued and accruing payments, or may be prorated against and
paid from accruing payments in such manner as the Department of
Labor shall determine, whenever it finds that the financial circum-
stances of the annuitant are such as to warrant such deferred
refunding.
bar the right of any claimant to the greater benefit conferred by either
Act for any part of the same period of time. Neither this provision
nor any provision in such Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, shall
deny to any person an annuity accruing to such person under this
Act on account of service rendered by him, or deny any concurrent
benefit to such person under such Act of September 7, 1916, as
amended, on account of the death of any other person.
"(g) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
right of any person entitled to an annuity under this Act shall not
be affected because such person has received an award of compensation
4. in a lump sum under section 14 of the Act of September 7, 1916, as
amended, except that where such annuity is payable on account of the
DEFERRED RETIREMENT
"SEC. 8. (a) Any employee who is separated from the service or
transferred to a position not within the purview of this Act after com-
pleting five years of civilian service may be paid an annuity beginning
at the age of sixty-two years computed as provided in section 9.
"(b) Any Member who on or after January 1, 1956, has been or is
separated from the service as a Member after completing five years of
Member service may hereafter be paid an annuity beginning at the
age of sixty-two years, computed as provided in section 9. Any Mem-
ber who is separated from the service after completing ten or more
years of Member service may be paid an annuity beginning at the
age of sixty years, computed as provided in section 9. A&
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~ll,r7 "COMPUTATION OF ANNUITY
" Snc. 9. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
annuity of an employee retiring under this Act shall be (1) the larger
of (A) 11/.z per centum of the average salary multiplied by so much of
the total service as does not exceed five years, or (B) 1 per centum of
the average salary, plus $25, multiplied by so much of the total service
as does not exceed five years, plus (2) the larger of (A) 13/4 per centum
of the average salary multiplied by so much of the total service as
exceeds five years but does not exceed ten years, or (B) 1 per centum
of the average salary, plus $25, multiplied by so much of the total
service as exceeds five years but does not exceed ten years, plus (3) the
larger of (A) 2 per centum of the average salary multiplied by so
much of the total service as exceeds ten years, or (B) 1 per centum of
the average salary, ,plus $25,.multiplied by so much of the total service
as exceeds ten years : Provided, That the annuity shall not exceed SO
per centum of the average salary : Provided further, That the annuity
of an employee retiring under section 7 shall be at least (1) 40 per
centum of the average salary or (2) the sum obtained under this sub-
section after increasing his total service by the period elapsing be-
tween the date of separation and the date he attains the age of sixty
years, whichever' is the lesser, but this proviso shall not increase the
annuity of any survivor.
"(b) The annuity of a congressional employee retiring under this
Act shall, if he so elects at the time his annuity commences, be (1)
21/2 per centum of the average salary multiplied by his military service
and service as a congressional employee, not exceeding a total of fifteen
-,ears, plus (2) 11/2 per centum of the average salary multiplied by so
uch of the remainder of his total service as does not exceed five years,
I`"5lus (3) 13/4 per centum of the average salary multiplied by so much
of the remainder of his total service as exceeds five years but does not
exceed ten years, plus (4) 2 per centum of the average salary multi-
plied by so much of the remainder of his total service as exceeds ten
years : Provided, That the annuity shall not exceed 80 per centum
of the average salary. This subsection shall not apply unless the
congressional employee (1) has had at least five years' service as a
congressional employee, (2) has had deductions withheld from his
salary or made deposit covering his last five years of civilian service,
and (3) has served as a congressional employee during the last. eleven
months of his civilian service: Provided further, That the annuity
of a congressional employee retiring under section 7 shall be at least
(1) 40 per centum of the average salary or (2) the sum obtained
under this subsection after increasing his service as a congressional
employee by the period elapsing between the date of separation and
the date he attains the age of sixty years, whichever is the lesser, but
this provision shall not increase the annuity of any survivor.
