An Act to amend section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, to provide for the payment of travel and transportation cost for persons selected for appointment to certain positions in the United States, and for other purposes.
PL 86-587 (S.3485), enacted 07/05/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-587-JULY 5, 1960 
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"(g) For the purposes of this section— 
"(1) 'rptation' means the assignment of civilian employees 
referred to in subsection (b) of this section to duty outside the 
United States and the return of such employees to duty within 
the United States; and 
"(2) 'grade' means, as applicable, a grade of the compensation 
schedule for the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 
1949, as amended, or a grade or level of the appropriate prevail-
ing rate schedule." 
SEC. 2. The analysis of chapter 81 of title 10 of the United States 
Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
"158S. Rotation of career-conditional and career employees assigned to duty 
outside the United States." 
Approved July 5, 1960. 
Public Law 86-586 
AN ACT 
To validate certain payments of additional pay for sea duty made to members and 
former members of the United States Coast Guard. 
Definitions. 
July 5, 1960 
[H. R. 9921] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That all payments 
Addfu^^Tt' a y 
of additional pay for sea duty made prior to June 30,1956, to enlisted for sea duty. 
members of the United States Coast Guard who served on Coast Guard 
vessels less than one hundred and twenty-five feet in length are hereby 
validated. 
Any such member or former member who has made repay-
ment to the United States of any amount so paid to him as additional 
pay for sea duty is entitled to have refunded to him the amount repaid. 
SEC. 2. The Comptroller General of the United States, or his 
designee, shall relieve authorized certifying officers of the United 
States Coast Guard from accountability or responsibility for any pay-
ments described in section 1 of this Act, and shall allow credits in the 
settlement of the accounts of those officers for payments which are 
found to be free from fraud and collusion. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations available to the United States Coast 
Guard for the pay and allowances of enlisted personnel are available 
for payments under this Act. 
Approved July 5, 1960. 
Public Law 86-587 
AN ACT 
To amend section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, to 
provide for the payment of travel and transportation cost for persons selected 
for appointment to certain positions in the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
July 5, I960 
[S. 3485] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Reptesentatives 
of the 
United States of Am^erica in Congress assembled, That subsections 
(b) to (d), inclusive, of section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act 
of 1946 (60 Stat. 808, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 73b-3) are amended to read 
as follows: 
"(b) Appropriations for the departments shall be available in ac-
cordance with regulations prescribed by the President, for expenses of 
travel of persons appointed, and of student trainees when promoted 
upon completion of college work, to positions in the United States for 
which there is determined by the Civil Service Commission to be a 
manpower shortage, and for expenses of transportation of their im-
mediate families and their household goods and personal effects and 
for advances of funds to the extent authorized by section 1 (a) and 
(b) of this Act 
J from their places of actual residence at time of selec-
tion or promotion to their duty station. Travel and transportation 
F e d e r a l 
ap-
pointees. 
Travel costs. 
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Effective date. 
expenses shall not be paid upon promotion of a student trainee after 
completion of college work if such expenses were paid upon his ap-
pointment as a student trainee. Such travel expenses may include per 
diem and mileage allowance as provided for civilian officers and em-
ployees by the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended. Travel and 
transportation expenses may be allowed whether the person selected 
has been appointed or not at the time of such travel. However, the 
travel and transportation expenses authorized by this subsection shall 
not be allowed unless the person selected or promoted shall agree in 
writing to remain in the Government service for twelve months follow-
ing his appointment or promotion unless separated for reasons beyond 
his control and acceptable to the department or agency concerned. In 
case of violation of such agreement, any moneys expended by the 
United States on account of such travel and transportation shall be 
recoverable from the individual concerned as a debt due the United 
States. 
"(c) The authority of the Civil Service Commission to determine 
for purposes of this Act positions for which there is a manpower short-
age shall not be delegated. 
"(d) Nothing contained in this section shall impair or otherwise 
affect the authority of any department under existing law to pay travel 
and transportation expenses of persons designated in subsection (b) 
hereof." 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect as of August 25,1960. 
Approved July 5, 1960. 
J u l y s , 1960 
[H. R. 11646] 
Cotton. 
Sampling. 
Offenses. 
Public Law 86-588 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and pub-
lish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton, as amended, by defining 
certain offenses in coniiection with the sampling of cotton for classification 
and providing a penalty provision, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act en-
titled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect 
and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton", ap-
proved March 3,1927, as amended (44 Stat. 1372; 50 Stat. 62; 55 Stat. 
131), is amended by inserting between section 3c and section 3d the 
following new sections: 
"SEC. 3C-1. It shall be unlawful— 
"(a) for any person sampling cotton for classification under 
this Act knowingly to sample cotton improperly, or to identify 
cotton samples improperly, or to accefjf money or other con-
sideration, directly or indirectly, for any negleftt or improper 
performance of duty as a sampler; s
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"(b) for any person to influence improperly or to attempt to 
influence improperly or to forcibly assault, resist, impede, or inter-
fere with any sampler in the taking of samples for classification 
under this Act; 
"(c) for any person knowingly to alter or cause to be altered 
a sample taken for classification under this Act by any means 
such as trimming, peeling, or dressing the sample, or by remov-
ing any leaf, trash, dust, or other material from the sample for 
the purpose of misrepresenting the actual quality of the bale 
from which the sample was taken; 
"(^d) for any person knowingly to cause, or attempt to cause, 
the issuance of a false or misleading certificate or memorandum of