An Act 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 purposes
PL 84-854 (H.R.7619), enacted 07/31/1956

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Public Law 854 
CHAPTER 804 
July 31. 1956 
[H. R. 7619] 
Federal 
Execu-
t i v e P a y A c t of 
1956. 
Annual rates of 
b a s i c compensa-
tion. 
AN ACT 
To a(|just 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 hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Anierica in Congress assembled, 
TITLE 
I —BASIC 
COMPENSATION 
FOR 
HEADS 
OF 
E X E C U T I V E DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER 
FEDERAL 
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 
offices or positions listed in this section shall be $25,000. 
(1) Secretary of State. 
(2) Secretary of the Treasury. 
(3) Secretary of Defense. 
(4) Attorney General. 
5) Postmaster General. 
6) Secretary of the Interior. 
(7) Secretary of Agriculture. 
(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 
offices or positions listed in this subsection shall be $22,500. 
(1) Director of the Bureau of the Budget. 
(2) Comptroller General of the United States. 
(3) Director, Office of Defense Mobilization. 
(4) Under Secretary of State. 
(5) Deputy Secretary of Defense. 
(b) The annual rate of basic compensation of each of the offices or 
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. 
Director of Central Intelligence. 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration. 
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. 
(16) Under Secretary of the Interior. 
(16) Under Secretary of Agriculture. 
17) Under Secretary of Commerce, 
18) Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation. 
I] 
4) 
(5) 
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(19) Under Secretary of Labor. 
(20) Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the annual 
Director of FBI. 
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 Eeserve System. 
(9) Chairman, Federal Trade Commission. 
(10) Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the 
United States. 
(11) Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. 
Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission. 
Chairman, National Labor Relations Board. 
Chairman, National Mediation Board. 
Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board. 
Chairman of the Renegotiation Board. 
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission. 
Chairman, Subversive Activities Control Board. 
Chairman, Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Au-
(12) 
(13; 
(14] 
(15] 
(16) 
(17) 
(18) 
(19; 
thority, 
(20) 
(2i; 
(22) 
(23) 
tration. 
(24) 
(25) 
(26) 
(27) 
(28) 
(29) 
(30) 
(31) 
ton. 
SEC. 106. (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 
Corparation. 
(7) Administrator, Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divi-
sions, Department of Labor. 
(8) Archivist of the United States. 
(9) Assistant Directors of the Bureau of the Budget (2). 
(10) Assistant Postmasters General (5). 
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Chairman, United States Tariff Commission. 
Comptroller of the Currency. 
Assistant Comptroller General of the United States. 
Deputy Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Adminis-
Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. 
Deputy Director of the Bureau of the Budget. 
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. 
Deputy Director of the Office of Defense.Mobilization. 
Deputy Director of the United States Information Agency. 
Deputy Under Secretary of the Department of State (3). 
Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. 
First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of Washing-
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(11) Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture (3). 
(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) Assistant 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. 
(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 
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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Subversive Activities Control Board (4). 
Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (2). 
United States Tariff Commission (6). 
(h) 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) Con.missioner 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 oi each of the 
offices or positions listed in this subsection shall be $17,500. 
(1) Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, Department of 
Agriculture. 
(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. 
(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. 
Commissioner of Narcotics. 
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service. 
Commissioner of Public Roads. 
Commissioner of Reclamation. 
Commissioner of Social Security. 
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, the pendanTbSard'^M 
chairman or other head of each independent board or commission in comnussion. 
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 
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. 
62 Stat. 678. 
SEC. 109. Section 105 of title 3 of the United States Code is amended 
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 
37usc'2Mnote. ^udcr the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, as will 
make his compensation equal to $20,000 per annum in addition to such 
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, 
22 use 287n. 
approved July 30, 1946 (60 Stat. 712), is amended by striking out 
"$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 Congress 
22 use 1787. 
(68 Stat. 832)) is amended by striking out "$15,000 per annum'^and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$19,000 per annum". 
SEC. 114. (a) The compensation schedule for the General Schedule 
s^js^c^'iffi" 
contained in section 603 (b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended, is amended by striking out: 
"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 eft'ective 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 hi^er 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: 
(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 l^ 
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 (^)), 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 pav of individual officers or employees under the statutes 
therein amendea; 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. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
69 Stat. 118. 
39 u s e 971. 
