An Act to adjust the rates of basic compensation of certain officers and employees in the Federal Government, and for other purposes
PL 88-426 (H.R.11049), enacted 08/14/1964

400 
August 14, 1964 
[H. R. 11049] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-426-AUG. 14, 1964 
Public Law 88-426 
[78 STAT. 
AN ACT 
To adjust the rates of basic compensation of certain officers and employees in 
the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
pioyeesTauJy^"^ C^n^^e6? States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Government Employees Salary Reform Act of 1964". 
Reform Act of 
1964. 
Federal Employ-
ees Salary Act of 
1964. 
Adjustment of 
rates. 
Post, p. 412. 
TITLE I—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SALARY SYSTEMS 
SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Federal Employees Salary 
Act of 1964". 
CLASSIFICATION ACT EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 102. (a) Section 603(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended (76 Stat. 843; 5 U.S.C. 1113(b)), is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(b) The compensation schedule for the General Schedule shall be 
as follows: 
"Grade 
QS-2 
OS-3 
Q^-4 
QS-5 
OS-«..-. 
as-7 
GS-8 
OS-9 
G8-10 
os-u 
GS-12 
OS-13 
GS-14 
GS-15 
OS-16 
-.- 
. 
GS-17 
OS-18 
Per annum rates and steps 
1 
3,680 
4,005 
4,480 
5,000 
5,505 
6,050 
6,030 
7,220 
7,900 
8,660 
10,250 
12,075 
14,170 
16.460 
18,«35 
21.446 
24,600 
2 
$3,500 
3,805 
4,140 
4,630 
5.165 
5,690 
6,250 
6,850 
7,465 
8,170 
8,945 
10,605 
12,495 
14,660 
17,030 
19,590 
22,195 
3 
$3,615 
3,930 
4,275 
4,780 
6,330 
5,875 
6,460 
7,070 
7,710 
8,440 
9,240 
10,960 
12,915 
16,150 
17,600 
20,245 
22,946 
4 
$3,730 
4.055 
4,410 
4,930 
5,495 
6,060 
6,650 
7,29C 
7,955 
8,710 
9,635 
11.315 
13,335 
15,640 
18,170 
20,900 
23,695 
5 
$3,845 
4,180 
4.545 
5,080 
5,660 
6,245 
fi,860 
7,510 
8,200 
8,980 
9,830 
11,670 
13, 755 
16,130 
18, 740 
21,655 
24,445 
6 
$3,960 
4,306 
4,680 
5,230 
5,825 
6,430 
7,050 
7,730 
8,445 
9,260 
10,125 
12,025 
14,176 
16,620 
19,310 
22,210 
7 
$4,075 
4.430 
4.816 
5.380 
5.990 
6.615 
7,250 
7,950 
8,090 
9,520 
10,420 
12,380 
14,596 
17,110 
19,880 
22,865 
8 
$4,190 
4,656 
4,950 
5,530 
6,156 
6,800 
7,450 
8.170 
8.935 
9.790 
10. 715 
12, 735 
15,015 
17,600 
20,450 
23,520 
0 
$4,306 
4,680 
5,086 
5,680 
6.320 
6.986 
7,650 
8. ,390 
9,180 
10,060 
11,010 
13,090 
15,4; 5 
18,090 
21.020 
24.175 
10 
$4,420 
4,806 
5.220 
5,830 
6,485 
7,170 
7,860 
8,610 
9.425 
10,336 
11,305 
13,445 
16,855 
18.580 
21,690 
" 
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of section 504 of the Fed-
eral Salary Reform Act of 1962, the rates of basic compensation of 
officers arid employees to whom the compensation schedule set forth 
in subsection (a) of this section applies shall be initially adjusted as 
of the effective date of this section, as follows: 
(1) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation 
immediately prior to the effective date of this section at one of the 
rates of a grade in the General Schedule of the Classification Act 
of 1949, as amended, he shall receive a rate of basic compensation 
at the corresponding rate in effect on and after such date. 
(2) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation 
immediately prior to the effective date of this section at a rate be-
tween two rates of a grade in the General Schedule of the Class-
ification Act of 1949, as amended, 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 is receiving basic compensation 
immediately prior to the effective date of this section at a rate 
in excess of the maximum rate for his grade, he shall receive (A) 
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the maximum rate for his grade in the new schedule, or (B) his 
existing rate of basic compensation if such existing rate is higher. 
(4) If the officer or employee, immediately prior to the effective 
date of this section, is receiving, pursuant to section 2(b) (4) of 
the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, an existing 
aggregate rate of compensation determined under section 208 (b) note 
of the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1111), plus subsequent 
^ use 926 note 
increases authorized by law, he shall receive an aggregate rate 
of compensation equal to the sum of his existing aggregate rate 
of compensation, on the day preceding the effective date of this 
section, plus the amount of increase made by this section in the 
maximum rate of his grade, until (i) he leaves his position, or 
(ii) he is entitled to receive aggregate compensation at a higher 
rate by reason of the operation of this Act or any other provision 
of law; but, when sucn position becomes vacant, the aggregate 
rate of compensation of any subsequent appointee thereto shall 
be fixed in accordance with applicable provisions of law. Sub-
ject to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence 
of this paragraph, the amount of the increase provided by this 
section shall be held and considered for the purpose of section 
208(b) of the Act of September 1, 1954, to constitute a part of 
the existing rate of compensation of the employee. 
(5) If the officer or employee is in a position in grade 16 or 17 
of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended, to which he was promoted on or after the first day of 
his first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1964, and 
if he held such position, or another position in the same grade, 
on the effective date of this section, his rate of basic compensation 
shall be adjusted, as of such effective date, to that rate of basic 
compensation to which he would have been entitled if the com-
pensation schedule in subsection (a) of this section had been in 
effect on the date of his promotion. 
(6) If the officer or employee, at any time during the pferiod 
beginning on the effective date of this section and ending on the 
date of enactment of this Act, was promoted from one grade 
under the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to another such 
grade at a rate which is above the minimum rate thereof, his rate 
of basic compensation shall be adjusted retroactively from the 
effective date of this section to the date on which he was so 
promoted, on the basis of the rate which he was receiving during 
the period from such effective date to the date of such promo-
tion and, from the date of such promotion, on the basis of the 
rate for that step of the appropriate grade of the General Sched-
ule contained in this section which corresponds numerically to 
the step of the grade of the General Schedule for such officer or 
employee which was in effect (without regard to this Act) at the 
time of such promotion. 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 801 of the Classification Act of 1949 (5 ^i^fP^^^J^^i^^' 
U.S.C. 1131), relating to new appointments, is amended to read as ^'^^'J^"" ^^ ^^ 
f o l l o w s : 
Exceptions. 
"SEC. 801. All new appointments shall be made at the minimum 
^^ ^'^'* ^^^' 
rate of the appropriate grade, except that in accordance with regu-
lations prescrilbed by the Commission which provide for such con-
siderations as the candidate's existing salary, unusually high or 
uniq^ue qualifications, or a special need of the Government for his 
services, the head of any department may, with the approval of the 
Commission in each specific case, appoint individuals to positions in 
grade 13 and above of the General Schedule at such rate or rates 
above the minimum rate of the appropriate grade as the Commission 
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[78 STAT. 
inay authorize for this purpose. The approval of the Commission 
in each specific case shall not be required with respect to appoint-
ments made by the Librarian of Congress.". 
(b) Section 505(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended 
76^stat.^848^^' 
C^ U.S.C. 1105(b)), relating to the limitation on numbers of posi-
tions in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule of such Act, 
is amended by inserting " ( i ) " immediately following the words "in 
addition to", and by inserting immediately following the words 
"which may be placed in such grades" a comma and the following: 
"and (ii) two hundred and forty examiner positions under section 11 
of the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 244; 5 U.S.C. 1010) 
which may be placed in grade 16 and nine such positions which may 
be placed in grade 17". 
(c) Section 604(d) (3) of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, 
72 Stat. 214. 
.^g amended (5 U.S.C. 944(c) (3)), is amended to read as follows: 
"(3) All rates shall be computed to the nearest cent, counting 
one-half cent and over as a whole cent.". 
POSTAL FIELD SERVICE EMPLOYEES 
74 Stat. 578 
76 Stat. 442. 
SEC. 104. Section 1 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out the period at the end of such section and inserting in lieu 
thereof a semicolon and the following: 
unif 
""^^""^ 
" 'I'^venue unit' means that amount of revenue of a post office from 
mail and special service transactions which is equal to the average sum 
of postal rates and fees received by the Department during the fiscal 
year for 1,000 pieces of originating mail and special service trans-
74 Stat. 602. 
Rctions determined in accordance with section 2331 of this title.". 
Classes o
f post 
gj,c. 105. Section 702 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
offices. 
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T 
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to read as lollows: 
"§ 702. Classes of post offices 
"(a) Effective at the beginning of each fiscal year the Postmaster 
General shall divide post offices into four classes on the basis of the 
revenue units of each office for the second preceding fiscal year. He 
shall place in the first class those post offices having 950 or more 
revenue units. He shall place in the second class those post offices 
having 190 or more revenue units, but fewer than 950 revenue units. 
He shall place in the third class those post offices having 36 or more 
revenue units, but fewer than 190 revenue units. He shall place in 
the fourth class those post offices having fewer than 36 revenue units. 
"(b) The Postmaster General shall exclude from the revenue 
credited to a post office for the purposes of this section money received 
at that office for— 
"(1) setting meters for patrons beyond the area served by the 
office unless authorized by the Department; 
" (2) stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal cards sold in large 
or unusual quantities to be used in mailing matter at other offices; 
and 
"(3) stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal cards sold for 
mailing matter diverted from other offices and mailing of matter 
so diverted without stamps affixed. 
"(c) Whenever unusual conditions prevail at a post office of the 
fourth class, the Postmaster General may advance such office to the 
appropriate class based on his estimate of the number of revenue units 
which the office will have during the succeeding twelve months. Any 
office so advanced need not be relegated to a lower class before the end 
of the second fiscal year after the advancement. At that time, the 
office shall be assigned to the appropriate class in accordance with 
subsections (a) and (b) of this section." 
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403 
SEC. 106. Section 704 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
^4 stat. 583. 
deleting "of the first, second, or third class" appearing therein, and 
inserting in lieu thereof "(other than one for which the postmaster 
furnishes quarters, equipment, and fixtures on an allowance basis)". 
SEC. 107. Subsection (b) (1) of section 2102 of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(1) for post offices at which the postmaster does not furnish 
quarters on an allowance basis;". 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 3501 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting a new subsection (c) following subsection (b) 
as follows: 
"(c) The Postmaster General shall determine and, effective at the 
beginning of the first pay period in each calendar year, shall adjust 
the rankings of all positions for which the number of annual revenue 
units of a post office or its class is a relevant factor of the ranking, 
using the revenue units of the preceding fiscal year and the class in 
which the office will be placed at the begmning of the next fiscal year. 
The Postmaster General also may adjust rankings of such positions 
at other times of the year based upon substantial changes in service 
conditions.". 
(b) Chapter 45 of title 39, United States Code, is amended as assl" 
^^°^" 
follows: 
(1) In subsection (c) of section 3513— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POST OFFICE 
CLERK. 
(KP-4)";and 
(B) Add the following new sentence to the end of para-
graph (1): "This office nas fewer than 190 revenue units 
annually.". 
(2) In subsection (e) of section 3516— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-18)"; 
(B) Delete "third class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of approximately $1,700" in 
the second sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof 
"approximately 40 revenue units annually". 
(3) In subsection (b) of section 3517— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-20)"; 
(B) Delete "third class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of approximately $4,700" in 
the second sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu 
thereof "approximately 110 revenue units annually". 
(4) In subsection (b) of section 3518— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-22)"; 
(B) Delete "third class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of approximately $6,000" in 
the second sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu 
thereof "approximately 140 revenue units annually". 
(5) In subsection (b) of section 3519— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "ASSISTANT POST-
MASTER. 
(KP-24)";and 
(B) Delete "annual receipts of approximately $63,000" in 
the second sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu 
thereof "approximately 1,490 revenue units annually". 
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[78 STAT. 
74 Stat. 627. 
(g) IH subsectioii (c) of section 3519— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-25)"; 
(B) Delete "second class" in the first sentence of para-
graph (1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of approximately $16,000" in 
the second sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu 
thereof "approximately 380 revenue units annually". 
(7) In subsection (b) of section 3520— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-27)"; 
(B) Delete "first class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of approximately $63,000" in 
the second sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu 
thereof "approximately 1,490 revenue units annually". 
