An Act to adjust the rates of basic compensation of certain officers and employees of the Federal Government, and for other purposes
PL 86-568 (H.R.9883), enacted 07/01/1960

296 
July 1, I960 
[ H. R. 9883] 
P o s t a l 
E m -
ployees Salary Inr 
crease Act of I960. 
69 Stat. 118. 
PUBLIC LAW 86.568-JULy 1, 1960 
[74 S T A T 
Public Law 86-568 
AN ACT 
To adjust the rates of basic compensation of certain oflBcers and employees 
of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
TITLE I—SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR GOVERNMENT 
EMPLOYEES 
PART A—POSTAL FIELD SERVICE EMPLOYEES 
SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 101. This part may be cited as the "Postal Employees Salary 
Increase Act of 1960". 
POSTAL FIELD SERVICE SCHEDULE 
SEC. 102. The Postal Field Service Schedule contained in section 
301(a) of the Postal Field Service Compensation Act of 1955, as 
amended (72 Stat. 145, 215; 39 U.S.C. 971(a)), is amended to read 
as follows: 
"POSTAL FIELD SERVICE SCHEDULE 
"Levol 
1 
2 
3 
4 
6 
6 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
For annum rates and steps 
1 
$3,415 
3,670 
3,955 
4,345 
4,605 
4,975 
6,370 
5,790 
6,255 
6,870 
7,660 
8,320 
9,160 
10,075 
11,075 
12,206 
13,505 
15,165 
16,585 
17,200 
2 
$3,546 
3,805 
4,100 
4,506 
4,765 
5,150 
6,655 
5,995 
6,480 
7,110 
7,820 
8,605 
9,470 
10,410 
11,440 
12,570 
13,870 
16,626 
16,9-»5 
3 
$3,675 
3,940 
4,245 
4,665 
4,925 
5,325 
6.740 
6,200 
6,705 
7,350 
8,080 
8,890 
9,780 
10, 745 
11,806 
12,935 
14,235 
15,885 
17,096 
4 
$3,806 
4,075 
4,390 
4,825 
5,085 
6,500 
5,925 
6,406 
0,930 
7,600 
8,340 
9,175 
10,090 
11,080 
12,170 
13,300 
14,600 
16,245 
6 
$3,936 
4,210 
4,536 
4,985 
6,245 
5,676 
6,110 
6,610 
7,165 
7,830 
8,600 
9,460 
10,400 
11,415 
12,536 
13,665 
14.966 
16.606 
6 
$4,066 
4,345 
4,680 
6,146 
6,405 
5,860 
6,295 
6,815 
7,380 
8,070 
8,860 
9,745 
10, 710 
11, 760 
12,900 
14,030 
15,330 
16,966 
7 
$4,195 
4,480 
4,825 
5,306 
5, .565 
6,025 
6,480 
7,020 
7,605 
8,310 
9,120 
10,030 
11,020 
12,085 
13,266 
14,395 
15,695 
16,965 
>
> 
RURAL CARRIER SCHEDULE 
69 Stat. 119. 
SEC. 103. (a) The Rural Carrier Schedule contained in section 
302(a) of such Act, as amended (72 Stat. 145; 39 U.S.C. 972(a)), is 
amended to read as follows: 
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"RURAL CARRIER SCHEDULE 
"Per annum rates and steps 
Carriers 
in 
rural 
delivery 
service: 
Fixed compensation per 
annuTn 
Compensation per mile per 
annum for each mile up to 
30 miles of route 
For each mile of route over 
30 miles 
Temporary carriers In rural 
delivery service on routes to 
which no regular carrier is 
asslRned: 
Fixed compensation per 
annum 
Compensation per mile per 
annum for each mile up to 
30 miles of route 
For each mile of route over 
30 miles... 
Temporary carriers In rural 
delivery service on routes 
having regular carriers absent 
without pay or on military 
leave 
Substitute carriers in rural 
delivery service on routes 
having carriers absent with 
pay 
1 
$2,063 
71 
24 
2,053 
71 
24 
(0 
2 
$2,132 
73 
24 
3 
$2,211 
75 
24 
4 
$2,200 
77 
24 
6 
$2,369 
79 
24 
(0 
6 
$2,448 
81 
24 
7 
$2,627 
83 
24 
(') 
(') 
Basic compensation authorized for the regular carrier." 
(b) Section 302(c) of such Act, as amended (69 Stat. 119, 72 Stat. 
