An Act to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, so as to authorize the Administrator of General Services to enter into contracts for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of fixed equipment in federally owned buildings for periods not to exceed three years, and for other purposes
PL 89-276 (S.1516), enacted 10/20/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-275-OCT. 20, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
October 20, 1965 
[H. R. 1805] 
Public Law 89-275 
AN ACT 
To amend section o
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authority under which Naval Reserve officers in the grade of captain shall be 
eligible for consideration for pi-oniotion when their running mates are eligible 
for consideration for promotion. 
Armed Forces. 
Naval and 
Marine Corps 
Reserve, pro-
motion authority. 
72 Stat. 1503; 
74 Stat. 274. 
Effective date. 
Be, it enacted hy the Senate and Hou'^e of RepreHentativei^ of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 5899(a) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "However, until July 1, 1961, an officer in 
the grade of captain is eligible for consideration for promotion 
when his running mate is eligible for consideration for promo-
tion."; and 
(2) by adding the following: 
"However, an officer in the grade of captain is eligible for considera-
tion for promotion when his running mate is eligible for consideration 
for promotion. Wlien more than one officer in the grade of captain 
is to be selected for promotion from among line officers or from among 
officers in any one staff corps, at least one-half of the officei-s selected 
in the category concerned must be officers who are in the promotion 
zone or senior to such officers,'' 
SEC, 2. Section 5899(b) of title 10, ignited States Code, is amended 
by adding the following: 
"However, an officer in the grade of colonel is eligible for considera-
tion for promotion w^hen hig running mate is eligible for consideration 
for promotion. When more than one officer in the grade of colonel is 
to be selected for promotion, at least one-half of the officers selected 
must be officers who are in the promotion zone or senior to such 
officers." 
SEC. 3. The last sentence of section 5899(a) and the last sentence of 
section 5899(b) of title 10, United States Code, added by this Act 
become effective July 1, 1967. 
Approved October 20, 1965. 
Public Law 89-276 
October 20, 1965 
[S, 1516] 
Federal build-
ings. 
Contracts for 
inspection, etc., 
of equipment. 
64 Stat. 580; 
72 Stat. 1709. 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, so as to authorize the Administrator of General Services to enter 
into contracts for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of fixed equipment 
in federally owned buildings for periods not to exceed three years, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States ofAjnerica 
in Congress assemhled^ That section 210(a) 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended (40 U.S.C. 490(a)), is further amended (1) by striking out 
the word "and" where it last appears in subsection (12) thereof; (2) 
by striking out the period at the end of subsection (13) thereof, and 
inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; and (3) by 
adding the following new subsection at the end of such section 210(a): 
"(14) to enter into contracts for periods not exceeding three 
years lor the inspection, maintenance, and repair of fixed equip-
ment in such buildings which are federally owned." 
Approved October 20, 1965.