An Act to provide for the exemption from the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 of certain officers in the executive branch of the Government, and for other purposes
PL 83-102 (H.R.4654), enacted 07/02/1953

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Time extension. 
65 Stat. 317. 
65 Stat. 317. 
38 use 694m. 
66 Stat. 64. 
Rate regulation. 
62 Stat. 1275. 
38 use 694. 
(3) By striking out "June 30, 1953" from clause (C) of section 
512 (b) and inserting "June 30,1954" in lieu thereof; 
(4) By striking out "June 30, 1953" from the first sentence of 
section 513 (a) and inserting "June 30, 1954" in lieu thereof; 
(5) By striking out "June 30, 1954" from the third sentence of 
section 513 (c) and inserting "June 30,1955" in lieu thereof; and 
(6) By striking out "June 30, 1953" from the first sentence of 
section 513 (d) and inserting "June 30, 1954" in lieu thereof. 
SEC. 2. The last proviso in section 500 (b), title I I I , of the Service-
men's Readjustment Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as 
follows: ''^And provided further, 
That the Administrator, with the 
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe by regula-
tion from time to time such rate of interest, not in excess of 4% per 
centum per annum, as he may find the loan market demands." 
Approved July 1, 1953-
July 2, 1953 
[H. R. 4654] 
Public Law 102 
CHAPTER 178 
AN ACT 
To provide for the exemption from the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 of 
certain officers in the executive branch of the Government, and for other 
purposes. 
Annual and sick 
leave. 
65 Stat. 679. 
5 u s e 2061. 
Exemptions. 
63 Stat. 965. 
5 u s e 1113. 
60 Stat. 1002. 
22 use 866. 
A c c r u e d leave 
liquidation. 
65 Stat. 679. 
5 u s e 2061 note. 
Po»t, p. 139. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 202 of 
the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 is amended by adding a sub-
section (c) as follows: 
"(c) (1) This title shall not apply to the following officers in the 
executive branch of the Government and officers of the government 
of the District of Columbia, including officers of corporations wholly 
owned or controlled by the United States: 
"(A) persons appointed by the President by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, or by the President alone, whose rates of 
basic compensation exceed the maximum rate provided in the 
General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended; 
"(B) persons who receive compensation in accordance with sec-
tion 411 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946; and 
"(C) such other officers (except postmasters. United States 
attorneys, and United States marshals) as may be designated 
by the President. 
No officer in the executive branch of the Government and no officer 
of the government of the District of Columbia, including an officer 
of a corporation wholly owned or controlled by the United States, 
to whom this title applies shall be deemed to be entitled to the com-
pensation attached to his office solely by virtue of his status as an 
officer. 
"(2) The President, in his discretion, may authorize leaves of ab-
sence to persons who are exempted from this title pursuant to sub-
section (c) (1) (B) for use in the United States and its Territories 
and possessions. Leaves of absence authorized under this subsection 
shall not constitute a leave system, and no such leave of absence which 
is not used shall be made the basis for any lump-sum payment." 
SEC. 2, (a) The accumulated and current accrued annual leave to 
which any officer exempted from the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 
1951 as a result of the enactment of this Act is entitled immediately 
prior to the date this Act becomes applicable to him shall be liquidated 
by a lump-sum payment in accordance with the Act of December 21, 
1944 (5 U. S. C. 61b-61e) or the Act of August 3,1950 (5 U. S. C. 61f-
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61k j , except that payment under either such Act (1) shall be based 
upon the rate of compensation which he was receiving immediately 
prior to the date on which this Act became applicable to him, and (2) 
shall be made without regard to the limitations imposed by the amend-
ments made by sections 4 and 5 of this Act with respect to the amounts 
of leave compensable under such Acts. 
(b) In the event any such exempted officer, without any break in the 
continuity of his service, again becomes subject to the Annual and 
Sick Leave xVct of 1951 upon the completion of his service as an 
exempted officer, the unused annual and sick leave standing to his 
credit at the time he was exempted from the Annual and Sick Leave 
Act of 1951 shall be deemed to have remained to his credit. 
