An Act to adjust the rates of basic compensation of certain officers and employees in the Federal Government, to establish the Federal Salary Review Commission, and for other purposes
PL 89-301 (H.R.10281), enacted 10/29/1965

79 STAT. J 
PUBLIC LAW 89-301-OCT. 29, 1965 
1111 
(d) All delegations of authority, orders, regulations, directives, or 
other official actions, with respect to the benefits and allowances pro-
vided by such section 235 of title 38, United States Code, shall con-
tinue in full force and effect until modified, amended, superseded, or 
revoked. 
Approved October 28, 1965. 
Public Law 89-301 
AN ACT 
October 29, 1965 
To adjust the rates of basic compensation of certain officers and employees of 
[H. R. 10231] 
the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Federal Employees Salary Act of 1965". 
EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 
1 9 4 9 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 603(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as ^e^^s^^iTr ^S^t^of' 
amended (78 Stat. 400; 5 U.S.C. 1113(b)), is amended to read as tges.^ ^
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follows: 
"(b) The conipejisation schedule for the General Schedule shall be 
H
S follows: 
"Grade 
(iS-1 
G8-2 
-
QS-3 
GS-4-
GS-5-
GS-6 
GS-7 
GS-8 
GS-9-
GS-10 
GS-U.... 
GS-12 
GS-13 
GS-14 
GS-15 
GS-16 
GS-17 
GS-18 
Per annum rates and steps 
1 
$3,507 
3,814 
4,149 
4,641 
5,181 
5,702 
6,269 
6,869 
7,479 
8,184 
8,961 
10,619 
12,510 
14,680 
17,056 
19,619 
22,217 
25,382 
2 
$3,626 
3,943 
4,289 
4,797 
5,352 
5,894 
6,476 
7,097 
7,733 
8,464 
9,267 
10,987 
12,945 
15,188 
17,645 
20,297 
22,994 
3 
$3,745 
4,072 
4,429 
4,953 
5,523 
6,086 
6,683 
7,325 
7,987 
8,744 
9,573 
11,355 
13,380 
15,696 
18,235 
20,975 
23,771 
4 
$3,864 
4,201 
4,569 
5,109 
5,694 
6,278 
6,890 
7,553 
8,241 
9,024 
9,879 
11,723 
13,815 
16,204 
18,825 
21,653 
24,548 
5 
$3,983 
4,330 
4,709 
5,265 
5,865 
6,470 
7,097 
7,781 
8,495 
9,304 
10,185 
12,091 
14,250 
16, 712 
19,415 
22,331 
25,325 
6 
$4,102 
4,459 
4,849 
5,421 
6,036 
6,662 
7,304 
8,009 
8,749 
9,584 
10,491 
12,459 
14,685 
17,220 
20,005 
23,009 
7 
$4,221 
4,588 
4,989 
5,577 
6,207 
6,854 
7,511 
8,237 
9,003 
9,864 
10,797 
12,827 
15,120 
17,728 
20,595 
23,687 
8 
$4,340 
4,717 
5,129 
5,733 
6,378 
7,046 
7,718 
8,465 
9,257 
10,144 
11,103 
13.195 
15,556 
18,236 
21,185 
24,365 
9 
$4,459 
4,846 
6,269 
5,889 
6,649 
7,238 
7,925 
8,693 
9,511 
10,424 
11,409 
13,563 
16,990 
18,744 
21, 776 
26,043 
10 
$4,578 
4,975 
5,409 
6,045 
6,720 
7,430 
8,132 
8,921 
9.765 
10,704 
11,715 
13,931 
16,425 
19,262 
22,365 
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(b) Except as provided in section 504(d) of the Federal Salary 
Reform Act of 1962 (78 Stat. 412; 5 U.S.C. 1173(d)), the r a t ^ of 
basic compensation of officer's and employees to whom the compensa-
Uon schedule set forth in subsection (a) of this section applies shall 
l>e initially adjusted as of the etFective date of this section, as follows: 
(1) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation 
iuimediately prior to the effective date of this section at one of 
the rates of a grade in the General Schedule of the Classification 
Act of 1949, as amended, he shall ret^-eive a rate of basic compen-
sation at the corresponding rate in effect on and after such date. 
(2) If the officer or employee is receiving basic com|)ensation 
inunediately prior to the effet^tive date of this section at a rate 
between two rates of a grade in the General Schedule of the 
(Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall receive a rate of 
basic compensation at the higher of the two^ori^esponding rates 
in effect on and after such date. 
Adjustment 
rates. 
78 Stat. 400. 
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[79 STAT. 
(3) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation 
inmiediately prior to the effective date of this sectioii at a rate in 
excess of the maximum rate for his grade, he shall receive (A) the 
maximum ratAi for his grade in the new schedule, or (B) his exist-
ing rate of basic compensation if such existing rate is higher. 
(4) If the offiicer or employee, immediately prior to the effective 
date of this section, is receiving, pursuant to section 2(b) (4) of 
fu?c*\u3' 
the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, an existing 
note. 
aggregate rate of compensation determined under section 208(b) 
5 use 926 note. 
^ | ^j^p ^^^ ^^ September 1,1954 (68 Stat. 1111), plus subsequent 
increases authorized by law, he shall receive an aggregate rate 
of compensation equal to the sum of his existing aggregate rate 
of compensation, on the day preceding the effective date of this 
section, plus the amount of increase made by this section in the 
maximum rate of his grade, until (i) he leaves his position, or 
(ii) he is entitled to receive aggregate compensation at a higher 
rate by reason of the operation of this Act or any other provision 
of law; but, when such position becomes vacant, the aggregate 
rate of compensation of any subsequent appointee thereto shall 
be fixed in accordance with applicable provisions of law. Subject 
to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence of 
this paragraph, the amount of the increase provided by this sec-
tion shall be held and considered for the purposes of section 
f uS26noVe. 
