An Act to amend the District of Columbia Teachers Salary Act of 1955 to increase salaries, to provide certain revisions in the retirement benefits of public school teachers, and or other purposes
PL 92-518 (H.R.15965), enacted 10/21/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-518-OCT. 21, 1972 
1005 
Public Law 92-518 
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AN ACT 
October 21, 1972 
To amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 to increase 
[H.R. 15965] 
salaries, to provide certain revisions in the retirement benefits of public school 
teachers, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
D.C. 
TITLE I—SALARY INCREASES FOR DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA TEACHERS AND SCHOOL OFFICERS 
Teachers, 
salary increase. 
SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "District of Columbia 4^^"^*'°" °^ 
Teachers' Salary Act Amendments of 1972". 
SEC. 102. (a) Section 1 of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary 
Act of 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1501) is amended to read as follows: 
e^ stat. 521; 
"SECTION 1. The following is the salary schedule for teachers, school *
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officers, and certain other employees of the Board of Education whose 
positions are covered under this Act: 
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'TEACHERS AND SCHOOL OFFICERS SALARY SCHEDULE 
"Salary class and group 
Service step— 
10 
Longevity 
13 
step Y 
Class lA 
Class IB 
Class 2A 
Class 2B 
Class 3 
Class 4 
Class 5: 
Group B, master's d^ree.. 
Group C, master's d^ree 
plus 30... 
Group D, doctor's 
Class 6: 
Group B, master's degree. 
Level IV principal 
Level III principal-
Level II principal 
Level I principal 
Group C, master's degree 
plus 30 
Level IV principal. 
Level III principal 
Level II principal 
Level I principal 
Group D, doctor's degree.. 
Level IV principal 
Level III principal. ^ 
Level II principaL 
Level I principal.. 
Class?: 
Group B, master's degree.. 
Group C, master's degree 
plus 30 
Group D, doctor's 
Class 8: 
Group B, master's d^ree.. 
Group C, master's d^ree 
plus 30 
Group D, doctor's 
Class 9: 
Group B, master's degree.. 
Group C, master's degree 
plus 30 
Group D, doctor's 
39,600 
35,000 
33,000 
31,000 
23,745 
20,846 
19,665 
20,086 
20,500 
19,110 
19,110 
18,560 
18,010 
17,465 
19,630 
19,630 
18,975 
18,426 
17,876 
19,945 
19,945 
19,396 
18,840 
18,290 
17,304 
17,765 
18,170 
15,835 
16,256 
16,670 
15,685 
16,106 
16,520 
24,310 
21,335 
20,135 
20,556 
20,970 
19,565 
19,665 
19,016 
18,465 
17,910 
19,985 
19,986 
19,430 
18,880 
18,330 
20,400 
20,400 
19,850 
19,295 
18,746 
17,765 
18,170 
18,585 
16,240 
16,660 
17,076 
16,070 
16,490 
16,905 
24,876 
21,826 
20,605 
21,026 
21,440 
20,020 
20,020 
19,470 
18,920 
18,366 
20,440 
20,440 
19,885 
19,335 
18,786 
20,865 
20,865 
20,306 
19,750 
19,200 
18,170 
18,586 
19,000 
16,645 
17,065 
17,480 
16,455 
16,875 
17,290 
26,440 
22,315 
21,075 
21,496 
21,910 
20.475 
20.476 
19,926 
19,376 
18,820 
20,895 
20,895 
20,340 
19,790 
19,240 
21,310 
21,310 
20,760 
20,205 
IV, 656 
18,585 
19,000 
19,415 
17,050 
17,470 
17,885 
16,840 
17,260 
17,676 
26,005 
22,805 
21,545 
21,966 
22,380 
20,930 
20,930 
20,380 
19,830 
19,275 
21,350 
21,360 
20,795 
20,245 
19,695 
21.765 
21.766 
21,215 
20,660 
20,110 
19,000 
19,416 
19,830 
17,465 
17,875 
18,290 
17,225 
17,645 
18,060 
26,670 
23,296 
22,016 
22,435 
22,860 
21,386 
21,386 
20,835 
20,286 
19,730 
21,805 
21,805 
21,260 
20,700 
20,150 
22,220 
22,220 
21,670 
21,115 
20,565 
19,415 
19,830 
20,245 
17,860 
18,280 
18,696 
17,610 
18,030 
18,445 
27,136 
23,785 
22,486 
22,905 
23,320 
21,840 
21,840 
21,290 
20,740 
20,185 
22,260 
22,260 
21,705 
21,165 
20,605 
22,676 
22,676 
22,125 
21,670 
21,020 
19,830 
20,245 
20,660 
18,265 
18,685 
19,100 
17,995 
18,415 
18,830 
27,700 
24,275 
22,956 
23,376 
23,790 
22,296 
22,295 
21,745 
21,195 
20,640 
22,716 
22,715 
22,160 
21,610 
21,060 
23,130 
23,130 
22,580 
22,025 
21,475 
20,245 
20,660 
21,075 
18,670 
19,090 
19,505 
18,330 
18,800 
19,215 
28,266 
24,765 
23,425 
23,845 
24,260 
22,750 
22,760 
22,200 
21,650 
21,095 
23,170 
23,170 
22,615 
22,066 
21,615 
23,585 
23,586 
23,035 
22,480 . 
