An Act to adjust certain postage rates, and for other purposes
PL 90-206 (H.R.7977), enacted 12/16/1967

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be repaid to the Treasury out of the migratory bird conservation fund, 
such repayment shall be made in annual amounts comprising 75 per 
centum of the monejs accruing annually to such fund. In the event the 
full amount authorized by the first section of this Act is appropriated 
prior to the end of the aforesaid fifteen-year period, the repayment of 
such funds pursuant to this section shall begin with the next full fiscal 
year: Provided further^ That no land shall be acquired with moneys 
from the migratory bird conservation fund unless the acquisition 
thereof has been approved by tlie Governor of the State or appropriate 
State agency." 
Approved December 15, 1967. 
Public Law 90-206 
A N A C T 
December 16, 1967 
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To adjust certain postage rates, to adjust the rates of basic compensation for 
certain oflScers and employees in the Federal Government, and to regulate 
the mailing of pandering advertisements, and for other purposes. 
Postal Revenue 
and Federal Sal-
Be it enacted hy the Senate cmd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may be 
cited as tlie "Postal Revenue and Federal Salary Act of 1967". 
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TITLE I—POSTAL RATES 
FIRST-CLASS MAIL 
74 Stat. 664. 
SEC. 101. (a) Sections 4252 and 4253 of title 39, United States Code, 
are amended to read as follows: 
"§ 4252. Size and weight limits 
"The maximum size of first-class mail is one hundred inches in 
length and girth combined and the maximum weight is seventy 
pounds. 
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§ 4253. Postage rates on first-class mail 
"(a) Postage on first-class mail is computed separately on each 
letter or piece of mail. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
the rate of postage on first-class mail weighing thirteen ounces or less 
is 6 cents for each ounce or fraction of an ounce. 
" (b) First-class mail weighing more than thirteen ounces shall be 
mailed at the rates of postage established by section 4303(d) of this 
title and shall be entitled to the most expeditious handling and trans- 
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jiortation practicable. 
"(c) The rate of postage for each single postal card and for each 
portion of a double postal card, including the cost of manufacture, and 
for each post card and the initial portion of each double post card 
conforming to section 4251 (c) of this title is 5 cents. 
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"(d) The rate of postage on business reply mail is the regular rate 
prescribed in this section, together with an additional charge thereon 
74 Stat. 663. 
Repeal. 
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of 2 cents for each piece weighing two ounces or less and 5 cents for 
each piece weighing more than two ounces. The postage and charge 
shall be collected on delivery.". 
(b) Section 4251(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by-
striking out "and (4)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(4) bills and 
statements of account, and (5)". 
(c) Subsection (d) of section 4251 of title 39, United States Code, 
relating to the definition of drop letters, is repealed. 
(d) The table of contents of chapter 59 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out— 
"4252. Weight limit." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"4252. Size and weight limits.". 
AIRMAIL 
SEC. 102. (a) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 4303 of title 39, 
74 Stat. 665. 
United States Code, are amended to read as follows: 
" (a) Except as provided in section 4304 of this title and subsection 
(b) of this section, the rate of postage on domestic airmail weighing 
not more than 7 ounces is 10 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof. 
"(b) The rate of postage on each postal card and post card sent as 
domestic airmail is 8 cents.". 
(b) Subsection (d) of section 4303 of title 39, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking out paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: 
"(1) The rates of postage on air parcel post are based on the eight 
zones described in section 4553, or prescribed pursuant to section 4558, 
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of this title in accordance with the following tables: 
80 Stat. 818, 
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816. 
Not over 1 lb. 
Over 1 lb. but not over IJ^ lbs 
Over IJ^ lbs. but not over 2 lbs 
Over 2 lbs. but not over 2\i lbs 
Over 2)4 lbs. but not over 3 lbs 
Over 3 lbs. but not over Z\i lbs 
Over 3 ^ lbs. but not over 4 lbs 
Over 4 lbs. but not over ^]A lbs 
Over 4}^ lbs. but not over S lbs 
Local 1, 2, 
and 3 
$0.80 
.98 
1.16 
1.40 
1.64 
1.88 
2.12 
2.36 
2.60 
4 
$0.80 
1.02 
1.23 
1.48 
1.73 
1.98 
2.23 
2.48 
2.73 
5 
$0.80 
1.07 
1.34 
1.62 
1.90 
2.18 
2.46 
2.74 
3.02 
"Zones 
6 
$0.80 
1.14 
1.47 
1.79 
2.11 
2.43 
2.75 
3.07 
3.39 
7 
$0.80 
1.18 
1.55 
1.91 
2.27 
2.63 
2.99 
3.35 
3.71 
8 
$0.80 
1.24 
1.68 
2.08 
2.48 
2.88 
3.28 
3.68 
4.08 
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For each pound or fraction of a pound in excess of five pounds in 
weight, the additional postage is as follows: 
"Zones 
Rate 
Local and zones 1, 2, and 3 
$0.48 
Zone 4 
.50 
Zones. 
.56 
Zone 6 
.64 
Zone? 
.72 
Zones 
.80."; 
(2) by deleting paragraph (2); and 
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(3) by striking out in paragraph (5), subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
^° stat. 1154. 
"(B) second-class publications published once each week or 
more frequently and featuring principally current news of in-
terest to members of the Armed Forces and the general public 
which are mailed at or addressed to any such Armed Forces post 
office (i) in an overseas area designated by the President under 
section 4169 of this title or (ii) in an isolated, hardship or combat 
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support area overseas, or where adequate surface transportation 
is not available; and 
"(C) parcels of any class of mail exceeding five pounds but not 
exceeding seventy pounds in weight and not exceeding one 
hundred inches in length and girth combined, including surface-
type official mail, which are mailed at or addressed to any such 
Armed Forces post office where adequate surface transportation is 
not available.". 
(c) Section 4303(f) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "the Virgin Islands or the Canal Zone" wherever appear-
ing therein and inserting in lieu thereof "or the Virgin Islands". 