"(c) The annuity of a Member retiring under this Act shall be an
amount equal to-
"(1) 21/2 per centum of the average salary multiplied by the
total of his Member and creditable military service ;
"(2) 21/2 per centum of the average salary multiplied by his
total years of service, not exceeding fteen, performed as a con-
gressional employee prior to his separation from service as a
Member, other than any such service which hp may elect to
exclude;
11(3) 11/2 per centum of such average salary multiplied by so
much of his total service, other than service used in computing
'4/ annuity under clauses (1) and (2), as does not exceed five years,
performed prior to his separation from service as a Member, and
other than any such service which he may elect to exclude;
Congressional
employee.
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"(4) 13/% per centum of such average salary multiplied by so
much of his total service, other than service used in computing
annuity under clauses (1) and (2), as exceeds five years but does
not exceed ten years, performed prior to his separation from
service as a Member, and other than any such service which he may
elect to exclude; and
"(5) 2 per centum of such average salary multiplied by so much
of his total service, other than service used in computing annuity
under clauses (1) and (2), as exceeds ten years, performed prior
to his separation from service as a Member, and other than any
such service which he may elect to exclude.
Limitations} In no case shall an annuity computed under this subsection exceed 80
survivor.
"(d) The annuity as hereinbefore provided, for an'employee retir-
ing under section 6 (b) or 6 (d)'or a Member retiring under the second
or third sentence of section 6 (f), shall be reduced by one-twelfth
of 1 per centum for each full month not in excess of sixty, and one-
sixth of 1 per centum for each full month in excess of sixty, such
employee or Member is under the age of sixty years at date of
separation.
"(e) The annuity of an employee retiring under section 6 (c) shai
be 2 per centum of the average salary multiplied by the total service.
Provided, That the annuity shall not exceed 80 per centum of the aver-
age salary.
per centum of the basic salary that he is receiving at the time of such
separation from the service, and in no case shall the annuity of a
Member retiring under section 7 be less than (A) 40 per centum of the
average salary or (B) the sum obtained under this subsection after
increasing his Member service by the period elapsing between the date
of separation and the date lie attains the age of sixty years, whichever
is the lesser, but this provision shall not increase the annuity of any
Reduced "(f) The annuity as hereinbefore provided shall be reduced by 10
involved for purposes of annuity computation. '
"(g) Any employee or Member retiring under section 6, 7, or 8 may
at the time of retirement elect a reduced annuity, in lieu of the annuity
as hereinbefore provided, and designate in writing his wife or hus-
band to receive an annuity after the retired individual's death com-
puted as provided in section 10 (a) (1). The annuity of the employee
or Member making such election, excluding any increase because of
retire'inent under section 7, shall be reduced by 21/2 per centum of so
much of the portion thereof designated under section 10 (a) (1)
as does not exceed $2,400, and by 10 per centum of so much of the por-
tion so designated as exceeds $2,400.
"(h) Any unmarried employee or Member retiring under section 6
or 8, and found by the Commission to be in good health, may at the
time of retirement elect a reduced annuity, in lieu of the annuity as
hereinbefore provided, and designate in writing a person having an
insurable interest in the employee or Member to receive an annuity
after the retired individual's death. The annuity payable to the em-
ployee or Member making such election shall be reduced by 10 per
centum of an annuity computed as provided in section 9 and by
5 per centum of an annuity so computed for each full five years the
person designated is younger than the retiring employee or Member,
but such total reduction shall not exceed 40 per centum.
Alaskan and "(i) The annuity as hereinbefore provided, for an employee who
canal Z ne a citizen of the -United States, shall be increased by $36 multiplied
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n or The Alaska Railroad in the Territory of Alaska between
`l'1arch 12, 1914, and July 1, 1923, or in the employ of either the
Isthmian Canal Commission or the Panama Railroad Company on
the Isthmus of Panama between May 4, 1904, and April 1, 1914.
"SURVIVOR ANNUITIES
"SEc. 10. (a) (1) If a Member or employee dies after having retired Death after
under any provision of this Act and is survived by a wife or husband retirement.
designated under section 9 (g) such wife or husband shall be paid an
annuity equal to 50 per centum of so much of an annuity computed as
provided in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 9, as
may apply with respect to the annuitant, as is designated in writing for
such purpose by such Member or employee at the time he makes the
election provided for by section 9 (g).
