An Act to increase the limitation on the number of positions which may be placed in the top grades of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to provide certain additional research and development positions, and for other purposes
PL 87-367 (H.R.7377), enacted 10/04/1961

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Public Law 87-367 
AN A C T 
October 4, 1961 
To increase the limitation on the nuralier of positions which may be placed in 
[H. R. 7377] 
the top grades of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to provide certain 
additional research and development positions, and for other purposes. 
Cl a B s 1 fication 
Act of 1949, amend-
ments. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I—POSITIONS IN TOP GRADES OF CLASSIFICA-
TION ACT OF 1949 
CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION Or POLICY WITH RESPECT TO 
TOP GRADES OF CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1949 
SEC. 101. (a) The Congress hereby finds that— 
(1) the public interest requires that effective limitations and 
controls be established and maintained with respect to the alloca-
tion of positions—whether by law or by administrative action— 
to grades 16, 17, and 18 of the Classification Act of 1949—the 
s^jJc^lV/ft'ote 
so-called top grades below the Federal executive level in the 
Government service—in order to prevent the unwarranted alloca-
tion of positions to such grades and to promote efficiency and 
economy in the operation of the Government; 
(2) one of the principal purposes of the Classification Act of 
1949, as originally enacted and as amended from time to time, was, 
and continues to be, the establishment and maintenance, by specific 
provisions of such Act, of a coordinated and comprehensive 
authority and control over the allocation of positions to these top 
grades of such Act; 
(3) under the rules of the Senate and the rules of the House of 
Representatives, as applicable, and the IjCgislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946, the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of 
2°us*c%2a note 
the Senate and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service 
of the House of Representatives are vested with exclusive legis-
lative jurisdiction, and charged with the duty of exercising legis-
lative oversight and supervision, with respect to all matters within 
the purview of the Classification Act of 1949 and the adminis-
tration thereof, including the allocation of positions to these top 
grades of such Act ; 
(4) this legislative authority, dutv, and jurisdiction of such 
committees, and the orderly and established legislative processes 
of the Congress generally in this respect, are being undermined by 
the increasing practice, resulting from certain solicitations from 
individual departments and agencies in the executive branch and 
elsewhere, of allocating additional numbers of positions to such 
top grades by means of appropriation Acts and other laws and 
reorganization plans (other than the Classification Act of 1949) 
which disregard the numerical limitations or the standards and 
procedures, or both, with respect to the allocation of positions to 
such grades; 
(5) at the present time, therefore, the pertinent provisions of 
the Classification Act of 1949 do not reflect, even by approxima-
tion, the existing state of the law with respect to the total number 
of positions which may be allocated to the top grades of such Act; 
and 
(6) this state of affairs subverts and undermines the object and 
purpose of the Classification Act of 1949 with respect to the 
allocation of positions to such top grades of such Act. 
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[75 STAT. 
(b) It is, therefore, hereby declared to be the sense of the 
Congress— 
(1) that the matter of requesting the allocation of additional 
numbers of positions to the top grades of the Classification Act of 
5 uscf i07i'*note. 
1949, whether by groups of positions or on an individual basis, is 
properly within the jurisdiction of those standing committees of 
the Senate and House of Representatives having jurisdiction over 
the Classification Act of 1949 in accordance with orderly and 
established legislative processes—the Committee on Post Office 
and Civil Service of the Senate and the Committee on Post Office 
and Civil Service of the House of Representatives; 
(2) that the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, the United 
States Civil Service Commission, and other authority designated 
by the President exercise to the fullest extent the authority and 
responsibility of disapproving requests of the departments and 
agencies in the executive branch for individual exceptions (to be 
attained through the enactment of laws outside the jurisdiction of 
the committees above referred to) from the numerical limitations 
or the standards and procedures, or both, imposed by the Classi-
fication Act of 1949 with respect to the allocation of positions to 
the top grades of such Act; and 
(3) that, if need should develop for increasing such numerical 
limitations or waiving such standards or procedures, or both, in 
any case or cases, the matter should be presented promptly to the 
Congress in a manner consistent with the legislative authority, 
duty, responsibility, and jurisdiction of the respective Committees 
on Post Office and Civil Service of the Senate and House of 
Representatives. 
