An Act to establish a 5-day week for postmasters
PL 89-116 (H.R.1771), enacted 08/09/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-116-AUGUST 9, 1965 
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ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND 
WELFARE 
SEC. 4. (a) There shall be in the Department of Health, Education, p.t^fdiS!"^"* ^^ 
and Welfare, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries now provided 
for by law, three additional Assistant Secretaries of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare, who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The provisions of section 
2 of the Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1953 (67 Stat. 631) shall 
be applicable to such additional Assistant Secretaries to the same 
extent as they are applicable to the Assistant Secretaries authorized 
by that section. 
(b) The office of Special Assistant to the Secretary (Health and 
Medical Affairs), created by section 3 of the Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 1 of 1953 (67 Stat. 631), is hereby abolished. 
(c) Paragraph (17) of section 303(d) of the Federal Executive 
Salary Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 418) is amended by striking out "(2)" 
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before the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof 
" ( 5 ) " ; and paragraph (95) of section 303(e) of such Act is repealed, 
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(d) The President may authorize the person who immediately 
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prior to the date of enactment of this Act occupies the office of Special 
Assistant to the Secretary (Health and Medical Affairs) to act as one 
of the additional Assistant Secretaries authorized by subsection (a) of 
this section, until that office is filled by appointment in the manner 
provided by such section. While so acting, such person shall receive 
compensation at the rate now or hereafter provided by law for 
Assistant Secretaries of executive departments. 
Approved August 9, 1965. 
Public Law 89-116 
AN A C T 
August 9, 1965 
To establish a five-day workweek for postmasters, and for other purposes. 
[H. R. 1771] 
Postmasters. 
5-day work week. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 
3541 (d) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by— 
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(1) striking out "postmasters" in paragraph (3) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "postmasters in fourth-class post offices"; and 
(2) adding immediately following paragraph (5) the follow-
ing new paragraph: 
"(6) To compute the daily rate of basic compensation for post-
masters (other than postmasters in fourth-class post offices), the 
annual rate of compensation shall be divided by 260." 
(b) Chapter 45 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by insert- 78'stat^*403^^' 
ing immediately after section 3576 thereof the following new section: 
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"§ 3577. Workweek of postmasters in post offices of the first, sec-
ond, and third classes 
"(a) The Postmaster General shall schedule postmasters in post 
offices of the first, second, and third classes to work a five-day week. 
"(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not be held or considered 
to permit the closing of any post office on any weekday, Monday 
through Saturday, inclusive.". 
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(c) The table of contents of chapter 45 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting 
"3577. Workweek of postmasters in post offices of the first, second, and third 
classes." 
immediately below 
"3576. Holiday service of rural carriers and employees assigned to road duty.". 
78 Stat. 407. 
SEC. 2. Section 3544(b) of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out "fiscal year" and inserting in lieu thereof "calendar 
year". 
SEC. 3. (a) The first section of this Act shall become effective at the 
beginning of the first pay period which begins on or after January 1, 
1966. 
(b) Section 2 of this Act shall become effective at the beginning 
of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) If the basic salary of a postmaster in a fourth-class post office 
was adjusted at the beginning of the first pay period which began after 
January 1, 1965, in accordance with the third sentence of section 
3544(b) of title 39, United States Code, prior to the amendment by 
section 2 of this Act, and if he held such position, on the effective date 
of section 2 of this Act, his rate of basic compensation shall be adjusted 
as of such effective date, to that rate of basic compensation to which 
he would have been entitled if the amendment made by section 2 had 
been in effect on the date of such adjustment. Any increase in com-
pensation under this subsection shall not be deemed to be an equiva-
lent increase in basic compensation within the meaning of section 
78 Stat. 408. 
3552 of title 39, United States Code. 
_ Approved August 9, 1965.