(d) Section 4301(2) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out the word "eight" and inserting in lieu thereof the figure 
SECOND-CLASS MAIL PREFERRED RATES 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 4358 of title 39, United States Code, is 
^e stat. 832. 
amended— 
(1) by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: 
80 Stat. 1155. 
74 Stat. 664. 
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"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the rate of postage on 
publications admitted as second-class mail when addressed for dehvery 
within the county in Avhich they are published and entered is as follows: 
"[In cents] 
"Mailed during 
Mailed during 
Mailed after 
calendar year 1968 
calendar year 1969 
Dec. 31, 1969 
Rate per pound. 
1.3 
1.4 
1.5 
Minimum charge per piece. 
.2 
.2 
.2."; 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following: 
" (d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the rates of postage 
74 Stat. 669. 
Q^ publications mailed in accordance with section 4359(a) of this title, 
of qualified nonprofit organizations, are as follows: 
"[In cents) 
"During 
calendar 
year 1968 
During 
calendar 
year 1969 
During 
calendar 
year 1970 
During 
calendar 
year 1971 
During 
calendar 
year 1972 
During 
calendar 
year 1973 
and there-
after 
Rate per pound: 
Advertising portion: 
Zones land 2 
2.35 
Zone 3 
2.55 
Zone 4 
2.95 
Zone 5 
3.35 
Zone 6 
3.5 
Zone? 
3.5 
Zones 
3.5 
Nonadvertising portion 
1.9 
Minimum charge per piece 
. 13 
2.9 
3.3 
4.1 
4.9 
5.2 
5.2 
5.2 
2.0 
.15 
3.45 
4.05 
5.25 
6.45 
6.9 
6.9 
6.9 
2.1 
.2 
4.0 
4.8 
6.4 
8.0 
8.6 
8.6 
8.6 
2.1 
.2 
4.55 
5.55 
7.55 
9.55 
10.3 
10.3 
10.3 
2.1 
.2 
5.1 
6.3 
8.7 
11.1 
12.0 
12.0 
12.0 
2.1 
.2 
"(2) The postage on an issue of a publication referred to in para-
graph (1), the advertising portion of which does not exceed 10 per 
centum of such issue, shall be computed without regard to the rates 
applicable to the advertising portion prescribed in such paragraph. 
"(e) The postage on classroom publications, mailed in accordance 
with section 4359 (a) of this title, is 60 per centum of the postage com-
post, p. 617. 
puted in accordance with section 4359(b) of this title. 
"(f) The postage shall be 4.2 cents per pound on the advertising 
portion of publications (1) which are mailed for delivery in zones 1 
and 2 in accordance with section 4359 (a) of this title, (2) which are de-
voted to promoting the science of agriculture, and (3^ when the total 
number of copies of the publications furnished during any twelve-
month period to subscribers residing in rural areas consists of at least 
70 per centum of the total number of copies distributed by any means 
for any purpose. 
"(g) In lieu of the minimum charge per piece prescribed by sec-
tion 4359 (b) of this title, the minimum charge pter piece for publica-
tions (other than publications to which subsections (d) and (e) of 
this section are applicable), when fewer than five thousand copies are 
mailed outside the county of publication, is 0.6 cent per piece when 
mailed during the calendar year 1968, 0.7 cent per i)iece when mailed 
during the calendar year 1969, and 0.8 cent per piece when mailed 
thereafter. 
"(h) The publisher of a classroom publication, of a publication 
referred to in subsection (f) of this section, or of a publication of a 
nonprofit organization, before being entitled to the rates for the publi-
cations, shall furnish such proof of qualifications as the Postmaster 
General prescribes. 
74 Stat. 666. 
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"(i) For the purposes of the application of this section with respect 
to each publication having original entry at an independent incorpo-
rated city, an incorporated city which is situated entirely within a 
county, or which is situated contiguous to one or more counties in the 
same State, but which is politically independent of such county or 
counties, shall be considered to be within and a part of the county with 
which it is principally contiguous. 
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A s u s e d i n t h i s section 
Definitions. 
"(1) 'classroom publication' means a religious, educational, or 
scientific publication entered as second-class mail and designed 
specifically for use in classrooms or in religious instruction classes; 
"(2) 'a publication of a qualified nonprofit organization' means 
a publication published by and in the interest of one of the fol-
lowing types of organizations or associations if it is not organized 
for profit and none of its net income inures to the benefit of any 
private stockholder or individual: Religious, educational, scien-
tific, philanthropic, agricultural, labor, veterans', fraternal, and 
associations of rural electric cooperatives, program announce-
ments or guides published by an educational radio or television 
agency of a State or political subdivision thereof or by a nonprofit 
educational radio or television station, and not to exceed one pub-
lication published by the official highway or development agency 
of a State which meets all of the requirements of section 4354 and 
which contains no advertising; 
"(3) 'zones' means the eight zones described in section 4553, 
or prescribed pursuant to section 4558, of this title."; and 
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(3) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 
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"§ 4358. Rates of postage; preferred". 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 63 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out— 
"4358. Postage rates within county of publication." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"4358. Rates of postage; preferred.". 
SECOND-CLASS M A I L REGULAR 
RATES 
SEC. 104. (a) Section 4359 of title 39, United States Code, is 
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amended— 
(1) by striking out subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 
4358 of this title, the rates of postage on publications mailed in 
accordance with subsection (a) are as follows: 
"(In cents] 
"Mailed during 
Mailed during 
Mailed after 
calendar year 1968 
calendar year 1969 
Dec. 31,1969 
Rate per pound: 
Advertising portion: 
Zones 1 and 2 
Zone 3 
Zone 4 
Zone 5. 
Zone 6 
Zone 7 
Zones.. 
Nonadvertising portion 
Minimum charge per piece 
4.6 
5.7 
7.8 
9.9 
12.0 
12.8 
15.0 
3.0 
1.1 
4.9 
6.0 
8.3 
10.5 
12.8 
13.7 
16.0 
3.2 
1.2 
5.2 
6.4 
8.8 
11.1 
13.6 
14.5 
17.0 
3.4 
1.3. 
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® purpose of this section and section 4358 of this title, the 
portion of a publication devoted to advertisements shall include all 
advertisements inserted in the publication and attached permanently 
thereto. 