INCREASE I N NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED TOP GRADE POSITIONS UNDER 
CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 194 9 
SEO. 102. (a) Subsection (b) of section 505 of the Classification Act 
St" 305*' ^^^' ''^ ^* 1^^^' ^^ amended (5 U.S.C. 1105(b)), relating to the maximum 
number of positions authorized at any one time for grades 16, 17, and 
18 of the General Schedule of such Act, is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Subject to subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g),and (j) of this 
section, a majority of the Civil Service Commissioners are authorized 
to establish and, from time to time, revise the maximum numbers of 
positions (not to exceed an aggregate of nineteen hundred and eighty-
nine) which may be in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule 
at any one time, except that under such authority— 
"(1) not to exceed 25 per centum of such aggregate number 
may be placed in grade 17 and not to exceed 12 per centum of such 
aggregate number may be placed in grade 18; 
"(2) fifty of such positions shall be available only for alloca-
tion, with the approval of the President, for agencies or functions 
created after the date of enactment of this subparagraph; 
"(3) fourteen of such positions shall be available only for allo-
cation to the United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency; 
" (4) six of such positions shall be available only for allocation 
to the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department 
of Justice; and 
" (5) four of such positions shall be available only for allocation 
to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board." 
(b) Subsection (j) of such section 505, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
73 Stat. 700. 
1105(j)), relating to positions authorized for the Department of De-
fense in grades 16,17, and 18 of the General Schedule of the Classifica-
Anto, p. 631. 
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787 
tion Act of 1949, is amended by striking out "three hundred seventy-
two positions" and inserting in lieu thereof "four hundred seven 
positions". 
(c) Such section 505, as amended, is amended by adding at the end 
^ ^^^ ^^°5-
thereof the following new subsection: 
"(m) In any case in which, during the Eighty-seventh Congress, 
provisions are included in any Act of Congress (other than those con-
tained in this Act) which authorize any agency of the Government to 
place additional positions in grade 16, 17, or 18 of the General 
Schedule, the Commission is authorized and directed to withdraw 
from such agency the allotments of a number of positions (equal to 
the number of such additional positions authorized under such Act 
of Congress) made by the Commission for such agency out of the 
number of positions authorized by subsection (b) of this section, to 
the extent possible in the light of the number of positions so allotted 
to such agency and in the light of the number of such additional posi-
tions authorized under such Act of Congress.". 
CONFORMING CHANGES I N EXISTING LAW 
SEC. 103. The following provisions of law are hereby repealed: 
Repeals. 
(1) Subsections (f), (k), and (1) of section 505 oif the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1105 (f), (k), and (1)), 
authorizing five positions, two hundred and sixty positions, and 
twenty-five positions in grades 16,17, and 18 of the General Schedule 
of such Act for the National Security Council, the Department of the 
Treasury, and the Interstate Commerce Commission, respectively. 
(2) Sections 202(b) and 302(j) of the Federal Aviation Act of 
1958 (72 Stat. 742 and 747; 49 U.S.C. 1322(b) and 1343(h)), au-
thorizing eight positions and seventy positions in grades 16, 17, and 
18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949 for the 
Civil Aeronautics Board and the Federal Aviation Agency, respec-
tively. 
(3) The last sentence of section 5(a) of the Small Business Act (72 
Stat. 385; 15 U.S.C. 634(a)), authorizing fifteen positions in grades 
16, 17, and 18 of such General Schedule for the Small Business 
Administration. 
(4) Section 205(a) (11) of the National Capital Transportation Act 
of 1960 (74 Stat. 543; Public Law 86-669), authorizing five positions 
^^ "sc ees. 
in grades 16, 17, and 18 of such General Schedule for the N-ational 
Capital Transportation Agency. 