59 Stat. 675. 
5 u s e 171p and 
64 Stat. 447. 
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Effective date. 
SEC. 119. Section 12 of the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended (21 
U. S. C. 113a), relating to salary limitation on technical experts or 
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 
period commencing after June 30,1956. 
22 Stat. 403. 
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 
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 m 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 mav 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 
Commissioners as Vice Chairman of the Commission. 
During the 
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 shallperf orm 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." 
Effective dates. 
§^0. 202. (a) This section and section 201 (b) shall take effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) Section 201 (a) shall take effect on March 1,1957. 
63 Stat. 1067. 
5 u s e 63 2 note. 
^polntment 
o f 
certain 
G e n e r a l 
Counsels. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. (a) The President shall hereafter appoint, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, a General Counsel of the Post 
Office Department, a General Counsel of the Department of Agricul-
ture, and a General Counsel of the Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare. 
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(b) The existing office of Solicitor of the Post Office Department 
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-
tion Act of 1949, as amended. 
Such positions shall be in addition to 
"*"'*' P* ^'*°-
the number of positions authorized to be placed in such grade by 
section 505 (b) of such Act. 
5 use 1105. 
TITLE IV—CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT 
t i^r^'i'mrnt^Act 
Amendments of 
SEC. 401. The Civil Service Retirement Act .of May 29, 1930, as *^^^-
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
sulc^e'gfnote. 
((. 
DEFINITIONS 
"SECTION 1. Wherever used in this Act— 
"(a) The term 'employee' shall mean a civilian officer or employee 
"Employee", 
in or under the Government and, except for purposes of section 2, shall 
mean a person to whom this Act applies. 
"(b) The term 'Member' shall mean the Vice President, a United 
"Member". 
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. 
"(c) The term 'congressional employee' means an employee of the enlpio'yle"!'^*'"'*^ 
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 emj)loyed 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. 
"(d) The term 'basic salary' shall not include bonuses, allowances, 
"B^'IC •aiary". 
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 
under section 601 (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
2°us*c**3f.*°* 
as amended, and such amount from January 3, 1953, to March 31, 
1954, provided deposit is made therefor as provided in section 4. 
"(e) The term average salary' shall mean the largest annual rate 
"Average 8*a-
resulting from averaging, over any period of five consecutive years of ""^ * 
creditable service, or at a Member s option over all periods of Member 
service subsequent to the date of enactment of the Legislative Reor-
ganization Act of 1946 used in the computation of an annuity under 
^ ^^^ ''^" "
*
*
*
"
* 
this Act, a Member's or an employee's rates of basic salary in effect 
during such period, with each rate weighted by the time it was in 
effect. 
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"Fund". 
••Disability". 
"Widow". 
"Widower". 
"cauid". 
"Government". 
" L u m p - s u m 
credit". 
"Commission". 
"Annuitant". 
"Survivor". 
"Service". 
"Military s e r v -
i c e " . 
"(f) The term 'fund' shall mean the civil service retirement and 
disability fund created by the Act of May 22,1920. 
"(g) The terms 'disabled' and 'disability' shall mean totally disabled 
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 
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 
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 einployee or Member. 
"(j) The term 'child', for purposes of section 10, shall mean an un-
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 a^e 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 
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 
amount consisting of (1) the retirement deductions made from the 
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 
Service Commission. 
"(n) The term 'annuitant' shall mean any former employee or 
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 
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 
under section 3. 
" (r) The term 'military service' shall mean honorable active service 
in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the 
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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746 
" (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. 
"Member s e r v -
ice". 
a 
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 
emploj^ee 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 tne 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 construc-
tion employees or any other temporary, part-time, or intermittent 
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 Com-
missioner is employed or on which his compensation is determined 
and paid. 
"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-
ernment. 
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 
Nonapplicd>il-
ity. 
62 Stat. 907. 
62 Stat. 915. 
Pan A t n e r l c t i n 
Sanitary Btireau. 
Military service. 
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[70 ST A T , 
38 u s e ch. 12A. 
62 Stat. 1087. 
10 u s e 
1036-
10361. 
39 Stat. 742. 
5 u s e 751 et seg. 
Total service. 
Eligibility. 
U. S. Cotmni s sion-
ers. 