(8) In subsection (b) of section 3521— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-29)"; 
(B) Delete "first class" appearing in the first sentence of 
paragraph (1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of $129,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approx-
imately 3,060 revenue units annually". 
(9) In subsection (b) of section 3522— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-31)"; 
(B) Delete "first class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of $314,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approx-
imately 7,450 revenue units annually". 
(10) In subsection (b) of section 3523— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-33)"; 
(B) Delete "first class" appearing in the first sentence of 
paragraph (1); and 
(C) Delete the second sentence of paragraph (1) and 
insert in lieu thereof: "This office has approximately 110 
employees, approximately 14,350 revenue units annually, 13 
government-owned vehicle units, one classified station and 
42 carrier routes within its jurisdiction.". 
(11) In subsection (b) of section 3524— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "ASSISTANT POST-
MASTER. 
(KP-35)";and 
(B) Delete "annual receipts of $2,700,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approx-
imately 64,000 revenue units annually". 
(12) In subsection (c) of section 3524-— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-36)"; 
(B) Delete "first class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1) ; and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of $1,000,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approxi-
mately 23,700 revenue units annually". 
(13) In subsection (a) of section 3525— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "ASSISTANT POST-
MASTER. 
(KP-37)"; and 
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(B) Delete "annual receipts of $8,460,()()()" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approxi-
mately 200,000 revenue units annually". 
(14) In subsection (b) of section 8525— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-38)"; 
(B) Delete "first class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of $2,700,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approxi-
mately 64,000 revenue units annually". 
(15) In subsection (a) of section 3526— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "ASSISTANT POST-
MASTER. 
(KP-^9)'; and 
(B) Delete "annual receipts of $16,900,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approxi-
mately 400,0(X) revenue units annually". 
(16) In subsection (b) of section 3526-— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-40)"; 
(B) Delete "first class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of $4,470,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approxi-
mately 106,000 revenue units annually". 
(17) In subsection (b) of section 3527— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "ASSISTANT POST-
MASTER. 
(KP-42)"; and 
(B) Delete "annual receipts of $48,000,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approxi-
mately 1,000,000 revenue units annually". 
(18) In subsection (c) of section 3527— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-43)"; 
(B) Delete "first class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of $8,460,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approxi-
mately 200,000 revenue units annually". 
(19) In subsection (b) of section 3528— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "ASSISTANT POST-
MASTER. 
(KP-45)"; and 
(B) Delete "annual receipts of $140,000,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approxi-
mately 2,500,000 revenue units annually". 
(20) In subsection (c) of section 3528— 
(A) Change the catchline to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-46)"; 
(B) Delete "first class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of $16,9()0,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approxi-
mately 400,000 revenue units annually". 
(21) In section 3529— 
(A) Change the catchline immediately preceding para-
graph (1) to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-47)"; 
(B) Delete "first class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); and 
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74 Stat. 643. 
Postal field 
service. 
76 Stat. 851. 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of $48,000,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approxi-
mately 1,000,000 revenue units annually-'. 
(22) In section 3530— 
(A) Change the catchline immediately preceding para-
graph (1) to read "POSTMASTER. 
(KP-48)"; 
(B) Delete "first class" in the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); and 
(C) Delete "annual receipts of $140,000,000" in the second 
sentence of paragraph (1) and insert in lieu thereof "approxi-
mately 2,500,000 revenue units annually". 
SEC. 109. Section 3542 (a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows— 
"(a) There is established a basic compensation schedule for posi-
tions in the postal field service which shall be known as the Postal 
Field Service Schedule and for which the symbol shall be 'PFS'. 
Except as provided in sections 3543 and 3544 of this title, basic com-
pensation shall be paid to all employees in accordance with such 
schedule. 
"POSTAL FIELD SERVICE SCHEDULE 
Rural carrier 
schedule. 
"PFS 
1 
3.'.'...'.'..'.'.'... 
4 
5 
6 
7 
. . . 
8 
9 
-
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17. 
18 
19 
20 
Per annum rates and steps 
1 
$3,945 
4,270 
4,615 
5,000 
5,345 
5,735 
6,140 
6,650 
7,190 
7,830 
8,650 
9,570 
10,575 
11,660 
12,885 
14,240 
15,755 
17,450 
19,345 
21,445 
2 
$4,075 
4.410 
4,770 
5,165 
5,525 
5.925 
6,345 
6,870 
7,430 
8,095 
8,945 
9,895 
10,940 
12,065 
13,330 
14, 735 
16,305 
18,060 
20,020 
22,195 
3 
$4,205 
4,550 
4,925 
5,330 
5.705 
6,115 
6,550 
7,090 
7,670 
8,360 
9,240 
10,220 
11,305 
12,470 
13, 775 
15,230 
16,855 
18,670 
20,695 
22,945 
4 
K335 
4,690 
5,080 
5,495 
5.885 
6.305 
6,755 
7,310 
7,910 
8,625 
9,535 
10,545 
11.670 
12,875 
14,220 
15, 725 
17.405 
19,280 
21,370 
23,695 
5 
$4,465 
4,830 
5,235 
5.660 
6.065 
6.495 
6,960 
7,530 
8.150 
8,890 
9,830 
10.870 
12,035 
13,280 
14.665 
16,220 
17.955 
19,890 
22,045 
24,445 
6 
$4,595 
4,970 
5,390 
5.825 
6,245 
6.685 
7,165 
7,750 
8,390 
9,155 
10,125 
11,195 
12.400 
13,685 
15,110 
16,715 
18,505 
20,500 
22,720 
7 
$4,725 
5,110 
5.545 
5,993 
6.425 
6,875 
7,370 
7.970 
8,630 
9,420 
10.420 
11.520 
12,765 
14,090 
15, 555 
17,210 
19,055 
21,110 
23,395 
8 
$4,855 
5,250 
5.700 
6,155 
6,605 
7.065 
7,575 
8,190 
8,870 
9,685 
10,715 
11,845 
13,130 
14.495 
16,000 
17,705 
19,605 
21,720 
24,070 
9 
$4,985 
5,390 
5.855 
6.320 
6.785 
7. 2.55 
7,780 
8.410 
9.110 
9,950 
11,010 
12,170 
13,495 
14,900 
16,445 
18,200 
20,155 
22,330 
10 
$5,115 
5,530 
6.010 
6.485 
6.965 
7,445 
7,985 
8,630 
9.350 
10,215 
11,305 
12,495 
13,860 
15,305 
16,890 
18,695 
20,705 
22,940 
11 
$5,245 
5.670 
6.165 
6.6i0 
7,145 
7.635 
8,190 
12 
$5,375 
5.810 
6.320 
6.815 
7.325 
7.825 
» 
SEC. 110. Section 3543(a) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows— 
"(a) There is established a basic compensation schedule which 
shall be known as the Rural Carrier Schedule and for which the 
symbol shall be 'RCS'. 
(( 
RURAL CARRIER SCHEDULE 
Carriers in rural deliv-
ery service: 
Fixed compensation 
Compensation 
per 
mile per annum for 
each mile up to 30 
miles of route 
For each mile of route 
"Per aimum rates and steps 
1 
$2,240 
82 
25 
2 
$2,345 
84 
25 
3 
$2,450 
86 
25 
4 
$2,555 
88 
25 
5 
$2,660 
90 
25 
6 
$2,765 
92 
25 
7 
$2,870 
94 
25 
8 
$2,975 
96 
25 
9 
$3,080 
08 
25 
10 
$3,185 
100 
26 
11 
$3,290 
102 
25 
12 
$3,395 
104 
25". 
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SEC. 111. (a) Section 3544 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended, to read as follows: 
"§ 3544. Fourth Class Office Schedule 
" (a) There is established a basic compensation schedule which shall 
l>e known as the Fourth Class Office Schedule and for which the symbol 
shall be 'FOS', for postmasters in post offices of the fourth class which 
is based on the revenue units of the post office for the preceding fiscal 
year. 
Basic compensation shall be paid to postmasters in post offices 
of the fourth class in accordance with this schedule. 
76 Stat. 853. 
u 
FOURTH-CLASS OFFICE SCHEDULE 
"Revenue units 
30 but less than 36 
24 but less than 30 
18 but less than 24 
12 but less than 18 
6 but less than 12 
Per annum rates and steps 
1 
$3, 769 
3,485 
2,877 
2,258 
1,628 
1,313 
2 
$3,894 
3.600 
2,974 
2,331 
1,680 
1,355 
3 
$4,019 
3,715 
3,071 
2,404 
1,732 
1,397 
4 
$4,144 
3,830 
3.168 
2,477 
1,784 
1,439 
5 
$4,269 
3,945 
3,265 
2.550 
1,836 
1,481 
6 
$4,394 
4,060 
3,362 
2,623 
1,888 
1,523 
7 
$4,519 
4,175 
3,459 
2,690 
1,940 
1,565 
8 
$4,644 
4,290 
3,556 
2,769 
1,992 
1.607 
9 . 
$4, 769 
4,405 
3,653 
2,842 
2,044 
1,649 
10 
$4,894 
4,520 
.3,750 
2.915 
2,096 
1,691 
11 
$5,019 
4,635 
3.847 
2,988 
2,148 
1,733 
12 
$5,144 
4,750 
3,944 
3,061 
2,200 
1, 775". 
"(b) The basic salary of postmasters in fourth-class post offices 
shall be readjusted for changes in revenue units at the start of the first 
pay period after January 1 of each year. 
When a post office is 
restored to a revenue unit category held by it prior to relegation to a 
lower revenue unit category, the postmaster's basic salary may be 
adjusted to the highest salary step held by him when the post office 
was in the higher revenue unit category. In all other cases, m adjust-
ing a postmaster's basic salary under this section, the basic salary shall 
be fixed at the lowest step which is higher than the basic salary received 
by the postmaster at the end of the preceding fiscal year. 
If there is 
no such step the basic salary shall be fixed at the highest step for 
the adjusted revenue units of the office. 
Each increase in basic 
salary because of change in revenue units shall be deemed the ec[uiv-
alent of a step increase under section 3552 of this title and the waiting 
period, for purposes of advancement to the next step, shall begin on 
the date of adjustment. 
" (c) The basic salaries of postmasters at newly established offices of 
the fourth class shall be fixed at the lowest salary rate. 
Whenever 
unusual conditions prevail at any post office of the fourth class the 
Postmaster General may advance such office to the appropriate cate-
gory based on his estimate of the number of revenue units which the 
office will have during the succeeding twelve months. Any fourth-
class office advanced to the appropriate catejgory pursuant to this sub-
section shall not be reduced in category until the start of the first pay 
period after January 1 of the calendar year following the calendar 
year in which it was so advanced, at which time it shall be assigned to 
the category indicated by the revenue units for the preceding fiscal 
year. 
"(d) Persons who perform the duties of postmaster at post offices 
of the fourth class where there is a vacancy or during the absence of 
the postmaster on sick or annual leave, or leave without pay, shall be 
paid the same basic salary to which they would have been entitled 
if regularly appointed as postmaster. 
"(e) The Postmaster General may allow to postmasters in fourth-
class post offices additional compensation for separating services and 
for unusual conditions during a portion of the year, in lieu of an 
allowance for clerical services for this purpose. 
Post, pp. 408, 
409. 
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[78 STAT. 
"(f) At seasonal post offices of the fourth class, the Postmaster 
General may authorize the payment of the basic salary prorated over 
the pay periods the office is open for business during the fiscal year. 
" (g) Where the revenue units of a post office of the third class for 
each of two consecutive fiscal years are less than 36, or where in any 
fiscal year the revenue units are less than 33, the post office shall be 
relegated to the fourth class and the basic salary of the postmaster shall 
be fixed in the manner provided in subsection (b) of this section. 
"(h) When required by the Postmaster General a postmaster at a 
fourth-class office shall, and any other postmaster in P F S level 5 when, 
permitted by the Postmaster General may, furnish quarters, fixtures, 
and equipment for an office on an allowance basis. The allowance for 
this purpose shall be an amount equal to 15 per centum of the basic 
compensation for the postmaster at the office." 
(b) As of the effective date of this section, the Postmaster General 
shall place the position of each postmaster in a fourth-class ofEce in the 
appropriate revenue units category of the Fourth-Class Office Sched-
ule (FOS) determined on the basis of revenue units for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1963. The Postmaster General shall assign each such 
postmaster to the lowest step of the appropriate revenue units cate-
gory which will provide him compensation not less than 110' per centum 
of the compensation to which he would otherwise be entitled under 
FOS I I (as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this 
section). If there is no such step or category, the postmaster shall be 
paid compensation at the rate of 110 per centum of the compensation 
to which he would otherwise be entitled under FOS I I (as it existed 
immediately prior to the effective date of this section). 
