An Act to provide for the granting of career conditional and career appointments to certain qualified employees
PL 84-380 (S.1849), enacted 08/12/1955

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(a) a statement of each claim submitted to the Secretary of the 
Army in accordance with this Act which has not been settled by 
him, with supporting papers and a report of his findings of facts 
and recommendations; and 
(b) a report of each claim settled by him and paid pursuant to 
this Act. The reports shall contain a brief statement concern-
ing the character and justice of each claim, the amount claimed, 
and the amount approved and paid. 
SEC. 11. Attorney and agent fees shall be paid out of the awards 
hereunder. Xo attorney or agent on account of services rendered in 
connection with each claim shall receive in excess of 10 per centum 
of the amount paid, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. 
Whoever violates the provisions of this Act shall be fined a sum 
not to exceed $5,000. 
SEC. 12. If any particular provision of this Act or the application 
thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder 
of the Act shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved August 12, 1955. 
Att o r n e y a n d 
agent fees. 
Penalty for vio-
1 ations. 
Separability; 
Public Law 379 
CHAPTER 865 
AN ACT 
To repeal the miuiufacturers excise tax on motorcycles. 
August 12, 1955 
[H. R. 5647] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejyresentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4061 
(a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to tax on 
certain motor vehicles) is hereby amended by striking out "Motor-
cycles.". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
apply only with respect to articles sold on or after the first day of the 
first month which begins more than ten days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Approved August 12, 1955. 
68A Stat. 481. 
26 u s e 4061. 
Public Law 380 
CHAPTER 866 
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August 12, 1955 
To provide for the granting of career-conditional and career appointments to 
[S. 1849] 
certain qualified employees. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hmise of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the appoint-
ment of each employee of the Federal Government or the municipal 
government of the District of Columbia who— 
(1) on the effective date of this Act is serving under an indefi-
nite or temporary appointment in a position in the competitive 
civil service other than a position for which the salary is fixed by 
the Postal Field Service Compensation Act of 1955 (Public Law 
68, Eighty-fourth Congress); 
(2) on January 23, 1955, was serving in a position in the com-
petitive civil service; 
(3) from January 23, 1955, to the effective date of this Act, 
served in a position or positions in the competitive civil service 
without break in service; 
(4) (A) during the period beginning June 3,1950, and ending 
January 23, 1955, passed a qualifying examination for a position 
Government en> 
ployees. 
C a r e et^condi-
tional and career 
appo int me nt s. 
Ante, p. 88< 
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3 C F R , 
19 54 
Siq>p>, p< 84. 
D. C. C o r r e c -
t i o n s Department 
employees. 
3 C F R , 
19 54 
Supp., p. 84. 
P e r s o n s 
s e p ^ 
rated without cause 
after Jan. 23, 1955. 
in the competitive civil service in which he served during such 
period, or (B) within one year after the effective date of this Act 
meets such noncompetitive examination standards as the United 
States Civil Service Commission shall prescribe with respect to 
the position which he holds at the time he makes the application 
prescribed by this section; and 
(5) has completed, prior to making such application, a total of 
continuous or intermittent satisfactory service aggregating not 
less than three years on the rolls in a position or positions in the 
competitive civil service; 
shall, upon application by such employee made within one year after 
the effective date of this Act to the appropriate department, agency, 
or establishment concerned, and upon recommendation by such depart-
ment, agency, or establishment, be converted to a career-conditional 
appointment or a career appointment determined by the appropriate 
United States Civil Service Commission regulations governing con-
versions to career-conditional or career appointments in accordance 
with Executive Order Numbered 10577, dated November 22, 1954. 