21,930 
20,660 
21,075 
. 
21,490 
. 
19,075 
. 
19,495 
. 
19,910 
. 
18,766 
. 
19,185 
. 
19,600 
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Service step— 
"Salary class and group 
1 
Class 10: 
Group B, master's degree... 
15,080 
Group C, master's degree 
plus30 
15,500 
Group D, doctor's.- 
16,915 
Class 11: 
Group B, master's degree... 
14,625 
Group C, master's degree 
plus 30 
15,045 
Group D, doctor's 
15,460 
Class 12: 
Group B, master's degree... 
14,125 
Group C, master's degree 
plus 30 
14,540 
Group D, doctor's 
14,960 
Class 13: 
Group B, master's degree 
12,925 
Group C, master's degree 
plus30 
13,345 
Group D, doctor's. 
13,760 
Class 14: 
Group A, bachelor's degree. 
9,900 
Group B, master's degree... 
10,730 
Group C, master's degree 
plus30 
11,150 
Group D, doctor's 
11,665 
Class 15: 
Group A, bachelor's degree. 
8,350 
Group A-1, bachelor's de-
gree plus 15 
8,770 
Group B, master's degree... 
9,190 
Group C, master's degree 
plus30 
9,610 
Group D, master's degree 
plus 60 or doctor's 
10,030 
10 
12 
• Longevity 
13 
step Y 
15,456 
15,830 
16,205 
16,580 
16,955 
17,330 
17, 705 
16,875 
16,290 
14,985 
16,405 
15,820 
14,470 
14,885 
15,305 
13,340 
13,760 
14,176 
10,335 
11,165 
11,585 
12,000 
8,685 
9,105 
9,610 
10,030 
10,450 
16,250 
16,665 
15.345 
15,765 
16,180 
14,815 
15,230 
15,650 
13,775 
14,175 
14,590 
10,770 
11,600 
12,020 
12,435 
9,020 
9,440 
10,030 
10,450 
10,870 
16,625 
17,040 
15,705 
16,125 
16,540 
15,160 
15,576 
15,995 
14,170 
14,690 
15,005 
11,205 
12,035 
12,455 
12,870 
9,366 
9,776 
10,450 
10,870 
11,290 
17,000 
17,415 
16,085 
16,485 
16,900 
15,505 
16,920 
16,340 
14,585 
15,005 
16,420 
11,640 
12,470 
12,890 
13,305 
9,690 
10,110 
10,870 
11,290 
11,710 
17,375 
17,790 
16,425 
16,845 
17,260 
15,850 
16,266 
16,685 
16,000 
16,420 
15,836 
12,076 
12,905 
13,325 
13,760 
10,026 
10,445 
11,290 
11,710 
12,130 
17,750 
18,165 
16,785 
17,206 
17,620 
16,195 
16,610 
17,030 
15,415 
15,836 
16,250 
12,510 
13,340 
13,760 
14,175 
10,445 
10,865 
11,810 
12,230 
12,650 
18,125 
18,540 
17,145 
17,566 
17,980 
16,540 
16,955 
17,375 
15,830 
16,250 
16,665 
12,946 
13,775 
14,195 
14,610 
10,865 
11,285 
12,330 
12,750 
13,170 
18,080 
18,500 
18,915 
17,505 
17,925 
18,340 
16,885 
17,300 
17,720 
16,245 
16,665 
17,080 
13,380 
13,815 
14,250 
14,685 
16,120 
14,210 
14,645 
16,080 
15,615 
16,960 
14,630 
15,065 
15,500 
16,935 
16,370 
15,045 
16,480 
15,915 
16,360 
16,786 
11,285 
11,705 
12,125 
12,545 
12,965 
13,966 
11,705 
12,125 
12,545 
12,965 
13,385 
14,800 
12,850 
13,370 
13,890 
14,410 
14,930 
16,300 
13,270 
13,790 
14,310 
14,830 
15,360 
16,730 
13,690 
14,210 
14,730 
16,250 
15,770 
17,270' 
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[86 STAT. 
aduit"^ducauon^' 
(^) '^^^ schedule of pay rates contained in subsection (a) of sec-
etc. 
