An Act to make technical amendments to the Act of September 3, 1974, relating to salary increases for District of Columbia police, firemen, and teachers, and to the District of Columbia Real Property Tax Revision Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
PL 93-635 (H.R.16925), enacted 01/03/1975

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PUBLIC LAW 93-635-JAN. 3, 1975 
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CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 308. The Department of Transportation Act is amended— 
(1) by deleting section 5 (49 U.S.C. 1654); 
(2) by amending section 4(c) thereof (49 U.S.C. .1653(c)) by 
deleting "or the National Transportation Safety Board" in the 
first sentence thereof; and by deleting in the second sentence 
thereof ", the Administrators, or the National Transportation 
Safety Board." and by inserting in lieu thereof "or the Adminis-
(3) by'amending section 4(d) thereof (49 U.S.C. 1653(d)) by 
deleting ", the Administrators, and the National Transportation 
Safety 13oard" and by inserting in lieu thereof "and the Adminis-
trators". 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 309. There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes 
of this Act not to exceed $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1975; and $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, such 
sums to remain available until expended. 
Approved January 3, 1975. 
49 u s e 1907. 
Public Law 93-634 
AN ACT 
Designating San Angelo Dam and Reservoir on the North Concho River as the 
"O. C. Fisher Dam and Lake". 
January 3, 1974 
[H. R.15322] 
Be it enacted J)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled^ That the San Angelo 
Dam and Reservoir, North Concho River, Texas, authorized by the 
Flood Control Act approved August 18,1941, shall hereafter be known 
as the O. C. Fisher Dam and Lake, and any law, regulation, document, 
or record of the United States in which such project is designated oi' 
referred to shall be held to refer to such project under and by the name 
of "O. C. Fisher Dam and Lake". 
Approved January 3, 1975. 
San Angelo Dam 
and Reservoir, 
North Concho 
River, Tex. 
Name change. 
55 Stat. 638. 
Public Law 93-635 
AN ACT 
To make technical amendments to the Act of September 3, 1974, relating to 
salary increases for District of Columbia police, firemen, and teachers, and 
to the District of Columbia Real Property Tax Revision Act of 1974, and for 
other purposes. 
January 3, 1975 
[H. R. 16925] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That effective on 
the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after July 1, 1974, 
the salary schedule in section 101(a) of the District of Columbia 
Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 (D.C. Code, sec. 4-82P>(a)) 
is amended by striking out "16,510" in service step 2 of class 4 of such 
schedule and inserting in lieu thereof "16,540". 
D.C. 
Police, firemen 
and teachers, 
salary increases; 
real property 
taxes. 
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[88 STAT. 
Technicians' 
g^c. 2. (R) Effectlve Oil and after the first day of the first pay period 
beginning on or after July 1, 1974, subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) 
of section 302 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary 
Act of 1958 (D.C. Code, sec. 4-828) are amended to read as follows: 
'"SEC. 302. (a) The Commissioner of the District of Columbia, in 
the case of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of 
the District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Treasury, in the case 
of the Executive Protective Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, 
in the case of the United States Park Police force, are authorized to 
eotablish and determine, from time to time, the positions in salary 
classes 1, 2, and 4 to be included as technicians' positions. 
"(b) Each officer or member— 
" (1) who immediately prior to the effective date of the District 
of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act Amendments of 
D.C. Code 
1972 
"(A) was in a position assigned to subclass (b) of salary 
class 1 or 2 or subclass (c) of salary class 4, or 
"(B) was in salary class 4 and was performing the duty 
of a dog handler, or 
"(2) whose position is determined under subsection (a) to be 
included in salary class 1, 2, or 4 on or after such date as a 
technician's position, 
shall on or after such date receive, in addition to his scheduled rate of 
basic compensation, $735 per annum. An officer or member described 
in paragraph (1) (A) or (2) shall receive the additional compensation 
authorized by this subsection until his position is determined under 
subsection (a) not to be included in salary class 1, 2, or 4, as a tech-
nician's position or until he no longer occupies such position, which-
D
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g handler. 
ever occui'S first. An officer or member described in paragraph (1) (B) 
shall receive such compensation until the position of dog handler is 
determined under subsection (a) not to be included in salary class 4 
as a technician's position or until he no longer performs the duty of 
dog handler, whichever first occurs. If the position of dog handler is 
included under subsection (a) as a technician's position, an officer or 
member performing the duty of a dog handler may not receive both 
the additional compensation authorized for an officer or member 
occupying a technician's position and the additional compensation 
authorized for officers and members performing the duty of a dog 
handler. 