SEC. 2. The appointment in the competitive civil service of each 
employee who— 
(1) (A) was appointed on or after December 20, 1941, to a 
position in the Workhouse at Occoquan in the State of Virginia, 
the Reformatory at Lorton in the State of Virginia, or the Wash-
ington Asylum and Jail, (B) was appointed to a position in the 
Department of Corrections of the District of Columbia (as con-
stituted on and after June 27, 1946) with a war service indefinite 
appointment, or (C) was appointed on or after June 27, 1946, 
and prior to January 1, 1955, to a position in such Department 
of Corrections, without regard to the civil-service laws, rules, and 
regulations; 
(2) is in a position in the Department of Corrections of the 
District of Columbia on the effective date of this Act; 
(3) has completed, prior to making the application prescribed 
by this section, a total of continuous or intermittent satisfactory 
service aggregating not less than three years in a position or 
positions in the municipal government of the District of Colum-
bia; and 
(4) within one year after the effective date of this Act meets 
such noncompetitive examination standards as the United States 
Civil Service Commission shall prescribe with respect to the 
position which he holds at the time he makes the application 
prescribed by this section; 
shall, upon application by such employee made within one year after 
the effective date of this Act to the appropriate department, agency, 
or establishment concerned, and upon recommendation by such de-
partment, agency, or establishment, be converted to a career-condi-
tional appointment or a career appointment determined by the 
appropriate United States Civil Service Commission regulations 
governing conversions to career-conditional or career appointments 
in accordance with Executive Order Numbered 10577, dated Novem-
ber 22,1954. 
SEC. 3. Each individual who— 
(1) was serving in a position in the competitive civil service 
under an indefinite appointment on January 23, 1955; 
(2) between January 23, 1955, and the effective date of this 
Act, was involuntarily separated from the competitive civil 
service for any reason other than for cause; 
(3) (A) during the period beginning June 3, 1950, and end-
ing January 23, 1955, passed a qualifying examination for a 
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position in which he served during such period, or (B) within 
one year after the effective date of this Act, meets such non-
competitive examination standards as the United States Civil 
Service Commission shall prescribe; and 
(4) has completed, prior to reappointment under this sec-
tion, a total of continuous or intermittent satisfactory service 
aggregating not less than three years on the rolls in a position 
or positions in the competitive civil service; 
may, during the period ending two years after the effective date of 
this Act, be reappointed without competitive examination to a posi-
tion in the competitive civil service for which he is qualified and 
such reappointment (except reappointment to a position involving 
temporary job employment) shall be a career-conditional appoint-
ment or a career appointment determined by the appropriate United 
States Civil Service Commission regulations governing conversions 
to career-conditional or career appointments in accordance with 
Executive Order Numbered 10577, dated November 22, 1954. 
SEC. 4. The United States Civil Service Commission is hereby 
authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regulations as 
it determines to be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 5. Nothing in this Act shall affect, or be construed to affect, 
the application of section 1310 of the Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1952 (Public Law 253, Eighty-second Congress), as amended. 
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on the ninetieth day following the 
date of its enactment. 
Approved August 12, 1955. 
3 C F R , 
19 54 
Supp., p. 84. 
Rules and regti-' 
latlons. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 381 
CHAPTER 867 
AN ACT 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in order to increase the national 
minimum wage, and for other purposes. 
August 12, 1955 
[S. 2168] 
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 "Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1955". 
SEC. 2. Subsection (d) of section 4 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: "Such report shall contain an evaluation and appraisal 
by the Secretary of the minimum wages established by this Act, to-
gether with his recommendations to the Congress. 
In making such 
evaluation and appraisal, the Secretary shall take into consideration 
any changes which may have occurred in the cost of living and in pro-
ductivity and the level of wages in manufacturing, the ability of 
employers to absorb wage increases, and such other factors as he 
may deem pertinent." 
SEC. 3. Effective March 1, 1956, paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 
of section 6 of such Act is amended by striking out "75 cents" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$1". 
SEC. 4. Effective July 1, 1956, subsection (a) of section 8 of such 
Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "Min-
imum rates of wages established in accordance with this section shall 
be reviewed by such a committee at least once each fiscal year." 
SEC. 5. (a) Subsection (a) of section 5 of such Act is amended 
by striking out "and the administrator" in the last sentence. 
(b) Subsection (b) of section 8 of such Act is amended by strik-
ing out the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the follow-
ing: "The industry committee shall investigate conditions in the 
Fair Labor Stand" 
ar d s Amendments 
of 1955. 
R e p o r t to Con-
gress. 
52 Stat. 1062. 
29 u s e 204 (d). 
Minimum wage. 
63 Stat. 912. 
29 u s e 206 (a). 
Puerto Rico and 
Virgin Islands. 
63 Stat. 915. 
29 u s e 208 (a). 
63 Stat. 911. 
29 u s e 205 (a). 
29 u s e 208.