"(2) An annuity computed under this subsection shall begin on the
first day of the month in which the retired employee or Member dies,
and such annuity or any right thereto shall terminate upon the
survivor's death or remarriage.
"(b) The annuity of a survivor designated under section 9 (h) shall
be 50 per centum of the reduced annuity computed as provided in sub-
sectipns (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (h) of section 9 as may apply
with respect to the annuitant. The annuity of such survivor shall
begin on the first day of the month in which the retired employee or
Member dies, and such annuity or any right thereto shall terminate
upon the survivor's death.
"(c) If an employee dies after completing at least five years of Death after
^iviliaii service, or a Member dies after completing at least five years of 5 years of
ember service, the widow or dependent widower of such employee or service.
`401dember shall be paid an annuity equal to 50 per centum of an annuity
computed as provided in subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f) of
section 9 as may apply with respect to the employee or Member. The
annuity of such widow or dependent widower shall begin on the first
day of the month after the employee or Member dies, and such annuity
or any right thereto shall terminate upon death or remarriage of the
widow or widower, or upon the widower's becoming capable of self-
support.
`(d) If an employee dies after completing five years of civilian
service or a Member dies after completing five years of Member service,
or an employee or a Member dies after having retired under any pro-
vision of the Act, and is survived by a wife or by a husband, each
surviving child who received more than one-half of his support from
such employee or Member shall be paid an annuity equal to the small-
est of (1) 40 per centum of the employee's or Member's average sal-
ary divided by the number of children, (2) $600, or (3) $1,800
divided by the number of children. If such employee or Member
is not survived by a wife or husband, each surviving child shall be
paid an annuity equal to the smallest of (1) 50 per centime of the
employee's or Member's average salary divided by the number of
children, (2) $720, or (3) $2,160 divided by the number of children.
The child's annuity shall begin on the first day of the month after the
employee or Member dies, and such annuity or any right thereto shall
terminate upon (1) his attaining age 18 unless incapable of self-
support, (2) his becoming capable of self-support after age 18, (3) his
marriage, or (4) his death. Upon the death of the surviving wife or
husband or termination of the annuity of the child, the annuity of any
`.her child or children shall be recomputed and paid as though such
husband, or child had not survived the employee or Member.
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"(e) In case a Member separated from service with title to a de-
ferred annuity under this Act, either prior to, on, or after the effective
date of the Civil Service Retirement Act Amendments of 1956, shall
hereafter die before having established a valid claim for annuity and
is survived by a wife or husband to whom married at date of separa-
tion, such surviving wife or husband (1) shall be paid an annuity
equal to one-half of the deferred annuity of such Member beginning
the first day of the month following the death of such Member and
terminating upon the death or remarriage of such surviving wife
or husband or (2) may elect to receive a lump-sum credit in lieu of
annuity if such wife or husband is the person who would be entitled
to the lump-sum credit and files application therefor with the Com-
mission prior to the award of such annuity.
"LUDIP-SUZI BENEFITS
"SEc. 11. (a) Any employee or Member who is separated from the
service, or is transferred to a position wherein he does not continue
subject to this Act, shall be paid the lump-sum credit provided his
separation or transfer occurs and application for payment is filed
with the Commission at least thirty-one days before the earliest com-
mencing date of any annuity for which he is eligible. The receipt
of payment of the lump-sum credit by the individual shall void all
annuity rights under this Act, unless and until he shall be reemployed
in the service subject to this Act. This subsection shall also apply
to any employee or Member separated prior to the effective date of
the Civil Service Retirement Act Amendments of 1956 after complet-
ing at least twenty years of civilian service. -Ask
(b) Each present or former employee or Member may, under regL
lations prescribed by the Commission, designate a beneficiary or bene-
ficiaries for the purposes of this Act.