SEO. 3. (a) Section 203 (c) of the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 
1951 is amended to read as follows: 
" (c) The annual leave provided for in this section, which is not used 
by an officer or employee, shall accumulate for use in succeeding years 
until it totals not to exceed thirty days at the beginning of the first com-
plete biweekly pay period, or corresponding period in the case of an 
officer or employee who is not paid on the basis of biweekly pay periods, 
occurring in any year." 
(b) So much of section 203 (d) of the Annual and Sick Leave Act 
of 1951 as precedes paragraph (1) thereof is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), a maximum 
accumulation not to exceed forty-five days at the beginning of the first 
complete biweekly pay period, or corresponding period in the case of 
an officer or employee who is not paid on the basis of biweekly pay 
periods, in any year is authorized to the following categories of 
employees of the Federal Government, other than officers and 
employees in the Foreign Service of the United States under the 
Department of State, stationed outside the several States and the 
District of Columbia: ". 
(c) Section 208 (a) of the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 208. (a) In any case in which— 
"(1) the amount of accumulated annual leave to the credit of 
an officer or employee immediately following the end of the last 
complete biweekly pay period in the calendar year 1952, or corre-
sponding period in the case of an officer or employee who is not 
paid on the basis of biweekly pay periods, under the provisions 
of law then applicable to such officer or employee is in excess of 
the amount allowable under the applicable provisions of section 
203, or 
"(2) the amount of accumulated annual leave to the credit of 
an officer or employee who is subject to the provisions of section 
203 (d) and who becomes subject to the provisions of section 203 
(c) is in excess of the amount allowable under section 203 (c), 
such excess shall remain to the credit of such officer or employee until 
used, but the use during any leave year of an amount in excess of the 
aggregate amount which snail have accrued during such year shall 
automatically reduce the maximum allowable accumulation at the 
beginning of the first complete biweekly pay period, or corresponding 
period in the case of an officer or employee who is not paid on the basis 
of biweekly pay periods, in the following leave year, until the accumu-
lation of such officer or employee no longer exceeds the amount pre-
scribed in the applicable provisions of section 203." 
SEC. 4. (a) The second and third sentences of the first section of the 
Act of December 21, 1944, are amended to read as follows: "Such 
lump-sum payment shall equal the compensation that such officer or 
64 Stat. 395. 
5 u s e 20 61 note. 
5 use 2062. 
Maximum a c c u-
mulation. 
65 Stat. 682. 
5 use 2066. 
Lump-sum pay-
ment. 
5 8 Stat. 845. 
5 u s e 61b. 
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Refund. 
5 use 2061. 
5 use 2061. 
5 use 2064. 
Transfer. 
5 use 2061. 
Decedents. 
64 Stat. 396. 
5 u s e 61g. 
Reduction of ex-
employee would have received had he remained in the service until 
the expiration of the period of such annual or vacation leave, except 
that after August 31, 1953, no such lump-sum payment shall exceed 
compensation for any period of such leave in excess of thirty days 
or the number of days carried over to his credit at the beginning of 
the leave year in which entitlement to payment occurs, whichever is 
the greater. If such officer or employee is reemployed (other than in 
a position exempted from the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 
under section 202 (b) (1) (B), (C), or (H) of such Act) in the 
Federal service or in or under the government of the District of 
Columbia prior to the expiration of the period covered by such leave 
payment, he shall refund to the employing agency an amount equal 
to the compensation covering the period between the date of 
reemployment and the expiration of such leave period. 
The leave 
represented by any such refund— 
" (1) in the case of an officer or employee reemployed under the 
same leave system, shall be recredited to him in the employing 
agency in an amount equal to the amount represented by the 
refund; 
"(2) in the case of an officer or employee reemployed under a 
different leave system, shall be recredited to him in the employing 
agency on an adjusted basis in accordance with regulations to be 
prescribed by the Civil Service Commission; and 
"(3) in the case of an officer or employee reemployed in an 
office or position exempted from the Annual and Sick Leave Act 
of 1951 under section 202 (c) (1) of such Act, shall be deemed, 
upon separation from service, death, or transfer to another office 
or position in the Government service, to have remained to the 
credit of such officer or employee. 
Any amounts so refunded shall be deposited in the Treasury to the 
credit of the employing agency. 
The lump-sum payment herein 
authorized shall not be regarded, except for purposes of taxation, 
as salary or compensation and shall not be subject to retirement 
deductions." 