(c) If changes in the gross receipts category or changes in salary 
step would occur on the effective date of this section (without regard 
to the enactment of this section), such changes shall be deemed to have 
occurred prior to any action taken under subsection (b) of this section. 
SEC. 112. (a) Subsection (a) of section 6007 of title 39, United 
74 Stat. 687. 
Statcs Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The Postmaster General shall pay to persons, other than 
special delivery messengers at post offices of the first class, for making 
delivery of special delivery mail such fees as may be established by 
him not in excess of the special delivery fee.". 
(b) Section 2009 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
deleting "at any price less than eight cents per piece" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "at any price less than the fees established pursuant 
to section 6007(a) of this title.". 
75 Stat. 569. 
gj,^. ^^ 
Scctiou 3560 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "gross receipts" in subsection (a)(3) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "revenue unit"; and 
(2) by striking out "gross receipts" in subsection (f) (1) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "revenue unit". 
76 Stat. 854. 
g^,^ ^^^ 
(g^) Sectiou 3552(a) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(a)(1) Each employee subject to the Postal Field 
Service 
Schedule, each employee subject to the Rural Carrier Schedule, and 
each employee subject to the Fourth Class Office Schedule who has 
not reached the highest step for his position shall be advanced suc-
cessively to the next higher step as follows: 
" (A) to steps 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7—at the beginning of the first 
pay period following the completion of fifty-two calendar weeks 
of satisfactory service; and 
"(B) to steps 8 and above—at the beginning of the first pay 
period following the completion of one hundred and fifty-six 
calendar weeks of satisfactory service. 
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409 
"(2) The receipt of an equivalent increase during any of the wait-
ing periods specified in this subsection shall cause a new full waiting 
period to commence for further step increases." 
(b) Section 3552 of title 39, United States Code, is further amended 
^^ ^*^*- ^^^• 
by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and 
(c) of this section, the Postmaster General is authorized to advance 
any employee in P F S level 9 or below w^ho— 
"(1) w^as promoted to a higher level between July 9, 1960, and 
Octoberl3,1962; and 
" (2) is senior with respect to total postal service to an employee 
in his own post office promoted to the same position since October 
13, 1962, and is at a step in the level below the step of the junior 
employee. 
Any increase under the provisions of this subsection shall not consti-
tute an equivalent increase and credit earned prior to adjustment 
under this subsection for advancement to the next step shall be 
retained.". 
SEC. 115. (a) Section 711 of title 39, United States Code, is repealed. 
^4l\ll: 584. 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 7 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by deleting 
"711. Method of determining gross receipts.". 
SEC. 116. The basic compensation of each employee subject to the schedule"!^*'"" 
Postal Field Service Schedule or the Rural Carrier Schedule immedi- 
Adjustment of 
ately prior to the effective date of this section shall be determined as 
follows: 
(1) Each employee shall be assigned to the same numerical 
step for his position which he had attained immediately prior to 
such effective date. If changes in levels or steps w^ould otherwise 
occur on such effective date without regard to enactment of this 
Act, such changes shall be deemed to have occurred prior to 
conversion. 
(2) If the existing basic compensation is greater than the rate 
to which the employee is converted under paragraph (1) of this 
section, the employee shall be placed in the lowest step which 
exceeds his basic compensation. If the existing basic compensa-
tion exceeds the maximum step of his position, his existing basic 
compensation shall be established as his basic compensation. 
EMPLOYEES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY OF THE 
V E T E R A N S ' ADMINISTRATION 
rates. 
SEC. 117. (a) Section 4103 of title 38, United States Code, relating jJltllf'ssV,^^'' 
to the appointment and annual salaries of certain staff positions in the 
Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, 
is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 4103. Office of the Chief Medical Director 
"(a) The Office of the Chief Medical Director shall consist of the 
following— 
" (1) The Chief Medical Director, who shall be the Chief of the 
Department of Medicine and Surgery and shall be directly respon-
sible to the Administrator for the operations of the Department. 
He shall be a qualified doctor of medicine, appointed by the 
Administrator. 
"(2) The Deputy Chief Medical Director, who shall be the 
principal assistant of the Chief Medical Director. He shall be a 
qualified doctor of medicine, appointed by the Administrator. 
" (3) Not to exceed five Assistant Chief Medical Directors, who 
shall be appointed by the Administrator upon the recommendation 
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[78 STAT. 
of the Chief Medical Director. One Assistant Chief Medical 
Director shall be a qualified doctor of dental surgery or dental 
medicine who shall be directly responsible to the Chief Medical 
Director for the operation of the Dental Service. 
"(4) Such Medical Directors as may be appointed by the Ad-
ministrator, upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Direc-
tor, to suit the needs of the Department. A Medical Director 
shall be either a qualified doctor of medicine or a qualified doctor 
of dental surgery or dental medicine. 
"(5) A Director of Nursing Service, who shall be a qualified 
registered nurse, appointed by the Administrator, and who shall 
be responsible to the Chief Medical Director for the operation of 
the Nursing Service. 
"(6) A Chief Pharmacist and a Chief Dietitian, appointed by 
the Administrator. 
" (7) Such other personnel and employees as may be authorized 
by this chapter. 
"(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), any appointment under 
this section shall be for a period of four years, with reappointment 
permissible for successive like periods, except that persons so 
appointed or reappointed shall be subject to removal by the Admin-
istrator for cause. 
"(c) The Administrator may designate a member of the Chaplain 
Service of the Veterans' Administration as Director, Chaplain Serv-
ice, for a period of two years, subject to removal by the Administrator 
for cause. Redesignation under this subsection may be made for suc-
cessive like periods. An individual designated as Director, Chaplain 
Service, shall at the end of his period of service as Director revert 
to the position, grade, and status which he held immediately prior 
to being designated Director, Chaplain Service, and all service as 
Director, Chaplain Service, shall be creditable as service in the former 
position.". 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 73 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out 
"4103. Appointments and compensation." 
and inserting in lieu thereof: 
"4103. Office of the Chief Medical Director.". 
(c) Section 2 of the Act of July 31, 1894, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
28 Stat. 205j^^^^ g2), shall not applj^ to any individual appointed, before January 1, 
p. 4 92.' 
' 
' 1964, as Chief Medical Director under section 4103 of title 38, United 
States Code; but section 212 of the Act of June 30, 1932, as amended 
47 Stat. 406: 
(5 U.S.C. 59a), shall apply, in accordance with its terms, to any such 
Post, p. 494- 
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individual. 
SEC. 118. Section 4107 of title 38, United States Code, relating to 
grades and pay scales for certain positions within the Department of 
Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, is amended to 
read as follows: 
*
*
§ 4107. Grades and pay scales 
" (a) The per annum full-pay scale or ranges for positions provided 
in section 4103 of this title, other than Chief Medical Director and 
Deputy Chief Medical Director, shall be as follows: 
" S E C T I O N 4103 SCHEDULE 
"Assistant Chief Medical Director, $24,500. 
"Medical Director, $21,445 minimum to $24,445 maximum. 
"Director of Nursing Service, $16,460 minimum to $21,590 
maximum. 
76 Stat. 860. 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-426-AUG. 14, 1964 
411 
"Director, Chaplain Service, $16,460 minimum to $21,590 maximum. 
"Chief Pharmacist, $16,460 minimum to $21,590 maximum. 
"Chief Dietitian, $16,460 minimum to $21,590 maximum. 
"(b) (1) The grades and per annum full-pay ranges for positions 
provided in paragraph (1) of section 4104 of this title shall be as 
follows: 
"PHYSICIAN 
AND DENTIST 
SCHEDULE 
"Director grade, $18,935 minimum to $24,175 maximum. 
"Executive grade, $17,655 minimum to $23,190 maximum. 
"Chief grade, $16,460 minimum to $21,590 maximum. 
"Senior grade, $14,170 minimum to $18,580 maximum. 
"Intermediate grade, $12,075 minimum to $15,855 maximum. 
"Full ^rade, $10,250 minimum to $13,445 maximum. 
"Associate grade, $8,650 minimum to $11,305 maximum. 
72 Stat. 1244. 
U NURSE SCHEDULE 
"Assistant Director grade, $14,170 minimum to $18,580 maximum. 
"Chief grade, $12,075 minimum to $15,855 maximum. 
"Senior grade, $10,250 minimum to $13,445 maximum. 
"Intermediate grade, $8,650 minimum to $11,305 maximum. 
"Full grade, $7,220 minimum to $9,425 maximum. 
"Associate grade, $6,315 minimum to $8,205 maximum. 
"Junior grade, $5,505 minimum to $7,170 maximum. 
" (2) No person may hold the director grade unless he is serving as a 
director of a hospital, domiciliary, center, or outpatient clinic (inde-
pendent) . No person may hold the executive grade unless he holds the 
position of chief of staff at a hospital, center, or outpatient clinic (inde-
pendent), or the position of clinic director at an outpatient clinic, or 
comparable position.". 
FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS; STAFF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 119. Section 412 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended 
(22 U.S.C. 867), is amended to read as follows: 
a 
FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS 
"SEC. 412. There shall be ten classes of Foreign Service officers, 
including the classes of career ambassador and of career minister. The 
per annum salary of a career ambassador shall be at the rate provided 
by law for level IV of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule. The 
per annum salary of a career minister shall be at the rate provided by 
law for level V of such schedule. The per annum salaries of Foreign 
Service officers within each of the other classes shall be as follows: 
70 Stat. 704; 
76 Stat. 861. 
Post, p. 417. 
'Class 1 
Class 2 
Class 3 
Class 4 
Class 5 
Class 6 
Class? 
Class 8 
$22,650 
18,295 
14,860 
12,075 
9,945 
8,295 
7,010 
6,050 
$23,440 
18,930 
15,375 
12,495 
10,290 
8,580 
7,245 
6,250 
$24,600 
19,565 
15,890 
12,915 
10,635 
8,865 
7,480 
6,450 
$20,200 
16,405 
13,335 
10,980 
9,150 
7,715 
6,650 
$20,836 
16,920 
13,755 
11,325 
9,435 
7,950 
6,850 
$21,470 
17,435 
14,175 
11,670 
9,720 
8,185 
7,050 
$22,105 
17,950 
14,595 
12,015 
10,005 
8,420 
7,260" 
SEC. 120. Subsection (a) of section 415 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
870 (a)) is amended to read as follows: 
76 Stat. 862. 
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[78 STAT. 
"(a) There shall be ten classes of Foreign Service staff officers and 
employees, referred to hereafter as staff officers and employees. 
The 
per annum salaries of such staff officers and employees within each 
class shall be as follows: 
"Class 1_. 
Class 2.. 
Class 3. 
Class 4.. 
Class 5.. 
Class 6.. 
Class 7.. 
Class 8-. 
Class 9.. 
Class 10 
$14,860 
12,075 
9,945 
8,295 
7,480 
6,755 
6,205 
5,490 
6,010 
4,480 
$15,375 
12,495 
10,290 
8,580 
7,735 
6,980 
6,410 
5,675 
5,175 
4,630 
$15,890 
12,915 
10,635 
8,865 
7,990 
7,205 
6,615 
5,860 
6,340 
4,780 
$16,405 
13,335 
10,980 
9,150 
8,245 
7,430 
6,820 
6,045 
5,505 
4,930 
$16,920 
13,755 
11,325 
9,435 
8,500 
7,655 
7,025 
6,230 
6,670 
6,080 
$17,435 
14,175 
11,670 
9,720 
8,755 
7,880 
7,230 
6,415 
5,835 
6,230 
$17,950 
14,595 
12,015 
10,005 
9,010 
8,105 
7,435 
6,600 
6,000 
5,380 
$18,465 
15,015 
12,360 
10,290 
9,266 
8,330 
7,640 
6,785 
6,166 
6,530 
$18,980 
15,435 
12,705 
10,575 
9,620 
8,555 
7,846 
6,970 
6,330 
5,680 
$19,495 
15,855 
13,050 
10,860 
9,775 
8,780 
8,050 
7,156 
6,495 
6,830" 
SEC. 121. Foreign Service officers, Eeserve officers, and Foreign 
Service staff officers and employees who are entitled to receive basic 
compensation irmnediately prior to the effective date of this section at 
one of the rates provided by section 412 or 415 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1946, shall receive basic compensation, on and after such effec-
tive date, at the rate of their class determined to be appropriate by 
the Secretary of State. 
Ante, p. 400. 