"(c) Lump-sum benefits authorized under subsections (d), (e),
and (f) of this section shall be paid in the following order of prece-
dence to such person or persons surviving the employee or Member and
alive at the date title to the payment arises, and such payment shall
be a bar to recovery by any other person :
"First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the employee
or Member in a writing received in the Commission prior to his death :
"Second, if there be no such beneficiary, to the widow or widower of
the employee or Member:
"Third, if none of the above, to the child or children of the employee
or Member and descendants of deceased children by representation;
"Fourth, if none of the above, to the parents of the employee or
Member or the survivor of them;
"Fifth, if none of the above, to the duly appointed executor or
administrator of the estate of the employee or Member ;
"Sixth, if none of the above, to other next of kin of the employee or
Member as may be determined by the Commission to be entitled under
the laws of the domicile of the individual at the time of his death.
"(d) If an employee or Member dies (1) without a survivor, or (2)
with a survivor or survivors and the right of all survivors shall termi-
nate before claim for survivor annuity is filed, or if a former employee
or Member not retired dies, the lump-sum credit shall be paid.
"(e) If all annuity rights under this Act based on the service of a
deceased employee or Member shall terminate before the total annuity
paid equals the lump-sum credit, the difference shall be paid. ,M
"(f) If an annuitant dies, any annuity accrued and unpaid shall l
paid.
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"(g) Any annuity accrued and unpaid upon the termination (other
than by death) of the annuity of any annuitant or survivor annuitant
shall be paid to such person. Any survivor annuity accrued and un-
paid upon the death of any survivor annuitant shall be paid in the
followin order of precedence, and such payment shall be a bar to
recovery by any other person:
"First, to the duly appointed executor or administrator of the estate
of the survivor annuitant;
"Second, if there is no such executor or administrator, payment may
be made, after the expiration of thirty days from the date of death
of such survivor annuitant, to such next of kin of the survivor annu-
itant as may be determined by the Commission to be entitled under
the laws of the survivor annuitant's domicile at the time of his death.
"ADDITIONAL ANNUITIES
"SEC. 12. (a) Any employee or Member may, under regulations pre- voluntary oon-
scribed by the Commission, voluntarily contribute additional sums in tribute one.
multiples of $25, but the total may not exceed 10 per centum of
his basic salary for his creditable service from and after August 1,
1920. The voluntary contribution account in each case shall be the
sum of such unrefunded contributions, plus interest at 3 per centum
per annum compounded annually to date of separation or transfer
to a position not within the purview of this Act or, in case of an
individual who is separated with title to a deferred annuity and does
not claim the voluntary contribution account, to the commencing
date fixed for such deferred annuity or date of death, whichever is
earlier.
"(b) Such voluntary contribution account shall be used to purchase
mat retirement an annuity in addition to the annuity otherwise provided.
For each $100 in such voluntary contribution account, the additional
annuity shall consist of $7, increased by 20 cents for each full year, if
any, such employee or Member is over the age of fifty-five years at the
date of retirement.
"(c) A retiring employee or Member may elect a reduced additional Reduoed addition-
annuity in lieu of the additional annuity described in subsection (b) al annuity.
and designate in writing a person to receive after his death an annuity
of 50 per centum of his reduced additional annuity. The additional
annuity of the employee or Member making such election shall be
reduced by 10 per centum, and by 5 per centum for each full five years
the person designated is younger than the retiring employee or Mem-
ber, but such total reduction shall not exceed 40 per centum.
"(d) Any employee or Member who is separated from the service Separation prior
before becoming eligible for immediate or deferred annuity or who to or after eli-
transfers to a position wherein he does not continue subject to this Act gibility.
shall be paid the voluntary contribution account. Any employee or
Member who is separated from the service after becoming eligible for
a deferred annuity under section 8 may elect to receive, in lieu of
additional annuity, the voluntary contribution account, provided his
separation occurs and application for payment is filed with the Com-
mission at least thirty-one days before the commencing date of annuity.
"(e) If any present or former employee or Member not retired dies, Death prior to
the voluntary contribution account shall be paid under the provisions retirement.
of section 11 (c). If all additional annuities or any right thereto Payment of oontri-
based on the voluntary contribution account of a deceased employee or bution. oont
Member terminate before the total additional annuity paid equals such
account, the difference shall be paid under the provisions of section
.11 (c).