"(d)(1) Publications mailed in accordance with subsection (a), 
upon request by the publisher or news agent, may be transported by 
air on a space-available basis, on scheduled IJnited States air carriers 
at rates fixed and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board in accord-
ance with section 406 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 
72 Stat. 763. 
1376). The Postmaster General may authorize the transportation of 
publications by air pursuant to this subsection only when such trans-
portation does not impede the transportation of airmail, air parcel 
post, or air transportation of first-class mail on a space-available basis. 
"(2) The Postmaster General shall prescribe from time to time 
charges to be collected for matter transported by air pursuant to this 
section. The charges— 
"(A) shall be in addition to the payment of lawfully required 
postage; 
"(B) may not be adjusted more frequently than once every two 
years; and 
"(C) when prescribed or adjusted, shall equal, as nearly as 
practicable, the amount by which the allocated cost incurred by 
the Department for the delivery of such matter by air is in excess 
of the allocated cost which would have been incurred by the 
Department had such matter been delivered by surface transporta-
tion, but the total of such charges and the law^fully required post-
age shall not be less than 4 cents per piece. 
•^•zones.'*^^ 
"(^) ^ s used iu this section the term 'zones' means the eight zones 
described in section 4553, or prescribed pursuant to section 4558, of 
this title."; and 
(2) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 
"§ 4359. Rates of postage; regular'*. 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 63 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out— 
"4359. Po.«tage rates beyond county of publication." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"4359. Rates of postage ; regular.". 
74 Stat. 674 
80 Stat. 816 
74 Stat. 670. 
(c) Subsection (b) of section 4365 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out "bills,". 
76 Stat. 1144. 
(^j) Sectiou 4369(a) (4) of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out ": Provided^ however^ That trade publications serv-
ing the performing arts need only to furnish such information to the 
Postmaster General". 
SECOND-CLASS TRANSIENT MAIL 
74 Stat. 670. 
gjjc. 105. Sectiou 4362 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out "four cents" and inserting in lieu thereof "5 cents". 
CONTROLLED CIRCULATION 
PUBLICATIONS 
74 Stat. 672. 
gj,c. 106. Sectiou 4422 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"§ 4422. Rates of postage 
"The rates of postage on controlled circulation publications found 
by the Postmaster General to meet the definition contained in section 
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4421 of this title when mailed in the manner prescribed by the Post- 
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master General are as follows: 
"II n cents) 
"Mailed during 
Mailed during 
Mailed after 
calendar year 1968 
calendar year 1969 
Dec. 31,1969 
Rate per pound 
14.0 
14.5 
15.0 
Minimum charge per piece 
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1.9 
2.9 
3.8". 
THIRD-CLASS MAIL 
SEC. 107. (a) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 4452 of title 39, 
L^nited States Code, are amended to read as follows: 
"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the postage rates 
of third-class mail are as follows: 
76 Stat. 834. 
Rates 
"Type of mailing 
Mailed 
Mailed 
Unit 
during cal- 
after 
endar year 
June 30, 
1968 
1969 
Cents 
Cents 
(1) Individual piece,-- 
6.0 
6.0 
First 2 ounces or fraction thereof. 
2.0 
2.0 
Each additional ounce or fraction thereof. 
(2) Bulk mailings under subsection (e) of this sec-
tion of— 
(A) Books and catalogs of 24 pages or 
16.0 
16.0 
Each pound or fraction thereof. 
more, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, 
scions, and plants. 
(B) Other matter.-- 
22.0 
22.0 
Do. 
(C) Minimum charge of 
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3.6 
4.0 
Per piece. 
After June 30, 1969, in lieu of the minimum charge per piece 
specified in the foregoing table, a person who mails for himself, or 
on whose behalf there is a mailing, under subsection (e) of this sec-
tion, shall pay a minimum charge per piece of 3.8 cents on the first 
250,000 pieces mailed during a yea,r. For such purpose, the number 
of pieces mailed during a year shall be the aggregate of the pieces 
mailed under item (2) (A), (B), and (C) of the above table. 
"(b) Matter mailed in bulk under subsection (e) by qualified non-
profit organizations is subject to a minimum charge for each piece 
equal to 40 per centum of the minimum charge per piece provided 
in the table under subsection (a), rounded off to the nearest one-tenth 
cent.". 
(b) Subsection (b) of section 4451 of title 39, United States Code, 
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relating to mailing certain bills and statements of account as third-
class mail, is repealed. 
SPECIAL RATE TOURTH-CLASS MAIL 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 4554 of title 39, United States Code, is 
^e stat. 44s. 
amended— 
(1) by amending so much of subsection (a) as precedes sub-
paragraph (3) thereof to read as follows: 
"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the post-
age rate is 12 cents for the first pound or fraction thereof and 6 cents 
for each additional pound or fraction thereof, except that the rate 
now or hereafter prescribed for third- or fourth-class matter shall 
apply in every case where such rate is lower than the rate prescribed 
in this subsection on— 
"(1) books, including books issued to supplement other books, 
consisting wholly of reading matter or scholarly bibliography or 
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reading matter with incidental blank spaces for notations, and 
containing no advertising matter other than incidental announce-
ments of books; 
"(2) 16-millimeter or narrower width films, and catalogs of 
such films, except when sent to or from commercial theaters;"; 
76 Stat. 445. 
(2) hj Striking out in subsection (b) (1) "4 cents for the first 
pound or fraction thereof and 1 cent for each additional pound 
or fraction thereof" and inserting in lieu thereof "5 cents for the 
first pound or fraction thereof and 2 cents for each additional 
pound or fraction thereof"; 
(3) by inserting in subsection (b) (1) (B) "museums and 
herbaria," immediately following "public libraries,"; 
(4) in subsection (b) (2) by striking out "and" at the end of 
clause ( E ) ; by striking out the period at the end of clause (F) 
and inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and by adding at the end 
of such subsection the following new clause: 
"(G) museum materials, specimens, collections, teaching aids, 
printed matter, and interpretative materials intended to in-
form and to further the education work and interests of 
museums and herbaria."; 
(5) by inserting in subsection (c) "or narrower width" im-
mediately following "16-millimeter", and "museum materials, 
specimens, collections, teaching aids, printed matter, and in-
terpretative materials intended to inform and to further the 
educational work and interests of museums and herbaria," 
immediately following "sound recordings,"; and 
(6) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: 
"(e) Articles may be mailed under this section in quantities of 
one thousand or more in a single mailing, as defined by the Post-
master General, only in the manner directed by him.". 