AGRICULTURAL 
STABILIZATION 
AND CONSERVATION 
COUNTY 
COMMITTEE 
EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 122. The rates of compensation of persons employed by the 
county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil 
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall 
be increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the 
increases provided by section 102 of this Act for corresponding rates of 
compensation in the appropriate schedule or scale of pay. 
Former U.S. 
Presidents. 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
SEC 123. Section 504 of the Federal Salary Eeform Act of 1962 (76 
Stat. 842; 5 U.S.C. 1173) is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsection: 
"(d) The rate of basic compensation, established under this section, 
and received by any officer or employee immediately prior to the 
effective date of a statutory increase in the compensation schedules of 
the salary systems specified in subsection (a) shall be initially adjusted 
on the effective date of such new compensation schedules in accordance 
with conversion rules and regulations prescribed by the President or 
by such agency or agencies as he may designate." 
S E C 124. Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act entitled "An 
Act to provide retirement, clerical assistants, and free mailing privi-
leges to former Presidents of the United States, and for other pur-
poses", approved August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838; 3 U.S.C. note fol. 
102), is amended by striking out "$50,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$65,000". 
ABSORPTION OF COSTS 
SEC 125. (a) The cost of not less than 10 per centum of the aggre-
gate amount of the increases in compensation provided by this title 
for the fiscal year 1965 shall be absorbed by the departments, agencies, 
establishments, and corporations in the executive branch; and no 
amount beyond the additional sum for such compensation increases 
proposed in the budget for the fiscal year 1965 is authorized to be 
appropriated by any provision of this Act. The total amount of such 
absorption shall be allocated by the Bureau of the Budget among such 
Position vacan-
cies, review. 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-426-AUG. 14, 1964 
413 
departments, agencies, establishments, and corporations in sucli man-
ner and to such extent as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget 
deems appropriate in the light of their essential functions. 
(b) Pursuant to the objective of this section, heads of the executive 
branch activities concerned are directed to review with meticulous 
care each vacancy resulting from voluntary resignation, retirement, 
or death and to determine whether the duties of the position can be 
reassigned to other employees or whether the position can be abolished 
without seriously affecting the execution of essential functions. 
(c) Nothing contained in subsection (a) of this section shall be 
held or considered to require (1) the separation from the service of 
any individual by reduction in force or other personnel action or (2) 
the placing of any individual in a leave-without-pay status. 
TITLE 
II—FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE SALARIES 
SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "Federal Legislative Salary ,. ^«f»«;^i ^:t^}^\^ 
* i. 
Jiir\nA'>^ 
fe 
.7 tive Salary Act of 
Act of 1964". 
1964. 
SEC. 202. (a) Each officer or employee in or under the legislative 
branch of the Government whose rate of compensation is increased 
by section 5 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946 shall be paid 
5°us*c*93^/'93 
additional compensation in an amount equal to the greater of the 
following amounts, as applicable: 
(1) an amount equal to 3i/^ per centum of his gross rate of 
compensation (basic compensation plus additional compensation 
authorized by law) in effect immediately prior to the effective 
date of this section plus 1 per centum of such gross rate for each 
whole multiple, or part of a multiple, of $500 basic compensa-
tion ; or 
(2) an amount equal to 5 per centum of such gross rate. 
(b) The total annual compensation in effect immediately prior to 
the effective date of this section of each officer or employee of the 
House of Representatives, whose compensation is disbursed by the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives and is not increased by reason 
of any other provision of this title, shall be increased by an amount 
which is equal to the amount of the increase provided by subsection 
(a) of this section in that gross rate which is nearest in amount to 
the total annual compensation of such officer or employee. 
(c) Each of the limitations on gross rate per thousand and gross 
rate per hour per person provided by applicable law on the effective 
date of this section with respect to the folding of speeches and 
pamphlets for the House of Representatives shall be increased by 7 
per centum. The amount of each increase under this subsection 
shall be computed to the nearest cent, counting one-half cent and over 
as a whole cent. 
(d) The additional compensation provided by this section shall be 
considered a part of basic compensation for the purposes of the Civil 
Service Retirement Act (5 U.S.C. 2251 and the following). 
re^stal.^ 869^^' 
(e) The basic compensation of each employee in the office of a 
Senator is hereby adjusted, effective on the first day of the month 
following the date of enactment of this Act, to the lowest multiple of 
$60 which will provide a gross rate of compensation not less than the 
gross rate such employee was receiving immediately prior thereto, ex-
cept that the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not apply in 
the case of any employee if on or before the fifteenth day following 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Senator by whom such employee 
is employed notifies the disbursing office of the Senate in writing 
that he does not wish such provisions to apply to such employee. 
No employee whose basic compensation is adjusted under this sub-
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[78 STAT. 
Senate officers. 
76 Stat. 867. 
2 use 60a note. 
Postmaster. 
76 Stat. 694. 
2 use 60j and 
notes. 
Committee 
staffs. 
60 Stat. 835; 
72 Stat. 209. 
section shall receive any additional compensation under subsection 
(a) for any period prior to the effective date of such adjustment 
during which such employee was employed in the office of the Senator 
by whom he is employed on the first day of the month following the 
enactment of this Act. 
No additional compensation shall be paid 
to any person under subsection (a) for any period prior to the first 
daj^ of the month following the date of enactment of this Act during 
which such person was employed in the office of a Senator (other than 
a Senator by whom he is employed on such day) unless on or before 
the fifteenth day following the date of enactment of this Act such 
Senator notifies the disbursing office of the Senate in writing that he 
wishes such employee to receive such additional compensation for 
such period. 
In any case in which, at the expiration of the time 
wuthin which a Senator may give notice under this subsection, such 
Senator is deceased such notice shall be deemed to have been given. 
(f) Not withstanding the provision referred to in subsection (g), the 
rates of gross compensation of the Secretary for the Majority of the 
Senate, the Secretary for the Minority or the Senate, the Official 
Reporters of Debates of the Senate, the Parliamentarian of the Senate, 
the Senior Counsel in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
Senate, and the Chief Clerk of the Senate are hereby increased by an 
amount which is equal to the amount of the increase which would 
be provided by subsection (a) of this section in that gross rate deter-
mined without regard to the provisions referred to in subsection (g) 
of this section which is nearest in amoimt to the total annual com-
pensation of such officer or employee. 
(g) The paragraph imposing limitations on basic and gross compen-
sation of officers and employees of the Senate appearing under the 
heading "SENATE" in the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1956, as 
amended (74 Stat. 304; Public Law 86-568), is amended by striking 
out "$18,880" and inserting in lieu thereof "$22,945". 
(h) The limitation on gross ralte per hour per person provided by 
applicable law on the effective date of this section with respect to the 
folding of speeches and pamphlets for the Senate is hereby increased 
by 7 per centum. 
The amount of such increase shall be computed to 
the nearest cent, counting one-half cent and over as a whole cent. 
The 
provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to employees 
whose compensation is subject to such limitation. 
(i) The gross rate of compensation of the Postmaster of the Senate 
shall be $18,420, and the gross rate of compensation of the Assistant 
Postmaster of the Senate shall be $14,570. The provisions of section 
106 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963, shall not here-
after apply to employees referred to m this subsection. 
(j) Section 202(e) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
as amend^ (2 U.S.C. 72a(e)), is amended— 
(1) by striking out "$8,880" where it first appears in such 
subsection and inserting in lieu thereof "the highest amount which, 
together with additional compensation authorized by law, will 
not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Classification 
Act of 1949, as amended,"; and 
(2) by striking out "$8,880" at the second place where it 
appears in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof "the 
highest amount which, together with additional compensation 
authorized by law, will not exceed the maximum rate authorized 
by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended". 
(k) (1) This subsection is enacted as an exercise of the rule making 
power of the House of Representatives with full recognition of the 
constitutional right of the House of Representatives to change tlie 
rule amended by this subsection at any time, in the same manner, 
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415 
and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) Clause 28(c) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives is amended— 
(A) by striking out "$8,880" where it first appears in such 
clause and inserting in lieu thereof "the highest amount which, 
together with additional compensation authorized by law, will 
not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Classification 
Act of 1949, as amended,"; and 
(B) hj striking out "$8,880" at the second place where it 
appears m such clause and inserting in lieu thereof "the highest 
amount which, together with additional compensation authorized 
by law, will not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the 
Classification Act of 1949, as amended". 
SEC. 203. (a) The compensation of the Comptroller General of the eraiTraT"^'*^^"" 
United States shall be at the rate of $30,000 per annum. 
(b) The compensation of the Assistant Comptroller General of the 
United States shall be at the rate of $28,500 per annum. 
(c) The compensation of the General Counsel of the United States 
General Accounting Office, the Librarian of Congress, the Public 
Printer, and the Architect of the Capitol shall be at the rate of $27,000 
per annum. 
(d) The compensation of the Deputy Librarian of Congress, the 
Deputy Public Printer, and the Assistant Architect of the Capitol shall 
be at the rate of $25,500 per annum. 
(e) The compensation of the Second i^ssistant Architect of the 
Capitol shall be at the rate of $23,500 per annum. 
(f) The compensation of the Chaplain of the House of Representa-
tives shall be at the rate of $12,500 per annum. 
(g) The compensation of the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant 
at Arms of the Senate, and the Legislative Counsel of the Senate shall 
be at the rate of $27,500 per annum. 
(h) The compensation of the Chaplain of the Senate shall be at the 
rate of $15,000 per annum. 
SEO. 204. Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of conglJs"^ °^ 
1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 31), is amended to read as follows: 
69 stat.' n. 
"(a) The compensation of Senators, Representatives in Congress, 
and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico shall be at the rate 
of $30,000 per annum each; and the compensation of the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives shall be at the rate of $43,000 per 
annum." 
SEC. 205. No officer or employee subject to section 202(a) or 202(b) 
of this title shall receive, by reason of any provision of this title, an 
increase in gross rate of compensation (basic compensation plus addi-
tional compensation authorized by law), or in total annual compensa-
tion, which is in excess of the amount of the increase in basic com-
pensation provided by the amendment made by section 102(a) of title 
I of this Act for positions in grade 18 of the General Schedule of the 
^"'^' P- ^°°-
Classification Act of 1949, as amended. 
TITLE III—FEDERAL EXECUTIVE SALARIES 
SEC. 301. This title may be cited as the "Federal Executive Salarv utrvl^'ratiry^'XcI 
Act of 1964". 
' 
of 1964. 
SEC. 302. There is hereby established for offices and positions to 
which section 303 of this title applies a basic compensation schedule, 
to be known as the "Federal Executive Salary Schedule", which shall 
be divided into five salary levels. 
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o°itions at"'^ 
^^^- ^^^' (^) Level I of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule 
$35)000!"^ ° 
shall apply to the following offices and positions, for Which the annual 
rate of basic compensation shall be $35,000: 
(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. 
editions at"'^ 
^^) Level I I of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule shall apply 
$30,000. 
to the following offices and positions, for which the annual rate of 
basic compensation shall be $30,000: 
(1) Deputy Secretary of Defense. 
(2) Under Secretary of State. 
(3) Administrator, Agency for International Development. 
(4) Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. 
(5) Administrator of Veterans'Affairs. 
(6) Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. 
(7) Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency. 
(8) Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission. 
(9) Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers. 
(10) Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Eeserve 
System. 
(11) Director of the Bureau of the Budget. 
(12) Director of the Office of Science and Technology. 
(13) Director of the United States Arms Control and Dis-
armament Agency. 
(14) Director of the United States Information Agency. 
(15) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Depart-
ment of Justice, so long as the position is held by the present 
incumbent: Provided, That thereafter the position shall be placed 
in level III. 
(16) Director of Central Intelligence. 
(17) Secretary of the Air Force. 
(18) Secretary of the Army. 
(19) Secretary of the Navy. 
o°mons a"'^ 
^^) Level I I I of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule shall 
$28'5'oo!^ ^ 
^Pply to the following offices and positions, for which the annual rate 
of basic compensation shall be $28,500: 
(1) Deputy Attorney General. 
(2) Solicitor General of the United States. 
(3) Deputy Postmaster General. 
(4) Under Secretary of Agriculture. 
(5) Under Secretary of Commerce. 
(6) Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation. 
(7) Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
(8) Under Secretary of the Interior. 
(9) Under Secretary of Labor. 
(10) Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs or Under 
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. 
(11) Under Secretary of the Treasury. 
(12) Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs. 
(13) Administrator of General Services. 
(14) Administrator of the Small Business Administration. 
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(15) Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. 
(16) Deputy Administrator, Agency for International Devel-
opment. 
(17) Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board. 
(18) Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission. 
(19) Chairman, Federal Communications Commission. 
(20) Chairman, Board of Directors, Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation. 
(21) Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. 