' 
tion 13 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1542(a)) is amended to read 
84 Stat. 363. 
a S f o U o W S I 
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"Classification 
Per period 
Stepl 
Step 2 
Step 3 
Summer school (regular): 
Teicher, elementary and secondary schools; counselor, ele-
mentary and secondary schools; librarian, elementary and 
sacjndary schools; school social worker; speech correc-
tionist; school psychologist 
.-. 
$7.39 
Psychiatric social worker 
8.50 
VeteraiLS' summer school centers: Teacher 
7.39 
Adult educilion schools: 
Teacher 
8.13 
Assistant principal 
- 
11.38 
Principal 
12.60 
9.22 
12.91 
14.29 
$9.44 
10.86 
9.44 
10.38 
14.53 
16.0^". 
Future pay 
increases; effec-
tive date. 
Ante, 
p. 1005. 
83 Stat. 864. 
5 u s e 5316. 
" P a y Board. 
12 USC1904 
note. 
(c) (1) (A) Effective on the first day of the first pay period begin-
ning on or after September 1, 1973, each rate of compensation in the 
salary schedule in section 1 of the District of Columbia Teachers' 
Salary Act of 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1501) in effect on the day next 
preceding such first day shall be increased by 5 per centum unless the 
Pay Board prescribes under subparagraph (B) an increase of less 
than 5 per centum, in which case each such rate of compensation shall 
be increased on such first day by the per centum increase so prescribed 
by the Pay Board. 
(B) Before the effective date of the compensation increase provided 
by this paragraph, the Pay Board shall determine whether an increase 
of 5 per centum in each rate of compensation in such salary schedule, 
effective as prescribed by subparagraph (A), meets the criteria estab-
lished by the Pay Board for the stabilization of wages and salaries. 
If the Pay Board determines that such an increase does not meet such 
criteria, the Pay Board shall, in accordance with such criteria and 
subject to subparagraph (C), prescribe the per centum increase in 
each such rate of compensation to take effect as prescribed in sub-
paragraph (A). 
(C) Notwithstanding the compensation increase provided by this 
paragraph, the rate of compensation for salary class lA in such 
salary schedule may not be increased under this paragraph to a 
rate of compensation in excess of the rate of basic pay in effect for level 
I I I of the Executive Schedule contained in subchapter I I of chapter 
53 of title 5, United States Code, on the effective date of the increase 
provided by this paragraph; and the rate of compensation for any 
other salary class in such salary schedule may not be increased under 
this paragraph to a rate of compensation in excess of the rate of basic 
pay in effect on such date for level V of such Executive Schedule. 
(D) Any increase under this paragraph in a rate of compensation 
shall be fixed to the nearest $5.00. 
(2) Effective on the effective date of the increase authorized by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, each pay rate in the schedule in 
section 13(a) of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 
1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1542(a)) in effect on the day next preced-
ing such effective date shall be increased by the same percentage rate 
as the rates of compensation in the salary schedule in section 1 of such 
Act (other than the rate for salary class lA) are increased under 
paragraph (1). 
(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term "Pay Board" means 
the Pay Board established under section 7 of Executive Order 11640 
of January 27,1972 (37 Fed. Reg. 1213), or any other entity to which 
is transferred, or in which is vested, the functions of the Board estab-
lished under such section. 
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SEC. 103. The District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 is 
further amended as follows: 
(1) (A) The fourth sentence of section 2(a) of such Act (D.C. Code, 
sec. 31-1511 (a)) is amended to read as follows: "No teacher, school 
officer, or other employee shall be appointed or promoted to any posi-
tion covered by section 1 of this Act on probationary or permanent 
status unless he possesses a master's degree, except that (1) a person 
possessing a bachelor's degree may be appointed on probationary or 
permanent status as a teacher in the elementary or secondary schools 
or as a coordinator of practical nursing; (2) a person possessing a 
bachelor's degree may be promoted to the position of census super-
visor or coordinator of practical nursing; (3) a person not possessing 
a bachelor's degree may be appointed on probationary or permanent 
status as a— 
" (A) shop teacher in the vocational education program, 
"(B) teacher of military science and tactics, 
"(C) teacher of driver training, 
"(D) attendance officer, or 
"(E) child labor inspector, 
if he submits acceptable evidence of equivalent training and experience 
in accordance with the rules of the Board; and (4) a person not pos-
sessing a bachelor's degree may be appointed on a probationai^ or 
permanent status as a census supervisor, or promoted to that position, 
if he submits acceptable evidence of equivalent training and experience 
in accordance with the rules of the Board." 