145; 39 U.S.C. 972(c)), is amended by striking out "$5,165 during the 
period referred to in section 304(c) or $5,035 thereafter" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "the basic salary for the maximum step in the Rural 
Carrier Schedule for a route sixty-one miles in length". 
FOURTH-CLASS OFFICE SCHEDULE 
SEC. 104. The Fourth-Class Office Schedule contained in section 
303(a) of such Act, as amended (72 Stat. 146; 39 U.S.C. 973(a)), is 
amended to read as follows: 
'FOURTH-CLASS OFFICE SCHEDULE 
'Gross receipts 
Per annum rates and steps 
$1,300 to $1,499.99 
$900 to $1,299.99.. 
$600 to $899.09.... 
$360 to $599.99.... 
$260 to $349.99.... 
$200 to $249.99.... 
$100 to $199.09.... 
Under $100 
$2,979 
2,730 
2,234 
1,787 
1,242 
993 
746 
495 
$3,078 
2,820 
2,309 
1,794 
1,282 
1,026 
769 
611 
$3,177 
2,910 
2,384 
1,861 
1,322 
1,057 
793 
527 
$3,276 
3,000 
2,459 
1,008 
1,362 
1,089 
817 
643 
$3,375 
3,000 
2,634 
1,966 
1,402 
1,121 
841 
569 
$3,474 
8,180 
2,600 
2,022 
1,442 
1,153 
866 
676 
$3,573 
3,270 
2,684 
2,079 
1,482 
1,185 
889 
691' 
RELATED PROVISIONS COVERING POSTAL FIELD SERVICE EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 105. (a) Section 304(c) of such Act, as amended (72 Stat. 
146; 39 U.S.C. 974 (c)), is hereby repealed. 
(b) Section 401 of such Act, as amended (39 U.S.C. 981), is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following subsection: 
"(d) Any increase in basic salary granted by law on or after the 
effective date of this subsection shall not be deemed to be an equivalent 
increase in basic salary within the meaning of subsection (a) of this 
section." 
69 Stat. 122. 
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69 Stat. 88. 
39 use 95 I note. 
(c) The annual rate of basic salary of any officer or employee whose 
basic salary, immediately prior to the effective date of this subsection, 
is at a rate between two scheduled rates, or above the highest sched-
uled rate, in the Postal Field Service Schedule, the Rural Carrier 
Schedule, or the Fourth-Class Office Schedule, whichever may be appli-
cable, is hereby increased by an amount equal to the amount 01 the 
increase made by this part in the next lower rate of the appropriate 
level in such schedule. As used in this subsection, the term "basic 
salary" has the same meaning as when used in the Postal Field Service 
Compensation Act of 1955. 
(d) This part shall have the same force and effect within Guam 
as within other possessions of the United States. 
Federal Em- 
P A E T B—GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES GENERALLY 
ployees Salary In-
crease Act of I960. 
SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 111. This part may be cited as the "Federal Employees 
Salary Increase Act of 1960". 
SALARY INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO CLASSIFICATION ACT 
OF 1949 
SEC. 112. (a) Section 603(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended (72 Stat. 203; 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 
OS-1.. 
GS-2.. 
GS-3.-
QS-4.-
GS-5.. 
GS-6-. 
OS-7-. 
OS-8.. 
GS-9.. 
QS-10. 
GS-11. 
GS-12-
GS-13. 
G8-14. 
GS-15-
GS-16-
GS-17. 
GS-18. 