(22) Chairman, Federal Power Commission. 
(23) Chairman, Federal Trade Commission. ^ 
(24) Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission. 
(25) Chairman, National Labor Relations Board. 
(26) Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission. 
(27) Chairman, Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority. 
(28) Chairman, National Mediation Board. 
(29) Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board. 
(30) Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission. 
(31) Comptroller of the Currency. 
(32) Commissioner of Internal Revenue. 
(33) Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(34) Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration. 
(35) Deputy Director of the Bureau of the Budget. 
(36) Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. 
(37) Director of the Office of Emergency Planning. 
(38) Director of the Peace Corps. 
(39) Director of Selective Service, so long as the position is held 
by the present incumbent: Provided, That thereafter the position 
shall be placed in Level IV. 
(40) Chief Medical Director in the Department of Medicine 
and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration. 
(41) Director of the National Science Foundation. 
(42) Deputy Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance 
Agency. 
(43) President of the Export-Import Bank of Washington. 
(44) Members, Atomic Energy Comiriission. 
(45) Members, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System. 
(46) Associate Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, Department of Justice, so long as the position is held by the 
present incumbent: Provided, That thereafter the position shall 
be placed in Level IV. 
(d) Level IV of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule shall „„°"i"^ ^
"
"
^ 
apply to the following offices and positions, for which the annual "°'^' 
"^" 
rate of basic compensation shall be $27,000: 
(1) Administrator, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, 
Department of State. 
(2) Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency. 
(3) Deputy Administrator of General Services. 
(4) Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration. 
(5) Assistant 
Administrators, 
Agency 
for 
International 
Development (6). 
(6) Regional Assistant Administrators, Agency for Interna-
tional Development (4). 
(7) Under Secretary of the Air Force. 
positions at 
$27,000. 
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(8) Under Secretary of the Army. 
(9) Under Secretary of the Navy. 
(10) Deputy Under Secretaries of State (2). 
(11) Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture (3). 
(12) Assistant Secretaries of Commerce (4). 
(13) Assistant Secretaries of Defense (7). 
(14) Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force (3). 
(15) Assistant Secretaries of the Army (3). 
(16) Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (3). 
(17) Assistant Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare 
(2)-
(18) Assistant Secretaries of the Interior (4). 
(19) Assistant Attorneys General (9). 
(20) Assistant Secretaries of Labor (4). 
(21) Assistant Postmasters General (5). 
(22) Assistant Secretaries of State (11). 
(23) Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury (4). 
(24) Chairman of the United States Tariif Commission. 
(25) Commissioner, Community Facilities Administration. 
(26) Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration. 
(27) Commissioner, Public Housing Administration. 
(28) Commissioner, Urban Renewal Administration. 
(29) Director of Civil Defense, Department of the Army. 
(30) Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service. 
(31) Deputy Chief Medical Director in the Department of 
Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration. 
(32) Deputy Director of the Office of Emergency Planning. 
(33) Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology. 
(34) Deputy Director of the Peace Corps. 
(35) Deputy Director of the United States Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency. 
(36) Deputy Director of the United States 
Information 
Agency. 
(37) Assistant Directors of the Bureau of the Budget (3). 
(38) General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture. 
(39) General Counsel of the Department of Commerce. 
(40) General Counsel of the Department of Defense. 
(41) General Counsel of the Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare. 
(42) Solicitor of the Department of the Interior. 
i 43) Solicitor of the Department of Labor. 
(44) General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. 
(45) General Counsel of the Post Office Department. 
(46) Counselor of the Department of State. 
(47) Legal Adviser of the Department of State. 
(48) General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury. 
(49) First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of 
Washington. 
(50) General Manager of the Atomic Energy Commission. 
(51) Governor of the Farm Credit Administration. 
(52) Inspector General, Foreign Assistance. 
(53) Deputy Inspector General, Foreign Assistance. 
(54) Members, Civil Aeronautics Board. 
(55) Members, Council of Economic Advisers. 
(56) Members, Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank 
of Washington. 
(57) Members, Federal Communications Commission. 
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(58) Member, Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation. 
(59) Members, Federal Home Loan Bank Board. 
(60) Members, Federal Power Commission. 
(61) Members, Federal Trade Commission. 
(62) Members, Interstate Commerce Commission. 
(63) Members, National Labor Relations Board. 
(64) Members, Securities and Exchange Commission. 
(65) Members, Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority. 
(66) Members, United States Civil Service Commission. 
(67) Members, Federal Maritime Commission. 
(68) Members, National Mediation Board. 
(69) Members, Railroad Retirement Board. 
(e) Level V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule shall apply p„°"i^ns at"'' 
to the following offices and positions, for which the annual rate of $26,000. 
basic compensation shall be $26,000: 
(1) Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. 
(2) Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, Department 
of Agriculture. 
(3) Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva-
tion Servicej Department of Agriculture. 
(4) Administrator, Farmers Home Administration. 
(5) Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, Department 
of Agriculture. 
(6) Administrator, 
Rural 
Electrification 
Administration, 
Department of Agriculture. 
(7) Administrator, Soil Conservation Service, Department of 
Agriculture. 
(8) Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, Depart-
ment of the Interior. 
(9) Administrator of the National Capital Transportation 
Agency. 
(10) Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
ment Corporation. 
(11) Deputy Administrators of the Small Business Admin-
istration (4). 
(12) Associate Administrator for Administration, Federal 
Aviation Agency. 
(13) Associate Administrator for Development, Federal Avia-
tion Agency. 
(14) Associate Administrator for Programs, Federal Aviation 
Agency. 
(15) Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and 
Technology, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
(16) Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applica-
tions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
(17) Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
(18) Associate Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration. 
(19) Deputy Associate Administrator, National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration. 
(20) Associate Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. 
(21) Archivist of the United States. 
(22) Area Redevelopment Administrator, Department of 
Commerce. 
(23) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration. 
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(24) Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 
for Administration. 
(25) Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Administration. 
(26) Assistant Attorney General for Administration. 
(27) Assistant Secretary of Labor for Administration. 
(28) Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Administration. 
(29) Assistant General Manager, Atomic Energy Commission. 
(30) Assistant and Science Adviser to the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
(31) Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of 
the United States. 
(32) Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee to the 
Atomic Energy Commission, Department of Defense. 
(33) Chairman of the Renegotiation Board. 
(34) Chairman of the Subversive Activities Control Board. 
(35) Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service, Depart-
ment of the Treasury. 
(36) Chief Forester of the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture. 
(37) Chief Postal Inspector, Post Office Department. 
(38) Chief, Weather Bureau, Department of Commerce. 
(39) Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury. 
(40) Commissioner, Federal Supply Service, General Services 
Administration. 
(41) Commissioner of Education, Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare. 
(42) Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, Department of the 
Interior. 
(43) Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare. 
(44) Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, De-
partment of Justice. 
(45) Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Department of the 
Interior. 
(46) Chief Commissioner, Indian Claims Commission. 
(47) Associate Commissioners, Indian Claims Commission (2). 
(48) Commissioner of Patents, Department of Commerce. 
(49) Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General Services 
Administration. 
(50) Commissioner 
of 
Reclamation, 
Department 
of 
the 
Interior. 
(51) Commissioner of Social Security, Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare. 
(52) Commissioner of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department 
of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
(53) Commissioner of Welfare, Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare. 
(54) Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(55) Director of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agri-
culture. 
(56) Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. 
(57) Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. 
(58) Director, Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice. 
(59) Director, Geological Survey, Department of the Interior. 
(60) Director, Office of Research and Engineering, Post Office 
Department. 
(61) Director, National Bureau of Standards, Department of 
Commerce. 
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(62) Director of Regulation, Atomic Energy Commission. 
(63) Director of Science and Education, Department of Agri-
culture. 
(64) Deputy Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs, Depart-
ment of the Treasury. 
(65) Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department 
of the Treasury. 
(66) Deputy Director, National Science Foundation. 
(67) Deputy Director, Policy and Plans, United States Infor-
mation Agency. 
(68) Deputy General Counsel, Department of Defense. 
(69) Deputy General Manager, Atomic E n e r ^ Commission. 
(70) Associate Director of the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service. 
(71) Associate Director for Volunteers, Peace Corps. 
(72) Associate Director for Program Development and Opera-
tions, Peace Corps. 
(73) Assistants to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, Department of Justice (2). 
(74) Assistant Directors, Office of Emergency Planning (3). 
(75) Assistant Directors, United States Arms Control and Dis-
armament Agency (4). 
(76) Federal Highway Administrator, Department of Com-
merce. 
(77) Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. 
(78) General Counsel of the Agency for International Develop-
ment. 
(79^ General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force. 
(80) General Counsel of the Department of the Army. 
(81) General Counsel of the Atomic Energy Commission. 
(82) General Counsel of the Federal Aviation Agency. 
(83) General Counsel of the Housing and Home Finance 
Agency. 
(84) General Counsel of the Department of the Navy. 
(85) General Counsel of the United States Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency. 
(86) General Counsel of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. 
(87) Governor of the Canal Zone. 
(88) Manpower Administrator, Department of Labor. 
(89^ Maritime Administrator, Department of Commerce. 
(90) Members, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the 
United States. 
(91) Members, Renegotiation Board. 
(92) Members, Subversive Activities Control Board. 
(93) Members, United States Tariff Commission. 
(94) President of the Federal National Mortgage Association. 
(95) Special Assistant to the Secretary (Health and Medical 
Affairs), Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
(96) Deputy Directors of Defense Research and Engineering, 
Department of Defense (4). 
(97) Assistant Administrator of General Services. 
(98) Director, United States Travel Service, Department of 
Commerce. 
(99) Executive Director of the United States Civil Service 
Commission. 
(f) In addition to the offices and positions listed in subsections (d) prfirde^.''"* ^^ 
and (e) of this section, the President is authorized to place from time 
to time offices and positions held by not to exceed thirty persons in 
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Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Vice President. 
69 Stat. 11. 
Presidential as-
sistants. 
70 Stat. 740. 
63 Stat. 880. 
Repeals. 
levels IV and V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule when he 
deems such action necessary to reflect changes in organization, man-
agement responsibilities, or workload in any Federal department or 
agency. Any such action with respect to an office to which appoint-
ment IS made by the President by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate shall be effective only at the time of a new appointment 
to such office. Each action taken under this subsection shall be pub-
lished in the Federal Register, except when it is determined by the 
President that such publication would be contrary to the interest 
of the national security. 
No action shall be taken under this sub-
section with respect to an office or position the compensation for which 
is fixed at a specific rate by this section or by statute enacted subse-
quent to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) In addition to the offices and positions listed in subsections 
(d) and (e) of this section and the offices and positions placed by the 
President in levels IV and V pursuant to subsection (f) of this sec-
tion, the President is authorized to place, during the period which 
begins on the day immediately following the date of enactment of 
this Act and which terminates on the first day of the sixth month 
which begins following the date of enactment of this Act, in levels 
IV and V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule offices and 
positions held by not to exceed thirty persons, the duties and respon-
sibilities of which he deems appropriate for such levels. No action 
shall be taken under this subsection with respect to an office or posi-
tion the compensation for which is fixed at a specific rate by this 
section or by statute enacted subsequent to the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 304. (a) Section 104 of title 3, United States Code (relating 
to the compensation of the Vice President), is amended by striking 
out "$35,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$43,000". 
(b) Section 105 of title 3, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"§105. Compensation of secretaries and executive, administra-
tive, and staff assistants to President 
"The President is authorized to fix the compensation of the six 
administrative assistants authorized to be appointed under section 
106 of this title, of the Executive Secretary of the National Security 
Council, of the Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Council, and of eight other secretaries or immediate staff 
assistants in the White House Office at rates of basic compensation 
not to exceed that of level II of the Federal Executive Salary 
Schedule.". 
CONFORMING CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW 
SEC. 305. The following provisions of law are hereby repealed: 
(1) The Federal Executive Pay Act of 1956, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
2201-2209), establishing rates of basic compensation for heads of 
executive departments and other Federal officials. 
(2) Section 3012(h) of title 10, United States Code, providing 
compensation of $22,000 a year for the Secretary of the Army. 
(3) Section 3013(b) of title 10, United States Code, fixing the 
annual salaries of the Under Secretary and each Assistant Secretary 
of the Army at $20,000 a year. 
(4) Section 5031(d) of title 10, United States Code, providing 
compensation of $22,000 a year for the Secretary of the Navy. 
(5) Section 5033(c) of title 10, United States Code, providing the 
annual salary of $20,000 a year for the Under Secretary of the Navy. 
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(6) Section 304 of Public Law 87-651, approved September 7,1962 
(76 Stat. 526; 10 U.S.C. 5034, note), providing compensation of 
$20,000 a year for Assistant Secretaries of the Navy. 