(B) The fifth sentence of such section is repealed. 
(2) Section 4 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1521) is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. (a) Each teacher, school officer, or other employee in the 
service of the Board of Education on the effective date of the District 
of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act Amendments of 1972 who occupies 
a position covered by this Act and listed in this subsection shall be 
placed in a salary class in the salary schedule contained in section 1 of 
this Act as follows: 
"Title 
Class 
Superintendent 
lA 
Vice superintendent 
IB 
Deputy superintendent 
2A 
Associate superintendent 
2B 
Assistant superintendent 
3 
Executive assistant to superintendent 
3 
Director of curriculum 
4 
Chief examiner 
5 
Executive assistant (to deputy and associate superintendents) 
5 
Director, career development 
^ 
5 
Director, vocational high schools 
5 
Director, Spingam instructional unit 
5 
Assistants to assistant superintendents 
6 
Director, elementary education (supervision and instruction) 
6 
Director, elementary education (administration) 
6 
Director, health, physical education, athletics, and safety 
6 
Assistants to superintendent, vice superintendent, and deputy superin-
tendents 
6 
Director, staff development 
6 
Director, special education 
6 
Director, elementary education (language arts) 
6 
Principal 
6 
Supervising director 
7 
Assistant for Federal programs 
7 
Research associate 
7 
Planning associate 
7 
Director, school attendance 
7 
Appointment and 
promotion require-
ments. 
69 Stat. 523; 
76 Stat. 1231. 
Ante, 
p. 1005. 
Repeal. 
Salary classes, 
assignment. 
84 Stat. 362. 
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"Title 
Class 
Director, elementary education 
7 
Director, adult education 
7 
Director, summer schools and continuing education 
7 
Area coordinator 
7 
Assistant principal 
8 
Assistant director 
8 
Director, group measurement 
8 
Director, Project 400 
8 
Youth Act coordinator 
8 
Assistant chief examiner 
8 
Recruitment coordinator 
8 
Budget analyst 
9 
Assistant director 
10 
Research associate 
10 
Planning associate 
10 
Assistant recruitment coordinator 
10 
Elementary supervisor 
10 
Coordinator (aides) 
10 
Director of reading 
10 
Coordinator of Widening Horizons program 
10 
Teacher aide coordinator, title I 
10 
Cultural enrichment coordinator 
10 
Curriculum specialist 
11 
Clinical psychologist 
12 
Chief attendance officer 
12 
Educational specialist 
13 
Psychiatric social worker 
13 
Clinical social worker 
13 
Project coordinator 
13 
Coordinator of practical nursing 
14 
Census supervisor 
14 
Teacher, elementary and secondary schools 
15 
Attendance officer 
15 
Counselor, placement 
15 
Counselor, elementary and secondary schools 
15 
Librarian, elementary and secondary schools 
15 
School social worker 
15 
School psychologist 
15 
Speech therapist 
15 
Hearing therapist 
15 
Job coordinator 
15 
Pupil personnel worker 
15 
Child labor inspector 
15. 
"(b) The Board of Education, in accordance with sections 2(a) 
'eg'star 525^* 
^^^ ^ ^^^ ^-^ ^^^® ^^^'> sliall place in a salary class in the salary schedule 
72 Stat. 1009.' 
Contained in section 1 of this Act each teacher, school officer, or other 
^^•c- Code 31- 
employee in the service of the Board of Education on the effective date 
Ante, p. 1005. 
of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act Amendments of 1972 
who occupies a position covered by this Act but not listed in subsection 
(a) of this section. 
"(c) The classifications prescribed by subsection (a) of this section 
of positions to salary classes in the salary schedule contained in section 
1 of this Act do not affect the authority of the Board of Education 
under sections 2(a) and 5(b) of this Act to make adjustments in the 
classification of any position under the Board or to take any other 
action authorized by those sections." 
80 Stat. 1598. 
(3) Scction 5(c) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1522(c)) is 
amended by striking out "5333(a)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"5332(a)". 