$3,185 
3,500 
3,760 
4,040 
4,345 
4,830 
5,355 
5,885 
6,435 
6,995 
7,560 
8,955 
10,635 
12,210 
13,730 
15,256 
16,530 
18,500 
$3,290 
3,605 
3,865 
4,145 
4,510 
4,995 
5,520 
6,050 
6,600 
7,160 
7,820 
9,215 
10,895 
12,470 
14,055 
15,515 
16,790 
Per 
$3,395 
3,710 
3,970 
4,250 
4,675 
5,160 
5,685 
6,215 
6,765 
7,325 
8,080 
9,475 
11,155 
12,730 
14,380 
15,775 
17,050 
annum rates 
$3,500 
3,815 
4,075 
4,355 
4,840 
5,325 
5,850 
6,380 
6,930 
7,490 
8,340 
9,735 
11,415 
12,990 
14,705 
16,035 
17,310 
$3,605 
3,920 
4,180 
4,460 
5,005 
5,490 
6,015 
6,545 
7,095 
7,655 
8,600 
9,995 
11,675 
13,250 
15,030 
16,295 
17,570 
$3,710 
4,025 
4,285 
4,565 
5,170 
5,655 
6,180 
6,710 
7,260 
7,820 
8,860 
10,255 
U,935 
13, 510 
$3,815 
4,130 
4,390 
4,670 
5,335 
5,820 
6,345 
6,876 
7,425 
7,986 
compeji*satF2.n?* °^ 
(^) ^he Tates of basic compensation of officers and employees to 
whom this section applies shall be initially adjusted as follows: 
(1) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation im-
mediately prior to the effective date of this section at one of the sched-
uled or longevity 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 scheduled or longevity rate in 
effect on and after such date, 
(2) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation im-
mediately prior to the effective date of this section at a rate between 
two scheduled or two longevity rates, or between a scheduled and a 
longevity rate, of a grade in the General Schedule, he shall receive a 
rate of basic compensation at the higher of the two corresponding 
rates in effect on and after such date. 
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(3) If the officer or employee (other than an officer or employee 
subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection), immediately prior to the 
effective date of this section, is receiving basic compensation at a rate 
in excess of the maximum longevity rate of his grade, or in excess of 
the maximum scheduled rate of his grade if there is no longevity rate 
for his grade, he shall receive basic compensation at a rate equal to the 
rate which he received immediately prior to such effective date, in-
creased by an amount equal to the amount of the increase made by this 
section in the maximum longevity rate, or the maximum scheduled 
rate, as the case may be, of his grade until (A) he leaves such position, 
or (B) he is entitled to receive basic compensation at a higher rate by 
reason of the operation of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended; 
but, when his position becomes vacant, the rate of basic compensation 
of any subsequent appointee thereto shall be fixed in accordance with 
such Act, as amended. 
(4) If the officer or employee, immediately prior to the effective 
date of this section, is receiving, pursuant to paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 2(b) of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, 
an existing aggregate rate of compensation determined under section 
208(b) of the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1111; Public Law 
763, Eighty-third Congress), plus the amount of the increase provided 
by section 2 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955 
and by section 2 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 
1958, he shall receive an aggregate rate of compensation equal to the 
sum of (A) his existing aggregate rate of compensation determined note' 
under such section 208(b) of the Act of September 1, 1954, (B) 
the amount of the increase provided by section 2 of the Federal 
Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, (C) the amount of the 
increase provided by section 2 of the Federal Employees Salary 
Increase Act of 1958, and (D) the amount of the increase made by 
this section in the maximum longevity rate of his grade, until (i) he 
leaves his position, or (ii) he is entitled to receive aggregate compen-
sation at a higher rate by reason of the operation of this title or any 
other provision of law; but, when such 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 purposes of section 208(b) of 
such Act of September 1, 1954, to constitute a part of the existing 
aggregate rate of compensation of such employee. 
5 use 1071 note. 
69 Stat. 173. 
5 use 1 113 note. 
5 use 526. 
72 Stat. 203. 
S use 1113 and 
EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1940 
SEC. 113. (a) The third sentence of section 412 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 867), is amended by 
striking out "$19,250'' and inserting in lieu thereof "$19,800". 
(b) The fourth sentence of section 412 of such Act is amended to 
read as follows: "The per annum salaries of Foreign Service officers 
within each of the other classes shall be as follows: 
70 Stat. 704. 
22 u s e 867. 
"Class 1 
$17,250 
$17,650 
$18,050 
$18,450 
$18,850 
$19,250 
$19,650 -
Class 2 
14,900 
15,255 
15,610 
15,965 
16,320 
16,675 
17,030 
Class 3 
12,535 
12,890 
13,245 
13,600 
13,955 
14,310 
14,665 
Class 4 
10,645 
10,945 
11,245 
11,545 
11,845 
12,145 
12,445 
Class 5-.- 
— 
8,755 
9,055 
9,355 
9,655 
9,955 
10,255 
10,655 
Class 6 
7,215 
7,455 
7,695 
7,935 
8,175 
8,415 
8,655 
Class 7 
6,035 
6,215 
6,395 
6,575 
6,755 
6,935 
7,115 
Class 8 
5,085 
5,265 
5,445 
5,625 
5,805 
5,985 
6,165 
$6,345" 
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60 Stat. 1003. 