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'REEMPLOYMENT OF ANNUITANTS
"SEC. 13. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an an-
nuitant heretofore or hereafter retired under this Act shall not, by
reason of his retired status, be barred from employment in any ap-
pointive position for which he is qualified. An annuitant so reem-
ployed shall serve at the will of the appointing officer.
"(b) If an aninuitant under this Act (other than (1) a disability
annuitant whose annuity is terminated by reason of his recovery or
restoration of earning capacity, (2) an annuitant whose annuity was
based upon an involuntary separation from the service, excluding a
separation under the automatic separation provisions of this Act, or
(3) a Member retired under this Act) hereafter becomes employed,
or on the date of enactment of the Civil Service Retirement Act
Amendments of 1956 is serving, in an appointive or elective position,
his service on and after the date he was or is so employed shall be
covered by this Act. No deductions for the fund shall be withheld
from his salary, but there shall be deducted from his salary, except
for lump-sum leave payment purposes under the Act of December 21,
1944, a sum equal to the annuity allocable to the period of actual em-
ployment, and this provision concerning the lump-sum leave payments
shall also be effective in the case of each retired employee separated
from reemployment after December 15, 1953, and before the effective
date of the Civil Service Retirement Act Amendments of 1956: Pro-
vided, That if such annuitant serves on a full-time basis for at least
one year in employment not excluding him under section 2 (b) from
coverage, (1) his annuity upon termination of employment shall be
increased by an annuity computed under subsections (a), (b), (d),
(e), and (f) of section 9 as may apply based upon the period of an!~
the basic salary (before deduction) averaged during such employ-
and (2) his lump-sum credit shall not be reduced by annuity
ment
,
paid during such employment. The employment of an annuitant
tinder this subsection shall not operate to create an annuity for or in
any manner affect the annuity of any survivor.
Appointive or "(c) If a Member heretofore or hereafter retired under this Act
elective p D- hereafter becomes employed in an appointive or elective position,
sitions. annuity payments shall be discontinued during such employment and
resumed in the same amount upon termination of such employment :
Provided, That if such retired Member takes office as Member and
gives notice as provided in section 2 (c), his service as Member during
such period shall be credited in determining his right to and the
Nonapplio - amount of his subsequent annuity: Provided further, That this sub-
bility. section shall not apply to a Member appointed by the President of the
United States to a position not requiring confirmation by the Senate.
"PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
"SEC. 14. (a) Each annuity is stated as an annual amount, one-
twelfth of which, fixed at the nearest dollar, accrues monthly and is
payable on the first business day of the month after it accrues.
"(b) Except as otherwise provided, the annuity of an employee shall
commence on the first of the month after separation from the service,
or on the first of the month after salary ceases provided the employee
meets the service and the age or disability requirements for title to
annuity at that time. The annuity of a Member or of an elected officer
of the Senate or House of Representatives shall commence on the day
following the day on which salary shall cease, provided the person s
entitled to such annuity meets the service and the age or disabilit?
requirements for title to annuity at that time. The annuity of an
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event conl which o payment first of of tile
the
annuity is based.
"(c) An annuity shall terminate on the last day of the month Termination.
preceding the month in which death or any other terminating event
provided in this Act occurs.
"(d) Any person entitled to annuity from the fund may decline to Waiver.
accept all or any part of such annuty by a waiver signed and filed
with the Commission. Such waiver may be revoked in writing at
any time, but no payment of the annuity waived shall be made cover-
in the period during which such waiver was in effect.
`(e) Where any payment is due a minor, or a person mentally in- Payment to
competent or under other legal disability, such payment may be made guardian.
to the person who is constituted guardian or other fiduciary by the
law of the State of residence of such claimant or is otherwise legally
vested with the care of the claimant or his estate: Provided, That
where no guardian or other fiduciary of the person under legal dis-
ability has been appointed under the laws of the State of residence
of the claimant, payment may be made to any person who in the judg-
ment of the Commission is responsible for the care of the claimant,
and such payment shall be a bar to recovery by any other person.
"EXEMPTION FROM LEGAL PROCESSES
"SEC. 15. (a) None of the moneys mentioned in this Act shall be
assignable, either in law or equity, or be subject to execution, levy,
attachment, garnishment, or other legal process.