(7) Section 8012(g) of title 10, United States Code, providing 
compensation of $22,000 a year for the Secretary of the Air Force. 
(8) Section 8013(b) of title 10, United States Code, fixing the 
annual salaries of the Under Secretary and each Assistant Secretary 
of the Air Force at $20,000 a year. 
(9) Section 137(c) of title 10, United States Code, fixing the com-
pensation of the General Counsel of the Department of Defense at 
the rate prescribed by law for assistant secretaries of executive de-
partments. 
(10) (A) The last sentence of section 22 a. of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 924; 71 Stat. 612; 42 U.S.C. 2032 (a)), 
relating to the annual salaries of the Chairman and members of such 
Commission, which reads: "Each member, except the Chairman, shall 
receive compensation at the rate of $22,000 per annum; and the member 
designated as Chairman shall receive compensation at the rate of 
$22,500 per annum.". 
(B) That part of the first sentence of section 27 a. of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 926; 42 U.S.C. 2037(a)), relating to the 
salary of the Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee which 
reads: ", and who shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed 
for an Assistant Secretary of Defense". 
(11) That part of Keorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1958 (72 
Stat. 1799 and 861; 75 Stat. 630; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15, note) — 
(A) In section 2(b), relating to the annual salary of the 
Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, which reads: "and 
shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed 
by law for the heads of executive departments"; 
(B) In section 2(c), relating to the annual salary of the Deputy 
Director of such Office, which reads: "shall receive compensation 
at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for the under secre-
taries referred to in section 104 of the Federal Executive Pay Act 
of 1956 (5 U.S.C. 2203),"; and 
(C) In section 2(d), relating to the annual salaries of three As-
sistant Directors of such Office, which reads: "shall receive com-
pensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for assist-
ant secretaries of executive departments,". 
(12) (A) That part of the second sentence of section 202(a) of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 429; 42 U.S.C. 
•2472(a)), relating to the annual salary of the Administrator of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which reads: ", and 
shall receive compensation at the rate of $22,500 per annum". 
(B) That part of the first sentence of section 202(b) of such Act 
(72 Stat. 429; 42 U.S.C. 2472(b)), relating to the annual salary of the 
Deputy Administrator of such Administration, which reads: ", shall 
receive compensation at the rate of $21,500 per annum,". 
(13) (A) That part of section 201(f) of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 428; 42 U.S.C. 2471(f)), relating 
to the annual salary of a civilian executive secretary in the National 
Aeronautics and Space Council, which reads: "and shall receive 
compensation at the rate of $20,000 a year". 
(B) That part of section 204 of such Act (72 Stat. 431, 432; 42 
U.S.C. 2474(a)(1), and (d)), relating to the annual salary of the 
Chairman of the Civilian-Military Liaison Committee, as follows: 
In subsection (a) (1), that part which reads: ", and shall receive 
compensation (in the manner provided in subsection (d)) at the 
rate of $20,000 per annum". 
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In the second sentence of subsection (d), that part which reads: 
"fixed by subsection (a) (1)". 
(14) (A) That part of the second sentence of section 2(a) of the 
Act of May 26, 1949 (63 Stat. I l l ; 5 U.S.C. 151b(a)) as amended, 
relating to the rank and salary of the Counselor and of the Legal 
Adviser of the Department of State, which reads: "and shall receive 
the same salary as". 
(B) The last sentence of section 2(a) of the Act of May 26, 1949 
(63 Stat. I l l ; 5 U.S.C. 151b(a)) as amended, relating to the rate 
of basic compensation of the Deputy Under Secretaries of State, 
which reads: "Unless otherwise provided for by law, the rate of 
basic compensation of the Deputy Under Secretaries of State shall be 
the same as that of Assistant Secretaries of State.". 
(C) That part of the second sentence of section 2(b) of the Act of 
May 26, 1949, as amended (73 Stat. 265; 5 U.S.C. 151b (b)), relating 
to the annual salary of the Under Secretary of State for Political 
Affairs or for Economic Affairs, as designated by the President, 
which reads: "shall receive compensation at the rate of $22,000 
a year and". 
(15) The last sentence of section 210(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, relating to the annual salary of the Administrator of Veterans' 
Affairs, Veterans' Administration, which reads: "He shall receive a 
salary of $21,000 a year, payable monthly." 
(16) (A) The last sentence of section 201(a)(2) of the Federal 
Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 741; 49 U.S.C. 1321 (a) (2)), relating to 
the annual salaries of the Chairman and members of the Civil 
Aeronautics Board, which reads: "Each member of the Board shall re-
ceive a salary at the rate of $20,000 per annum, except that the member 
serving as Chairman shall receive a salary at the rate of $20,500 per 
annum.". 
(B) That part of the second sentence of section 301(a) of such Act 
(72 Stat. 744; 49 U.S.C. 1341 (a)), relating to the annual salary of the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, which reads: ", and 
who shall receive compensation at the rate of $22,500 per annum". 
(C) That part of the second sentence of section 302(a) of such Act 
(72 Stat. 744; 49 U.S.C. 1342(a)), relating to the annual salary of the 
Deputy Administrator of such Agency, which reads: "shall receive 
compensation at the rate of $20,500 per annum, and". 
(17) (A) The last sentence of section 22 of the Arms Control and 
Disarmament Act (75 Stat. 632; 22 U.S.C. 2562), relating to the an-
nual salary of the Director of the United States Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency, which reads: "He shall receive compensation 
at the rate of $22,500 per annum.". 
(B) The second sentence of section 23 of such Act (75 Stat. 632; 22 
U.S.C. 2563), relating to the annual salary of the Deputy Director of 
such Agency, which reads: "He shall receive compensation at the rate 
of $21,500 per annum.". 
(C) The second sentence of section 24 of such Act (75 Stat. 632; 22 
U.S.C. 2564), relating to the annual salaries of the four Assistant 
Directors of such Agency, which reads: "They shall receive compensa-
tion at the rate of $20,000 per annum.". 
(18) Section 3 of the Act of March 2, 1955 (69 Stat. 10; 5 U.S.C. 
294, 293, 295a), relating to the annual salaries of certain officials of 
the Department of Justice, which reads: 
"SEC. 3. (a) The compensation of the Deputy Attorney General shall 
be at the rate of $21,000 per annum. 
"(b) The compensation of the Solicitor General shall be at the rate 
of $20,500 per annum. 
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"(c) The compensation of each Assistant Attorney General, other 
than the Administrative Assistant Attorney General, shall be at the 
rate of $20,000 per annum.". 
(19) (A) The last sentence of section 102(c) of Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 7 of 1961 (75 Stat. 840; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15, note), relating 
to the annual salaries of the Chairman and members of the Federal 
Maritime Commission, which reads: "The Chairman of the Commis-
sion shall receive a salary at the rate of $20,500 per annum, and each 
of the other Commissioners shall receive a salary at the rate of $20,000 
per annum.". 
(B) That part of section 201 of such reorganization plan (75 Stat. 
842; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15, note), relating to the annual salary of the Mari-
time Administrator in the Department of Commerce, which reads: 
"shall receive a salary at the rate of $20,000 per annum,". 
(20) That part of the fourth sentence of section 4(a) of the Securi-
ties Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (74 Stat. 408 and 913; 15 
U.S.C. 78d(a)), relating to the annual salaries of the Chairman and 
Commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Coinmission, which 
reads: "shall receive a salary at the rate of $20,000 a year, except that 
the Chairman shall receive additional salary at the rate of $500 a 
vear and". 
(21) Section 8 of the Food Additives Amendment of 1958 (72 Stat. 
1789; 5 U.S.C. 2205, note), fixing the annual salary of the Commis-
sioner of Food and Drugs at $20,000 per annum. 
(22) That part of the first sentence of section 3 of the Area Rede-
velopment Act (75 Stat. 48; 42 U.S.C. 2502), relating to the annual 
salary of the Area Redevelopment Administrator in the Department 
of Commerce, which reads: "who shall receive compensation at a rate 
equal to that received by Assistant Secretaries of Commerce". 
(23) The last sentence of section 203(b) (1) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (72 Stat. 520; 5 U.S.C. 171c(b) (1)), relating to the 
annual salary of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering 
in the Department of Defense, which reads: "The compensation of the 
Director is that prescribed by law for the Secretaries of the military 
departments.". 
(24) In section 303(a) of title 23, United States Code, 
(A) That part of the second sentence, relating to the annual 
salary of the Federal Highway Administrator in the Department 
of Commerce, which reads: "shall receive basic compensation at 
the rate prescribed by law for Assistant Secretaries of executive 
departments and"; and 
(B) The last sentence, relating to the annual salary of the 
Deputy Federal Highway Administrator in such department, 
which reads: "The Deputy Federal Highway Administrator shall 
receive basic compensation at a rate $1,000 less than the rate pro-
vided for the Federal Highway Administrator.". 
(25) The last proviso in the paragraph under the heading "IMMI-
GRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE" and under the subheading 
"SALARIES AND EXPENSES" in the Department of Justice Appropriation 
Act, 1959 (72 Stat. 251; 5 U.S.C. 2206, note), relating to the annual 
salary of the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, which reads: ": Provided further^ That, hereafter, the com-
pensation of tlie Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service shall be $20,000 per annum". 
(26) The second paragraph of section 3 of title 35, United States 
Code, relating to the annual salary of the Commissioner of Patents 
which reads: "The annual rate of compensation of the Commissioner 
shall be $20,000.". 
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(27) That part of section 4(a) of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 
612; 22 LT.S.C. 2503(a)), relating to the annual salaries of the Direc-
tor and of the Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, which reads: 
", whose compensation shall be fixed by the President at a rate not 
in excess of $20,000 per annum," and ", whose compensation shall be 
fixed by the President at a rate not in excess of $19,500 per annum". 
(28) (A) Section 308 of title 39, United States Code, fixing the 
annual rate of basic compensation of the position of Chief Postal 
Inspector in the Post Office Department at $19,000. 
(B) That part of the table of contents of chapter 3 of title 39, 
United States Code, which reads as follows: 
"308. Chief Postal Inspector.". 
(29) That part of the first sentence of section 4 of the International 
Travel Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 130; 22 U.S.C. 2124), relating to the 
annual salary of the Director of the L'nited States Travel Service in 
the Department of Commerce, which reads: "who shall be compen-
sated at the rate of $19,000 per annum,". 
(30) Section 14(b) of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act 
of 1959 (73 Stat. 716; 5 U.S.C. 3013(b)), which fixes the compensa-
tion of the Executive Director of the United States Civil Service 
Commission at $19,000 per annum. 
(31) That part of the first sentence of section 107(c) of the Rene-
gotiation Act of 1951, as amended (73 Stat. 211; 50 U.S.C. App. 
1217(c)), relating to the annual salary of the General Counsel of 
the Renegotiation Board, which reads: ", and shall receive compensa-
tion at the rate of $19,000 per annum". 
(32) (A) That part of the third sentence in section 201(a) of the 
National Capital Transportation Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 538; 40 U.S.C. 
661(a)), relating to the annual salary of the Administrator of the 
National Capital Transportation Agency, which reads: ", and who 
shall receive compensation at a rate equal to the maximum rate for 
grade 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, 
as amended, plus $500 per annum". 
(B) That part of the first sentence of section 201(b) of such Act 
(74 Stat. 538; 40 U.S.C. 661(b)), relating to the annual salary of 
the Deputy Administrator of such Agency, which reads: ", and who 
shall receive compensation at a rate equal to the maximum rate for 
grade 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, 
as amended". 
(33) The last sentence of section 624(d)(1) 
of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 447; 22 U.S.C. 2384(d)(1)), as 
amended, fixing the compensation of certain officials in the Depart-
ment of State, which reads: "The Inspector General, Foreign Assist-
ance, shall receive compensation at the rate of $20,000 annually; the 
Deputy Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, shall receive compen-
sation at the rate of $20,000 annually, and each Assistant Inspector 
General, Foreign Assistance, shall receive compensation at the rate of 
$19,000 annually.". 
(34) That part of section 202 of the Act of July 1, 1960 (74 Stat. 
305; 5 U.S.C. 623g), relating to the annual salary of the Adminis-
trative Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 
which reads: ", and whose annual rate of basic compensation shall 
be $19,000". 
(35) That part of the Public Works Appropriation Act, 1963, 
under the heading "DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR" and 
under the caption "BUREAU OF RECLAMATION" and the subheading 
"ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS" (76 Stat. 1223; 43 U.S.C. 373a-l), 
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relating to the annual salary of the present incumbent of the position 
of Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, which reads: 
"After September 30, 1962, the position of Commissioner of 
Reclamation shall have the annual rate of compensation as provided 
for positions listed in section 2205(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
so long as held by the present incumbent.". 