^08 (b) of the Act of September 1,1954, to constitute a part of the 
existing rate of compensation of the employee. 
(5) If the officer or employee, at any time during the period 
beginning on the effective date of this section and ending on the 
date of enactment of this Act, was promoted from one grade under 
the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to another such grade 
at a rate which is above the minimum rate thereof, his rate of 
basic compensation shall be adjusted retroactively from the effec-
tive date of this section to the date on -which he was so promoted, 
on the basis of the rate which he was receiving during the period 
from such effective date to the date of such promotion and, from 
the date of such promotion, on the basis of the rate for that step 
of the appropriate grade of the General Schedule contained in 
this section which corresponds numerically to the step of the 
grade of the General Schedule for such officer or employee which 
was in eft'ect (without regard to this Act) at the time of such 
promotion, 
REDETERMINATIONS OF ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF COMPETENCE 
SEC. 3. Section 701 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended 
76 Stat. 847. 
^5 U.S.C. 1121), Is amended by adding the following new subsection 
at the end thereof: 
"(c) Whenever a determination is made under subsection (a) of 
this section that the work of an officer or employee is not of an 
acceptable level of competence, he shall be given prompt written 
notice of that determination and an opportunity for reconsideration 
of the determination within his department under uniform procedures 
established by the Commission. If the determination is affirmed upon 
reconsideration, the employee shall have a right of appeal to the 
Commission. If the reconsideration or appeal results m a reversal 
of the earlier determination, the new determination shall supersede 
the earlier determination and shall be deemed to have been made as 
au?h™u^^^/i^ita 
^^ th® ^^^® ^^ ^h® earlier determination. The authority of the Com-
ru>n°" ^' "^' " 
mission to establish procedures and the right of appeal by the officer 
or employee to the Commission shall not apply to determinations 
of acceptable level of competence made by the Librarian of Congress." 
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POSTAL FIELD SERVICE EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 3542(a) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(a) There is established a basic compensation schedule for posi-
tions in the postal field service which shall be known as the Postal 
Field Service Schedule and for which the symbol shall be 'PFS'. 
P^xcept as provided in sections 3543 and 3544 of this title, basic com-
pensation shall be paid to all employees in accordance with such 
schedule. 
"POSTAL FIELD SERVICE SCHEDULE 
" P F S 
1 
2 
3 
-
4 
5 
6 . 
7 
---
8 
9 
10 
1 1 . . . 
12. 
13 
14-
15 
16 
1 7 . . . 
18. 
19 
20 
Per annum rates and steps 
1 
$4,086 
4,424 
4,780 
5,181 
5,536 
5,941 
6,361 
6,888 
7,449 
8,110 
8,961 
9,914 
10,956 
12,077 
13,349 
14,751 
16,320 
2 
$4,221 
4,569 
4,941 
5,352 
5,722 
6,138 
6,573 
7,116 
7,697 
8,385 
9,267 
10,251 
11,334 
12,497 
13,810 
15,264 
16.890 
18,078 18.710 
20,042 
22,217 
20,741 
22,994 
3 
$4,356 
4,714 
5,102 
5,523 
5,908 
6,335 
6,785 
7,344 
7,945 
8,660 
9,573 
10,588 
11,712 
12,917 
14,271 
15, 777 
17,460 
19,342 
21,440 
23,771 
4 
$4,491 
4,859 
5,263 
5,694 
6,094 
6,532 
6,997 
7,572 
8,193 
8,935 
9,879 
10,925 
12,090 
13,337 
14,732 
16,290 
18,030 
19,974 
22,139 
24,548 
5 
$4,626 
5,004 
5,424 
5,865 
6,280 
6,729 
7,209 
7,800 
8,441 
9,210 
10,185 
11,262 
12,468 
13, 757 
15,193 
16,803 
18,600 
20,606 
22,838 
25,325 
6 
$4,761 
5,149 
5,585 
6,036 
6,466 
6,926 
7,421 
8,028 
8,689 
9,485 
10,491 
11,599 
12,846 
14,177 
15,654 
17,316 
19,170 
21,238 
23,537 
7 
$4,896 
5,294 
5,746 
6,207 
6,652 
7,123 
7,633 
8,256 
8,937 
9,760 
10,797 
11,936 
13, 224 
14, 597 
16,115 
17,829 
19, 740 
21,870 
24,236 
8 
$5,031 
5,439 
5,907 
6,378 
6,838 
7,320 
7,845 
8,484 
9,185 
10,035 
11,103 
12,273 
13,602 
15,017 
16,576 
18,342 
20,310 
22,502 
24,935 
9 
$5,166 
5,584 
6,068 
6,549 
7,024 
7,517 
8,057 
8,712 
9,433 
10,310 
11,409 
12,610 
13,980 
15,437 
17,037 
18,855 
20,880 
23,134 
10 
$5,301 
5,729 
6,229 
6,720 
7,210 
7,714 
8,269 
8,940 
9,681 
10,585 
11,715 
12,947 
14,358 
15,857 
17,498 
19,368 
21,460 
23,766 
11 
$5,436 
5,874 
6,390 
6,891 
7,396 
7,911 
8,481 
12 
$5,671 
6,019 
6,551 
7,062 
7,582 
8,108 
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(b) Section 3543(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(a) There is established a basic compensation ^hedule which shall 
be known as the Rural Carrier Schedule and for which the symbol 
shall be 'RCS'. 
Compensation shall be paid to rural carriers in 
ac<x)rdance with this schedule. 
Postal Field 
Service Schedule. 
78 Stat. 406. 
Rural Carrier 
Schedule. 
78 Stat. 40 6. 
"RURAL CARRIER SCHEDULE 
Carrier in rural delivery 
service: Fixed com-
pensation per a i m u m . 