(4) Section 7(a) (1) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1532(a) (1)) 
is amended by— 
(A) striking out in the fourth sentence "except the positions 
of chief librarian and assistant professor, associate professor, 
and professor,"; 
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(B) inserting immediately after the fourth sentence the follow-
ing new sentence: "In the case of a person who is newly appointed 
to any position in salary class 3,4, 5, or 6, who is determined by the 
Board of Education to possess unique or unusually high qualifi-
cations of special need to the school system, and whose annual 
salary immediately prior to such appointment was higher than 
the rate of compensation prescribed for service step 1 of his salary 
class, such person may, in the discretion of the Board of Educa-
tion, have his compensation fixed at the rate of compensation pre-
scribed for service step 2 or 3 of his salary class."; and 
(C) stf 
iking out the last sentence. 
(5) Section 10 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1535) is amended 
by— 
(A) striking out in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) "date of 
the regular Board meeting" and inserting in lieu thereof "first 
day"; and 
(B) adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other provision of this 
or any other law, the Board of Education is authorized to correct on 
a retroactive basis any administrative error occurring in the applica-
tion of subsection (a)," 
(6) Section 13 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1542) is amended 
by— 
(A) striking out in the second sentence of paragraph (2) of 
subsection (d) "in the same manner as regular pay"; and 
(B) striking out in the third sentence of such paragraph "81" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "83". 
(7) Section 14 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1543) is amended 
to read as follows: 
"SEC. 14. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each employee 
whose annual salary is prescribed by the salary schedule contained in 
section 1 of this Act shall have his annual salary paid in twenty-four 
semimonthly installments. Semimonthly installment payments of the 
salaries of such employees shall be made on the first and sixteenth 
days of the month (or as near those days as is practicable) ; except 
that in lieu of receiving on such days the first semimonthly installment 
payment of salary payable in August and the three succeeding semi-
monthly installment payments of salary, an employee in salary class 
15 of such salary schedule may elect, under regulations prescribed by 
the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, to receive on the date 
of the second semimonthly installment payment of his salary in July 
an amount equal to the sum of (1) the amount of such payment, and 
(2) the amounts of the four succeeding semimonthly installment pay-
ments of salary payable to him." 
(8) Section 15 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1544) is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 15. On and after September 1, 1972, the Act of March 5,1952 
(D.C. Code, sees. 31-698—698a) (relating to vacation periods and 
annual leave) shall apply to employees of the Board of Education 
whose salaries are fixed in salary classes 1 through 14, inclusive, of the 
salary schedule contained in section 1 of this Act." 
(9) Section 16 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1545) is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 16. On and after September 1, 1972, the Act of October 13, 
1949 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-691 et seq.) (relating to sick and emergency 
leave) shall apply to employees of the Board whose salaries are fixed 
in salary class 15 of the salary schedule contained in section 1 of 
this Act." 
80 Stat. 1599. 
D.C. Code 
31-1532. 
Promotions, 
effective date. 
84 Stat. 363. 
Extra duty ac-
tivity, compensa-
tion. 
84 Stat. 364. 
80 Stat. 1601. 
Salary payments, 
employee elec-
tion. 
84 Stat. 364. 
Ante, p. 1005. 
76 Stat. 1235. 
66 Stat. 14; 
67 Stat. 362. 
69 Stat. 529; 
76 Stat. 1235. 
63 Stat. 842; 
82 Stat. 140. 
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STAT. 
35 Stat. 291; 
84 Stat. 364. 
Ante, p. 1005. 
Ante, p. 1011. 
84 Stat. 365. 
Effective date. 
Annuity, com-
putation. 
66 Stat. 17; 
81 Stat. 748. 
Post, p. 1013. 
SEC. 104. (a) The third paragraph under the paragraph beginning 
with the side heading "FOR ALLOWANCE TO PRINCIPALS:", under the 
center heading "PUBLIC SCHOOLS." in the first section of the Act 
of May 26,1908 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-609) is amended to read as follows: 
"Effective September 1, 1972, in the case of an employee who is in 
salary class 15 of the salary schedule contained in section 1 of the 
District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 or any other 
employee of the Board of Education who is paid on a ten-month basis, 
if such employee's services commence with the opening of school and 
he performs his duties, his salary shall begin on the first day of Sep-
tember and shall be paid in twenty-four semimonthly installments 
(except as provided in section 14 of the District of Columbia Teachers' 
Salary Act of 1955). The first semimonthly installment payment of 
the salaries of such employees shall be made on the first day of October 
(or as near that day as is practicable) and the second semimonthly 
installment payment of such salaries shall be made on the sixteenth 
day of October (or as near that day as is practicable). Subsequent 
semimonthly installment payments of salaries shall be made on the 
fii-st and sixteenth days of the month (or as near those days as is 
practicable). The salaries of other employees of the Board of Educa-
tion in such salary class 15 shall begin when they enter upon their 
duties and shall be paid on a semimonthly basis." 