(b) Subparagraph (6) of section 4554(a) of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting "playscripts and" immediately 
following "(6)". 
(c) The section heading of section 4554 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended to read— 
"§ 4554. Books, films, and other materials; preferred rates". 
(d) The table of contents of chapter 67 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out— 
"4554. Postage rates on books and films." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"4554. Books, films, and other materials; preferred rates.". 
K E T S AND OTHER 
SMALL 
ARTICLES 
74 Stat. 676. 
SEC. 109. Subsection (b) of section 4651 of title 39, United States 
Codej is amended by striking out "6 cents for each two ounces or 
fraction thereof" and inserting in lieu thereof "14 cents for the 
first two ounces or fraction thereof, and 7 cents for each additional 
two ounces or fraction thereof,". 
SPECIAL HANDLING 
SERVICE 
74 Stat. 687. 
g^,^ -^-^^Q Sectlou 6008 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"§ 6008. Special handling 
"Upon payment of a special handling fee, third-class mail and 
fourth-class mail are entitled to the most expeditious handling and 
transportation practicable, but such mail is not required to receive the 
same handling and transportation as airmail.". 
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SEPARATION BY MAILER OF SECOND-CLASS MAIL 
SEC. 111. Section 4363 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
^4 stat. 67o. 
to read as follows: 
"§ 4363. Separation by mailer of second-class mail 
"The Postmaster General may require publishers and news agents to 
separate, make up, and address second-class matter in such manner 
as he directs in accordance with a 5-digit ZIP code system.". 
PRINTING ON SECOND-CLASS COVERS 
SEC. 112. Section 4365 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
adding a new subsection to read as follows: 
"(d) In addition to other matter authorized by this section to be con-
tained, enclosed, or inserted in second-class mail, there may be included, 
in accordance with uniform regulations which the Postmaster General 
shall prescribej on the envelopes, wrappers, and other covers in which 
copies of publications are mailed, messages and notices of a civic or 
public-service nature, if no charge is made for the inclusion of such 
messages and notices on such envelopes, wrappers, and covers.". 
ADDITIONAL ENTRY 
POINTS 
SEC. 113. Section 4358 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
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by adding at the end thereof a new subsection to read as follows: 
"(k) The rates of postage prescribed by subsections (a) and (b) 
of this section shall apply only to mailings within the county in which 
the publications have original entry.". 
MAIL MATTER FOR BLIND AND OTHER HANDICAPPED PERSONS 
SEC. 114. (a) Chapter 69 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out sections 4653 and 4654 thereof and inserting in lieu 
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thereof the following: 
*'§ 4653. Matter for blind and other handicapped persons 
"(a) The matter described in subsection (b) (other than matter 
mailed under section 4654 of this title) may be mailed free of postage, 
if— 
" (1) the matter is for the use of the blind or other persons who 
cannot use or read conventionally printed material because of 
a physical impairment who are certified by competent authority 
as unable to read normal reading material in accordance with 
the provisions of the first section of the Act of July 30, 1966 
(Public Law 89-522; 80 Stat. 330); 
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"(2) no charge, or rental, subscription, or other fee, is required 
for such matter or a charge, or rental, subscription, or other fee is 
required for such matter not in excess of the cost thereof; 
"(3) the matter may be opened by the Postmaster General 
for inspection; 
"(4) the matter contains no advertising; and 
"(5) the matter is mailed subject to size and weight limitations 
prescribed by the Postmaster General. 
"(b) The free mailing privilege provided by subsection (a) is 
extended to— 
"(1) reading matter and musical scores; 
"(2) sound reproductions; 
" (3) paper, records, tapes, and other material for the production 
of reading matter, musical scores, or sound reproductions; 
"(4) reproducers or parts thereof, for sound reproductions; 
and 
135b. 
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"(6) Braille writers, typewriters, educational or other mate-
rials or devices, or parts thereof, used for writing by, or specifi-
cally designed or adapted for use of, a blind person or a person 
having a physical impairment as described in subsection (a) (1) 
of this section. 
"§ 4654. Unsealed letters sent by blind or physically handicapped 
persons 
"Unsealed letters sent by a blind person or a person having a phys-
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i^al impairment, as described in section 4653(a)(1) of this title, in 
raised characters or sightsaving type, or in the form of sound record-
ings, may be mailed free of postage. 
"§4655. Markings 
"All matter relating to blind or other handicapped persons mailed 
under section 4653, or section 4654, of this title, shall bear the words 
'Free Matter for the Blind or Handicapped', or words to that effect 
specified by the Postmaster General, in the upper right-hand corner of 
the address area.". 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 69 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out— 
"4653. Publications for tlie blind. 
"4654. Reproducers and sound reproduction records for the blind." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"4653. Matter for blind and other handicapped persons. 
"4654. Unsealed letters sent by blind or physically handicapped persons. 
"4655. Markings.". 
74 sla!" 672 
(c) Sectlou 4451(d) of title 39, United States Code, is repealed. 
76 Stat. 102. 
PERMISSIBLE ENCLOSURES FOR FOURTH-CLASS MAIL 
SEC. 115. Section 4555(a) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (9) ; 
(2) by striking out the period at the end of clause (10) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof: 
"(11) invoices, whether or not also serving as bills, if they 
relate solely to the matter with which they are mailed.". 