(5) The proviso in the paragraph under the heading "FEDERAL 
POWER 
COMMISSION" and under the subheading 
"SALARIES 
AND 
EXPENSES" in title I of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 
1961 (74 Stat. 429; Public Law 86-626), authorizing six positions in 
^^ use 793a. 
grades 16, 17, and 18 of such General Schedule for the Federal Power 
Commission. 
(6) The proviso in the paragraph under the heading "CIVIL AERO-
NAUTICS BOARD" and under the subheading "SALARIES AND EXPENSES" 
in title I I I of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 1959 (72 Stat. 237; 49 U.S.C. 1322, note), author-
izing ten positions in such grades 16,17, and 18 for the Civil Aeronau-
tics Board. 
(7) Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act of September 23, 
1959 (73 Stat. 700; 5 LT.S.C. 1105, note; Public Law 86-377), con-
taining certain provisions with respect to positions in such grades 16, 
17, and 18 in the Department of Defense, which reads as follows: 
"(b) The total number of positions authorized by section 505(b) of 
the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1105(b)), to be 
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[76 STATW 
placed in grades 16,17, and 18 of the General Schedule of such Act at 
any time shall be deemed to have been reduced by the number of posi-
tions in such grades allocated to the Department of Defense immedi-
ately prior to the date of enactment of this Act. The respective num-
ber of positions authorized by such section 505(b) to be placed in 
grades 17 and 18 of such schedule at any one time shall be deemed to 
have been reduced by the respective number of positions in such grades 
allocated to the Department of Defense immediately prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act." 
(8) That part of the first sentence of section 601 of the Supplemental 
Defense Appropriation Act, 1958 (72 Stat. 8; 10 U.S.C. 1581, note] 
authorizing the Secretary of Defense to place ten positions in such 
grades 16,17, and 18, which reads as follows: ", and to place ten posi-
tions in grades 16, 17, or 18 of the General Schedule, in accordance 
with the procedures prescribed in the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended". 
(9) The last paragraph under the heading "GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION" in title I of the Independent Offices Appropriation 
s use 630j. 
Act, 1957 (70 Stat. 345; Public Law 623, Eighty-fourth Congress), 
authorizing ten positions in grade 16 of the General Schedule of the 
Classification Act of 1949 for the General Services Administration. 
(10) That part of the second sentence of section 3 of Eeorganization 
Plan Numbered 1 of 1958, effective July 1,1958 (72 Stat. 1800; 23 F.E. 
4991), authorizing not to exceed ten positions of regional director of 
the regional offices of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization to 
receive compensation under the Classification Act of 1949 without 
regard to the numerical limitations on positions in section 505 of such 
Act, which reads as follows: "except that the compensation may be 
fixed without regard to the numerical limitations on positions set forth 
in section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
1105)". 
(11) The paragraph under the heading "COMMODITY CREDIT COR-
PORATION" in chapter I of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1956 
(69 Stat. 451; 15 U.S.C. 714h, note), authorizing the position of sales 
manager in the Commodity Credit Corporation to be placed in grade 
17 of the General Schedule of the CI assifixjation Act of 1949. 
(12) Section 302 of the Act of July 31,1956 (70 Stat. 743; 5 U.S.C. 
5l7c), authorizing three positions of Deputy Administrator of the 
Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture, to be 
placed in grade 18 of such General Schedule. 
(13) That part of the first paragraph of section 205 of the Public 
Works Appropriation Act, 1968 (71 Stat. 423; Public Law 85-167), 
which reads as follows: "the position of Administrator of the South-
eastern Power Administration shall be in grade GS-18 of the Classifi-
cation Act of 1949, as amended, but without regard to the numerical 
limitation contained in section 505 of said Act;". 