"(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be no
3covery of any payments under this Act from any person when, in
f~e judgment of the Commission, such person is without fault and
such recovery would be contrary to equity and good conscience; nor
shall there be any withholding of recovery of any moneys mentioned
in this Act on account of any certification or payment made by any
former employee of the United States in the discharge of his official
duties unless the head of the department or agency on behalf of which
the certification or payment was made certifies to the Commission that
such certification or payment involved fraud on the part of such
employee.
"ADMINISTRATION
"SEC. 16. (a) This Act shall be administered by the Commission.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Commission is Rules and
hereby authorized and directed to perform, or cause to be performed, regulation.
any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be nec-
essary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this
Act into full force and effect.
"(b) Applications under this Act shall be in such form as the Com-
mission shall prescribe, and shall be supported by such certificates
from departments or agencies as the Commission may deem necessary
to the determination of the rights of applicants. The Commission
shall adjudicate all claims under this Act.
"(c) Questions of dependency and disability arising under this Act
shall be determined by the Commission and its decisions with respect
to such matters shall die final and conclusive and shall not be subject
to review. The Commission may order or direct at any time such
medical or other examinations as it shall deem necessary to determine
the facts relative to the disability or dependency of any person receiv-
ig or applying for annuity under this Act, and may suspend or deny
any such annuity for failure to submit to any such examination.
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"(d) An appeal to the Commission shall lie from any administrati
action or order affecting the rights or interests of any person or oi
the United States under this Act, the procedure on appeal to be pre-
scribed by the Commission.
exam- "(e) Fees for examinations made under the provisions of this Act,
by physicians or surgeons who are not medical officers of the United
States, shall be fixed by the Commission, and such fees, together with
reasonable traveling and other expenses incurred in connection with
such examinations, shall be paid out of the appropriations for the cost
of administering this Act.
port. "(f) The Commission shall publish an annual report upon the
operations of this Act and shall include in each such report a state-
ment with respect to the status of the fund on a normal cost plus
interest basis.
"(g) The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to select
three actuaries, to be known as the Board of Actuaries of the Civil
Service Retirement System. It shall be the duty of such Board to
report annually upon the actuarial status of the system and to furnish
its advice and opinion on matters referred to it by the Commission,
and it shall have the authority to recommend to the Commission and
to the Congress such changes as in the Board's judgment may be
deemed necessary to protect the public interest and maintain the sys-
tem upon a sound financial basis. The Commission shall keep or cause
to be kept such records as it deems necessary for making periodic
actuarial valuations of the Civil Service Retirement System, and the
Board shall make such valuations at intervals of five years, or oftener
if deemed necessary by the Commission. The compensation of the
members of the Board of Actuaries, exclusive of such members as arm
in the employ of the United States, shall be fixed by the Commissic
"CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND
Appropri - "SEC. 17. (a) The fund is hereby appropriated for the payment of
tions. benefits as provided in this Act.
Gifts. "(b) The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to accept
and credit to the fund moneys received in the form of donations, gifts,
legacies, or bequests, or otherwise contributed for the benefit of civil-
service employees generally.
Investme t. "(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately invest in
interest-bearing securities of the United States, such currently avail-
able portions of the fund as are not immediately required for pay-
ments from the fund, and the income derived from such investments
shall constitute a part of the fund.
"(d) The purposes for which obligations of the United States may
40 Stat. 288. be issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, are hereby
31 1150 74. extended to authorize the issuance at par of public-debt obligations
for purchase by the fund. Such obligations issued for purchase by
the fund shall have maturities fixed with due regard for the needs
of the fund and bear interest at a rate equal to the average rate of
interest computed as to the end of the calendar month next preceding
the date of such issue, borne by all marketable interest-bearing obliga-
tions of the United States then forming a part of the public debt that
are not due or callable until after the expiration of five years from
the date of original issue; except that where such average rate is not
a multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum, the rate of interest of such
obligations shall be the multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum nearest
such average rate. Such obligations shall be issued for purchase ~fi
the fund only if the Secretary of the Treasury determines that t
purchase in the market of other interest-bearing obligations of ti..,
United States, or of obligations guaranteed as to both principal and
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torest by the United States on original issue or at the market price,
`Anot in the public interest.