REIMBURSEMENT OF T H E POSTAL SERVICE OF T H E CANAL ZONE 
74 Stat. 659 
79 Stat. 1163. 
SEC. 116. (a) Chapter 57 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§4170. Mailing privilege of members of United States Armed 
Forces and of friendly foreign nations in the Canal 
Zone 
" (a) For the purposes of sections 4169 (a), 4303 (d) (6), and 4560 of 
Ante^^^^'eis^^' 
^^^^ title, each post office in the Canal Zone postal service, to the extent 
Po'st,'p. 623. 
that it provides mail service for members of the United States Armed 
Forces and of friendly foreign nations, shall be considered to be an 
Armed Forces post office established under section 705(d) of this 
77 Stat. 462. 
title. 
" (b) The Department of Defense shall reimburse the postal service 
of the Canal Zone, out of any appropriations or funds available to the 
Department of Defense, as a necessary expense of the appropriations 
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623 
or funds and of the activities concerned, the equivalent amount of 
postage due, and sums equal to the expenses incurred by, the postal 
service of the Canal Zone, as determined by the Governor of the Canal 
Zone, for matter sent in the mails, and in providing air transportation 
of mail, under such sections.". 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 57 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by adding— 
"^^ stat. 659. 
"4170. Mailing privilege of members of United States Armed Forces and of 
friendly foreign nations in the Canal Zone." 
immediately below— 
"4169. Mailing privilege of members of United States Armed Forces and of 
friendly foreign nations.". 
PARCEL AIRLIFT 
SEC. 117. (a) Chapter 67 of title 39, United States Code, is amended go^sta^^sif 
^' 
by adding at the end thereof the following new" section: 
*
*
§ 4560. Air transportation of parcels mailed at or addressed to 
Armed Forces post offices 
"Any parcel, other than a parcel mailed airmail or as air parcel 
post, not exceeding thirty pounds in weight and sixty inches in length 
and girth combined, which is mailed at or addressed to any Armed 
Forces post office established under section 705(d) of this title shall 
^^ stat. 462. 
be transported by air on a space available basis, on scheduled United 
States air carriers at rates fixed and determined by the Civil Aero-
nautics Board in accordance with section 406 of the Federal Aviation 
Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1376), upon payment, in addition to the regular 
^^ stat. 763. 
surface rate of postage, of a special fee to be prescribed by the Post-
master General for such transportation by air. Whenever adequate 
service by scheduled United States air carriers is not available to pro-
vide transportation of mail matter by air in accordance with the fore-
going provisions of this section, the transportation of such mail matter 
may be authorized by aircraft other than scheduled United States 
air carriers.". 
(b) Tlie table of contents of such chapter 67 is amended by inserting 
at the end thereof— 
"4560. Air transportation of parcels mailed at or addressed to Armed Forces post 
offices:.". 
SOLICITATIONS I N GUISE OF BILLS OR STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT 
SEC. 118. (a) Section 4001 of title 39, United States Code, relating 
'^ ^'^'- ^^4. 
to nonmailable matter, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection: 
" (c) Matter otherwise legally acceptable in the mails which— 
"(1) is in the form of, and reasonably could be interpreted or 
construed as, a bill, invoice, or statement of account due; but 
"(2) constitutes, in fact, a solicitation for the order by the ad-
dressee of goods or services, or both; 
is nonmailable matter, shall not be carried or delivered by mail, 
and shall be disposed of as the Postmaster General directs, unless 
such matter bears on its face, in conspicuous and legible type in 
contrast by typography, layout, or color with other printing on 
its face, in accordance with regulations which the Postmaster 
General shall prescribe— 
"(A) the following notice: 'This is a solicitation for the 
order of goods and/or services and not a bill, invoice, or state-
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ment of account due. You are not under obligation to make 
any payments on account of this offer unless you accept ^his 
offer.'; or 
"(B) in lieu thereof, a notice to the same effect in words 
which the Postmaster General may prescribe.". 
\ 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall become effectiv^e 
with respect to matter mailed on or after the ninetieth day following 
the effective date of this section. 
EFFECjnVE DATE 
SEC. 119. This title shall become effective on January 7, 1968. 
CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 
Repeal. 
gj.^. 120. (a) (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 2303(a) (1) of title 
76 Stat. 836. 
39^ United States Code, is repealed. 
74 Stat. 600. 
('2) Subparagraph (D) of such section is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(D) free postage on reading matter and other articles for the 
blind and other handicapped persons as provided by sections 4653 
^^^me, pp. 621, 
and 4654 of this title ;'\ 
74 Stat. 601. 
(3) Subparagraph (I) is amended by striking out "educational". 
80 Stat. 818. 
(b) Section 4552(c) of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting "and" after the semicolon at the end of para-
graph (4); 
(2) by striking out "; and" at the end of paragraph (5) and 
inserting in lieu thereof a period; and 
(3) by striking out paragraph (6). 
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION 
76^stau'83^?!^' 
SEC. 121. Sectiou 4355 (a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out the period at the end of item (10) and inserting in lieu 
thereof a semicolon and the word "or", and by adding after item (10) 
the following new item: 
"(11) program announcements or guides published by an edu-
cational radio or television agency of a State or political subdi-
vision thereof or by a nonprofit educational radio or television 
station.". 
UNDELIVERED FIRST CLASS MAIL 
74 Stat. 658. 
S E C 122. Subsection (a) of section 4106 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The Postmaster General shall notify the sender or addressee 
upon request by the sender or addressee, when mail is imdelivered as 
addressed, of the reason for the nondelivery, and in the case of the 
notice to the sender, the new address of the addressee if known. The 
Postmaster General shall prescribe a uniform charge to be collected 
for the service performed pursuant to this subsection." 
TITLE II—FEDERAL SALARY INCREASES 
SHORT TITLE 
l^^^7o>,t^^^"^ 
SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "Federal Salary Act of 
^ * ° ' ' ' ' ' - 
1967". 
EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO T H E GENERAL SCHEDULE 
SEC. 202. (a) The General Schedule contained in section 5332(a) 
Ante, p. 199. 
^^ ^ j ^ ^ g^ United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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625 
"GENERAL SCHEDULE 
"Grade 
Annual rates and steps 
GS-1 
$3,776 $3,902 $4,028 $4,154 $4,280 $4,406 $4,532 $4,658 $4,784 $4,910 
GS-2. 