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 in Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), part I, paragraph I, 
or is awarded under title III of Public Law 810, Eightieth Congress, 
except that for purposes of section 9 (c) (1), a Member (A) shall be 
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, 
1916, as amended. Except for a substitute in the postal service, there 
shall be excluded from credit so much of any other leaves of aljsence 
without pay as may exceed six months in the aggregate in any calendar 
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. 
"(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. 
"(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). 
"(i) In the case of each United States Commissioner who comes 
within the purview of this Act pursuant to section 2 (g) of this Act, 
42 use 416. 
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747 
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. 
"(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any mili- afj^,^"fc^. fgse!*'* 
tary 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 tinder section 202 of the Social Security Act based 
^l f}^^' /Q^S* 
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 Commission 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 such age, so as to exclude such 
service. 
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, 
upon the request of the Commission, inform the Commission whether 
or not any such individual or widow or child is entitled at any speci-
fied time to such benefits. 
"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 6i/^ per centum 
of such basic salary and from each Member's basic salary an 
amount equal to 7i/^ per centum of such basic salary. 
From and 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, pay 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 establishing postal rates. 
"(b) Each employee or Member shall be deemed to consent and ductil.n's?* *° *
*
*
" 
agree to such deductions from basic salary, and payment less such 
deductions shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of 
all claims and demands whatsoever for all regular services during the 
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[70 STAT. 
period covered by such payment, except the ri^ht to the benefits to 
which he shall be entitled under this Act, notwithstanding any law, 
rule, or regulation affecting the individual's salary, 
•errtce* after jiS' 
"^^^ Each employee or Member credited with civilian service after 
31, 1920? *' 
^ July 31, 1920, for which, for any reason whatsoever, no retirement 
deductions or deposits have been made, may deposit with interest an 
amount equal to the following percentages of his basic salary received 
for such service: 
Percentage of 
basic salary 
Service period 
Employee 
2% 
August 1, 1920, to June 30, 1926 
3% 
July 1, 1926, to June 30, 1942 
5 
July 1,1942, to June 30, 1948 
6 
July 1, 1948, to October 31, 1956 
Gh^ 
After October 31, 1956 
Member for Mem- 2V2 
August 1, 1920, to June 30, 1926 
ber service. 
3^! 
July 1. 1926, to June 30, 1942 
5 
July 1, 1942, to August 1, 1946 
6 
August 2,1946, to October 31, 1956 
7% 
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 he 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 imtil 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 
may 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 
Kailroad 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. 
pJE«j«^ption»>y 
"(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. 
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749 
"(d) The automatic separation provisions of this section shall not ^^Nonappiicabii-
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 and^^aliai^zone 
of Alaska, or an employee who is a citizen of the United States en^pioyees. 
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 Terricory 
of Alaska. 
(( 
IMMEDIATE RETIREMENT 
"SEC. 6. (a) Any employee who attains the age of sixty years and 
completes thirty years of service shall, upon separation from the serv-
ice, be paid 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, oe 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. 
"Detention". 
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[70 STAT, 
"(d) Any employee who completes twenty-five years of service or 
who 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 computed as 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. 
"(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. 
"DISABILITY RETIREMENT 
"SEC. 7. (a) Any employee who completes five years of civilian 
service and who is found by the Commission to have become disabled 
shall, upon his own application or upon application by his department 
or 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 
5 use 710. 
Qf ^jjg ^QI of jyiay 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. 
di^iS)inr*'^''*"" 
"(^) ^^ 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 
date of determination that he is so restored, whichever is earliest. 
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PUBLIC LAW 854-JULY 31, 1956 
761 
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. 
invoiuntar 
"(e) If such annuitant whose annuitjr is discontinued under subsec- ara'uon!*" ^^ '"^" 
tion (d) is not reemployed in any position included in the provisions 
of this Act, he 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. 
"(f) No person shall be entitled to receive an annuity under this 
Act and compensation for injury or disability to himself under the 
Federal Employees' Compensation Act of September T, 1916, as 
iuicfVsietsoq. 
amended, covering the same period of time. This provision shall not 
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 
in a lump sum under section 14 of the Act of September 7, 1916, as 
^ use 764. 
amended, except that where such annuity is payable on account of the 
same disability for which compensation under such section has been 
paid, so much of such compensation as has been paid for any period 
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 he shall 
(1) refund to such Department the amount representing such com-
muted payments for such extended period, or (2) 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. 