(b) The first sentence in the fourth paragraph under the para-
graph beginning with the side heading "FOR ALLOWANCE TO PRINCI-
PALS :" under the center heading "PUBLIC SCHOOLS." in the first 
section of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-630), is amended to read as 
follows: "Effective September 1,1972, the following rules for division 
of time and computation of pay for services rendered are established: 
Compensation of all employees in salary class 15 and such other 
employees who are paid on a ten-month basis shall be paid in twenty-
four semimonthly installments (except as provided in section 14 of the 
District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955)." 
SEC. 105. The effective date of this title (other than section 102(c) 
thereof) and the amendments made by this title shall be the first day 
of the first pay period beginning on or after September 1,1972. 
TITLE II—REVISIONS IN RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR 
SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OFFICERS 
' SEC. 201. The Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of public 
school teachers in the District of Columbia", approved August 7,1946, 
is amended as follows: 
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 5(b) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-
725(b) (1)) is amended by striking out the first three sentences and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "A reduced annuity and an 
annuity after death payable to the surviving widow or widower of 
such teacher. The life annuity of a teacher making such election, or 
any portion of such annuity designated by the teacher in writing for 
such purposes at the time of retirement, shall be reduced by 2i/^ per 
centum of so much thereof as does not exceed $3,600 and by 10 per 
centum of so much thereof as exceeds $3,600. The widow or widower 
of a teacher making such election shall be entitled to an annuity equal 
to 55 per centum of such life annuity, or designated portion thereof, 
except that if a retired teacher who has elected a reduced annuity as 
provided in this paragraph or in subsection (d) of this section dies and 
is survived by a widow or widower whom he or she married after 
retirement, such widow or widower is entitled to an annuity in an 
amount which would have been paid had the teacher been married 
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to the widow or widower at the time of retirement, but only if (A) 
such widow or widower was married to such individual for at least 
two years immediately preceding the teacher's death, or is the mother 
or father of issue of such marriage, and (B) such widow or widower 
elects this annuity instead of any other suvivor benefit to which he 
or she may be entitled under this Act or another retirement system for 
employees of the Federal or District Government. The annuity of a 
widow or widower entitled to an annuity under this paragraph shall 
begin on the day after the retiree dies." 
(2) Section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-725) is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) A teacher who is unmarried at the time of retiring under a 
provision of law which permits election of a reduced annuity with a 
survivor annuity payable to his spouse and who later marries, may 
irrevocably elect, m a signed writing filed with the Commissioner of 
the District of Columbia within one year after he or she marries, a 
reduction in his or her current annuity and an annuity after death 
payable to his or her surviving widow or widower as j)rovided in 
paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of this section. The reduced annuity 
is effective the first day of the month after such election is received 
by the Commissioner. The election voids prospectively any election 
previously made under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of subsection 
(b) of this section." 
(3) The first paragraph of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
31-728) is amended by— 
(A) striking out in the first sentence "that the total credit 
granted for leaves of absence without pay shall not exceed one 
year: Provided further^'' and 
(B) inserting after the first sentence the following new sen-
tence : "A teacher or former teacher who returns to duty after a 
geriod of separation is deemed, for the purpose of this section, to 
ave been in a leave of absence without pay for that part of the 
period in which he or she was receiving benefits under subchapter I 
of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or any earlier statute 
on which such subchapter is based." 
(4) Section 9 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-729) is amended by— 
(A) striking out "dependent" in paragraph (1) of subsection 
(b) each place it appears therein; 
(B) amending the second sentence of j^aragraph (1) of sub-
section (b) to read as follows: "Such annuity and any right 
thereto shall terminate on the last day of the month before (A) 
the widow or widower dies, or (B) the widow or widower remar-
ries before becoming sixty years of age." ; 
(C) striking out m paragraph (3) of subsection (b) "dependent 
widower" and inserting in lieu thereof "widower"; and 
(D) striking out the second sentence of paragraph (5) of sub-
section (c). 
SEO. ii02. (a) Effective on the first day of the first pay period which 
begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act, such Act of 
August 7, 1946, is further amended as follows: 
(1) The first paragraph of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
31-728) is amended by striking out "probationary" in the first sentence 
and in clause (f) of the fourth sentence. 
(2) The first sentence of section 13 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
31-733) is amended by striking out "permanently". 