4,108 
4,245 
4,382 
4,519 
4,656 
4,793 
4,930 
5,067 
5,204 
5,341 
GS-3 
4,466 
4,615 
4,764 
4,913 
5,062 
5,211 
5,360 
5,509 
5,658 
5,807 
GS-4 
4,995 
5,161 
5,327 
5,493 
5,659 
5,825 
5,991 
6,157 
6,323 
6,489 
GS-5 
5,565 
5,751 
5,937 
6,123 
6,309 
6,495 
6,681 
6,867 
7,053 
7,239 
GS-6 
6,137 
6,342 
6,547 
6,752 
6,957 
7,162 
7,367 
7,572 
7,777 
7,982 
GS-7 
6,734 
6,959 
7,184 
7,409 
7,634 
7,859 
8,084 
8,309 
8,534 
8,759 
GS-8 
7,384 
7,630 
7,876 
8,122 
8,368 
8,614 
8,860 
9,106 
9,352 
9,598 
GS-9 
8,054 
8,323 
8,592 8,861 9,130 9,399 
9,668 
9,937 10,206 10,475 
GS-10. 
8,821 9,115 9,409 
9,703 
9,997 10,291 10,585 10,879 11,173 11,467 
6S-11 
9,657 
9,979 10,301 10,623 10,945 11,267 11,589 11,911 12,233 12,555 
GS-12 
11,461 11,843 12,225 12,607 12,989 13,371 13,753 14,135 14,517 14,899 
GS-13 
13,507 13,957 14,407 14,857 15,307 15,757 16,207 16,657 17,107 17,557 
GS-14 
15,841 16,369 16,897 17,425 17,953 18,481 19,009 19,537 20,065 20,593 
GS-15 
18,404 19,017 19,630 20,243 20,856 21,469 22,082 22,695 23,308 23,921 
GS-16 
20,982 21,681 22,380 23,079 23,778 24,477 25,176 25,875 26,574 
GS-17 
23,788 24,581 25,374 26,167 26,960 
GS-18 
27,055 
80 Stat. 4 5 8 . 
(b) Except as provided in section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, 
tlie rates of basic pay of officers and employees to whom the General 
Schedule set forth in the amendment made by subsection (a) of 
this section applies shall be initially adjusted as of the effective date 
of this section, as follows: 
(1) If the officer or employee is receiving basic pay immedi-
ately prior to the effective date of this section at one of the rates 
of a grade in the General Schedule, he shall receive a rate of basic 
pay at the corresponding rate in effect on and after such date. 
(2) If the officer or employee is receiving basic pay 
immediately prior to the effective date of this section at a rate 
between two rates of a grade in the General Schedule, he shall 
receive a rate of basic pay at the higher of the two corresponding 
rates in effect on and after such date. 
(3) If the officer or employee is receiving basic pay 
immediately prior to the effective date of this section at a rate 
in excess of the maximum rate for his grade, he shall receive (A) 
the maximum rate for his ^rade in the new schedule, or (B) his 
existing rate of basic pay increased by 4.5 per centum, rounded 
to the next highest dollar, if such existing rate as so increased 
is higher. 
(4) If the officer or employee, immediately prior to the effective 
date of this section, is receiving, pursuant to section 2(b) (4) of 
the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, an existing 
^^ stat. 173. 
aggregate rate of pay determined under section 208(b) of the Act 
of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1111), plus subsequent increases 
^ ^^'^ ^^e note. 
authorized by law, he shall receive an aggregate rate of pay equal 
to the sum of his existing aggregate rate of pay on the day preced-
ing the effective date of this section, plus the amount of increase 
made by this section in the maximum rate of his grade, until (i) he 
leaves his position, or (ii) he is entitled to receive aggregate pay 
at a higher rate by reason of the operation of this Act or any other 
provision of law; but, when such position becomes vacant, the 
aggregate rate of pay of any subsequent appointee thereto shall be 
fixed in accordance with applicable provisions of law. Subject to 
clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence of this 
subparagraph, the amount of the increase provided by this section 
shall be held and considered for the purposes of section 208 (b) of 
the Act of September 1, 1954, to constitute a part of the existing 
^^ s*^*- i^^^« 
rate of pay of the employee. 
(5) If the officer or employee, at any time during the period 
beginning on the effective date of this section and ending on the 
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[81 STAT. 
date of enactment of this title, was promoted from one ^ a d e 
imder the General Schedule contained in section 5332 (a) of title 5, 
Ante, p. 199. 
United States Code, to another such grade at a rate which is above 
the minimum rate thereof, his rate of basic pay shall be adjusted 
retroactively from the effective date of this section to the date on 
which he was so promoted, on the basis of the rate which he was 
receiving during the period from such effective date to the date of 
such promotion and, from the date of such promotion, on the basis 
of the rate for that step of the appropriate grade of the General 
Schedule contained in the amendment made by subsection (a) of 
this section which corresponds numerically to the step of the grade 
of the General Schedule to which such officer or employee was 
promoted as in effect (without regard to this title) at the time of 
such promotion. 
(6) If the officer or employee, at any time during the period 
beginning on the effective date of this section and ending on the 
date of enactment of this title, became subject to the General 
Schedule and his rate of basic pay was set above the minimum rate 
of the grade on the basis of a previously earned rate above such 
minimum rate, his rate of basic pay shall be adjusted retroactively 
to the date on which he became subject to the General Schedule on 
the basis of the rate of the appropriate grade of the General 
Schedule contained in this section which corresponds numerically 
to the rate of the grade at which the pay of such officer or employee 
was set at the time he became subject to the General Schedule. 
76 Stat. 858. 
LIMITATION ON" NUMBERS OF CERTAIN POSTAL 
POSITIONS 
SEC. 203. Section 3301 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "salary levels 19 and 20" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"salary levels 20 and 21". 