"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. 
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C o n g r e s s i o n a l 
employee. 
Member. 
"COMPUTATION OF ANNUITY 
"SEC. 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/^ 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) 1% 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 80 
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/^ per centum of the average salary multiplied by his military service 
and service as a congressional employee, not exceeding a total of fifteen 
years, plus (2) l i ^ per centum of the average salary multiplied by so 
much of the remainder of his total service as does not exceec^five years, 
plus (3) 1% 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) 2% per centum of the average salary multiplied by the 
total of his Member and creditable military service; 
"(2) 21/^ per centum of the average salary multiplied by his 
total years of service, not exceeding fifteen, performed as a con-
gressional employee prior to his separation from service as a 
Member, other than any such service which he may elect to 
exclude; 
"(3) iy2 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 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; 
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753 
•'(4) 1% 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 
" (6) 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. 
In no case shall an annuity computed under this subsection exceed 80 
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 
I^^mber 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 he attains the age of sixty years, whichever 
is the lesser, but this provision shall not increase the annuity of any 
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) shall 
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. 
"(f) The annuity as hereinbefore provided shall be reduced by ]0 
per centum of any deposit described in section 4 (c) remaining unpaid, 
unless the employee or Member shall elect to eliminate the service 
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 
retirement under section 7, shall be reduced by 2i/^ 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. 
"(i) The annuity as hereinbefore provided, for an employee who is 
a citizen of the United States, shall be increased by $36 multiplied pioyeVs. 
by total service in the employ of either the Alaska Engineering Com-
Llmitatlona. 
Redu c ed annui-
ties. 
Ante, p. 748. 
A l a s k a n 
a n d 
C a n a l 
Zone etn-
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[70 ST A T . 
Death a f t e r re-
tirement. 
D e a t h a f t e r 5 
years of service. 
mission or The Alaska Railroad in the Territory of Alaska between 
March 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 
under any provision of this Act and is survived by a wife or husband 
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-
sections (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 
civilian service, or a Member dies after completing at least five years of 
Member service, the widow or dependent widower of such employee or 
Member 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 centum 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 
other child or children shall be recomputed and paid as though such 
wife, 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 Eetirement 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. 
"LUMP-SUM 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 
sinnuity 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. 
'•(b) Each present or former employee or Member may, under regu-
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. 
"(f) If an annuitant dies, any annuity accrued and unpaid shall be 
paid. 
D e s i gnatlon of 
beneficiary. 
P r e c edence of 
payment. 
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"(g) Any annuity accrued and unpaid upon the termination (other 
than oy 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 
following order of precedence, and such payment shall be a bar to 
recovery oy 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. 
V o l u n t a r y con-
tributions. 
R e d u c e d addi-
tional annuity. 
Separation prior 
to or after eligi-
bUity. 
Death prior to re-
tirement. 
Payment of vol-
untary c o n t r i b u -
tion. 
"ADDITIONAL 
ANNUITIES 
"SEC. 12. (a) Any employee or Member may, under regulations pre-
scribed by the Commission, voluntarily contribute additional sums in 
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 oe 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 
at 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 
annuity in lieu of the additional annuity described in subsection (b) 
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 
before becoming eligible for immediate or deferred annuity or who 
transfers to a position wherein he does not continue subject to this Act 
shall be paid the voluntary contribution account. 
Any employee or 
Member who is separated irom 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, 
the voluntary contribution account shall be paid under the provisions 
of section 11 (c). If all additional annuities or any right thereto 
based on the voluntary contribution account of a deceased employee or 
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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767 
"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 annuitant 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 and 
the basic salary (before deduction) averaged during such employ-
ment, and (2) his lump-sum credit shall not be reduced by annuity 
paid during such employment. 
The employment of an annuitant 
under this subsection shall not operate to create an annuity for or in 
any manner affect the annuity of any survivor. 
"(c) If a Member heretofore or hereafter retired under this Act eUc^ilepSsuIlns! 
hereafter becomes employed in an appointive or elective position, 
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 
amount of his subsequent annuity: Provided further, That this sub- ^^Nonappiicabii-
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 
entitled to such annuity meets the service and the age or disability 
requirements for title to annuity at that time. The annuity of an 
Ity. 
758 
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(
A
W 854-JULY 31, 1956 
[70 ST A T 
Termination. 