(14) That part of the sixth sentence of section 3 (a) of the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 1120; 16 U.S.C. 742b(a)), authoriz-
ing the position of Director of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 
ana of Director of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, to be 
placed in grade 17 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act 
of 1949, which reads: "at Grades GS-17 each". 
(15) The second proviso in the paragraph under the heading "CIVIL 
AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION" and under the subheading "OPERATION 
AND REGULATION" in title I of the Department of Commerce and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriation Act, 1959 (72 Stat. 228; 49 U.S.C. 1343, 
note), authorizing ten positions in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the Gen-
eral Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949. 
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789 
SAVINGS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 104. (a) The changes in existing law made by sections 102 and 
103 of this title shall not affect any position existing immediately 
prior to the effective date of such changes in existing law, the compen-
sation attached to such position, and any incumbent thereof, his ap-
pointment thereto, and his entitlement to receive the compensation 
attached thereto, until appropriate action is taken in accordance with 
this title. 
(b) Positions in grades 16,17, or 18, as the case may be, of the Gen-
eral Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, immedi-
ately prior to the effective date of this section, shall remain, on and 
after such effective date, in their respective grades, until appropriate 
action is taken under section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949 
as in effect on and after such effective date. 
TITLE II—SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 
AND POSITIONS OF A SECURITY NATURE 
INCREASE I N 
NUMBER 
OF POSITIONS OF A SECURITY NATURE I N 
THE 
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY UNDER THE ACT OF MAY 2 9 , 19 59 
SEC. 201. Section 2 of the Act of May 29,1959 (73 Stat. 63; Public 
Law 86-36), authorizing the Secretary of Defense to establish positions 
in the National Security Agency, is amended by striking out "Not 
more than fifty such officers and employees shall be paid basic compen-
sation at rates equal to rates of basic compensation contained in grades 
16,17, and 18 of such General Schedule." and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: "Not more than sixty-five such officers and employees 
shall be paid basic compensation at rates equal to rates of basic 
compensation contained m grades 16, 17, and 18 of such General 
Schedule.". 
50 u s e 402 note. 
INCREASE I N NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS UNDER 
THE ACT OF AUGUST 1, 1 9 4 7 (PUBLIC LAW 3 1 3 , EIGHTIETH CONGRESS) 
SEC. 202. The Act of August 1, 1947 (Public Law 313, Eightieth 
Congress), as amended (5 U.S.C. 1161-1163), is amended to read as 
follows: 
"That (a) the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to establish 
and fix the compensation tor not more than eight scientific or profes-
sional positions in the Department of the Interior, each such position 
being established to effectuate those research and development func-
tions of such department which require the services of specially quali-
fied personnel. 
"(b) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish and 
fix the compensation for not more than twenty scientific or profes-
sional positions in the Department of Agriculture, each such position 
being established to effectuate those research and development func-
tions of such department which require the services of specially 
qualified personnel. 
"(c) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is author-
ized to establish and fix the compensation for not more than thirteen 
scientific or professional positions in the Department of Health, 
Education, and "Welfare, each such position being established to effec-
tuate those research and development functions of such department 
which require the services of specially qualified personnel. 
"(d) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to establish and fix 
the compensation for not more than thirty scientific or professional 
positions in the Department of Commerce, of which not less than five 
Interior. 
Agriculture. 
HEW. 
Commerce. 
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PUBLIC LAW 87-367-OCT. 4, 1961 
[75 ST A T . 
Post Office 
partment. 
Ante, p. 631. 
De-
p o s i t i o n s 
competitive 
se 
ice. 
Reports to Con-
gress. 
shall be for the United States Patent Office in its examining and 
related activities, each such position being established to effectuate 
those research and development functions of such department which 
require the services of specially qualified personnel. 
"(e) The Postmaster General is authorized to establish and fix the 
compensation for not more than three scientific or professional posi-
tions in the Post Office Department, each such position being estab-
lished to effectuate those research and development functions of such 
Department which require the services of specially qualified personnel. 