Compensation per mile 
per annum for each 
mile u p to 30 miles of 
For each mile of route 
" P e r annum rates and steps 
1 
$2,301 
86 
25 
2 
$2,412 
88 
25 
3 
$2,523 
90 
25 
4 
$2,634 
92 
25 
5 
$2,746 
94 
25 
6 
$2,856 
96 
25 
7 
$2,967 
98 
26 
8 
$3,078 
100 
26 
9 
$3,189 
102 
25 
10 
$3,300 
104 
25 
11 
$3,411 
106 
26 
12 
$3,522 
108 
26". 
(c) Section 3544(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
" (a) There is established a basic compensation schedule which shall 
be known as the Fourth Class Office Schedule and for which the symbol 
shall be 'FOS', for postmasters in post offices of the fourth class which 
is based on the revenue units of the post office for the preceding fiscal 
year. Basic compensation shall be paid to postmasters in post offices 
of the fourth class in accordance with this schedule. 
Fourth Class 
Office Schedule. 
49-850 0-66—73 
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74 Stat. 651. 
PUBLIC LAW 89-301-OCT. 29, 1965 
"FOURTH CLASS OFFICE SCHEDULE 
[79 STAT. 
"Revenue units 
30 but fewer than 36 
24 b u t fewer than 30 
18 but fewer than 24 
12 but fewer than 18 
6 but fewer than 12 
Per a n n u m rates and steps 
1 
$3,906 
3,610 
2,978 
2,339 
1,687 
1,359 
2 
$4,035 
3,729 
3,079 
2,415 
1,741 
1,403 
3 
$4,164 
3,848 
3,180 
2,491 
1,795 
1,447 
4 
$4,293 
3,967 
3,281 
2,567 
1,849 
1,491 
5 
$4,422 
4,086 
3,382 
2,643 
1,903 
1,535 
6 
$4,551 
4,205 
3,483 
2,719 
1,957 
1,579 
7 
$4,680 
4,324 
3,584 
2,795 
2,011 
1,623 
8 
$4,809 
4,443 
3,685 
2,871 
2,065 
1,667 
9 
$4,938 
4,562 
3,786 
2,947 
2,119 
1,711 
10 
$5,067 
4,681 
3,887 
3,023 
2,173 
1,755 
11 
$5,196 
4,800 
3,988 
3,099 
2,227 
1,799 
12 
$5,325 
4,919 
4,089 
3,175 
2,281 
1,843". 
(d) The basic compensation of each employee subject to the Postal 
Field Service Schedule, the Kural Carrier Schedule, or the Fourth 
Class Office Schedule immediately prior to the effective date of this 
section shall be determined as follows: 
(1) Each employee shall be assigned to the same numerical 
step for his position which he had attained immediately prior to 
such effective date. If changes in levels or steps would otherwise 
occur on such effective date without regard to enactment of this 
Act, such changes shall be deemed to have occurred prior to con-
version. 
(2) If the existing basic compensation is greater than the rate 
to which the employee is converted under paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, the employee shall be placed in the lowest step which 
exceeds his basic compensation. If the existing basic compensa-
tion exceeds the maximum step of his position, his existing basic 
compensation shall be established as his basic compensation. 
POSTAL SERVICE OVERTIME AND HOLIDAY COMPENSATION 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 3571 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"§ 3571. Maximum hours of work 
"(a) A basic workweek is established for all postal field service 
employees consisting of five eight-hour days. The work schedule of 
employees shall be regulated so that the eight hours of service does 
not extend over a longer period than ten consecutive hours. 
"(b) The Postmaster General shall establish work schedules in 
advance for annual rate regular employees consisting of five eight-
hour days in each week. 
"(c) Except for emergencies as determined by the Postmaster Gen-
eral, the hours of service of any employee shall not extend over a 
longer period than twelve consecutive hours, and no employee may be 
required to work more than twelve hours in one day. 
"(d) To the maximum extent practicable, senior regular employees 
shall be assigned to a basic workweek Monday through Friday, inclu-
sive, except for those who express a preference for another basic 
workweek." 
(b) Section 3573 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"§ 3573. Compensatory time, overtime, and holidays 
" (a) In emergencies or if the needs of the service require, the Post-
master General may require employees to perform overtime work or 
to work on holidays. Overtime work is any work officially ordered or 
approved which is performed by— 
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•'(1) an annual rate regular employee in excess of his regular 
work schedule, 
"(2) an hourly rate regular employee in excess of eight hours 
in a day or forty hours in a week, and 
"(3) a substitute employee in excess of forty hours in a week. 
The Postmaster General shall determine the day and week used in 
computing overtime work. 
"(b) For each hour of overtime work the Postmaster General shall 
compensate an employee in the 'PFS' Schedule as follows: 
"(1) He shall pay each employee in or below salary level 
PFS-7 compensation at the rate of 150 per centum of the hourly 
rate of basic compensation for his level and step computed by 
dividing the scheduled annual rate of basic compensation by two 
thousand and eighty. 
"(2) He shall grant each employee in or above salary level 
PFS-8 compensatory time equal to the overtime worked, or in 
his discretion in lieu thereof pay such employee compensation 
at the rate of 150 per centum of the hourly rate of basic com-
pensation of the employee or of the hourly rate of the basic 
compensation for the highest step of salary level PFS-7, which-
ever is the lesser. 
"(c) For officially ordered or approved time worked on a day 
referred to as a holiday in the Act of December 26, 1941 (55 Stat. 
862; 5 U.S.C. 87b), or on a day designated by Executive order as a 
lioliday for Federal employees, under regulations prescribed by the 
I'ostmaster General, an employee in the P F S schedule shall receive 
extra compensation, in addition to any other compensation provided 
for by law, as follows: 
"(1) Each regular employee in or below salary level PFS-7 
shall be paid extra compensation at the rate of 100 per centum 
of the hourly rate of basic compensation for his level and step 
computed by dividing the scheduled annual rate of basic com-
pensation by two thousand and eighty. 