"(e) The Commission shall submit estimates of the appropriations Estimates of
necessary to finance the fund on a normal cost plus interest basis and appropriations.
to continue this Act in full force and effect.
"SEC. 18. This Act may be cited as the `Civil Service Retirement
Act'."
SEC. 402. (a) On and after the effective date of this title persons
employed as members of the civilian faculties of the United States
Naval Academy and the United States Naval Postgraduate School
shall be included within the terms of the Civil Service Retirement Act,
and on and after that date the Act of January 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1092),
as amended, shall not apply to such persons.
(b) In lieu of the deposit prescribed by section 4 (c) of the Civil
Service Retirement Act, an employee who by virtue of subsection (a)
is included within the terms of such Act shall deposit, for service
rendered prior to the effective date of this title as a member of the
civilian faculty of the United States Naval Academy or of the United
States Naval Postgraduate School, a sum equal to so much of the
repurchase price of his annuity policy carried as required by the
Act of January 16, 1936, as amended, as is based on the monthly allot-
ments which were registered with the Navy Allotment Office toward
the purchase of that annuity, the deposit to be made within six months
'ter the effective date of this title. Should the deposit not be made
thin that period no credit shall be allowed under the Civil Service
retirement Act for service rendered as a member of the civilian faculty
of the United States Naval Academy or of the United States Naval
Postgraduate School subsequent to July 31, 1920, and prior to the
effective date of this title. If the deposit is made, such service shall
be held and considered to be service during which the employee was
subject to the Civil Service Retirement Act.
SEC. 403. Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by
this title shall not apply in the case of employees or Members retired
or otherwise separated prior to its effective date, and the rights of
such persons and their survivors shall continue in the same manner
and to the same extent as if this title had not been enacted. In the
case of any Member heretofore separated with title to an annuity
under the Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, the annuity of such Mem-
ber and of any survivor of such Member shall be computed, and shall
be paid only from and after the effective date of this title, as if the
Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 692), had been in effect on the date
of the separation of such Member.
34 USC 1073-
1073o-3.
5 USC 693-1,
7360.
SEC. 404. In the case of any person holding the office of Vice Presi-
dent on the effective date of this title service performed in such office
shall be considered service during which he was subject to the Civil
Service Retirement Act for the purpose of section 3 (g) thereof. Ante, p, 745,
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FORFEITURE OF ANNUITIES OF PERSONS REMAINING OUTSIDE UNITED STATE
TO AVOID PROSECUTION
SEC. 405. The Act entitled "An Act to prohibit payment of annuities
to officers and employees of the United States convicted of certain
offenses, and for other purposes", approved September 1, 1954 (68 Stat.
1142), is amended by adding at the end of section 2 thereof a new sub-
section as follows :
"(c) In any case in which, after the date of enactment of this subsec-
tion, any person under indictment for any offense within the purview
of the first section of this Act willfully remains outside the United
States, its Territories, and possessions, for a period in excess of one
year with knowledge of such indictment, no annuity or retired pay
shall be paid, for any period subsequent to the end of such one-year
period to such person or to the survivor or beneficiary of such person
on the basis of the service of such person, as an officer or employee o~
the Government unless and until a nolle prosequi to the entire indict-
ment is entered upon the record or such person returns and thereafter
the indictment is dismissed or after trial by court the accused is found
not guilty of the offense or offenses charged in the indictment."
SEC. 406. This title shall take effect on the first day of the first month
which begins more than sixty days after the date of enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 407. This title may be cited as the "Civil Service Retiremer
Act Amendments of 1956."
TITLE V-ADDITIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
5 USC 171p
and note.
SEC. 501. (a) Subsections (a) and (b) of the first section of the Act
of August 1, 1947 (61 Stat. 715; Public Law 313, Eightieth Congress),
as amended, are amended to read as follows: "(a) the Secretary of
Defense is authorized to establish and fix the compensation for not
more than one hundred and twenty positions in the Department of
Defense and not more than twenty-five positions in the National Secu-
rity Agency, each such position being established to effectuate those
research and development functions, relating to the national defense,
military and naval medicine, and any and all other activities of the
Department of Defense and the National Security Agency, as the case
may be, which require the services of specially qualified scientific or
professional personnel.