(b) Section 205 of the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 is 
amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection to read as 
follows: 
"(e) In the case of transfer of an officer or employee between posi-
tions under different leave systems (other than transfers involving 
positions exempted under section 202 (b) (1) ( B ) , ( C ) , or ( H ) ) , with-
out a break in service, the annual and sick leave to the credit of such 
officer or employee shall be transferred to his credit in the employing 
agency on an adjusted basis in accordance with regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Civil Service Commission." 
SEC. 5. Clause (6) of section 2 of the Act of August 3, 1950, is 
amended to read as follows: "(6) payment for all accumulated and 
current accrued annual or vacation leave equal to the compensation 
the decedent would have received had he remained in service until the 
expiration of the period of such annual or vacation leave, except that 
after August 31, 1953, no such lump-sum payment shall exceed com-
pensation for any period of such leave in excess of thirty days or the 
number of days carried over to his credit at the beginning of the leave 
year in which entitlement to payment occurs, whichever is tiie 
greater;". 
SEO. 6. The heads of the departments and agencies are authorized 
and directed to take such action as may be necessary to bring about 
reductions in the accumulated annual leave to the credit of officers and 
employees which is in excess of the amounts allowable under the 
applicable provisions of section 203 of the Annual and Sick Leave Act 
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of 1951, as amended by this Act, within a reasonable period of years, 
consistent with the exigencies of the public business, and to make such 
reports with respect to the action taken as may be requested by the 
Civil Service Commission. 
The Civil Service Commission shall 
include in its annual report to the Congress a statement of the progress 
made in carrying out the purposes of this section. 
SEC. 7. (a) Section 401 of the Independent Offices Appropriation 
Act, 1953 (Public Law 455, Eighty-second Congress), is repealed, 
effective as of June 29, 1953. 
(b) Sections 3 and 4 of the Act of December 21, 1944, are hereby 
repealed. 
SEC. 8. The first section and section 2 of this Act shall take effect on 
the first day of the first pay period which begins after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
Approved July 2, 1953. 
5 u s e 2062. 
R e p o r t to Coii> 
gress. 
Effective dates. 
66 Stat. 418. 
5 u s e 2062a. 
58 Stat. 846. 
5 u s e 6 Id, 61e. 
Public Law 103 
CHAPTER 179 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the Dis-
trict of Columbia to appoint a member of the Metropolitan Police Department 
or a member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia as Director 
of the District Office of Civil Defense, and for other purposes", approved 
May 21, 1951. 
July 6, 1953 
[H. RT 3425] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate arid House of ^Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemMed, That the Act entitled 
"An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
to appoint a member of the Metropolitan Police Department or a 
member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia as 
Director of the District Office of Civil Defense, and for other pur-
poses", approved May 21, 1951 (Public Law 37, Eighty-second 
Congress), is amended to read as follows: 
"That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized 
to appoint a member of the Metropolitan Police Department or a 
member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia to any 
position in any office or agency of the government of the District of 
Columbia, to which office or agency there may be transferred the 
functions of the Office of Civil Defense (authorized to be abolished 
by Reorganization Plan Number 5 of 1952), with the salary provided 
by law for such position, chargeable to the appropriation for the 
newly established office or agency: Provided, That during the tenure 
of his appointment such member so appointed shall be deemed to be 
a member of such Metropolitan Police Department or such Fire 
Department, as the case may be, for all purposes of rank, seniority, 
allowances, privileges and benefits, including retirement and disability 
benefits under the provisions of section 12 of the Act approved Sep-
tember 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 718-721), as amended, to the same extent 
as though the appointment had not been made, and at the termination 
of such appointment he shall be entitled to resume his status within 
the Metropolitan Police Department or Fire Department, as the case 
may be, which shall include any promotion in rank to which he may 
have become entitled: Provided 
further, 
That retirement and dis-
ability benefits and salary deductions shall be based on the salary of 
the rank or position held in the Metropolitan Police Department or 
the Fire Department, as the case may be, prior to his appointment 
to such position in such office or agency succeeding to the functions 
of the Office of Civil Defense or the salary of the position or rank 
C i v i l 
defense, 
D. C. 
Appointments. 
65 Stat. 44. 
66 Stat. 825. 
D. e . Code 4-113 
to 4-597, 
passim.