"(c) Each officer or member who immediately prior to the effective 
date of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act 
Amendments of 1972 was assigned as a detective sergeant in subclass 
(b) of salary class 4 shall on or after such date, receive, in addition 
to his scheduled rate of basic compensation, $540 per annum so long 
as he remains in such assignment. Each officer or member who is pro-
moted after such date to the rank of detective sergeant shall receive, 
in addition to his scheduled rate of basic compensation, $540 per 
annum so long as he remains in such assignment. 
"(d) The additional compensation authorized by subsections (b) 
and (c) shall be paid to an officer or member in the same manner as 
he is paid the basic compensation to which he is entitled.". 
Detective ser-
geant. 
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(b) Effective on and after the first day of the first pay period 
Additional com-
beginning on or after January 1, 1974, section 302 of that Act is ^""c^c.G^de4-828. 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(e) Whenever any officer or member receiving additional com-
pensation authorized by subsection (b) or (c) is no longer entitled to 
receive such additional compensation, without a change in salary class, 
he shall receive, irrespective of any subsequent salary schedule or 
service step adjustment authorized by this Act, basic compensation 
equal to the sum of his existing scheduled rate of basic compensation 
and the amount of such additional compensation until his scheduled 
rate of basic compensation equals or exceeds such sum. 
"(f) The loss of the additional compensation authorized by sub-
section (b) or (c) shall not constitute an adverse action for the pur-
poses of section 7511 of title 5 of the United States Code.". 
(c) Effective on and after the date of enactment of this Act para- 
^^c^code 4 8"8 
graphs (5), (6), and (7) of section 101(a) of the Act of September 3, 
1974 (relating to District of Columbia police and firemen's salaries) 
^"^^' ^- ^°^^-
are repealed. 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 103(a) of the Act of September 3, 1974 (relat- 
^"'^' P- I°38. 
ing to salary increases for District of Columbia police, firemen, and 
teachers), is amended by striking out "this title" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "this part". 
(b) Section 124(a) of that Act is amended by striking out "subsec- 
^"'''' P- ^°'*^-
tions (a), (b), and (d)" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsections 
(a) and (b)". 
(c) Section 124(c) of that Act is amended by striking out "Section 
122" and inserting in lieu thereof "Sections 122,123, and 124". 
(d) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on and 
D^c^''code'^''*8''> 
after September 3,1974. 
note. ' 
SEC. 4. Effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning 
Teachers, sal-
on or after September 1, 1974, the salary schedule contained in sec- '"^^ ^crease. 
tion 1 of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 (D.C. 
Code, sec. 31-1501) is amended by 
(1) striking out "$29,900" in service step 5 of class 3 and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "$29,990"; 
(2) striking out "13,620" in service step 9 of Group A-1 of 
class 15 and inserting in lieu thereof "13,520"; 
(3) striking out "Group B, master's degree" in class 15 and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Group B, bachelor's degree + 30 or 
master's degree"; 
(4) striking out "14,780" in service step 8 of Group C of class 
15 and inserting in lieu thereof "14,730"; and 
(5) striking out "17,180" in service step 12 of Group C of class 
15 and inserting in lieu thereof "17,130". 
SEC. 5. Effective on and after September 3, 1974, the amendment 
made by section 202(2) of the Teachers' Salary Act Amendments of 
1974 to the salary schedule contained in section 1 of the District of 
^"'^' P- IO42. 
Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 is amended (1) by striking out 
^"^ 
"10,410" in service step 6 of Group A-1 of class 15 and inserting in 
lieu thereof "12,410"; and (2) by striking out "20,559" in Longevity 
step Y of Group D of class 15 and inserting in lieu thereof "20,550". 
Code 31-
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Ante, 
p. 1052. 
Effective date. 
D.C. Code 47-
633 note. 
Ante, 
p. 1053. 
Ante, 
p. 1054. 
Ante, 
p. 1055. 
D.C. Code 47-
646. 
Effective date. 
D.C. Code 47-
633 note. 
Ante, 
p. 1065. 
Ante, 
p. 1036. 
Ante, 
p. 1060. 
Effective date. 
D.C. Code 47-
1567g note. 
Ante, 
p. 1060. 
D.C. Code 47-
1567g. 
Effective date. 