"(2) Each regular employee in or above salary level PFS-8 
shall be granted compensatory time in an amount equal to the 
time worked on such holiday within thirty working days there-
after or, in the discretion of the Postmaster General, in lieu 
thereof shall be paid extra compensation for the time so worked 
at the rate of 100 per centum of the hourly rate of basic com-
pensation for his level and step computed by dividing the sched-
uled annual rate of basic compensation by two thousand and 
eighty. 
"(3) For work performed on Christmas Day (A) each regular 
employee shall be paid extra compensation at the rate of 150 
per centum of the hourly rate of basic compensation for his level 
and step, computed by dividing the scheduled annual rate of basic 
compensation by two thousand and eighty, and (B) each sub-
stitute employee shall be paid extra compensation at the rate of 
50 per centum of the hourly rate of basic compensation for his 
level and step. 
"(d) The Postmaster General shall establish conditions for the use 
of compensatory time earned and the payment of compensaition for 
unused compensatory time. 
"(e) Each regular employee whose regular work schedule includes 
an eight-hour period of service any part of which is within the period 
commencing at midnight Saturday and ending at midnight Sunday 
shall be paid extra compensation at the rate of 25 per centum of his 
hourly rate of basic compensation for each hour of work performed 
during that eight-hour period of service. 
Definitions. 
Ante, p. 1114 
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[79 STAT. 
"(f) If an employee is entitled under this section to unused com-
pensatory time at the time of his death, the Postmaster General shall 
pay at the rate prescribed in this section, but not less than a sum equal 
to the employee's hourly basic compensation, for each hour of such 
unused compensatory time to the person or persons surviving at the 
date of such employee's death. Such payment shall be made in the 
order of precedence prescribed in the first section of the Act of 
64 Stat. 395. 
August 3, 1950 (5 U.S.C. 61f), and shall be a bar to recovery by any 
other persons of amounts so paid. 
"(g) Notwithstanding any provision of this section other than 
subsection (f), no employee shall be paid overtime or extra compen-
sation for a pay period which when added to his basic compensation 
for the pay period exceeds one twenty-sixth of the annual rate of basic 
compensation for the highest step of salary level PFS-17. 
" (h) For the purposes of this section and section 3571 of this title— 
"(1) 'Annual rate regular employee' means an employee for 
whom the Postmaster General has established a regular work 
schedule consisting of five eight-hour days in accordance with 
section 3571 of this title. 
"(2) 'Hourly rate regular employee' means an employee for 
whom the Postmaster General has established a regular work 
schedule consisting of not more than forty hours a week. 
"(3) 'Substitute employee' means an employee for whom the 
Postmaster General has not established a regular work schedule." 
74 Stat. 652. 
^^^ Sectiou 3575 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"§3575. Exemptions 
"(a) Sections 3571, 3573 and 3574 of this title do not apply to post-
masters, rural carriers, postal inspectors, and employees in salary level 
PFS-15 and above. 
"(b) Sections 3571 and 3573 of this title do not apply to employees 
referred to in section 3581 of this title. 
"(c) Sections 3571 (a), (b), and (d), and 3573(e) of this title do 
not apply to substitute employees. 
"(d) Section 3571(b) of this title does not apply to hourly rate 
tegular employees." 
POSTAL EMPLOYEES KE]X)CA'nON EXPENSES 
39 use 3101 et 
^^^ 
^ ^ ^ ^ rj,j^^^ p^^^^ ^^ chapter 41 of title 39, United States Code, 
which precedes the center heading "'Spe<Mal Classes of Employees" 
and section 3111 thereof, is anjended by inserting at the end thereof 
t he following new section: 
"§ 3107. Postal employees relocation expenses 
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each employee in 
the postal field service who is transferred or relocated fi-om one oiRcial 
station tx) another shall, under regulations pronmlgated by the Post-
master General, be granted the following allowances and expenses: 
"(1) Per diem allowance, in lieu of subsistence expenses, for each 
Uicmber of his immediate family while en route between his old and 
new official stations, not in excess of the maximum per diem rates 
prescribed by or pursuant to law for employees of the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
"(2) Subsistence expenses of the employee and each member of his 
immediate family for a period of not to exceed thirty days while ooxiu-
pying temporaiy quarters at the place of his new official duty station, 
but not in excess of the maximum per diem rates prescribed by or pur-
suant to law for employees of (he Federal Government. 
seq. 
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"(3) Five days of leave with pay which shall not be charged to 
any other leave to which he is entitled under existing law." 
(b) That part of the table of contents of such chapter 41 under the 
heading "Employees Generally" is amended by inserting 
"3107. Postal employees relocation expenses." 
immediately below 
"3106. Special compensation rules.". 
EMPLOYEES I N T H E DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY OF T H E 
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 7. Section 4107 of title 38, United States Code, relating to grades 
^s stat. 4 lo. 
and pay scales for certain positions within the Department of Medicine 
and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"§ 4107. Grades and pay scales 
" (a) The per annum full-pay scale or ranges for positions provided 
in section 4103 of this title, other than Chief Medical Director and ^s stat. 409. 
Deputy Chief Medical Director, shall be as follows: 
"SECTION 4103 SCHEDULE 
"Assistant Chief Medical Director, $25,382. 
"Medical Director, $22,217 minimum to $25,325 maximum. 
"Director of Nursing Service, $17,055 minimum to $22,365 
maximum. 
"Director of Chaplain Service, $17,055 minimum to $22,365 
maximum. 
"Chief Pharmacist, $17,055 minimum to $22,365 maximum. 