(c) The second sentence of section 415 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 870) 
is amended to read as follows: "The per annum rates of staff officers 
and employees within each class shall be as follows: 
"Classl 
- 
$12,665 
$13,030 
$13,405 
$13,780 
$14,155 
Class2 
- 
11,740 
12,065 
12,390 
12,715 
13,040 -
Class3 
- 
10,785 
11,095 
11,405 
ll,71f 
12,025 
Class 4 
— 
9,780 
10,090 
10,400 
10,710 
11,020 
Class 5 
- - 
- 
9,025 
9,285 
9,545 
9,805 
10,065 
$10,325 
Class 6 
— 
8,270 
8,500 
8,730 
8,960 
9,180 
9,420 -
Class 7 
- 
7,515 
7,745 
7,975 
8,205 
8,435 
8,665 
Class 8..- 
— 
6,760 
6,990 
7,220 
7,450 
7,680 
7,910 
Class9.. 
6,005 
6,235 
6,465 
6,695 
6,925 
7,155 
CllsslO 
- - 
5,500 
5,690 
5,880 
6,070 
6,260 
6,450 
$6,640 
Class 11 
5,000 
5,165 
5,310 
5,465 
5,620 
5,775 
6,930 
Class 12 
- 
4,495 
4,650 
4,805 
4,960 
5,115 
5,270 
5,425 
Class 13 
- 
- 
4,010 
4,165 
4,320 
4,475 
4,630 
4,785 
4,940 
Class 14.. 
3,550 
3,705 
3,860 
4,015 
4,170 
4,325 
4,480 
ClasslS 
3,325 
3,440 
3,555 
3,670 
3,785 
3,900 
4,015 
Class 16 
3,095 
3,176 
3,265 
3,335 
3,415 
3,495 
3,576 
d i s s 17 
2,860 
2,940 
3,020 
3,100 
3,180 
3,260 
3,340 
Class 18 
2,640 
2,720 
2,800 
2,880 
2,960 
3,040 
3,120 
Class 19 
2,410 
2,490 
2,670 
2,660 
2,730 
2,810 
2,890 
Class20 
2,180 
2,260 
2,340 
2,420 
2,500 
2,580 
2,660 
Class 21 
1,950 
2,030 
2,110 
2,190 
2,270 
2,360 
2,430 
Class 22 
1,720 
1,800 
1,880 
1,960 
2,040 
2,120 
2,200" 
(d) Foreign Service officers, Reserve officers, and Foreign Service 
staff officers and employees who are entitled to receive basic compensa-
tion immediately prior to the effective date of this section at one of 
the step rates provided by section 412 or section 415 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1946, shall receive basic compensation on or after the 
effective date of this section at the corresponding step rate as provided 
by such section 412 or 415 as amended by this section. 
EMPLOYEES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN THE 
V E T E R A N S ' ADMINISTRATION 
72 Stat. 1243. 
gj,^. 114. (a) Section 4103(b) of title 38 of the United States Code, 
relating to the annual salary of the Chief Medical Director of the 
Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administra-
tion, is amended by striking out "$19,580" and inserting in lieu there-
of "$21,050". 
(b) Section 4103(c) of such title, relating to the annual salary of 
the Deputy Chief Medical Director of the Department of Medicine 
and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, is amended by striking 
out "$18,480" and inserting in lieu thereof "$19,870". 
(c) Section 4103(d) of such title, relating to the annual salaries of 
the Assistant Chief Medical Directors and the directors of service or 
chiefs of division of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the 
Veterans' Administration, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "$17,380" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$18,685"; and 
(2) by striking out "$14,545 minimum to $16,500 maximum" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$15,640 minimum to $17,740 maxi-
mum". 
(d) Section 4103(e) of such title, relating to the annual salaries of 
the Director of Nursing Service and the Deputy Director of Nursing 
Service of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' 
Administration, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "$12,770 minimum to $13,970 maximum" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$13,730 minimum to $15,030 maxi-
mum" ; and 
(2) by striking out "$11,355 minimum to $12,555 maximum" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,210 minimum to $13,510 
maximum". 
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(e) Section 4103(f) of such title, relating to the annual salaries of 
the chief pharmacist, the chief dietitian, the chief physical therapist, 
and the chief occupational therapist of the Department of Medicine 
and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(f) The Administrator may appoint a chief pharmacist, a chief 
dietitian, a chief physical therapist, and a chief occupational therapist. 