Waiver. 
P a y m e n t 
guardian. 
employee or Member under section 8 shall commence on the first of the 
month after the occurrence of the event on which payment of the 
annuity is based. 
"(c) An annuity shall terminate on the last day of the month 
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 
accept all or any part of such annuity 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-
ing the period during which such waiver was in effect. 
"(e) Where any payment is due a minor, or a person mentally in-
competent or under other legal disability, such payment may be made 
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. 
Rules 
latlon. 
and regu-
"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 
recovery of any payments under this Act from any person when, in 
the 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 
hereby authorized and directed to perform, or cause to be performed, 
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 resj)ect 
to such matters shall be 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-
ing 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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769 
"(d) An appeal to the Commission shall lie from any administrative 
action or order affecting the rights or interests of any person or of 
the United States under this Act, the procedure on appeal to be pre-
scribed by the Commission. 
"(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. 
"(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 are 
in the employ of the United States, shall be fixed by the Commission. 
Fees for exami-
nations. 
Annual report • 
Actuaries. 
(( 
CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND 
"SEC. 17. (a) The fund is hereby appropriated for the payment of 
benefits as provided in this Act. 
"(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. 
"(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 
be issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, are hereby 
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 by 
the fund only if the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the 
purchase in the market of other interest-bearing obligations of the 
United States, or of obligations guaranteed as to both principal and 
Appropriations. 
Gifts. 
Investment. 
40 Stat. 288. 
31 u s e 774. 
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[70 ST A T . 
Estimates of ap-
propriations. 
interest by the United States on original issue or at the market price, 
is not in the public interest. 
" (e) The Commission shall submit estimates of the appropriations 
necessary to finance the fund on a normal cost plus interest basis and 
to continue this Act in full force and effect. 
u 
34 use 
1073C-3. 
1073-
Ante, p. 748. 
SHORT TITLE 
"SEC. 18. This Act may be cited as the 'Civil Service Retirement 
Act'." 
MEMBERS OF TACULTT OF NAVAL ACADEMY 
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 appljr 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 
after the effective date of this title. 
Should the deposit not be made 
within 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. 
5 use 691 note. 
5USC 
736c. 
69 3-1, 
CONTINUATION OF PRIOR RIGHTS 
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. 
Ante, p. 745. 
VICE PRESIDENT 
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. 
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761 
FORFEITURE OF ANNUITIES OF PERSONS REMAINING OUTSIDE UNITED STATES 
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 Sej)tember 1,1954 (68 Stat. 
1142), is amended by adding at the end of section 2 thereof a new sub- 740i;"uusc32«i27 
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 of 
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." 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
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. 
SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 407. This title may be cited as the "Civil Service Retirement 
Act Amendments of 1956." 
TITLE V—ADDITIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND 
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 
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), ^^f^ysc i7ip and 
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 (5[ualified 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," 
gress. 
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[70 STAT. 
(b) Nothing contained in the amendment made to such Act of 
August 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: 
Stiimu^m\fum- 
"(^) Subject to subsectious (c), (d), and (e) of this section, a 
bers. 
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." 
^Report to Con- 
g^,^ 593 (a) The United States Civil Service Commission, the 
Librarian of Congress, the Comptroller General of the United States, 
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 
appropriate authority, with respect to those positions under juris-
diction of such authority which are allocated to or placed in grades 
16, 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 
thereof. 
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768 
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. 
Public Law 855 
CHAPTER 805 
AN ACT 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, 
IH. R. 12350] 
and for other purposes. 
July 31, 1956 
Be it enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following m|ntai° Apift'opnl^ 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- "<>" Act, 1957. 
wise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act 
may be cited as the "Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957") 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1957, and for other purposes, namely: 
CHAPTEK I 
DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FARMERS' HOME ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $1,000,000: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available only upon enact-
ment into law of H. R. 11544, Eighty-fourth Congress, or similar 
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legislation amending the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as 
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amended. 
OFFICE or THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Office of the General Counsel", 
$45,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available only 
upon enactment into law of H. R. 11544, Eighty-fourth Congress, or 
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similar legislation amending the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, ^°TilV?*'inn«?* 
as amended. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON INCREASED INDUSTRIAL USE O F 
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
For expenses necessary for the Commission on Increased Industrial 
Use of Agricultural Products, established by section 209 of the Act