"Chief Dietitian, $.17,055 minimum to $22,365 maximum. 
"(b) (1) The grades and per annum full-pay ranges for positions 
provided in paragraph (1) of section 4104 of this title shall be as 
^^ stat. 1244. 
follows: 
"PHYSICIAN AND DENTIST SCHEDULE 
"Director grade, $19,619 minimum to $25,043 maximum. 
"Executive grade, $18,291 minimum to $24,024 maximum. 
"Chief grade, $17,055 minimum to $22,365 maximum. 
"Senior grade, $14,680 minimum to $19,252 maximum. 
"Intermediate grade, $12,510 minimum to $16,425 maximum. 
"Full ^rade, $10,619 minimum to $13,931 maximum. 
"Associate grade, $8,961 minimum to $11,715 maximum. 
"NURSE SCHEDULE 
"Assistant Director grade, $14,680 minimum to $19,252 maximum. 
"Chief grade, $12,510 minimum to $16,425 maximum. 
"Senior grade, $10,619 minimum to $13,931 maximum. 
"Intermediate grade, $8,961 minimum to $11,715 maximum. 
"Full grade, $7,479 minimum to $9,765 maximum. 
"Associate grade, $6,540 minimum to $8,502 maximum. 
"Junior grade, $6,702 minimum to $7,430 maximum. 
" (2) No person may hold the director grade unless he is serving as 
a director of a hospital, domiciliary, center, or outpatient clinic (inde-
pendent) . No person may hold the executive grade unless he holds the 
position of chief of staff at a hospital, center, or outpatient clinic 
(independent), or the position of clinic director at an outpatient 
clinic, or comparable position." 
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[79 STAT. 
78 Stat. 4 11. 
FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS; STAFF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 8. (a) The fourth sentence of section 412 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 867), is amended to read as 
follows: "The per annum salaries of Foreign Service officers within 
each of the other classes shall be as follows: 
'Class 1. 
Class 2 
Class 3 
Class 4 
Class 5 
Class 6 
Class 7. 
Class 8. 
$23,465 
18,954 
15,395 
12,510 
10,303 
8,594 
7,262 
6,269 
$24,284 
19,612 
16,929 
12,945 
10,661 
8,889 
7,506 
6,476 
$25,382 
20,270 
16,463 
13,380 
11,019 
9,184 
7,750 
6,683 
$20,928 
16,997 
13,815 
11,377 
9,479 
7,994 
6,890 
$21,586 
17,531 
14,250 
11,735 
9,774 
8,238 
7,097 
$22,244 
18,065 
14,686 
12,093 
10,069 
8,482 
7,304 
$22,902 
18,699 
15,120 
12,461 
10,364 
8,726 
7,511" 
(b) The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 415 of such 
Act (22 U.S.C. 870(a)) is amended to read as follows: "The per 
annum salaries of such staff officers and employees within each class 
shall be as follows: 
Applicability, 
52 Stat. 31. 
Exception. 
Ante, 
p. 
n i l . 
'Class 1.. 
Class 2.. 
Class 3.. 
Class 4. 
Class 5.. 
Class 6.. 
Class 7-
Class 8-
Class 9.. 
Class 10 
$15,395 
12,610 
10,303 
8,594 
7,749 
6,998 
6,428 
5,688 
5,190 
4,641 
$15,929 
12,946 
10,661 
8,889 
8,013 
7,231 
6,640 
6,880 
6,361 
4,797 
$16,463 
13,380 
11,019 
9,184 
8,277 
7,464 
6,862 
6,072 
5,632 
4,963 
$16,997 
13,816 
11,377 
9,479 
8,641 
7,697 
7,064 
6,264 
6,703 
5,109 
$17,531 
14,250 
11,736 
9,774 
8,806 
7,930 
7,276 
6,456 
5,874 
5,265 
$18,066 
14,685 
12,093 
10,069 
9,069 
8,163 
7,488 
6,648 
6,046 
5,421 
$18,599 
15,120 
12,461 
10,364 
9,333 
8,396 
7,700 
6,840 
6,216 
5,577 
$19,133 
16,655 
12,809 
10,659 
9,697 
8,629 
7,912 
7,032 
6,387 
6,733 
$19,667 
15,990 
13,167 
10,954 
9,861 
8,862 
8,124 
7,224 
6,658 
6,889 
$20,201 
16,425 
13,525 
11,249 
10,125 
9,095 
8,336 
7,416 
6,729 
6,046" 
(c) Foreign Service officers, Eeserve officers, and Foreign Service 
staff officers and employees who are entitled to receive basic compensa-
tion immediately prior to the effective date of this section at one of the 
rates provided by section 412 or 415 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1946 shall receive basic compensation, on and after such effective date, 
at the rate of their class determined to be appropriate by the Secre-
tary of State. 
SEVERANCE PAY 
SEC. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 
this section applies to each civilian officer or employee in or under— 
(1) the executive branch of the Government of the United 
States, including each corporation wholly owned or controlled 
by the United States; 
(2) the Library of Congress; 
(3) the Government Printing Office; 
(4) the General Accounting Office; or 
(5) the municipal government of the District of Columbia. 
This section also applies to persons employed by the county commit-
tees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation 
and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)), and the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to prescribe and issue such 
regulations as may be necessary to provide a means of effecting the 
application and operations of the provisions of this section with re-
spect to such persons. 