During the period of his service as such, the chief pharmacist and the 
chief dietitian shall be paid a salary of $13,730 minimum to $15,030 
maximum a year and the chief physical therapist and the chief occu-
pational therapist shall be paid a salary of $12,210 minimum to 
|l3,510 maximum a year." 
(f) Section 4107(a) of such title, relating to the maximum and 
minimum rates of annual salary of certain employees of the Medical 
Service, the Dental Service, and the Nursing Service of the Depart-
ment 01 Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"§ 4107. Grades and pay scales 
"(a) The grades and per annum full-pay ranges for positions pro-
vided in paragraph (1) of section 4104 of this title shall be as follows: 
(( 
MEDICAL SERVICE 
"Chief grade, $13,730 minimum to $15,030 maximum. 
"Senior grade, $12,210 minimum to $13,510 maximum. 
"Intermediate grade, $10,635 minimum to $11,935 maximum. 
"Full grade, $8,955 minimum to $10,255 maximum. 
"Associate grade, $7,560 minimum to $8,860 maximum. 
"Junior grade, $6,995 minimum to $7,985 maximum. 
"DENTAL SERVICE 
"Chief grade, $13,730 minimum to $15,030 maximum. 
"Senior grade, $12,210 minimum to $13,510 maximum. 
"Intermwiiate grade, $10,635 minimum to $11,935 maximum. 
"Full ^ade, $8,955 minimum to $10,255 maximum. 
"Associate grade, $7,560 minimum to $8,860 maximum. 
"Junior grade, $6,995 minimum to $7,985 maximum. 
"NURSING SERVICE 
"Assistant Director, $8,955 minimum to $10,255 maximum. 
"Senior grade, $7,560 minimum to $8,860 maximum. 
"Full ^ a d e , $6,435 minimum to $7,426 maximum. 
"Associate grade, $5,600 minimum to $6,630 maximum. 
"Junior grade, $4,760 minimum to $5,790 maximum. 
"ADMINISTRATION 
"(b) Notwithstanding any law. Executive order, or regulation, 
the Administrator shall prescribe by regulation the hours and con-
ditions of employment and leaves of absence of physicians, dentists, 
and nurses." 
(g) Section 4108(d) of such title, prescribing the maximum 
amount of pay and allowances of medical, surgical, and dental special-
ists of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Ad-
ministration, is amended to read as follows: 
"(d) Any person, rated as a medical, surgical, or dental specialist 
under the provisions of this section, shall receive, in addition to his 
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[74 STAT. 
basic pay, an allowance equal to 15 per centum of such pay, but in no 
event shall the pay plus the allowance authorized by this subsection 
exceed $17,200 per annum." 
AGRICULTURAL 
STABILIZATION 
AND CONSERVATION 
COUNTY 
COMMITTEE 
EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 115. (a) The rates of compensation of persons employed by 
the county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil 
52 Stat. 31. 
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 this title for corresponding rates of compensa-
tion in the appropriate schedule or scale of pay. 
(b) (1) Section 2 of the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended 
70 Stat. 745. 
(5 xj.S.C. 2252), is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new subsection: 
"(h) This Act shall apply to persons employed by the county com-
mittees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation 
and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)), subject to the fol-
lowing requirements: 
" (1) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed 
to prescribe and issue such regulations as may be necessary to pro-
vide a means of effecting the application and operation of the pro-
visions of this Act with respect to such employees; 
"(2) The Commission is authorized and directed to accept the 
certification of the Secretary of Agriculture or his designee with 
respect to service, for purposes of this Act, rendered by such em-
ployees prior to the effective date of this amendment; and 
"(3) Service rendered prior to the effective date of this amend-
ment as an employee of a county committee established pursuant 
to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment 
Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be included in computing length of 
creditable service for the purposes of this Act only (A) if the 
employee has to his credit a total period of not less than five years 
of allowable service under this Act (including service allowable 
under this amendment) and (B) if, within two years after the 
effective date of this amendment, the employee shall have de-
posited with interest at 4 per centum per annum to December 31, 
1947, and 3 per centum per annum thereafter, compounded on 
December 31 of each year, to the credit of the fund, a sum equal 
to the aggregate of the amounts which would have been deducted 
from his basic salary during the period of service claimed under 
this paragraph if during such period he had been subject to tliis 
Act." 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, annuity benefits 
5 use 2251 note, under the Civil Service Retirement Act resulting from the operation 
of this subsection shall be paid from the civil service retirement and 
disability fund. 