(b) The first sentence of section 19 of the District of Columbia 
Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1548) is amended 
by striking out "probationary and permanent". 
Annuity com-
putation. 
66 Stat. 17; 
84 Stat. 258. 
Leaves of 
absence. 
66 Stat. 19; 
84 Stat. 257. 
5 u s e 8101. 
Survivor annui-
ties. 
84 Stat. 258. 
71 Stat. 48. 
69 Stat. 536. 
60 Stat. 881. 
69 Stat. 529. 
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Transfer of 
funds. 
Service steps, 
placement. 
69 Stat. 527; 
80 Stat. 1599. 
80 Stat. 1427. 
Ante, p. 1013. 
Supra. 
Effective dates. 
Ante, p. 1012. 
(c) All— 
(1) deductions for the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund made for annuity and retirement purposes from the salaries 
of temporary teachers on the rolls of the public schools of the 
District of Columbia on the first day of the first pay period which 
begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act, 
(2) contributions made for such purposes for such teachers by 
the government of the District of Columbia to the Fund on 
account of the deductions referred to in clause (1), and 
(3) deposits made in the Fund for such purposes by such teach-
ers on account of their services as temporary teachers in such 
schools, 
are transferred from the Fund to the credit of the District of Columbia 
Teachers' Retirement and Annuity Fund. Any teacher with respect to 
whom funds are transferred by this subsection shall be deemed to have 
consented and agreed to such transfer. The transfer of funds under this 
subsection shall be a complete discharge and acquittance of all claims 
and demands against the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund on account of services rendered by such a teacher prior to the 
first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 203. (a) Section 7 of the District of Columbia Teachers'Salary 
Act of 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1532) is amended by adding at the en(i 
the following new subsection: 
"(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) (1) of this 
section, any educational employee who was employed by the Board 
of Education at the District of Columbia Teachers College and who 
was transferred to the Board of Higher Education pursuant to the 
authority conferred by section 103(a) (12) of the District of Columbia 
Public Education Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1603(a) (12)), and who 
wishes to be reappointed to a position under the Board of Education 
shall receive salary placement credit for the intervening years of 
service at the District of Columbia Teachers College as if he had had 
continuous service with the Board of Education if— 
'•(1) there is no break in service between the termination of 
employment by the Board of Higher Education and the reap-
pointment by the Board of Education; and 
"(2) such service is credited to the District of Columbia 
Teachers' Retirement and Annuity Fund, either by deductions 
made for such retirement system or by the purchase of credit for 
such service for deposit in such fund." 
(b) Section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of pub-
lic school teachers in the District of Columbia", approved August 3, 
1946 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-728), is amended by adding the following new 
paragraph at the end thereof: 
"Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any teacher who is 
entitled to purchase service credit under the provisions of section 7(d) 
of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 shall pur-
chase such credit based on the salary received from the Board of 
Higher Education during the period of service to be credited." 
SEC. 204. (a) The provisions of the first and third sentences of sec-
tion 5(b)(1) of the Act of August 7, 1946, as amended by section 
201 (1) of this title, which entitle a widow or widower of a teacher who 
married the teacher after his retirement to a survivor annuity, shall 
not apply in the cases of teachers or annuitants who died before the 
date of enactment of this title. The rights of such persons shall continue 
in the same manner and to the same extent as if such amendments had 
not been enacted. 
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(b) The provisions of the second and third sentences of such section 
5(b) (1), as amended by section 201(1) of this title, which authorize 
An<e, p. 1012. 
a teacher to designate that portion of his life annuity which may be 
subject to reduction for purposes of providing a survivor annuity, shall 
apply only to teachers retiring after the date of enactment of this title. 
(c) The amendment made by section '201 (2) of this title shall apply 
to a retired teacher who was unmarried at the time of retirement, but 
who later married, only if the election is made within one year after 
the date of enactment of this title. 
(d) The amendment made by section 201(3) (A) of this title shall 
apply only to teachers retiring after the date of enactment of this title. 
(e) The amendment made by section 201(3) (B) of this title is 
effective only with respect to annuity accruing for full months begin-
ning after the date of enactment of this title; but any part of a period 
of separation referred to in such amendment in which the employee or 
former employee was receiving benefits under subchapter I of chapter 
81 of title 5, United States Code, or any earlier statute on which such 
subchapter is based shall be counted whether the employee returns to 
duty before, on, or after such date of enactment. With respect to any 
person retired before such date of enactment, any such part of a 
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period of separation shall be counted only with application of the 
former employee. 