(b) This section does not apply to— 
(1) an officer or employee whose rate of basic compensation is 
fixed at a rate provided for one of the levels of the Federal Execu-
tive Salary Schedule or is in excess of the highest rate of grade 18 
of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended; 
(2) an officer or employee serving under an appointment with 
a definite time limitation, except one so appointed for full-time 
79 STAT. ] 
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1119 
employment, without a break in service or after a separation of 
three days or less, following service under an appointment without 
time limitation; 
(3) an alien employee who occupies a position outside the 
several States, the District of Columbia, and the Canal Zone; 
(4) an officer or employee Who is subject to the Civil Service 
Retirement Act, as amended, or any other retirement law or 
^o stat. 743. 
retirement system applicable to Federal officers or employees or no^te^^^ ^^' ^ 
members of the uniformed services, and who, at the time of 
separation from the service, has fulfilled the requirements for 
immediate annuity under any such law or system; 
(5) an officer or employee who, at the time of separation from 
the service, is receiving compensation under the Federal Employ-
ees' Compensation Act, as amended, except one receiving this 
^^ ^
*
^
*
- ^^^j 
compensation concurrently with salary or on account of the death ^
^
5 usVr^s^uiote. 
of another person; 
(6) an officer or employee who, at the time of separation from 
the service, is entitled to receive other severance pay from the 
Oovernment; 
(7) officers and employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority; 
and 
(8) such other officers or employees as may be excluded by 
rules and regulations of the President or of such officer or agency 
as he may designate. 
(c) An officer or employee to whom this section applies who is 
involuntarily separated from the service, on or after the effective date 
of this section, not by removal for cause on charges of misconduct, 
delinquency, or inefficiency, shall, under rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the President or such officer or agency as he may designate, 
be paid severance pay in regular pay periods by the department, inde-
])endent establishment, corpoi-ation, or other governmental unit, from 
which separated. 
(d) Severance pay shall consist of two elements, a basic severance 
computation. 
allowance and an age adjustment allowance. The basic severance 
allowance shall be computed on the basis of one week's basic compen-
sation at the rate received immediately before separation for each 
year of civilian service up to and including ten years for which sever-
ance pay has not been i-eceived under this or any other authority and 
two weeks' basic compensation at such rate for each year of civilian 
service beyond ten years for which severance pay has not been received 
under this or any other authority. 
The age adjustment allowance 
shall be computed on the basis of 10 per centum of the total basic 
severance allowance for each year by which the age of the recipient 
exceeds forty yeai*s at the time of separation. 
Total severance pay 
received under this section shall not exceed one year's pay at the rate 
received immediately before separation. 
(e) An officer or employee may be paid severance pay only after 
Twelve months 
having been employed currently for a continuous period of at least ''^'i"!'"^'"®" • 
twelve months. 
(f) If an officer or employee is reemployed by the Federal Govern- 
Reemployment, 
ment or the municipal government of the District of Columbia before ^«^™i"3*i°" " 
the expiration of the period covered by payments of severance pay, 
the payments shall be discontinued beginning with the date of reem-
ployment and the service represented by the unexpired portion of the 
period shall be recredited to the officer or employee for use in any 
subsequent computations of severance pay. For the purposes of sub-
section (e), reemployment which causes severance pay to be discon-
tinued shall be considered as employment continuous with that serv-
ing as the basis for the severance pay. 
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[79 STAT. 
Payments to 
survivors. 
64 Stat. 395. 
(g) If the officer or employee dies before the expiration of the 
period covered by payments of severance pay, the payments of sever-
ance pay with respect to such officer or employee shall be continued 
as if such officer or employee were living and shall be paid on a pay 
period basis to the survivor or survivors of such officer or employee 
in accordance with the first section of the Act of August 3, 1950 
(5U.S.C.61f). 
(h) Severance pay under this section shall not be a basis for pay-
ment, nor be included in the basis for computation, of any other type 
of Federal or District of Columbia Government benefits, and any 
period covered by severance pay shall not be regarded as a period of 
Federal or District of Columbia Government service or employment. 
52 Stat, 31; 
78 Stat. 412. 
Ante, p. n i l . 
60 Stat. 217; 
78 Stat. 413. 
5 u s e 931, 932. 
House employ-
ees. 
70 Stat. 743; 
Ante, p. 840. 
Members of Con-
gress, etc. 
78 Stat. 415. 
AGRICULTURAL 
STABILIZATION 
AND CONSERVATION 
COUNTY 
COMMITTEiE 
EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 10. The rates of compensation of persons employed by the 
county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil 
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall 
be increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the 
increases provided by section 2(a) of this Act for corresponding rates 
of compensation. 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SEC. 11. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each 
officer or employee in or under the legislative branch of the Govern-
ment, whose rate of compensation is increased by section 5 of the Fed-
eral Employees Pay Act of 1946, shall be paid additional compensation 
at the rate of 3.6 per centum of his gross rate of compensation (basic 
compensation plus additional compensation authorized by law). 
(b) The total annual compensation in effect immediately prior to 
the effective date of this section of each officer or employee of the 
House of Representatives, whose compensation is disbursed by the 
Clerk of the House and is not increased by reason of any other pro-
vision of this section, shall be increased by an amount which is equal 
to the amount of the increase provided by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion; except that this section shall not apply to the compensation of 
student congressional interns authorized by H. Res. 416 of the Eighty-
ninth Congress. 
(c) The rates of compensation of employees of the House of Rep-
resentatives whose compensation is fixed by the House Employees 
Schedule under the House Employees Position Classification Act 
(78 Stat. 1079; Public Law 88-652; 2 U.S.C. 291-303) shall be 
increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the 
increases provided by subsection (a) of this section; except, that this 
section shall not apply to the compensation of those employees whose 
compensation is fixed by the House Wage Schedule of such Act. 
(d) The additional compensation provided by this section shall be 
considered a part of basic compensation for the purposes of the Civil 
Service Retirement Act (5 U.S.C. 2251 and the following). 