CHANGES I N KEY POSITIONS I N POSTAL FIELD SERVICE 
SEC. 204. (a) That part of chapter 45 of title 39, United States 
Code, under the heading "POSITIONS" is amended by striking out 
74 Stat. 616. 
scctiou 3512 and inserting in lieu thereof the following new sections: 
"§ 3512. Positions in salary level 1 
"Cleaner. (KP-51) 
"(1) Basic function.—Performs a variety of light cleaning and 
housekeeping tasks in connection with the custodial maintenance of a 
postal installation. 
" (2) Duties and responsibilities.— 
"(A) Sweeps, mops, dusts, washes, and otherwise performs 
light cleaning and housekeeping tasks to maintain offices, wash-
rooms, lobbies, corridors, stairways, and other areas of the build-
ing in neat and orderly condition. 
"(B) Performs such duties as dusting, waxing, and polishing 
office furniture, sweeping and mopping floors, vacuuming rugs, 
emptying wastebaskets and trash, washing interior window and 
partition glass and fixtures which can be reached without use of 
ladders or scaffolding. 
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627 
"(3) Organizational relationships.—Eeports to a foreman or 
other designated supervisor. 
"§ 3512A. Positions in salary level 2 
"Custodian. (KP-1) 
"(1) Basic function.—Performs manual laboring duties in con-
nection with custody of an office or building. 
"(2) Duties and responsibilities.— 
" (A) Performs any combination of the following duties: 
"1. Moves furniture and equipment. 
"2. Uncrates and assembles furniture and fixtures, using 
bolts and screws for assembly. 
"3. Loads and unloads supplies and equipment. 
"4. Removes 
trash 
from 
work 
areas, 
lobbies, and 
washrooms. 
"5. Tends to lawns, shrubbery, and premises of the post 
office and cleans ice and snow from the sidewalks and 
driveways. 
"6. Stacks supplies in storage rooms and on shelves, and 
completes forms or records as required. 
"(B) May perform cleaning duties as assigned. 
"(3) Organizational relationships.—Reports to a foreman or 
other designated supervisor.". 
(b) Each salary level number in the headings of sections 3513 to 
3531, inclusive, of title 39, United States Code, and each other nu- ^^^ ^*^*' ^^^" 
merical reference to such salary level number in any other provision of 
such title (including the table of contents of chapter 45) which is 
7
4 stat. 6i4. 
not otherwise increased by this title, is increased by 1. 
(c) Each employee in the postal field service on the date of enact-
ment of this title, whose position is placed in salary level 2 of the 
Postal Field Service Schedule by reason of the enactment of this 
section and section 205(e)(1) of this title, shall remain in salary 
Post.p.ezo. 
level 2 of such schedule so long as he remains in such position or oc-
cupies, without break in service of more than thirty days, a position 
of a comparable level of duties, responsibilities, and work requirements 
in such salary level. When the employee leaves any such position, the 
position shall be appropriately ranked in accordance with chapter 
45 of title 39, United States Code. 
(d) The table of contents of chapter 45 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting— 
"3512A. Positions in salary level 2." 
immediately below— 
"3512. Positions in salary level 1.", 
POSTAL FIELD SERVICE EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 205. (a) Section 3542(a) of title 39, United States Code, is 
'° ^'"*- '«^-
amended to read as follows: 
"(a) There are established basic compensation schedules for posi-
tions in the postal field service which shall be known as the Postal 
Field Service Schedules and for which the symbol shall be 'PFS'. 
Except as provided in sections 3543 and 3544 of this title, basic com- 52?°^'' ^^* ^^^' 
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[81 STAT. 
pensation shall be paid to all employees in accordance with such 
schedules. 
"POSTAL FIELD SERVICE SCHEDULE I 
"ITo be effective for the period beginning on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after October 1,1967, 
and ending immediately before the effective date of Postal Field Service Scnedule II set forth belovi/] 
"PFS 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
1 
$4,118 
2 
4,460 
3 
4,826 
4 
5,215 
5 
5,651 
6 
6,044 
7 
6,482 
8 
6,939 
9 
7,515 
10 
8,128 
11 
8,846 
12 
9,775 
13 
10,815 
14 
11,951 
15 
13,173 
16 
14,564 
17 
16,090 
18 
17,803 
19 
19,642 
20 
21,758 
21 
24,126 
$4,255 
4,607 
4,984 
5,391 
5,838 
6,246 
6,697 
7,170 
7,764 
8,398 
9,146 
10,109 
11,183 
12,364 
13,631 
15,066 
16,650 
18,425 
20,294 
22,484 
24,932 
$4,392 
4,754 
5,142 
5,567 
6,025 
6,448 
6,912 
7,401 
8,013 
8,668 
9,446 
10,443 
11,551 
12,777 
14,089 
15,568 
17,210 
19,047 
20,946 
23,210 
25,738 
$4,529 
4,901 
5,300 
5,743 
6,212 
6,650 
7,127 
7,632 
8,262 
8,938 
9,746 
10,777 
11,919 
13,190 
14,547 
16,070 
17,770 
19,669 
21,598 
23,936 
26,544 
$4,666 
5,048 
5,458 
5,919 
6,399 
6,852 
7,342 
7,863 
8,511 
9,208 
10,046 
11,111 
12,287 
13,603 
15,005 
16,572 
18,330 
20,291 
22,250 
24,662 
26,960 
$4,803 
5,195 
5,616 
6,095 
6,586 
7,054 
7,557 
8,094 
8,760 
9,478 
10,346 
11,445 
12,655 
14,016 
15,463 
17,074 
18,890 
20,913 
22,902 
25,388 
$4,940 
5,342 
5,774 
6,271 
6,773 
7,256 
7,772 
8,325 
9,009 
9,748 
10,646 
11,779 
13,023 
14,429 
15,921 
17,576 
19,450 
21,535 
23,554 
26,114 
$5,077 
5,489 
5,932 
6,447 
6,960 
7,458 
7,987 
8,556 
9,258 
10,018 
10,946 
12,113 
13,391 
14,842 
16,379 
18,078 
20,010 
22,157 
24,206 
26,840 
$5,214 
5,636 
6,090 
6,623 
7,147 
7,660 
8,202 
8,787 
9,507 
10,288 
11,246 
12,447 
13,759 
15,255 
16,837 
18,580 
20,570 
22,779 
24,858 
$5,351 
5,783 
6,248 
6,799 
7,334 
7,862 
8,417 
9,018 
9,756 
10,558 
11,546 
12,781 
14,127 
15,668 
17,295 
19,082 
21,130 
23,401 
25,510 
$5,488 
5,930 
6,406 
6,975 
7,521 
8,064 
8,632 
9,249 
$5,625 
6,077 
6,564 
7,151 
7,708 
8,266 
8,847 
_.. 