"(b) The Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aero-
nautics is authorized to establish and fix the compensation for, in the
headquarters and research stations of the National Advisory Com-
mittee for Aeronautics, not to exceed thirty positions in the profes-
sional and scientific service, each such position being established in
order to enable the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to
secure and retain the services of specially qualified personnel necessary
in the discharge of the duty of the Committee to supervise and direct
the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their
practical solution." Mk
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All 70 Stat. 762.
(b) Nothing contained in the amendment made to such Act of
ugust 1, 1947, by subsection (a) of this section shall affect any posi-
tion existing under authority of subsection (a) of the first section of
such Act of August 1, 1947, as in effect immediately prior to the effec-
tive date of such amendment, the compensation attached to any such
position, and any incumbent thereof, his appointment thereto, and his
right to receive the compensation attached thereto, until appropriate
action is taken under authority of subsection (a) of such first section
of such Act of August 1, 1947, as contained in the amendment made
by subsection (a) of this section.
SEC. 502. Section 505 (b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as
amended (69 Stat. 179; 5 U. S. C., sec. 1105), is amended to read as
follows: GS-16, 17, 18.
?.(b) Subject to subsections (c), .(d), and (e) of this section, a Maximum numbers.
majority of the Civil Service Commissioners are authorized to estab-
lish and, from time to time, revise the maximum numbers of positions
(not to exceed twelve hundred and twenty-six) which may be in grades
16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule at any one time, except that
under such authority such maximum number of positions shall not
exceed three hundred and twenty-nine for grade 17 and one hundred
and thirty for grade 18."
SEC. 503. (a) The United States Civil Service Commission, the Report to
Librarian of Congress, the Comptroller General of the United States, Congress.
and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the
Department of Justice, respectively, with respect to those positions
within the purview of subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively,
of section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and the
oppropriate authority, with respect to those positions under juris-
^tion of such authority which are allocated to or placed in grades
.so5, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of
1949, as amended (including such positions so allocated or placed on
a temporary or present incumbency basis), under any provision of
law (including any reorganization plan) other than the above-specified
subsections, which is in effect on or after the date of enactment of this
subsection, shall submit, so long as such provision of law or reorgan-
ization plan remains in effect, to the Congress, not later than February
1 of each year, a report which sets forth-
(1) the total number of such positions allocated to or placed
in all of such grades during the immediately preceding calendar
year, the total number of such positions allocated to or placed
in each of such grades during such immediately preceding calen-
dar year, and the total number of such positions in existence
during such immediately preceding calendar year and the grades
to or in which such total number of positions in existence are
allocated or placed,
(2) the name, rate of compensation, and description of the
qualifications of each incumbent of each such position, together
with the position title and a statement of the duties and responsi-
bilities performed by each such incumbent,
(3) the position or positions in or outside the Federal Gov-
ernment held by each such incumbent, and his rate or rates of
compensation, during the five-year period immediately preceding
the date of appointment of each such incumbent to such position,
and
(4) such other information as the Commission, officer, or other
appropriate authority submitting such report may deem appro-
priate or which may be required by the Congress or a committee
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70 Stat. 763. Alkh-I
Nothing contained in this subsection shall require the resubmission
of any information required under paragraphs (2) and (3) of this
subsection which has been reported pursuant to this subsection and
which remains unchanged.
(b) In any instance in which the Commission, officer, or other
appropriate authority so required to submit such report may find full
public disclosure of any or all of the above-specified items to be detri-
mental to the national security, such Commission, officer, or authority
is authorized-
(1) to omit in such annual report those items with respect to
which full public disclosure is found to be detrimental to the
national security,
(2) to inform the Congress of such omission, and
(3) at the request of any congressional committee to which
such report is referred, to present all information concerning
such items.
Approved July 31, 1956, 5:10 p. m.
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