An Act to amend section 216 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to clarify the status of the faculty and administrative staff at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, to establish suitable personnel policies for such personnel, and for other purpose
PL 87-93 (S.576), enacted 07/20/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-93-JULY 20, 1961 
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July 20, 1961 
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Public Law 87-93 
AN ACT 
To amend section 216 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to clarify 
the status of the faculty and administrative staff at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy, to establish suitable personnel policies for such 
personnel, and for other purposes. 
U. S. M e r c h a n t 
Marine Academy. 
F a c u i t y and 
staff, status. 
53 Stat. 1182. 
Uniforms. 
63 Stat. 954. 
S u s e 1071 note. 
C o mpe t i t i v e 
civil service. 
Basic compensa-
tion. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 216 of 
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1126), is 
amended as follows: 
(1) By amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
"SEC. 216. (a) The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized 
and directed, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, 
to establish and maintain the United States Maritime Service as a 
voluntary organization for the training of citizens of the United 
States to serve as licensed and unlicensed personnel on American 
merchant vessels. The Secretary is authorized to determine the num-
ber of persons to be enrolled for training and reserve purposes in the 
said Service, to fix the rates of pay and allowances oi such persons, 
and to prescribe such courses and periods of training as, in his discre-
tion, are necessary to maintain a trained and efficient merchant marine 
personnel. The ranks, grades, and ratings for personnel of the said 
Service shall be the same as are now or shall hereafter be prescribed 
for the personnel of the Coast Guard. 
The Secretary is authorized 
to prescribe, by rules and regulations, the uniform of the Service and 
rules governing the wearing and furnishing of such uniform of per-
sons in the Service." 
(2) By adding at the end of the section, two new subsections to read 
as follows: 
"(e) To effectuate the purpose of this section, the Secretary of 
Commerce is authorized to employ professors, lecturers, and instruc-
tors and to compensate them without regard to the Classification Act 
of 1949, as amended. 
"(f) On such date as may be fixed by the Civil Service Commission 
with the approval of the Secretary oi Commerce, not later than one 
year from the date of enactment of this subsection, persons then serv-
ing as administrative enrollees shall be brought into the competitive 
civil service or excepted civil service in accordance with the Civil 
Service Act and rules, and shall thereafter be compensated in accord-
ance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, except as other-
wise authorized by subsection (e) of this section or other provisions 
of law, and shall be subject to other laws of general applicability to 
civilian employees of the United States, subject to the following excep-
tions and conditions, notwithstanding any other provisions of law: 
"(1) The rate of basic compensation of any person serving as 
administrative enrollee on the date immediately preceding the date 
specified in the first sentence of this subsection (f) shall upon con-
version provided for in this subsection be fixed at a rate which is not 
less than the combined basic pay and quarters and subsistence allow-
ances received immediately preceding conversion, or the value of such 
allowances when furnished the person in kind at the rate and in the 
amounts theretofore authorized by regulation for such allowances. 
In the case of any such person whose combined basic pay and q[uarters 
and subsistence allowances, or value thereof when furnished in kind, 
exceeds the entrance rate of the grade or level in which his position is 
placed, the basic compensation of such person shall be fixed at that 
step in the grade or level which is equal to, or if none be equal, which 
represents the next higher regular or longevity step or level over the 
person's combined pay and allowances, as specified above, received im-
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mediately preceding the date of conversion. In any case in which no 
such rate exists in the grade of his position, his rate of basic compensa-
tion shall be fixed at the next regular salary rate which is not less than 
his combined basic pay and quarters and subsistence allowances, or 
value thereof when furnished m kind. For the purposes of determin-
ing eligibility for step increases following conversion, the basic com-
pensation as an administrative enroUee prior to conversion shall be 
considered as the total amount or value of basic pay, subsistence and 
quarters allowances. Any adjustment in compensation required by 
this subsection shall not be considered to be an equivalent increase in 
compensation for the purpose of a periodic step increase, nor an 
increase in grade or rate of basic compensation for the purpose of a 
longevity step increase. 
"(2) The rate of basic compensation authorized by this paragraph 
shall continue until the person is separated from his position or 
receives a higher rate of basic compensation by operation of law or 
regulation. 
"(3) Any person who, as a result of the action required under the 
first sentence of this subsection (f), becomes subject to the Annual 
and Sick Leave Act of 1951, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2061 and the fol-
lowing), shall be credited under that Act with all annual leave 
remaining to his credit as an administrative enrollee, at the rate of 
five-sevenths of a day of leave chargeable under the Act (5 U.S.C. 
2064) for each calendar day of leave remaining to the credit of the 
enrollee, without regard to the limitations on maximum leave accumu-
lation provided by the Act, and shall be credited with thirteen days of 
sick leave in addition to any leave recredit to which the employee may 
otherwise be entitled. 
" (4) Active service of any administrative enrollee performed prior 
to the date specified in the first sentence of this subsection (f) shall 
be considered creditable as civilian employment in the executive branch 
of the Federal Government for all purposes, except that in computing 
length of service for the purpose of title VII of the Classification Act 
of 1949, as amended, continuous service immediately preceding the 
date established under the first sentence of this subsection (f) shall 
be counted either (1) toward one step increase under section 701, or 
(2) toward one longevity step increase under section 703, as the case 
may be. 
" (5) Persons converted from their status as administrative enroUees 
to positions b^ or pursuant to this subsection (f) shall not be entitled, 
upon conversion or subsequent separation from such position, to pay-
ment of travel and transportation expenses which otherwise may be 
authorized under the joint travel regulations on separation from the 
United States Maritime Service; nor shall such persons upon conver-
sion to positions by or pursuant to this subsection be entitled to free 
medical, dental, surgical and hospital care under section 322(6) of the 
Public Health Service Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 696, 42 U.S.C. 249)." 
Approved July 20, 1961. 
Leave credit. 
65 Stat. 672. 
Service credit. 
63 Stat. 967. 
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1125. 
Restriction. 
July 20, 1961 
[S. 796] 
Public Law 87-94 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, so as to authorize the use of surplus personal proi)erty by State dis-
tribution agencies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 203 (n) us^e"^^stat"?.*'*''' 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
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amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow- 
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