(36) That part of the Public Works Appropriation Act, 1962, under 
the heading "DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR" and under 
the caption "BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION" and the subheading 
"CONSTRUCTION" (75 Stat. 728; 16 U.S.C. 832a-l), relating to the 
annual salary of the present incumbent of the position of Administra-
tor, Bonneville Power Administration, which reads: 
"After October 1, 1961, the position of Administrator, Bonneville 
Power Administration, shall have the same annual rate of compen-
sation as that provided for positions listed in section 2205(b) of title 
5, United States Code, so long as held by the present incumbent.". 
(37) Section 205 of the Public Works Appropriation Act, 1958 (71 
Stat. 423; 5 U.S.C. 483-1 note, 2206 note), as amended, relating to the 
salary of the present incumbent of the position of Administrator of 
the Southwestern Power Administration in the Department of the 
Interior, and to the salary of the Administrative Assistant Secretary 
of such Department, which reads: 
"SEC. 205. After August 31, 1957, the salary of the Administrator 
of the Southwestern Power Administration shall be the same as the 
salary of the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, 
so long as held by the present incumbent; and the salary of the Admin-
istrative Assistant Secretary of the Department shall be the same as 
the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior.". 
(38) The proviso in the first paragraph under the heading "FEDERAL 
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION" and under the subheading "SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES" in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1964 (77 
Stat. 782; Public Law 88-245), relating to the annual salary of the 
present incumbent of the position of Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, which reads: ": Provided. That the compensation of 
the Director of the Bureau shall be $22,000 per annum so long as the 
position is held by the present incumbent" and provisions to the same 
effect contained in other appropriation Acts enacted prior to the effec-
tive date of this section relating to the annual salary of the present 
incumbent of the position of Director of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation. 
(39) That part of section 7801 (b) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1954, as amended, relating to the annual salary of the Assistant Gen-
eral Counsel of the Treasury Department who shall be the Chief 
Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service, which reads: "and shall 
receive basic compensation at the annual rate of $19,000". 
(40) (A) Sections 3018, 5014, and 8018 of title 10, United States 
Code, relating to the compensation of the general counsels of the 
military departments. 
(B) The respective tables of contents of chapters 303, 503, and 803 
of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking out 
"3018. Compensation of General Counsel."; 
"5014. Compensation of General Counsel."; and 
"8018. Compensation of General Counsel.". 
(41) (A) That part of section 2(a) of Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1962 (76 Stat. 1253; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15, note), relating to the 
compensation of the Director of the Office of Science and Technology, 
which reads: "and shall receive compensation at the rate of $22,500 per 
annum". 
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(B) That part of section 2(b) of such reorganization plan (76 Stat. 
1253; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15, note), relating to the compensation of the 
Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology, which reads: 
"and receive compensation at the rate of $20,500 per annum". 
(C) That part of section 22(a) of such reorganization plan (76 
Stat. 1255; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15, note), relating to the compensation of 
the Director of the National Science Foundation, which reads: "shall 
receive compensation at the rate of $21,000 per annum and". 
(42) That part of section 624(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (75 Stat. 447; 22 U.S.C. 2384(a)), relating to the compensation 
of twelve officers in the agency primarily responsible for administering 
part I of such Act, which reads: "of whom— 
"(1) one shall have the rank of an Under Secretary and shall 
be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate authorized by law 
for any Under Secretary of an executive department; 
"(2) one shall have the rank of Deputy Under Secretary and 
shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate authorized 
by law for any Deputy Under Secretary of an exscutive depart-
ment; and 
"(3) ten shall have the rank of Assistant Secretaries and shall 
be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate authorized by law 
for any Assistant Secretary of an executive department,". 
(43) That part of the first sentence of section 104(b) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 174; 8 U.S.C. 1104(b)), relating 
to the rank and compensation of the Administrator, Bureau of Secu-
rity and Consular Affairs, which reads: "and compensation". 
(44) That part of section 3 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 
1953 (67 Stat. 631; 5 U.S.C. 623, note), relating to the Special Assist-
ant to the Secretary (Health and Medical Affairs), Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare, which reads: ", and shall receive 
compensation at the rat« now or hereafter provided by law for assist-
ant secretaries of executive departments". 
SEC. 306. (a)(1) Section 508 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"§ 508. Salaries 
"Subject to subsection (f) of section 303 of the Federal Executive 
Salary Act of 1964, the Attorney General shall fix the annual salaries 
of United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys, and 
attorneys appointed under section 503 of this title at rates of compen-
sation not in excess of the highest rate of grade 18 of the General 
Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.". 
(2) Subject to section 303(f) of this Act, each incumbent United 
States attorney and assistant United States attorney shall be paid 
compensation at a rate equal to that of attorneys of comparable respon-
sibility and professional qualifications, as determined by the Attorney 
General, whose compensation is prescribed in the General Schedule of 
the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. 
(b) Section 411 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (70 
Stat. 704; 22 U.S.C. 866), relating to the per annum salaries of chiefs 
of mission, is amended by striking out the second sentence of that sec-
tion and inserting in lieu thereof the follow^ing: "The per annum 
salaries of chiefs of mission within each class shall be at the rate pro-
Ante, p. 416. 
vided by law for the levels of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule 
as follows: class 1, the rate for level II; class 2, the rate for level III; 
class 3, the rate for level IV; and class 4, the rate for level V.". 
(c) That part of section 201(f) of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 428; 42 U.S.C. 2471(f)), fixing a limit 
of $19,000 on the compensation of seven persons in the National Aero-
Ante, p. 421. 
62 Stat. 909. 
Ante, p. 400. 
75 Stat. 792. 
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429 
nautics and Space Council, is amended by striking out "compensated 
at the rate of not more than $19,000 a year," and inserting in lieu 
thereof "compensated at not to exceed the highest rate of grade 18 of 
the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended,". 
'*"'®' P- '*°°-
(d) Clause (A) of section 203(b) (2) of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 429; 42 U.S.C. 2473(b)(2)), as 
amended, is amended to read as follows: "(A) to the extent the Ad-
ministrator deems such action necessary to the discharge of his re-
sponsibilities, he may appoint not more than four hundred and twenty-
five of the scientific, engineering, and administrative personnel of the 
Administration without regard to such laws, and may fix the compen-
sation of such personnel not in excess of the highest rate of grade 18 
of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, 
and". 
(e) Section 6(f) of the Act of September 24, 1959 (73 Stat. 706; 5 
LT.S.C. 2376(f)), relating to the maximum compensation payable to 
employees of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Rela-
tions, is amended by striking out "at a rate in excess of $20,000 per 
annum" and by inserting in lieu thereof "at a rate in excess of the 
highest rate of grade 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification 
Act of 1949, as amended". 
(f) The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is further 
amended as follows: 
(1) In the last sentence of section 24 a. (68 Stat. 925; 71 Stat. 
612; 42 U.S.C. 2034(a)), relating to the annual salary of the 
General Manager of such Commission, (A) by inserting "and" 
immediately before "shall be removable by the Commission" and 
(B) by striking out that part which reads: ", and shall receive 
compensation at a rate determined by the Commission, but not in 
excess of $22,000 per annum"; 
(2) In the last sentence of section 24 b. (71 Stat. 612; 42 U.S.C. 
2034(b)), relating to the annual salary of the Deputy General 
Manager of such Commission, (A) by inserting "and" immedi-
ately before "shall be removable by the General Manager" and 
(B) by striking out that part which reads: ", and shall receive 
compensation at a rate determined by the General Manager, but 
not m excess of $20,500 per annum"; 
(3) In the last sentence of section 24 c. (71 Stat. 612; 42 U.S.C. 
2034(c)), relating to the annual salaries of the Assistant General 
Managers (or their equivalents) of such Commission, (A) by 
inserting "and" immediately before "shall be removable by the 
General Manager" and (B) by striking out that part which 
reads: ", and shall receive compensation at a rate determined by 
the General Manager, but not m excess of $20,000 per annum"; 
I (4) In the second sentence of section 25 a. (68 Stat. 925; 71 
Stat. 612; 42 U.S.C. 2035(a)), relating to the annual salaries of 
directors of program divisions of such Commission, by striking 
out that part which reads: "and shall receive compensation at a 
rate determined by the Commission, but not in excess of $19,000 
per annum"; 
(5) In section 25 b. (68 Stat. 925; 71 Stat. 612; 42 U.S.C. 2035 
(b)), relating to the annual salary of the General Counsel of such 
Commission, by striking out that part which reads: "and shall 
receive compensation at a rate determined by the Commission, but 
not in excess of $19,500 per annum"; 
(6) In the first sentence of section 25 c. (68 Stat. 925; 71 Stat. 
612; 42 U.S.C. 2035(c)), relating to the annual salary of the Di-
rector of the Inspection Division in such Commission, by striking 
Ante, p. 416. 
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out that part which reads: "and shall receive compensation at a 
rate determined by the Commission, but not in excess of $19,000 
per annum"; 
(7) In the last sentence of section 25 d. (71 Stat. 612; 42 U.S.C. 
2035 (d)), relating to the annual salaries of certain executive man-
agement positions in such Commission, (A) by inserting "and*' 
immediately before "shall be removable by the General Manager" 
and (B) by striking out that part which reads:", and shall receive 
compensation at a rate determined by the General Manager, but 
not in excess of $19,000 per annum"; and 
(8) In the second sentence of section 28 (68 Stat. 926; 42 U.S.C. 
2038), relating to the compensation of the active member of the 
Armed Forces serving as Director of the Division of Military Ap-
plication in such Commission, by striking out that part which 
reads "and the compensation prescribed in section 25" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof, "and the compensation established for this 
position pursuant to section 303 or section 309 of the Federal 
Executive Salary Act of 1964". 
(g) Section 2 of the Act of July 30,1946, as amended (60 Stat. 712; 
70 Stat. 740; 22 U.S.C. 287n), relating to the compensation of the 
United States representatives and alternates at sessions of the General 
Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 
Organization, is amended by striking out "Such representatives and 
alternates shall each be entitled to receive compensation at such rates, 
not to exceed $15,000 per annum, as the President may determine," and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Such representatives and alternates shall 
each be entitled to receive compensation at such rates provided for 
Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 412 of the 
Ante. p. 411. 
Foreigu Service Act of 1946, as amended, as the President may 
determine,". 
(h) The third sentence of section 2 of the Act of May 29, 1959 (73 
Stat. 63; 50 U.S.C. 402, note), is amended to read as follows: "Except 
as provided in subsection (f) of section 303 of the Federal Executive 
Salary Act of 1964, no officer or employee of the National Security 
Agency shall be paid basic compensation at a rate in excess of the 
highest rate of basic compensation contained in such General Sched-
ule.". 
(i) (1) Sections 2 and 3 of the Act of July 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 414; 
D.C. Code, sees. l-204a and l-204b), relating to the compensation of 
the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, are amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 2. Except as otherwise provided by this section and section 3 
of this Act— 
"(1) the compensation of the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia shall be at the rate of $25,500 each per annum; and 
"(2) the Commissioner detailed from the Corps of Engineers 
of the United States Army shall receive an annual compensa-
tion which, when added to any compensation he receives as an 
officer of the United States Army, will equal the compensation 
authorized by paragraph (1) of this section. 
"SEC. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 
"(1) the compensation of the President of the Board of 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall be at the rate 
of $26,000 per annum; and 
"(2) if the Commissioner detailed from the Corps of Engi-
neers of the United States Army is chosen President of the Board 
of Commissioners, he shall receive, as President of the Board, an 
annual compensation which, when added to any compensation 
he receives as an officer of the United States Army, will equal 
the compensation authorized by paragraph (1) of this section.". 
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(2) Section 11-702(d) of the District of Columbia Code (77 Stat. 
484; Public Law 88-241), relating to the rates of annual salary of the 
chief judge and the associate judges of the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals, is amended— 
(A) by striking out "$19,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$25,000"; and 
(B) by striking out "$18,500" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$24,500". 
(3) Section 11-902(d) of the District of Columbia Code (77 Stat. 
487; Public Law 88-241), relating to the rates of annual salary of the 
chief judge and the associate judges of the District of Columbia Court 
of General Sessions, is amended— 
(A) by striking out "$18,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$24,000"; and 
(B) by striking out "$17,500" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$23,500". 
(4) The first sentence of the second paragraph of section 2 of the 
District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, as amended (D.C. Code, 
sec. 47-2402), relating to the compensation of the person appointed 
to the District of Columbia Tax Court, is amended by striking out 
"$17,500" and inserting in lieu thereof "$23,500". 