D.C. Code 47-
1567g note. 
Supra. 
Effective date. 
D.C. Code 47-
1567g note. 
Ante, 
p. 1060. 
Ante, 
p. 1036. 
SEC. 6. (a)(1) Subsections (c) and (d) of section 413 of the District 
of Columbia Keal Property Tax Revision Act of 1974 are each 
amended by striking out "subsection (a)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"subsection (b)(3)", 
(2) The amenaments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect 
January 2, 1975. 
(b) Section 413(e) of that Act is amended by striking out "Act" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "title". 
(c) The first sentence of section 421(a) of that Act is amended by 
striking out "this part" and inserting in lieu thereof "this subpart". 
(d) The first sentence of section 421(f) of that Act is amended by 
striking out "Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "title". 
(e) The first sentence of section 422(b) of that Act is amended by 
striking out "this title" the first place it appeai-s and inserting in lieu 
thereof "this subpart". 
(f) The last sentence of section 426(f) of that Act is amended by 
striking out "423" and inserting in lieu thereof "424". 
(g) Section 426(i) of that Act is amended by deleting "sections 3 
and 14 of title I X of the Act of August 17, 1937 (D.C. Code, sec. 
47-2404, 47-24143)" and inserting in lieu thereof "sections 3 and 4 
of title I X of the Act of August 17, 1937 (D.C. Code, sees. 47-2403, 
47-2404)". 
(h) The amendments made by subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), 
and (g) shall take effect as provided in section 478 of that Act as if 
the sections (as amended) amended by such subsections had been 
included in Public Law 93-407 on the date of its enactment. 
SEC. 7. (a) (1) Section 451 of the District of Columbia Real Prop-
erty Tax Revision Act of 1974 is artiended by (A) inserting "of article 
I" immediately after "title VI", and (B) inserting "Tax" immedi-
ately after "Franchise". 
(2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on 
and after September 3,1974. 
(b) (1) Section 7 of title VI of article I of the District of Columbia 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, added by section 451 of the 
District of Columbia Real Property Tax Revision Act of 1974, is 
amended by striking out "SEC. 7.", and inserting in lieu thereof 
"SEC. 8.". 
(2) The table of contents of such article I is amended by adding at 
the end of the part of such table relating to title VI the following: 
"Sec. 8. Credit for property taxes accrued and payable by District of Columbia 
residents.". 
(3) The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take 
effect on and after January 1,1975. 
(c) Subsection (f) of section 8 of title VI of such article I (as 
redesignated by the amendment made bv subsection (b)(1)) is 
amended by striking out "the first section of the Act of September 14, 
1965 (D.C. Code, sees. 20-2101 and 20-2102), the claim shall not be 
allowed." and inserting in lieu thereof "sections 2101 and 2102 of title 
20 of the District of Columbia Code, the claim shall not be allowed.". 
(d) Subsection (p) of such section 8 is amended by striking out 
"paragraph (1)" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (n)(l)". 
(e) Subsection (s) of such section 8 is amended by striking out 
"section 7(a) of this title" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection 
(a) of this section". 
(f) The amendments made by subsections (c), (d), and (e) shall 
take effect as provided in section 451 of that Act as if the sections (as 
amended) amended by such subsections had been included in Public 
Law 93-407 on the date of its enactment. 
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STAT.] 
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SEC. 8. (a) Section 441 of the District of Columbia Eeal Property 
Tax Revision Act of 1974 is amended by striking out "(D.C. Code, 
sec. 47-801 (a))" and inserting in lieu thereof "(D.C. Code, sec. 
47-801a.)". 
(b) Section 473 of that Act is amended by striking out " (D.C. Code, 
sec. 47-2601 (a) (8))" and inserthig in lieu thereof "(D.C. Code, sec. 
47-2601.14(a) (8))". 
(c) Section 474(b) of that Act is amended by striking out "(D.C. 
Code, sec. 47-601)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(D.C. Code, sees. 
47-301,47-601)". 
(d) Section 477 of that Act is amended by striking out "this Act" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "this title". 
(e) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on and 
after September 3 1974. 
SEC. 9. Effective June 30,1975, section 5(a) of title I X of the Act of 
August 17,1937 (D.C. Code, sees. 47-708,47-709), and section 4 of the 
Act of July 3,1926 (D.C. Code, sec. 47-713), are repealed. 