(e) Section BOlCa) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
as amended (2 U.S.C. 31), is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The compensation of Senators, Representatives in Congress, 
and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico shall be at the 
rate of $30,000 per annum each. The compensation of the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives shall be at the rate of $43,000 per 
annum. The compensation of the Majority Leader and the Minority 
Leader of the Senate and the Majority Leader and the Minority 
Leader of the House of Representatives shall be at the rate of $35,000 
per annum each." 
79 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-301-OCT. 29, 1965 
1121 
(f) The basic compensation of each employee in the office of a 
Senator is hereby adjusted, effective on the first day of the month 
following the date of enactment of this Act, to the lowest multiple 
of $60 which will provide a gross rate of compensation not less than 
the gross rate such employee was receiving immediately prior thereto, 
except that the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not apply 
in the case of any employee if on or before the fifteenth day following 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Senator by whom such employee 
is employed notifies the disbursing office of the Senate in writmg 
that he does not wish such provisions to apply to such employee. No 
employee whose basic compensation is adjusted under this subsection 
shall receive any additional compensation under subsection (a) for 
any period prior to the effective date of such adjustment during which 
such employee was employed in the office of the Senator by whom 
he is employed on the first day of the month following the enactment 
of this Act. 
No additional compensation shall be paid to any person 
under subsection (a) for any period prior to the first day of the 
month following the date of enactment of this Act during which such 
person was employed in the office of a Senator (other than a Senator 
by whom he is employed on such day) unless on or before the fifteenth 
day following the date of enactment of this Act such Senator notifies 
the disbursing office of the Senate in writing that he wishes such 
employee to receive such additional compensation for such period. 
In any case in which, at the expiration of the time within which a Sen-
ator may give notice under this subsection, such Senator is deceased, 
such notice shall be deemed to have been given. 
(g) Notwithstanding the provision referred to in subsection (h), 
the rates of gross compensation of the Secretary for the Majority 
of the Senate, the Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, the Chief 
Reporter of Debates of the Senate, the Parliamentarian of the Senate, 
the Senior Counsel in the Office of the legislative Counsel of the 
Senate, the Chief Clerk of the Senate, the Chaplain of the Senate, 
and the Postmaster and Assistant Postmaster of the Senate are hereby 
increased by 3.6 per centum. 
(h) The paragraph imposing, limitations on basic and gross com-
pensation of officers and employees of the Senate appearing under 
the heading "SENATE" in the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1956, 
as amended (74 Stat. 304; Public Law 86-568), is amended by striking 
out "$22,945" and inserting in lieu thereof "$23,770". 
(i) The limitation on gross rate per hour per person provided by 
applicable law on the effective date of this section with respect to the 
folding of speeches and pamphlets for the Senate is hereby increased 
by 3.6 per centum. The amount of such increase shall be computed 
to the nearest cent, counting one-half cent and over as a whole cent. 
The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to 
employees whose compensation is subject to such limitation. 
Senate employ-
Senate officers. 
Salary limita-
tions, increase. 
78 Stat. 414. 
2 u s e 60a note. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL 
SALARIES 
SEC. 12. (a) The rates of basic compensation of officers and 
employees in or under the judicial branch of the Government whose 
rates of compensation are fixed by or pursuant to paragraph (2) of 
subdivision a of section 62 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 IJ.S.C. 
102(a)(2)), section 3656 of title 18, United States Code, the third 
sentence of section 603, sections 671 to 675, inclusive, or section 
604(a) (5), of title 28, United States Code, insofar as the latter section 
applies to graded positions, are hereby increased by amounts reflecting 
the respective applicable increases provided by section 2(a) of this 
Act in corresponding rates of compensation for officers and employees 
subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. The rates of 
60 Stat. 329; 
62 Stat, 843. 
65 Stat. 725; 
62 Stat. 9 18,914. 
78 Stat. 433. 
Ante, p, 1111. 
Ante, p, n i l . 
Secretaries and 
law clerks. 
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PUBLIC LAW 89-301-OCT. 29, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
basic compensation of officers and employees holding ungraded posi-
62 Stat. 914. 
tions and whose salaries are fixed pursuant to such section 604(a) (5) 
may be increased by the amounts reflecting the respective applicable 
increases provided by section 2(a) of this Act in corresponding rates 
of compensation for officers and employees subject to the Classification 
Act of 1949, as amended. 
(b) The limitations provided by applicable law on the effective date 
of this section with respect to the aggregate salaries payable to secre-
taries and law clerks of circuit and district judges are hereby increased 
by amounts which reflect the respective applicable increases provided 
by section 2(a) of this Act in corresponding rates of compensation for 
officers and employees subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended. 
?8 s^arTaT"" 
(^) Section 753(e) of title 28, United States Code (relating to the 
compensation of court reporters for district courts), is amended by 
striking out the existing salary limitation contained therein and insert-
ing a new limitation which reflects the respective applicable increases 
provided by section 2(a) of this Act in correspondmg rates of com-
pensation for officers and employees subject to the Classification Act 
of 1949, as amended. 
INCREASED UNIFORM ALLOWANCE 
SEC. 13. The Federal Employees Uniform Allowance Act, as 
amended (68 Stat. 1114; 5 U-S.C. 2131), is amended by striking out 
"$100" wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "$125". 
MAXIMUM SAIxARY INCREASE LIMITATION 
SEC. 14. Except as otherwise provided in section 11(e), no rate of 
salary shall be increased, by reason of the enactment of this Act, to an 
amount in excess of the salary rate now or hereafter in effect for 
Level V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule. 
ADJUSTMENT OF SALARY RATES FIXED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION 
78 Stat. 419. 
5 u s e 2211. 