' (f) The Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarma-
ment Agency is authorized to establish and fix the compensation for 
not more than fourteen scientific or professional positions in the United 
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, each such position 
being established to effectuate those research and development func-
tions of such agency which require the services of specially qualified 
personnel. 
"SEC. 2. (a) Positions created pursuant to this Act shall be 
included in the competitive civil service of the United States, but 
appointments to such positions shall be made without competitive 
examination upon approval of the proposed appointee's qualifications 
by the United States Civil Service Commission or such officers and 
agents as the Commission may designate for this purpose. 
"(b) The rates of compensation for positions established pursuant 
to the provisions of this Act shall not be less than $12,500 per annum 
nor more than $19,000 per annum and shall be subject to the approval 
of the United States Civil Service Commission. 
" (c) In any case in which, subsequent to February 1, 1958, provi-
sions are included in a general appropriation Act authorizing an 
agency of the Government referred to in this Act to establish and fix 
the compensation of scientific or professional positions similar to 
those authorized by this Act, the number of such positions authorized 
by this Act shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be deemed to 
have been reduced by the number of positions authorized by the 
provisions of such appropriation Act. 
"SEC. 3. The head of each department or agency authorized to estab-
lish and fix the compensation of positions under this Act shall submit 
to the Congress, not later than December 31 of each year, a report 
setting forth the number of positions established pursuant to this Act 
in his department or agency during that calendar year, and the name, 
rate of compensation, and description of the qualifications of each 
incumbent, together with a statement of the functions performed by 
each. 
In any instance in which any such department or agency head 
may consider full public report on these items detrimental to the 
national security, such department or agency head is authorized to omit 
such items from his annual report and, in lieu thereof, to present such 
information in executive sessions of such committees of the Senate and 
House of Representatives as the presiding officers of those bodies shall 
designate." 
73 Stat. 701. 
10 u s e 1581. 
INCREASE I N 
NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 
I N 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNDER SECTION 1 5 8 1 ( a ) OF TITLE 10, UNITED 
STATES CODE 
SEC. 203. Section 1581(a) of title 10 of the United States Code, 
authorizing the Secretary of Defense to establish not more than four 
hundred fifty scientific and professional positions in the Depart-
ment of Defense, is amended by striking out "four hundred fifty 
civilian positions" and inserting in lieu thereof "five hundred thirty 
civilian positions". 
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791 
INCREASE I N NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS I N T H E 
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY UNDER T H E ACT OF MAY 2 9 , 1 9 5 9 
SEC. 204. Section 4 of the Act of May 29, 1959 (73 Stat. 63; Public 
Law 86-36), authorizing the Secretary of Defense to establish not 
so use 402 note, 
more than fifty scientific and professional positions in the National 
Security Agency, is amended by striking out "fifty civilian positions" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "sixty civilian positions". 
I N C R E A S E I N NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS I N T H E 
FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY UNDER SECTION 3 0 2 ( h ) 
OF T H E 
FEDERAL 
AVIATION ACT OF 
1 9 5 8 
SEC. 205. (a) Section 302(h) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 
(72 Stat. 746; 49 U.S.C. 1343 (f)), authorizing the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Agency to establish not more than fifteen scientific 
and professional positions in the Federal Aviation Agency, is amended 
by striking out "fifteen positions" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"twenty positions". 
(b) Section 302(f) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 
746; 49 U.S.C. 1343(d)), which provides for not to exceed ten posi-
tions in the Federal Aviation Agency at rates of annual compensation 
of not to exceed $19,500, is amended by striking out "ten positions" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "twenty-three positions". 
INCREASE I N NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
POSITIONS I N T H E NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
UNDER SECTION 2 0 3 ( b ) ( 2 ) OF T H E NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 
ACT OF 
1 9 5 8 
74 Stat. 153. 
SEC. 206. (a) Section 203(b) (2) of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 429; 42 U.S.C. 2473(b) (2)), authorizing 
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion to establish not more than two hundred and ninety scientific, 
engineering, and administrative positions in the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, is amended by striking out "thirteen", and 
inserting in lieu thereof "thirty", and by striking out "two hundred 
and ninety" and inserting in lieu thereof "four hundred and twenty-
five (of which not to exceed three hundred and fifty-five may be filled 
prior to March 1, 1962 and not to exceed three hundred and ninety 
may be filled prior to July 1,1962)". 
(b) (1) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space ^^^^°^^ '° *
^
*
*
'
*
* 
Administration shall submit to the Congress not later than forty-five 
days after the close of each fiscal year a report which sets forth, as 
of the close of such fiscal year— 
(A) the number of positions established under section 203(b) 
(2) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 2473(b)(2)); 
suprs. 
(B) the name, rate of compensation, and description of the 
qualifications of each incumbent of each position established 
under such section 203(b) (2), together with the position title and 
a statement of the duties and responsibilities performed by each 
such incumbent; 
(C) the position or positions in or outside the Federal Govern-
ment held by each such incumbent, and his rate or rates of com-
pensation, during the five-year period immediately preceding the 
date of appointment of such incumbent to such position; and 
(D) such other infonnation as the Administrator may deem 
appropriate or which may be required by the Congress or a 
committee thereof. 
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[75 S T A T . 
National 
secur-
ity matters. 
Omission of in-
formation. 
Nothing contained in this subsection shall require the resubmission of 
any iniormation required under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this 
subsection which has been reported pursuant to this subsection and 
remains unchanged. 
(2) In any instance in which the Administrator may find full public 
disclosure of any or all of the matter covered by paragraph (1) of this 
subsection to be detrimental to the national security, the Administrator 
is authorized— 
(A) to omit in such report those matters with respect to which 
full public disclosure is found to be detrimental to the national 
security; 
(B) to inform the Congress of such omission; and 
(C) at the request of any congressional committee to which 
such report is referred, to present all information concerning such 
matters. 
INCREASE I N 
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. OF NATIONAL, AERONAUTICS 
AND 
SPACE COUNCIL UNDER SECTION 2 0 1 ( F ) 
OF THE NATIONAL AERONAU-
TICS AND SPACE ACT OF 
1 9 5 8 
SEC. 207. Section 201(f) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act 
of 1958 (72 Stat. 428; 42 U.S.C. 2471(f)), authorizing the executive 
secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council to employ 
not to exceed three persons at rates of annual compensation of not to 
exceed $19,000, is amended by striking out "three" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "seven". 
TITLE III—REALINEMENT OF COMPENSATION OF CER-
TAIN POSITIONS UNDER T H E CLASSIFICATION ACT 
OF 1949 AND T H E FEDERAL EXECUTIVE PAY ACT OF 
1956 
70 Stat. 739. 
REMOVAL OF CERTAIN POSITIONS FROM THE PURVIEW OF THE FEDERAL 
EXECUTIVE PAY ACT OF 1 9 5 6 
SEC. 301. Section 107(a) of the Federal Executive Pay Act of 
1966, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2206(a)), providing annual compensa-
tion of $17,500 for certain positions, is amended by striking out the 
following paragraphs: 
"(2) Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration."; 
"(3) Administrator, Farmers' Home Administration."; 
"(4) Administrator, Soil Conservation Service, Department of 
Agriculture."; 
"(9) Chief Forester of the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture." ; 
"(10) Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue 
Taxation."; 
"(11) Commissioner of Customs."; 
"(12) Commissioner, Federal Supply Service, General Services 
Administration."; 
"Q4) Commissioner of Narcotics."; 
"^15) Commissioner, Public Buildings Service."; 
"(I7i Commissioner of Reclamation."; 
"(22) Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Depart-
ment of Agriculture."; and 
"(23) Director of Coal Research, Department of the Interior.". 
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PUBLIC LAW 87-867-OCT. 4, 1981 
793 
CONFORMING CHANGES I N EXISTING LAW 
Farm Credit Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 302. (a) The proviso contained in the first sentence of section 
5(d) of the Farm Credit Act of 1953, as amended (73 Stat. 387; 12 
U.S.C. 636d(d)), providing annual compensation of $17,500 for not 
more than three positions of deputy governor in the Farm Credit 
Administration, is amended to read as follows: ": Provided^ That the 
salary of not more than three positions of deputy governor each shall 
be fixed by the Board at a rate not exceeding the maximum scheduled 
rate of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as 
f uscTibyi^note. 
amended". 
(b)(1) There is hereby repealed the second sentence of section 
4201 of title 18 of the United States Code, providing annual compen- 
\\ ^^^ ^j'Jf" 
sation of $17,500 for each member of the Board of Parole in the De-
partment of Justice, which reads as follows: "The annual rate of basic 
compensation of each member of the Board shall be $17,500.". 
(2) The section heading of such section 4201 is amended by strik-
ing o u t " ; salaries". 
(3) The table of contents of chapter 311 of such title 18 is amended 
by striking out 
"4201. Board of Parole; members; salaries." 
and inserting in lieu thereof 
•'4201. Board of Parole; members.". 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the rate of gross o„^*'inte^aT™R!(v* 
annual compensation of the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on enue Taxation. 
Internal Revenue Taxation shall be an amount which is equal to 
$17,500, as increased in the manner provided by section 4(r) of the 
Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 209; Pub-
lic Law 85-462) and section 117(g) of the Federal Employees Salary / u s e 9 3 2d, 
Increase Act of 1960 (Part B of the Act of July 1,1960; 74 Stat. 304; 
Public Law 8&-568). 
(d) On and after the effective date of this subsection, section 116 (a) 
^•^- 9°"'*"-
of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1960 (Part B of offic"^"^**'*"^' 
the Act of July 1, 1960; 74 Stat. 303; Public Law 86-568) shall not 
asusceoa note, 
be applicable with respect to the Deputy Director of the Administra-
tive Office of the United States Courts. 
(e) (1) Section 106(b) of the Federal Executive Pay Act of 1956, ca^uS**''* °^ **" 
as amended (5 U.S.C. 2205 (b)), is amended by striking out 
70 stat. 739. 
"(1) Architect of the Capitol.". 
(2) Section 107(a) of such Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2206(a)), 
is amended by striking out 
"(5) Assistant Architect of the Capitol.". 
READJUSTMENT OF CERTAIN PAY LEVELS OF THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE PAY 
ACT OF 1 9 5 6 
SEC. 303. (a) Clause (4) of section 104(a) of the Federal Executive 
Pay Act of 1956, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2203(a)), is amended to read 
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as follows: 
"(4) Administrator of the Small Business Administration." 
(b) Clause (5) of section 106(a) of such Act (5 U.S.C. 2205(b) (5)) 
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is repealed. 
(S). 
(c) Section 106(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
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thereof the following: 
"(17) Administrator, Farmers Home Administration. 
"(18) Administrator, Soil Conservation Service, Department 
of Agriculture. 
"(19) Chief Forester of the Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture. 
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"(20) Commissioner of Customs. 
"(21) Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. 
"(22) Deputy Administrator, Small Business Administration 
"(23) Commissioner of the Indian Claims Commission (3)." 
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(^) Section 106(c) of such Act (5 U.S.C. 2205(c)), providing an-
nual compensation of $18,000 for the Commissioners of the Indian 
Claims Commission, is hereby repealed. 
(e) Section 107(a) of such Act (5 U.S.C. 2206(a)), providing an-
nual compensation of $17,500 for certain positions, is amended by 
striking out "$17,500" and inserting in lieu thereof "$18,500". 
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(f) Section 107(b) of such Act (5 U.S.C. 2206(b)), providing an-
nual compensation of $17,000 for certain positions, is hereby repealed. 
70 Stat. 737. 
(g) Sectiou 106(a) of such Act (5 U.S.C. 2205(a)), providing 
annual compensation of $20,000 for certain positions, is amended by 
inserting 
Ante. p. 632, 
"(48) General Counsel, United States Arms Control and Dis-
armament Agency. 
" (49) Public Affairs Advisor, United States Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency." 
immediately following 
"(47) Commissioner of Education.". 
70 Stat. 740. 
(j^) Sectiou 105 of title 3 of the United States Code, providing for 
the compensation of certain assistants to the President, is amended by 
striking out "$17,500" and inserting in lieu thereof "$18,500". 
SAVINGS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 304. Except as provided by subsections (a), (c), (d), and (e) 
of section 302 of this title, each position specifically referred to in or 
covered by any amendment made by sections 301 and 302 of this title 
shall be placed in the appropriate grade of the General Schedule of 
the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, in accordance with the pro-
visions of such Act. 
The incumbent of each such position imme-
diately prior to the effective date of this section shall continue to re-
ceive the rate of basic compensation which he was receiving imme-
diately prior to such effective date until he leaves such position or until 
he is entitled to receive compensation at a higher rate in accordance 
with law. When such incumbent leaves such position, the rate of basic 
compensation of each subsequent appointee to such position shall be 
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determined in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as 
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EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 305. The foregoing provisions of this title (except section 303 
(g)) shall become effective at the beginning of the first pay period 
which begins on or after the sixtieth day following the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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795 
TITLE IV—POSITIONS IN TOP SALAKY LEVELS IN T H E 
POSTAL F I E L D SERVICE 
INCREASE I N NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED TOP SALARY LEVEL POSITIONS I N 
T H E POSTAL FIELD SERVICE 
SEC. 401. Section 3301 of title 39, United States Code, relating to 
the maximum number of positions authorized at any one time for 
salary levels 17, 18, 19, and 20 in the postal field service, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "In addi-
tion to the number of positions prescribed by subparagraphs (2) to 
(5), inclusive, of this section, the Postmaster General is authorized to 
assign a total of not more than forty positions among salary levels 17, 
18,19, and 20 as he may determine.". 
Approved October 4, 1961. 
74 Stat, 609. 
39 u s e 3301. 
Public Law 87-368 
A N A C T 
October 4, 1961 
To amend section 1073 of title 18, United States Code, the Fugitive Felon Act. 
[H. R. 468] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1073 of 
title 18 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: 
"Whoever moves or travels in interstate or foreign commerce with 
intent either (1) to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after 
conviction, under the laws of the place from which he flees, for a 
crime, or an attempt to commit a crime, punishable by death or which 
is a felony under the laws of the place from which the fugitive flees, 
or which, in the case of New Jersey, is a high misdemeanor under the 
laws of said State, or (2) to avoid giving testimony in any criminal 
proceedings in such place in which the commission of an offense 
punishable by death or which is a felony under the laws of such place, 
or which in the case of New Jersey, is a high misdemeanor under the 
laws of said State, is charged, shall be fined not more than $.5,000 or 
imprisoned not more than five years, or both." 
Violations of this section may be prosecuted only in the Federal 
judicial district in which the original crime was alleged to have been 
committed, or in which the person was held in custody or confinement 
and only upon formal approval in writing by the Attorney'General 
or an Assistant Attorney General of the United States, which function 
of approving prosecutions may not be delegated." 
Approved October 4, 1961. 
Crimes 
Fugitive 
justice. 
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755. 
Public Law 87-369 
AN ACT 
To repeal section 791 of title 18 of the United States C6de so as to extend the 
application of chapter 37 of title 18, relating to espionage and censorship. 
October 4, 1961 
[H. R. 2730] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 791 
Espionage and 
of title 18, United States Code, is repealed. 
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SEC. 2. The analysis of chapter 37 of such title is amended by deleting 
the following: 
"791. Scope of chapter." 
Approved October 4, 1961.