SEC. 10. (a) Subsection (f) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retire-
ment and Disability Act (D.C. Code, sec. 4-521) is amended by strik-
ing out "basic salary at time of retirement" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "average pay". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to any annuity which begins on or after July 1, 1975. 
SEC. 11. Effective on and after September 3, 1974, the amendment 
made by section 202(4) of the Teachers' Salary Act Amendments of 
1974 to the schedule of pay rates in section 13(a) of the District of 
Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 is amended by striking out 
"9.61" in step 1 for Teachers in Adult Education Schools and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "9.67". 
SEC. 12. The second sentence of section 301(a) of the District of 
Columbia Campaign Finance Reform and Conflict of Interest Act is 
amended to read as follows: "The Commissioner of the District of 
Columbia shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, the Director, except that on and after January 2,1975, appoint-
ments to the Office of Director, including vacancies therein, shall be 
made by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council. The 
Director shall serve for a term of four years, subject to removal for 
cause by the Commissioner or the Mayor, as the case may be, and 
may be reappointed for a like term or terms, with the advice and con-
sent of the Council, except that in the case of the Director serving as 
such on January 1,1975, such Director's term shall terminate upon the 
expiration of June 1, 1979, unless sooner so removed for cause. Any 
appointment to fill a vacancy in the Office of Director shall be for the 
unexpired portion of the term.". 
SEC. 13. (a) Section 5(e) of the District of Columbia Election Act 
(D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new sentences: "The Board, at the request of the Director 
of Campaign Finance, shall provide such employees, subject to the 
compensation provisions of this subsection, as requested to carry 
out the powers and duties of the Director. Employees so assigned to 
the Director shall, while so assigned, be under the direction and con-
trol of the Director.". 
(b) Section 5 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
" (g) The Board shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary 
to insure that all persons responsible for the proper administration of 
this Act maintain a position of strict impartiality and refrain from 
any activity which would imply supyport of or opposition to (1) a can-
didate or group of candidates for office in the District of Columbia, or 
Ante, 
p. 1060. 
Ante, 
p. 1064. 
Ante, 
p. 1065. 
Ante, 
p. 1065. 
Effective date. 
D.C. Code 47-
661 note. 
Repeals. 
Police and fire-
men, disability 
retirement. 
D.C. Code 4-
526. 
Applicability. 
D.C. Code 4-
526 note. 
Adult educa-
tion schools, 
teachers, 
Ante, 
p. 1042. 
D.C. Code 31-
1542. 
Director of 
Campaign Fi-
nance, term. 
Ante, 
p. 454. 
D.C. Code 1-
1151. 
Board of Elec-
tions and Ethicei. 
Regulations. 
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Definitions. 
(2) any political party or political committee. As used in this subsec-
tion, the terms 'office', 'political part;\^', and 'political committee' shall 
have the same meaning as that prescribed in section 102 of the District 
Ante, p. 447. 
of Columbia Campaign Finance Reform and Conflict of Interest Act". 
DT'COCI??* 
^^^- '^^- (^^ Section 306(b)(2) of the Act of August 14, 1974, is 
1156.' ° ^ " 
amended by deleting "chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code" and 
inserting "the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act 
(D.C. Code, sec. 1-1501 et seq.)". 
Ante, p. 465. 
(b) Scctiou 601(c) of the Act of August 14, 1974, is amended by 
inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof a comma and 
the following: "except for political contributions publicly reported 
Ante, p. 452. 
pursuaut to sectJou 206 of this Act and transactions made in the 
ordinary course of business of the person offering or giving the thing 
of value". 
ings''°"'' ^""'^" 
^^^- ^^- (^). Section 431 (a) of the District of Columbia Real Prop-
"^A^nte, p. 1057. 
©rty Tax Revision Act of 1974 is amended by deleting "historic prop-
erty" and inserting in lieu thereof "historic buildings". 
(b) Section 431(b) of such Act is amended by deleting "historic 
property" and inserting "historic buildings". 
Ante, p. 1058. 
((.) Sectiou 432 of such Act is amended by deleting "property" 
wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "buildings", 
(d) Section 433 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
Ante, p. 1058. 
"SEC. 433. To be eligible for historic property tax relief, real prop-
erty must be a historic building designated by the Joint Committee 
on Landmarks of the National Capital and, in addition, must be 
approved by the Commissioner under section 434.". 
Ante, p. 1058. 