SEC. 15. (a) The rates of basic compensation of assistant United 
States attorneys whose basic salaries are fixed pursuant to section 508 
78 Stat. 428. 
^f ^j^j^ 28, United States Code, shall be increased by 3.6 per centum 
effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or 
after October 1, 1965. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 665), the rates of compensation of officers and 
employees of the Federal Government and of the municipal govern-
ment of the District of Columbia whose rates of compensation are 
fixed by administrative action pursuant to law and are not other-
wise increased by this Act are hereby authorized to be increased effec-
tive on or after the first day of the first pay period which begins on or 
after October 1,1965, by amounts not to exceed the increases provided 
by this Act for corresponding rates of compensation in the appropri-
ate schedule or scale of pay. 
(c) Nothing contained m this section shall be deemed to authorize 
any increase in the rates of compensation of officers and employees 
whose rates of compensation are fixed and adjusted from time to time 
as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with 
prevailing rates or practices. 
79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-301-OCT. 29, 1965 
1123 
(d) ^N'othing contained in this section shall affect the authority 
contained in any law pursuant to which rates of compensation may 
be fixed by administrative action. 
TKAVEL ON OFFICIAL DUTY TIME 
SEC. 16. Section 204 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, 
as amended (68 Stat. 1110; 5 U.S.C. 912b), is amended by adding at 
the end thereof the following sentence: "To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the head of any department, independent establishment, or 
agency, including Government-owned or controlled corporations, or 
of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, or the 
head of any legislative or judicial agency to which this title applies, 
shall schedule the time to be spent by an officer or employee in a travel 
status away from his official duty station within the regularly sched-
uled workweek of such officer or employee.". 
EFFECTIVE DATES 
SEC. 17. This Act shall become effective as follows; 
(1) This section and sections 1, 9, 13, 15, 16, and 18, and section 
3107(3) of title 39, United States Code, as contained in the amend-
ment made by section 6(a) of this Act, shall become effective on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) Section 5 shall become effective on the first day of the first pay 
period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) Sections 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 14 shall become effective on 
the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after October 1, 
1965. 
(4) Section 3 shall become effective on the ninetieth day following 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
^ (5) Section 6(b), and section 3107 (1) and (2) of title 39, United 
States Code, as contained in the amendment made by section 6(a) of 
this Act, shall become effective as of July 1, 1965. 
(6) For the purpose of determining the amount of insurance for 
which an individual is eligible under the Federal Employees' Group 
Life Insurance Act of 1954, all changes in rates of compensation or 
salary which result from the enactment of this Act shall be held and note 
considered to be effective as of the date of such enactment. 
68 Stat. 736. 
5 u s e 209 1 
PAYMENT OF RETROACTR'E SALARY 
SEC. 18. (a) Retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid by 
reason of this Act only in the case of an individual in the service of the 
United States (including service in the Armed Forces of the United 
States) or the municipal government of the District of Columbia on 
the date of enactment of this Act, except that such retroactive compen-
sation or salary shall be paid (1) to an officer or employee who retired 
during the period beginning on the effective date prescribed by section 
17(3) and ending on the date of enactment of this Act for services 
rendered during such period and (2) in accordance with the provisions 
of the Act of August 3,1950 (Public Law 636, Eighty-first Congress), 
as amended (5 U.S.C. 61f-61k), for services rendered during the 
64 stat. 395. 
period beginning on the effective date prescribed by section 17(3) and 
ending on the date of enactment of this Act by an officer or employee 
who dies during such period. Such retroactive compensation or salary 
1124 
PUBLIC LAW 89-302-OCT. 30, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
70 Stat. 743. 
5 u s e 2251 note. 
shall not be considered as basic salary for the purpose of the Civil 
Service Retirement Act in the cMse of any such retired or deceased 
officer or employee. 
(b) For the purposes of this section, service in the Armed Forces 
of the LTnited States, in tlie case of an individual relieved from train-
ing and serAice in the Armed Forces of the United States or dis-
charged from hospitalization following such training and service, 
sliall include tlie period provided by law for the mandatory restoration 
of such individual to a position in or under the Federal Government 
or the municipal o^overnment of the District of Columbia. 
Approved October 29, 1965. 
October 30, 19 65 
[S. 1735] 
Public Law 89-302 
AN ACT 
Relating to the use by the Secretary of the Interior of land at La JoUa, Cali-
fornia, donated by the University of California for a marine biological 
research laboratory, and for other purposes. 
Marine biologi-
cal research lab-
oratory, Calif. 
Land reconvey-
ance provisions. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in order to 
carry out the understanding between the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Regents of the University of California when the latter donated 
approximately two and four-tenths acres of land situated on the San 
Diego Campus of the University of California, for establishment 
thereon by the United States of a marine biological research labo-
ratory, and in recognition of the restriction in the deed conveying the 
land to the United States which requires the land "to be used exclu-
sively for research on the living resources of the sea or their environ-
ment ; or for purposes compatible with activities of the * * * Scripps 
Institution of Oceanography (situated on said Campus) or for any 
other purpose expressly approved by the Grantor", the Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized and directed to reconvey to the Regents of 
the University of California, or their successors, title to the donated 
land and the improvements constructed or placed thereon: 
(a) Whenever he determines that the land and improvements are 
not in his judgment needed by the United States for the limited uses 
permitted by the deed, such determination to be made after receiving 
the views of other Federal agencies regarding their possible use of the 
land consistent with the limitations in the deed; or 
(b) AVTienever the United States ceases to use the land and 
improvements for more than two years exclusively for such limited 
uses-
Approved October 30, 1965. 
Public Law 89-303 
October 30, 1965 
A N 
A C T 
[H- R- 10198] 
r
j
>
Q amend the requirements relating to lumber under the Shipping Act, 1916. 
Lumber. 
Tariff filings. 
75 Stat. 764; 
77 Stat. 129. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United 
States 
of America 
in Congress 
assembled. That section 
18(b)(1) of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. 817(b)(1)), is 
amended b^ inserting before the word "lumber" wherever it appears 
in this section the word "softwood". 
Approved October 30, 1965.