(c) Section 2 of the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act 
68 Stat. 736. 
of 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2091), is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) Persons employed by the county committees established pur-
suant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment 
Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall, under such conditions of eligibility 
as the Commission by regulation may prescribe, come within the 
purview of this Act. 
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 
and directed to prescribe and issue such regulations as may be neces-
sary to provide a means of effecting the application and operation of 
the provisions of this subsection with respect to such persons." 
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(d) Section 3 of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 
1959 (5 U.S.C. 3002) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
73 stat. 708. 
following new subsection: 
"(f) Persons employed by the county committees established pur-
suant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) may, in such manner and under such 
conditions of eligibility as the Commission by regulation may pre-
scribe, enroll in an approved health benefits plan described in section 
4 either as an individual or for self and family, under the same terms 
and conditions as apply to other employees who are eligible to enroll 
in such a plan under this Act. The Secretary of Agriculture is au-
thorized and directed to prescribe and issue such regulations as may 
be necessary to provide a means of effecting the application and opera-
tion of the provisions of this subsection with respect to such persons." 
EMPLOYEES I N T H E JUDICIAL BRANCH 
SEC. 116. (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 subdivi-
sion a of section 62 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 102(a) (2)), 
^° ^^^^' ^29. 
section 3656 of title 18 of the United States Code, the third sentence 
of section 603, section 604(a) (5), or sections 672 to 675, inclusive, of 
title 28 of the United States Code, or section 107(a) (6) of the Act of 
July 31,1956, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2206(a) (6)), are hereby increased 
^o stat. 739. 
by amounts equal to the increases provided by section 612 of this part 
in corresponding rates of compensation paid to officers and employees 
subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. 
^ use 1071 note. 
(b) The limitations provided by applicable law on the effective date 
of this section with respect to the aggregate salaries payable to secre-
taries and law clerks of circuit and district judges are hereby increased 
by the amounts necessary to pay the additional basic compensation 
provided by this part. 
(c) Section 753(e) of title 28 of the United States Code (relating 
to the compensation of court reporters for district courts) is amended 
by striking out ''$7,095" and inserting in lieu thereof "$7,630". 
EMPLOYEES I N T H E LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SEC. 117. (a) Each officer and 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 addi- 5
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tional compensation at the rate of 7.5 per centum of his gross rate of 
compensation (basic compensation plus additional compensation au-
thorized by law). 
(b) The basic^compensation of each employee in the office of a 
Senator is hereby adjusted, effective on July 1, 1960, 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, except 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. In any case in which, at the expiration of the time within 
which a Senator may give notice under this subsection, such Senator 
is deceased such notice shall be deemed to have been given. 
(c) Notwithstanding the provision referred to in subsection (d), 
the rates of gross compensation of each of the elected officers of the 
Senate (except the Presiding Officer of the Senate), the Parliamen-
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tarian of the Senate, the Legislative Counsel 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 7.5 per centum. 
(d) The paragraph imposing limitations on basic and gross com-
pensation of officers and employees of the Senate appearing under the 
heading "SENATE" in the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1956 (69 
Stat. 510; Public Law 242, Eighty-fourth Congress), is amended to 
read as follows: 
"No officer or employee whose compensation is disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate shall be paid basic compensation at a rate in 
excess of $8,880 per annum, or gross compensation at a rate in excess 
of $17,525 per annum, unless expressly authorized by law." 
(e) The limitation on 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 Senate is hereby in-
creased by 7.5 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. 
(f) The official reporters of proceedings and debates of the Senate 
and their employees shall be considered to be officers or employees in 
or under the legislative branch of the Government within the meaning 
of subsection (a). 
(g) Each officer or employee of the House of Representatives, whose 
compensation is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives and is not increased automatically, or is not permitted to be 
increased administratively, by reason of any other provision of this 
section, shall receive additional compensation at the rate of 7.5 per 
centum of the rate of his total annual compensation in effect immedi-
ately prior to the effective date of this section. 
(h) 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 folamg of speeches and pamphlets for the 
House of Representatives are hereby increased by 7.5 per centum. The 
amount of each such increase shall be computed to the nearest cent, 
counting one-half cent and over as a whole cent. 
(i} The additional compensation provided by this section shall be 
considered a part of basic compensation for the purposes of the Civil 
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Service Retirement Act (5 U.S.C. 2251 and the following). 
PART C—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 121. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and 
^itle II. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 122. The foregoing provisions of this title and the provisions 
of section 201 shall become effective on the first day of the first pay 
period which begins on or after July 1, 1960. 
TITLE II—EXECUTIVE AND SUPERGRADE POSITIONS 
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SEC. 201. The Federal Executive Pay Act of 1956 be amended as 
5 u s e 2201 note. 
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loUows: 
5 use 2205, 
(1) Section 106(a) is amended by adding the following new sub-
paragraph after subparagraph (45) : 
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"(46) Legal adviser, solicitor, or general counsel of an executive 
department (excluding the Department of Justice)". 
(2) Section 106(b) is amended by deleting the present subpara-
graph (9) and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(9) General counsel of a military department". 
SEC. 202. There shall be in the Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare an Administrative Assistant Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare who shall be appointed, with the approval of the 
President, by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under 
the classified civil service, who shall perform such duties as the Secre-
tary shall prescribe, and whose annual rate of basic compensation shall 
be $19,000. 
SEC. 203. (a) Subsection (b) of section 505 of the Classification Act 
of 1949, as amended, is amended (1) by striking out "fourteen hundred 
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and twenty-nine" and inserting "fourteen hundred and nine", (2) by 
striking out "three hundred and seventy-one" and inserting "three 
hundred and sixty-three", and (3) by striking out "one hundred and 
fifty-three" and inserting "one hundred and nfty-two". 
(b) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
a new subsection as follows: 
"(1) The Interstate Commerce Commission is authorized, subject 
to the standards and procedures prescribed hj this Act, to place a total 
of two positions in grade 18, ten positions m grade 17, and thirteen 
positions in grade 16 of the General Schedule. Such positions shall be 
in addition to the number of positions authorized to be placed in such 
grades by subsection (b)." 
SAM RAYBURN 
Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. 
CARL HAYDEN 
President of the Senate pro tempore. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U. S. 
July 1, 1960. 
The House of Representatives having proceeded to reconsider 
the bill (H. R. 9883) entitled '*An Act to adjust the rates of basic 
compensation of certain officers and employees of the Federal 
Government, and for other purposes", returned by the President of 
the United States with his objections, to the House of Represent-
atives, in which it originated, it was 
Resolved, That the said bill pass, two-thirds of the House of 
Representatives agreeing to pass the same. 
Attest: 
RALPH R R O B E R T S 
Clerk. 
I certify that this Act originated in the House of Representatives. 
R A L P H R R O B E R T S 
Clerk. 
By: H. Newlin Megill 
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[74 S T A T . 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, 
July 1, I960. 
The Senate having proceeded to reconsider the hill (H. R. 9883) 
entitled "An Actto adjust the rates of basic compensation of cer-
tain officers and employees of the Federal Government, and for 
other purposes'*, returned by the President of the United States 
with his objections, to the House of Representatives, in which it 
originated, and passed by the House of Representatives on recon-
sideration of the same, it was 
Resolved, 
That the said bill pass, two-thirds of the Senators 
present having voted in the affirmative. 
Attest: 
F E L T O N M. J O H N S T O N 
Secretary. 
Public Law 86-569 
July 2, 1960 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 778] 
Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1961, and for other purposes. 
T e mp or ary ap-
propriations, 1961. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, 
receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, 
and other organizational units of the Government, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) (1) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing 
projects or activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in this 
joint resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1960 and 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be available 
in the following appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1961: 
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act; 
General Government Matters Appropriation Act; 
Independent Offices Appropriation Act; 
Department of Defense Appropriation Act; 
Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare 
Appropriation Act; 
Military Construction Appropriation Act; 
Mutual Security and Related Agencies Appropriation Act; 
Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Appropriation Act; 
Public Works Appropriation Act; and the 
Supplemental Appropriation Act. 
(2) Appropriations made by this subsection shall be available to 
the extent and in the manner which would be provided for by the 
pertinent appropriation Act. 
(3) Whenever the amount which would be made available or the 
authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this subsec-
tion as passed by the House is different from that which would be 
made available or granted under such Act as passed by the Senate, 
the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the lesser 
amount or the more restrictive authority. 
(4) Whenever an Act listed in this subsection has been passed by 
only one House or where an item is included in only one version of 
an Act as passed by both Houses, the pertinent project or activity 
shall be continued under the appropriation, funds, or authority granted 
by the one House, but at a rate for operations not exceeding the 
current rate or the rate permitted by the action of the one House,