(e) Scctiou 434 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 434. The Council may provide that the owners of historic 
buildings which have been so designated by the Joint Committee on 
Landmarks of the National Capital may enter into agreements with the 
government of the District of Columbia for periods of at least twenty 
years which will assure the continued maintenance of historic build-
ings in return for property tax relief. Such a provision shall, as a con-
dition for tax relief, require reasonable assurance that such buildings 
will be used and properly maintained and such other conditions as the 
Council finds to be necessary to encourage the preservation of historic 
buildings. The Council shall also provide for the recovery of back 
taxes, with interest, which would have been due and payable in the 
absence of the exemption, if the conditions for such exemption are not 
fulfilled.". 
Repeal. 
gj,^, jg Sectlou 4 (a) of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Con-
trolled Substances Act to extend for three fiscal years the authoriza-
tion of appropriations for the administration and enforcement of that 
Ante, p. 1455. XcV\ approved October 26, 1974 (Public Law 93-481), is amended by 
striking out "chapter 6" and inserting in lieu thereof "chapter 5". 
Public Service 
§^0. 17. Section 493(b) of the Act of December 24,1973, is amended 
Commission, 
. 
i 
js n 
commissioners, 
to read a.s tollows: 
D.C. Code 43- 
"(b) Paragraph 97(a) of section 8 of the Act of March 4, 1913 
(making appropriations for the government of the District of Colum-
bia) (D.C. Code,«ec. 43-201), is amended as follows: 
"(1) The first sentence of such paragraph is amended to read 
as follows: 'The Public Service Comrnission of the District of 
Columbia shall be composed of three commissioners appointed by 
the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the Council, 
except, that the members (other than the Commissioner of the Dis-
trict of Columbia) serving as commissioners of such Commission 
on January 1, 1975;, by virtue of their appointment by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall 
commissioners 
D. 
201. 
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continue to serve until the expiration of the terms for which they 
were so appointed. The member first appointed by the Mayor, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Council, on or after Janu-
ary 2,1975, shall serve until June 30,1978.'. 
"^2^ The third sentence of such paragraph is repealed. 
Repeal. 
"(3) The sixth sentence of such paragraph is amended to read 
as follows: 'No Commissioner shall, during his term of office, hold 
any other public office.'. 
(4) The seventh sentence of such paragraph is amended by 
deleting 'The Commissioners of the District of Columbia' and 
inserting in lieu thereof 'The Mayor'. 
" (5) The eighth sentence of such paragraph is amended to read 
as follows: 'No person shall be eligible to the office of Commis-
sioner of the Public Service Commission of the District of Colum-
bia who has not been a bona fide resident of the District of 
Columbia for a period of at least three years next preceding his 
appointment or who has voted or claimed residence elsewhere dur-
ing such period.' ". 
SEC. 18. (a) Section 103(a) of the Act of September 3, 1974 (77 ^"'^' P- I°38. 
Stat. 1036), relating to police and firemen's compensation, is amended 
by deleting "subsections (b) and (c)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"subsections (b), (c), and (d)". 
(b) Section 103(a) of such Act is further amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following: 
"(d) The amendment made by paragraph (4) of section 101 shall 
'^"^^' ^- ^°^^-
take effect on and after the first day of the first pay period beginning 
on or after June 1,1974.". 
SEC. 19. Section 122 of the Act of September 3, 1974 (relating to ^^°,^^''^^^^^'^^ZTt' 
police and firemen's compensation), is amended by adding at the end ^nd Reiief^B^ani, 
thereof the following new subsection: 
membership. 
" (d) In addition to the members and alternates of the Board desig- 
"'^' ^' ^°'*^' 
nated by subsection (a) of this section, in all cases of retirement, dis-
ability, or other relief involving a member of the Executive Protective 
Service or a member of the United States Secret Service, who con-
tribute to the Policemen and Firemen's Relief Fund of the District 
of Columbia, a member and alternate of the Executive Protective 
Service or a member and alternate of the United States Secret Service, 
as designated by the Director, United States Secret Service, as appro-
priate shall sit as a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement 
and Relief Board.". 
Approved January 3, 1975. 
Public Law 93-636 
AN ACT 
January 3, 1975 
Making appropriations for military construction for tlie Department of Defense 
[H. R. 17468] 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, 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 following stJ!J,'^\'o'^^A^°"o 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise priation^Act, 1975. 
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, for military 
construction functions administered by the Department of Defense, 
and for other purposes, namely: