An Act to increase the basic rates of compensation of certain officers and employees of the Federal Government, and for other purposes
PL 82-201 (S.622), enacted 10/24/1951

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October 24,1951 
[S. 622] 
Public Law 201 
PUBLIC LAW 201—OCT. 24, 1951 
AN ACT 
[65 STAT. 
CHAPTER 5 5 4 
To increase the basic rates of compensation of certain officers and employees of 
the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
Classification Act of 
1949, amendments. 
63 Stat. 965. 
5U. S. C. §1113. 
QS compensation 
schedule. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 
603 (b) and section 603 (c) of the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended, are amended to read as follows: 
"(b) The compensation schedule for the General Schedule shall be 
as follows: 
"Grade 
Per annum rates 
OS-1 
$2,500 
$2,580 
$2,660 
$2,740 
$2,820 
$2,900 
$2,980 
OS-2 
2,750 
2,830 
2,910 
2,990 
3,070 
3,150 
3,230 
GS-3 
2,950 
3,030 
3,110 
3,190 
3,270 
3,360 
3,430 
GS-4 
3,175 
3,255 
3,335 
3,415 
3,495 
3,575 
3,655 
OS-5 
3,410 
3,535 
3,660 
3,785 
3,910 
4,035 
4,160 
GS-6 
3,795 
3,920 
4,045 
4,170 
4,295 
4,420 
4,545 
OS-7 
4,205 
4,330 
4,455 
4,580 
4,705 
4,830 
4,956 
GS-8 
4,620 
4,746 
4,870 
4,995 
5,120 
5,246 
5,370 
GS-9 
5,060 
5,185 
6,310 
5,436 
5,560 
5,686 
5,810 
GS-10._. 
5,500 
6,626 
5,750 
5,875 
6,000 
6,125 
6,250 
GS-11 
5,940 
6,140 
6,340 
6,640 
6,740 
6,940 
OS-12 
7,040 
7,240 
7,440 
7,640 
7,840 
8,040 
GS-13.. 
8,360 
8,560 
8,760 
8,960 
9,160 
9,360 
GS-14 
9,600 
9,800 
10,000 
10,200 
10.400 
10,600 
GS-15 
10,800 
11,050 
11,300 
11,550 
11,800 
GS-16 
12,000 
12,200 
12,400 
12,600 
12,800 
GS-17 
13,000 
13,200 
13,400 
13,600 
13,800 
QS-18 
14,800 
schedSe^°™^^'''^"''° 
"(c) (1) The compensation schedule for the Crafts, Protective, and 
Custodial Schedule shall be as follows: 
Charwomen. 
Rate adjustments. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5U.S.C. §1071note. 
$1,870 
2,490 
2,632 
2,830 
3,054 
3,280 
3,636 
3,865 
4,275 
4,690 
Per annum rates 
$1,930 
2,560 
2,712 
2,910 
3,134 
3,360 
3,635 
3,990 
4,400 
4,816 
$1,990 
2,630 
2,792 
2,990 
3,214 
3,440 
3,735 
4,115 
4,525 
4,940 
$2,050 
2,700 
2,872 
3,070 
3,294 
3,520 
3,835 
4,240 
4,650 
5,065 
$2,110 
2,770 
2,952 
3,150 
3,374 
3,600 
3,936 
4,366 
4,775 
5,190 
$2,170 
2,840 
3,032 
3,230 
3,454 
3,680 
4,035 
4,490 
4,900 
5,315 
"Grade 
CPC-1_. 
$1,810 
CPC-2 
2,420 
CPC-3 
2,552 
CPC-4 
^.. 
2,750 
CPC-5 
2,974 
CPC-6 
3,200 
CPC-7 
3,435 
CPC'-8 
3,740 
CPC-9 
4,150 
CPC-10 
4,565 
"(2) Charwomen working part time shall be paid at the rate of 
$2,700 per annum, and head charwomen working part time at the rate 
of $2,840 per annum." 
(b) In adjusting initially the rates of pay of employees affected by 
the provisions of this section— 
(1) an employee receiving basic compensation immediately 
prior to the effective date of this Act at one of the scheduled or 
longevity rates provided by the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended, shall receive basic compensation on and after the effec-
tive date of this Act at the corresponding scheduled or longevity 
rate as increased by this Act; and 
(2) an employee receiving basic compensation immediately 
prior to the effective date of this Act at a rate other than a 
scheduled or longevity rate provided by the Classification Act of 
1949, as amended, shall receive basic compensation on and after the 
effective date of this Act as follows: 
(A) If his rate immediately prior to the effective date of 
this Act was less than the maximum longevity rate of the 
grade, he shall be paid at the scheduled or longevity rate which 
he would receive under paragraph (1) had he been receiving 
basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at 
the scheduled or longevity rate next higher than his rate of 
basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date. 