(f) The amendments made by section 201(4) of this title shall not 
apply in the cases of teachers or annuitants who died before the date 
of enactment of this title. The right of such persons and their survivors 
shall continue in the same manner and to the same extent as if such 
amendments had not been enacted. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS INCREASING CERTAIN TAXES 
IN T H E DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
SEC. 301. (a) Subsection (j) of section 6 of the District of Colum- 
Motor vehicle 
bia Traffic Act, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 40-603(j)), is amended by ^Ts^T'iia-. 
striking out "4 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "5 per 83 stat. 172. 
centum". 
(b) The effective date of the amendment made by subsection (a) is 
Effective date, 
the first day of the first month which begins on or after the thirtieth 
day after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 302. (a) Subsection (a) of section 603 of the District of 
cigarette tax. 
Columbia Cigarette Tax Act (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2802(a)) is amended „ 63 stat 137; 
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by striking out "4 cents" and inserting in lieu thereof "6 cents". 
(b) The effective date of the amendment made by subsection (a) 
Effective date, 
is the first day of the first month which begins on or after the thirtieth 
day after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c)(1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to cigarette tax stamps purchased on or after the effective date 
of the amendment. 
(2) In the case of cigarette tax stamps which have been purchased 
prior to the effective date of the amendment made by subsection (a) 
and which on such date are held (affixed to a cigarette package or 
otherwise) by a wholesaler, retailer, or vending machine operator, 
licensed under the District of Columbia Cigarette Tax Act, such licen- 
^s^tat. pe. 
see shall pay to the Commissioner (in accordance with paragraph (3) ) 
an amount equal to the difference between the amount of tax repre-
sented bv such tax stamps on the date of their purchase and the amount 
of tax which an equal number of cigarette tax stamps would represent 
if purchased on the effective date of the amendment made by subsection 
(a). 
D.C. Code 
47-2801 note. 
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Recordkeeping. 
Penalty. 
139; 
63 Stat 
84 Stat. 581 
Utilities, 
taxes. 
53 Stat. 1107; 
70 Stat. 599. 
Effective date. 
(3) Within twenty days after the effective date of the amendment 
made by subsection (a), each such licensee (A) shall file with the 
Commissioner a sworn statement (on a form to be prescribed by the 
Commissioner) showing the number of such cigarette tax stamps held 
by him as of the beginning of the day on which the amendment made 
by subsection (a) becomes effective or, if such day is a Sunday, as of 
the beginning of the following day, and (B) shall pay to the Com-
missioner the amount specified in paragraph (2). 
(4) Each such licensee shall keep and preserve for the twelve-month 
period immediately following the effective date of the amendment 
made by subsection (a) the inventories and other records made which 
form the basis for the information furnished to the Commissioner on 
the sworn statement required to be filed under this subsection. 
(5) For purposes of this subsection, a tax stamp shall be considered 
as held by a wholesaler, retailer, or vending machine operator if title 
thereto has passed to such wholesaler, retailer, or operator (whether 
or not delivery to him has been made) and if title to such stamp has 
not at any time been transferred to any person other than such whole-
saler, retailer, or operator. 
(6) A violation of the provisions of paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of 
this subsection shall be punishable as provided in section 611 of the 
District of Columbia Cigarette Tax Act (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2810). 
SEC. 303. (a) Paragraph numbered 5 of section 6 of the Act entitled 
"An Act making appropriations to provide for expenses of the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes", 
approved July 1,1902 (D.C. Code, sec. 47-1701), is amended by strik-
ing out "4 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "5 per centum". 
(b) The amendment made by siibsection (a) shall apply to the 
gross receipts of each gas company, electric lighting company, and 
telephone company for the year ending June 30, 1972, and for each 
succeeding year ending on the thirtieth day of June. 
Approved October 21, 1972. 
October 21, 1972 
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Public Law 92-519 
AN ACT 
To provide that any person operating a motor vehicle within the District of 
Columbia shall he deemed to have given his consent to a chemical test of his 
blood, breath, or urine, for the purpose of determining the blood alcohol content. 
District of 
Columbia Im-
plied Consent 
Act. 
Definitions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repy^esentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That as used in this 
Act— 
(1) The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Dis-
trict, or his designated agent; 
(2) The term "District" means the District of Columbia; 
(3) The term "license" means any operator's permit or any other 
license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of 
the District, including— 
(A) any temporary or learner's permit; 
(B) the privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle 
whether or not such person holds a valid license; and 
(C) any nonresident's operating privilege; 
(4) The term "nonresident" means every person who is not a resi-
dent of the District;