(5) That part of the salary schedule in section 1 of the District of 
Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955, as amended (76 Stat. 1229; 
D.C. Code, sec. 31-1501), relating to the compensation of the Superin-
tendent of Schools, and Deputy Superintendent of Schools, of the 
District of Columbia, which reads: 
52 Stat. 370; 
69 Stat. 290. 
"Class 
1: Superintendent 
of Schools 
Class 2: Deputy Superin-
tendent-., 
$19,000 
16,500 
is amended to read as follows: 
"Class 
1: Superintendent I 
of Schools 
$26,000 
Class 2: Deputy Superin-
tendent 
I 22,000 
(6) That part of the salary schedule in section 101 of the District of 
Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 480), as 
amended (sec. 4-823, et seq., D.C. Code, 1961 edition), relating to the 
compensation of the Fire Chief and the Chief of Police, which reads : 
76 Stat. 1239. 
'Class 10 
Fire Chief. 
Chief of Police." 
17,000 
17,400 
17,800 
18,200 
18,600 I 19,000 
is amended to read as follows: 
"C1.JSS10 
Fire Chief. 
Chief of Police.' 
21,000 
21,500 
22,000 
22,500 
23,000 
23,500 
(j) (1) The catchline of section 3012 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking out "; compensation" 
(2) The table of contents of chapter 303 of such title 10 is amended 
by striking out 
"3012. Secretary of the Army: powers and duties; delegation by; com-
pensation." 
and inserting in lieu thereof 
"3012. Secretary of the Army: powers and duties ; delegation by.". 
(3) The catchline of section 5031 of such title 10 is amended by 
striking out "; compensation". 
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(4) The table of contents of chapter 505 of such title 10 is amended 
by striking out 
"5031. Secretary of the Navy : responsibilities; compensation." 
and inserting in lieu thereof 
"5031. Secretary of the Navy : responsibilities.". 
(5) The catchline of section 5033 of such title 10 is amended by 
striking out "; compensation". 
(6) The table of contents of chapter 505 of such title 10 is amended 
by striking out 
"5033. Under Secretary of the Navy: appointment; duties; compensation." 
and inserting in lieu thereof 
"5033. Under Secretary of the Navy: appointment; duties.". 
(7) The catchline of section 8012 of such title 10 is amended by 
striking out "; compensation". 
(8) The table of contents of chapter 803 of such title 10 is amended 
by striking out 
"8012. Secretary of the Air Force: powers and duties; delegation by; com-
pensation." 
and inserting in lieu thereof 
"8012. Secretary of the Air Force: povrers and duties; delegation by.". 
CHANGES IN POSITION TITLES 
SEC. 307. Whenever reference is made in any law or reorganization 
plan to the— 
Administrative Assistant Attorney General, 
Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 
Administrative Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 
Administrative Assistant Secretary of Labor, 
Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 
or 
Administrative Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare, 
such reference shall be held and considered to mean the— 
Assistant Attorney General for Administration, 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Administration, 
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration, 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Administration, 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Administration, or 
Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for 
Administration, 
respectively. 
LIMITATION ON SALARIES FIXED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION 
SEC. 308. Except as provided by this Act and notwithstanding the 
provisions of any other law, the head of any executive department, 
independent establishment, or agency in the executive branch who is 
authorized to fix by administrative action the annual rate of basic 
compensation for any position, officer, or employee shall not fix svich 
rate in excess of the highest rate of grade 18 of the General Schedule 
Ante, p. 400. 
^f ^j^g Classificatiou Act of 1949, as amended. 
Nothing contained in 
this section shall be construed to impair the authorities provided in 
the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended (50 U.S.C. 
63 Stat. 208. 
^Qgg^ r^^-^^ followiug), ill sectioii 3 of the Tennessee Valley Authority 
48 Stat. 59. 
j ^ ^ ^ ^f ^933 (^g U.S.C. 831b), iu section 9 of the Federal Deposit 
64 Stat. 881. 
inguraiice Act (12 U.S.C. 1819), in section 11 of the Federal Reserve 
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Act (12 U.S.C. 248), or in section 5240 of the Revised Statutes (12 ^s stat. 26i. 
U.S.C. 481, relating to the Comptroller of the Currency). 
MISCELLANEOUS POSITIONS I N THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH 
SEC. 309. Each office or position in the executive branch specifically 
referred to in, or covered by, any conforming change in law made by 
section 305 of this Act, or any other office or position in the executive 
branch for which the annual salary is established pursuant to special 
provision of law enacted prior to the date of enactment of this Act, at 
a figure of $18,500 or above, which is not placed in a level of the 
Federal Executive Salary Schedule pursuant to section 303 of this 
Act, shall be paid basic compensation at a rate which is equal to the 
salary rate of a grade and step of the General Schedule of the Classifi-
cation Act of 1949, as amended. All actions taken under this section 
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shall be reported to the United States Civil Service Commission and servfc°J commrs-
published in the Federal Register, except when it is determined by sion. 
the President that such report and publication would be contrary to ped'I'rai^Re'grster. 
the interest of national security. 
SAVING PROVISIONS 
SEC. 310. (a) Except as provided by this Act, the changes in existing 
law made by this Act shall not affect any office or position existing 
immediately prior to the effective date of any such changes in existing 
law, the compensation attached to such office or position, and any 
incumbent thereof, his appointment thereto, and his entitlement to 
receive the compensation attached thereto, until appropriate action is 
taken in accordance with this Act or other law. 
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, the rate of basic, 
gross, or total annual compensation received by any officer or employee 
immediately prior to the effective date of this section shall not be 
reduced by reason of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL JUDICIAL 
SALARIES 
SEC. 401. This title may be cited as the "Federal Judicial Salary , Federal judicial 
A c t of 1964". 
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SEC. 402. (a) The rates of basic compensation of officers and em-
ployees in or under the judicial branch of the Government whose rates 
of compensation are fixed by or pursuant to paragraph (2) of sub-
division a of section 62 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 102(a) (2)), 
section 3656 of title 18, United States Code, the third sentence of sec- 
62 stat. 843. 
tion 603, sections 672 to 675, inclusive, or section 604(a) (5), of title 28, 
United States Code, insofar as the latter section applies to graded 62^stat^9i8^^' 
positions, are hereby increased by amounts reflecting the respective 914. 
applicable increases provided by title I of this Act in corresponding 
rates of compensation for officer's and employees subject to the Classi-
fication Act of 1949, as amended. The rates of basic compensation of 
officers and employees holding ungraded positions and whose salaries 
are fixed pursuant to section 604(a) (5) may be increased by the 
amounts reflecting the respective applicable increases provided by 
title I of this Act in corresponding rates of compensation for officers 
and employees subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. 
(b) The limitations provided by applicable law on the effective 
date of this section with respect to the aggregate salaries payable to 
secretaries and law clerks of circuit and district judges are hereby 
increased by amounts which reflect the respective applicable increases 
provided by title I of this Act in corresponding rates of compensation 
60 Stat. 329. 
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[78 STAT. 
for officers and employees subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended. 
76 Stat. 866. 
((.) Scctjon Y53(e) of title 28, United States Code (relating to the 
compensation of court reporters for district courts), is amended by 
striking out the existing salary limitation contained therein and insert-
ing a new limitation which reflects the respective applicable increases 
provided by title I of this Act in corresponding rates of compensation 
for officers and employees subject to the Classification Act of 1949, 
as amended. 
70 Stat. 151. 
((J) Section 40a of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 68(a)), as 
amended, relating to the compensation of full-time and part-time 
referees in bankruptcy, is amended by striking out the existing com-
pensation limitations contained therein and inserting new limitations 
of "$22,500" and "$11,000", respectively. 
69 Stat. 9. 
SEC. 403. (a) Section 5 of title 28, United States Code, relating to the 
salaries of the Chief Justice of the Unit-ed States and of the Associate 
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, is amended by 
striking out "$35,500" and substituting therefor "$40,000", and by 
striking out "$35,000" and substituting therefor "$39,500". 
69 Stat. 10. 
(b) Section 44 (d) of title 28, United States Code, relating to circuit 
judges, is amended by striking out "$25,500" and substituting therefor 
"$33,000". 
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(c) Section 135 of title 28, United States Code, relating to district 
judges, is amended by striking out "$22,500" and substituting therefor 
"$30,000", and by striking out "$23,000" and substituting therefor 
"$30,500". 
(d) Section 173 of title 28, United States Code, relating to judges 
of the Court of Claims, is amended by striking out "$25,500" and sub-
stituting therefor "$33,000". 
(e) Section 213 of title 28, United States Code, relating to judges of 
the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, is amended by striking out 
"$25,500" and substituting therefor "$33,000". 
(f) Section 252 of title 28, United States Code, relating to judges of 
the Customs Court, is amended by striking out "$22,500" and substitut-
ing therefor "$30,000". 
63 Stat. 881. 
(^) The first paragraph of section 603 of title 28, United States 
Co(fe, relating to the compensation of the Director and the Deputy 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"The Director shall receive a salary of $27,000 a year. 
The Deputy 
Director shall receive a salary of $26,000 a year." 
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(^) Subsection (b) of section 792 of title 28, United States Code, 
relating to the compensation of commissioners of the Court of Claims, 
is amended to read as follows: 
" (b) Each commissioner shall receive basic compensation at the rate 
of $26,000 a year, and also all necessary traveling expenses and a per 
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^^^^ allowance as provided in the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as 
amended, while traveling on official business and away from Washing-
ton, District of Columbia." 
69 Stat. 10. 
(i) Section 7443(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (68A 
Stat. 879), as amended, relating to judges of the Tax Court oi the 
United States, is further amended by striking out "$22,500" and sub-
stituting therefor "$30,000". 
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(j) gectiou 867(a) (1) of title 10, United States Code, relating to 
judges of the Court of Military Appeals, is amended by striking out 
^'$25,500" and substituting therefor ^'$33,000". 
78 STAT. ] 
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TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATES 
SEC. 501. (a) Except to the extent provided in subsections (b) and 
(c) of this section, this Act and the increases in compensation made by 
this Act shall become effective on the first day of the first pay period 
which begins on or after July 1,1964. 
(b) Section 204 of this Act, relating to increases in compensation confess! °^ 
for Members of Congress, shall become effective at noon on January 
Ante, p. 4is. 
3, 1^65. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (but except 
as otherwise provided in subsection (h) of this section)— 
(1) no rate of compensation which is equal to or in excess of 
$22,000 per annum shall be increased in any amount, by reason 
of section 202 of this Act, until the first day of the first pay period 
which begins on or after January 1, 1965; and 
(2) no rate of compensation which is less than $22,000 per 
annum shall be increased to an amount per annum in excess of 
$22,000, by reason of section 202 or 203(g) of this Act, until the 
first day of the first pay period which begins on or after January 
1 , 1 9 6 5 . 
Life insurance 
(d) For the purpose of determining the amount of insurance for amount."*"'^^"'"'' 
which an individual is eligible under the Federal Employees' Group 
Life Insurance Act of 1954, all changes in rates of compensation or 
s^js^c^'aop^^ 
salary which result from the enactment of this Act shall be held and note. 
considered to be effective as of the date of such enactment. 
SEC. 502. (a) Eetroactive compensation or salary shall be paid by prowsTo^ns!"* 
reason of this Act only in the case of an individual in the service of the 
United States (including service in the Armed Forces of the United 
States) or the mimicipal government of the District of Columbia on 
the date of enactment of this Act, except that such retroactive compen-
sation or salary shall be paid (1) to an officer or employee who retired 
during the period beginning on the effective date prescribed by section 
501(a) and ending on the date of enactment of this Act for services 
rendered during such period and (2) in accordance with the provisions 
of the Act of August 3,1950 (Public Law 636, Eighty-first Congress), 
as amended (5 U.S.C. 61f-61k), for services rendered during the period 
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beginning on the effective date prescribed by section 501(a) and end-
ing on the date of enactment of this Act by an officer or employee who 
dies during such period. 
Such retroactive compensation or salary 
shall not be considered as basic salary for the purpose of the Civil 
Service Ketirement Act in the case of any such retired or deceased 
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officer or employee. 
note. 
(b) For the purposes of this section, service in the Armed Forces 
of the United States, in the case of an individual relieved from train-
ing and service in the Armed Forces of the United States or discharged 
from hospitalization following such training and service, shall include 
the period provided by law for the mandatory restoration of such 
individual to a position in or under the Federal Government or the 
municipal government of the District of Columbia. 
Approved August 14, 1964.