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(B) If his rate immediately prior to the effective date of 
this Act was in excess of the maximum longevity rate of the 
grade, he shall be paid at a rate equal to the rate at which he 
was paid immediately prior to such date, increased by an 
amount equal to the amount of the increase made by this Act 
in such maximum longevity rate. 
(C) If he is a part-time char employee and his rate im-
mediately prior to the effective date of this Act was in excess of 
the rate provided for his position under section 603 (c) (2) of 
the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall be paid at a 
rate equal to the rate at which he was paid immediately prior 
to such effective date, increased by an amount equal to the 
amount of the increase made by this Act in the rate for like 
positions under such section. 
(c) The rates of basic compensation of officers and employees in or 
under the judicial branch of the (xovernment whose rates of compensa-
tion are fixed pursuant to section 62 (2) of the Bankruptcy Act 
(11 U. S. C. 102 (a) (2)), section 3656 of title 18 of the United States 
Code, the second and third sentences of section 603, section 604 (5), or 
sections 672 to 675, inclusive, of title 28 of the United States Code, or 
who are appointed pursuant to section 792 (b) of title 28 of the 
United States Code, are hereby increased by amounts equal to the 
increases provided by subsections (a) and (b) in corresponding rates 
of compensation paid to officers and employees subject to the Clas-
sification Act of 1949. 
(d) The limitations of $9,600 and $13,050 with respect to the aggre-
gate salaries payable to secretaries and law clerks of circuit and 
district judges, contained in the sixteenth paragraph under the head 
"Miscellaneous salaries" in the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1951 
(Public Law 759, Eighty-first Congress), or in any subsequent appro-
priation Act, shall be increased by the amounts necessary to pay the 
additional basic compensation provided by this Act. 
(e) Section 701 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, is 
amended by inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 701." and by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) Any increase in compensation granted by law after June 30, 
1951, shall not be construed to be an equivalent increase in compensa-
tion within the meaning of subsection (a)." 
SEC. 2. (a) Each officer and employee in or under the legislative 
branch of the Government (other than an employee in the office of a 
Senator) whose rate of compensation is increased by section 5 of the 
Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946 shall be paid additional compen-
sation at the rate of 10 per centum of the aggregate rate of his basic 
compensation and the rate of the additional compensation received by 
him under sections 501 and 502 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 
1945, as amended, section 301 of the Postal Rate Revision and Federal 
Employees Salary Act of 1948, and the provisions under the heading 
"Increased pay for legislative employees" in the Second Supplemental 
Appropriation Act, 1950, except that (1) no such officer or employee 
shall be paid additional compensation at a rate less than $300 per 
annum or in excess of $800 per annum, and (2) employees paid on an 
hourly or part-time basis shall be paid additional compensation at the 
rate of 20 cents per hour. 
(b) The provisions of section 603 (b) of the Federal Employees Pay 
Act of 1945, as amended, section 7 (b) of the Federal Employees Pay 
Act of 1946, as amended, section 303 (c) of the Postal Rate Revision 
and Federal Employees Salary Act of 1948, and the provisions of para-
t^raph (b) under the heading "Increased pay for legislative employees" 
in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950, shall not apply 
5 u. s. c. § ni3. 
Judicial branch. 
60 Stat. 329. 
62 Stat. 843, 913,918, 
923. 
Secretaries, etc., of 
circuit and 
district 
judges. 
64 Stat. 631. 
5 U. S. C. § 1121. 
Legislative branch. 
60 Stat. 217. 
5 U. S. C. §§ 931, 932. 
59 Stat. 301. 
5 U. S. O. J§ 931, 932. 
62 Stat. 1267. 
5 U.S. C. §955. 
63 Stat. 974. 
2 U. S. C. §§ 60f 
and note, 60a note; 
5 U. S. C. § 932a note. 
5 U. S. C. §§ 943, 
943a, 957. 
5 U. S. C. 5 932a. 
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[65 STAT. 
Offices of Senators. 
A d m i n i s t r a t i v e 
etc., assistance. 
63 Stat. 974. 
Congress. 
Elected officers. 
12 U. S. C. § 1138f. 
Central B a n k for 
Cooperatives. 
Veterans Adminis-
tration. 
Department Medi-
cine and Surgery. 
59 Stat. 675. 
38U.S.C.§§15-16n. 
to officers or employees subject to the provisions of subsection (a) or to 
employees in the offices of Senators, but no such officer or employee, or 
any other officer or employee of the Senate or House of Representatives, 
shall be paid with respect to any pay period basic compensation or basic 
compensation plus additional compensation at a rate in excess of 
$11,646 per annum unless expressly authorized by law. 
(c) (1) The aggregate amount of the basic compensation authorized 
to be paid for administrative and clerical assistance and messenger 
service in the offices of Senators is hereby increased by^— 
(A) $4,140 in the case of Senators from States the population 
of which is less than three million; 
(B) $4,860 in the case of Senators from States the population 
of which is three million or more but less than five million; 
(C) $5,220 in the case of Senators from States the population 
of which is five million or more but less than ten million; and 
(D) $5,760 in the case of Senators from States the population of 
which is ten million or more. 
(2) The second proviso in the paragraph relating to the authority of 
Senators to rearrange the basic salaries of employees in their respective 
offices, which appears in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 
1947, as amended (2 U. S. C. 60f), is amended by striking out "$5,280" 
and inserting in lieu thereof ''•$5,880"; and by striking out "$6,720" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$7,320". 
(3) Notwithstanding the third proviso in such paragraph any in-
crease in the compensation of an employee in a Senator's office shall 
take effect on the effective date of this Act or on the date such 
employee became employed, whichever is later, if (A) the certification 
filed by such Senator under such proviso so provides, (B) such certi-
fication is filed in the disbursing office of the Senate not later than 
November 30, 1951, and (C) the amount of such increase does not 
exceed the amount of the increase which would be payable in the case 
of such employee if he were subject to the provisions of subsection 
(a) of this section. 
(d) The provisions of subsection (a), and the provisions of law 
referred to in such subsection, shall not apply to employees whose 
compensation is paid from the appropriation contained in the para-
graph designated "Folding documents" under the heading "Contin-
gent expenses of the Senate" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act. 
(e) The rates of basic compensation of each of the elected officers 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives (not including the 
presiding officers of the two Houses), the Parliamentarian of the 
Senate, the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, the 
legislative counsel of the Senate, the legislative counsel of the House 
of Representatives, and the Coordinator of Information of the House 
of Representatives are hereby increased by 10 per centum, except 
that in no case shall any such rate be increased by less than $300 per 
annum or by more than $800 per annum. 
SEO. 3. Section 66 of the Farm Credit Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 269) is 
hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 66. No director, officer, or employee of the Central Bank for 
Cooperatives, or of any production credit corporation, production 
credit association, or bank for cooperatives shall be paid compensa-
tion at a rate in excess of $13,800 per annum." 
SEC. 4. (a) The rates ofbasic compensation of officers and employees 
in the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans' Admin-
istration whose rates of basic compensation are provided by Public 
Law 293, Seventy-ninth Congress, approved January 3, 1946, as 
amended, are hereby increased by 10 per centum, except that in no 
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case shall any such rate be increased by less than $300 per annum or 
by more than $800 per annum. 
(b) Section 8 (d) of Public Law 293, Seventy-ninth Congress, as 
amended, is amended by striking out "$12,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$12,800". 
SEO. 5. (a) The rates of basic compensation provided by sections 
412 and 415 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, are hereby 
increased by 10 per centum, except that in no case shall any such rate be 8
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increased by less than $300 per annum, or by more than $800 per 
annum. 
(b) The Bureau of the Budget and the Civil Service Commission 
are authorized and directed to transmit to the Post Office and Civil 
Service Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives on 
or before April 1, 1952, a report on pay and personnel practices being 
followed in overseas areas by all departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government, including the Foreign Service of the State 
Department. 
SEC. 6. (a) This Act shall become effective as of the first day of 
the first pay period which began after June 30,1951. 
(b) Retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid under this 
Act only in the case of an individual in the service of the United 
States (including service in the Armed Forces of the United States) 
or of the municipal government of the District of Columbia on the 
date of enactment of this Act, except that such retroactive compensa-
tion or salary shall be paid a retired officer or employee for services 
rendered during the period beginning with the first day of the first 
pay period which began after June 30,1951, and ending with the date 
of his retirement. 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
38 U. S. C. § 15g. 
60 Stat. 1003. 
22 U. S. C. §§ 867, 
Report to congres-
sional committees. 
Effective date. 
Retroactive com-
pensation. 
Public Law 202 
CHAPTER 555 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making appropriations for rehabilitation of flood-stricken areas for the fiscal year 
1952, and for other purposes. 
October 24,1951 
[H.J. Res. 341] 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled^ That there is hereby appro- ^^^^^^^^ J^M^**"'*^" 
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, the following sums: 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUI/FURE 
Conservation and use of agricultural land resources: For an addi-
tional amount, $16,480,000 including the furnishing of services, mate-
rials, and payments for conservation and land restoration measures, 
to enable the Secretary to carry out flood assistance and rehabilitation 
in agricultural areas, damaged by excessive rains, runoff, and flood-
waters, designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as disaster areas 
under Public Law 38, approved April 6, 1949: Provided^ That this 
appropriation may be expended without regard to the adjustments 
required under section 8 (e) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act (16 U. S. C. 590h) and may be distributed among States 
without regard to other provisions of law: Provided further. That the 
administrative expense limitations provided under this appropriation 
item in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952, may 
be increased by not more than $1,780,000, of which not more than 
$180,000 may be made available to State Extension Services to provide 
63 Stat. 43. 
12 U. S. C. §§ 1148a-
1—1148a-3. 
52 Stat. 34. 
Ante, p. 236.