_.. . 
"POSTAL FIELD SERVICE SCHEDULE II 
"[To be effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after July 1,1968] 
"PFS 
1 
8 
10 
1 
$4,324 
2 
4,687 
3 
5,068 
4 
5,476 
5 
5,938 
6 
6,348 
7 
6,807 
8 
7,286 
9 
7,891 
10 
8,535 
11 
9,289 
12 
10,264 
13 
11,356 
14 
12,549 
15 
13,832 
16. 
15,293 
17 
16,895 
18 
18,695 
19 
20,625 
20 
22,848 
21 
25,333 
$4,468 
4,841 
5,234 
5,661 
6,134 
6,560 
7,033 
7,529 
8,153 
8,819 
9,604 
10,615 
11,743 
12,983 
14,313 
15,820 
17,483 
19,348 
21,310 
23,610 
26 179 
$4,612 
4,995 
5,400 
5,846 
6,330 
6,772 
7,259 
7,772 
8,415 
9,103 
9,919 
10,966 
12,130 
13,417 
14,794 
16,347 
18,071 
20,001 
21,995 
24,372 
27,025 
$4,756 
5,149 
5,566 
6,031 
6,526 
6,984 
7,485 
8,015 
8,677 
9,387 
10,234 
11,317 
12,517 
13,851 
15,275 
16,874 
18,659 
20,654 
22,680 
25,134 
27,871 
$4,900 
5,303 
5,732 
6,216 
6,722 
7,196 
7,711 
8,258 
8,939 
9,671 
10, 549 
11,668 
12,904 
14,285 
15,756 
17,401 
19,247 
21,307 
23,365 
25,896 
27,900 
$5,044 
5,457 
5,898 
6,401 
6,918 
7,408 
7,937 
8,501 
9,201 
9,955 
10,864 
12,019 
13,291 
14,719 
16,237 
17,928 
19,835 
21,960 
24,050 
26,658 
$5,188 
5,611 
6,064 
6,586 
7,114 
7,620 
8,163 
8,744 
9,463 
10,239 
11,179 
12,370 
13,678 
15,153 
16,718 
18,455 
20,423 
22,613 
24,735 
27,420 
$5,332 
5,765 
6,230 
6,771 
7,310 
7,832 
8,389 
8,987 
9,725 
10,523 
11,494 
12,721 
14,065 
15,587 
17,199 
18,982 
21,011 
23,266 
25,420 
27,800 
$5,476 
5,919 
6,396 
6,956 
7,506 
8,044 
8,615 
9,230 
9,987 
10,807 
11,809 
13,072 
14,452 
16,021 
17,680 
19,509 
21,599 
23,919 
26,105 
$5,620 $5,764 $5,908 
6,073 
6,227 6,381 
6,562 
6,728 6,894 
7,141 
7,326 7,511 
7,702 
7,898 8,094 
8,256 
8,468 8,680 
8,841 
9,067 9,293 
9,473 
9,716 
10,249 
11,091 
12,124 
13,423 
14,839 
16,455 
18,161 
20,036 
22,187 
24,572 
26,790 
80 Stat. 290. 
(b) Section 3543(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(a) There are established basic compensation schedules which 
shall be known as the Rural Carrier Schedules and for which the 
symbol shall be 'RCS'. Compensation shall be paid to rural carriers 
in accordance with such schedules. 
"RURAL CARRIER SCHEDULE I 
"[To be effective for the period beginning on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after October 1,1967, 
and ending immediately before the effective date of Rural Carrier Schedule II set forth below] 
Fixed compensation 
For each mile up to 30 miles 
For each mile of route over 
30 
"Per annum rates and steps 
1 
$2,531 
94 
25 
2 
$2,658 
96 
25 
3 
$2,785 
98 
25 
4 
$2,912 
100 
25 
5 
$3,039 
102 
25 
6 
$3,166 
104 
25 
7 
$3,293 
106 
25 
8 
$3,420 
108 
25 
9 
$3,547 
110 
25 
10 
$3|674 
112 
25 
11 
$3,801 
114 
25 
12 
$3,928 
116 
25 
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629 
"RURAL CARRIER SCHEDULE II 
"|To be effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after July 1,1968] 
Fixed compensation 
For each mile up to 30 miles 
For each mile of route over 
30 
"Per annum rates and steps 
1 
$2,668 
99 
25 
2 
$2,804 
101 
25 
3 
$2,940 
103 
25 
4 
$3,076 
105 
25 
5 
$3,212 
107 
25 
6 
$3,348 
109 
25 
7 
$3,484 
111 
25 
8 
$3,620 
113 
25 
9 
$3,756 
115 
25 
10 
$3,892 
117 
25 
11 
$4,028 
119 
25 
12 
$4,164 
121 
25", 
(c) Section 3544 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows : 
"§ 3544. Compensation of postmasters at fourth-class offices 
"(a) The Postmaster General shall— 
"(1) rank each position of postmaster at a post office of the 
fourth class in salary level 6 of the Postal Field Service Schedule; 
and 
"(2) establish, and adjust from time to time, the annual rate of 
basic compensation, for each such position of postmaster so ranked, 
in an amount which bears the same ratio to the annual rate of 
basic compensation for full-time service in a position (other than 
postmaster at a post office of the fourth class) in the same step of 
salary level 6 of such schedule, as the average number of hours of 
service per day which the Postmaster General determines neces-
sary to be performed by such postmaster to operate the post office, 
in the light of the postal needs of the patrons of the office, bears 
to the total number of hours per day of such full-time service. 
Actions and determinations by the Postmaster General under this sub-
section shall be final and conclusive until changed by him. 
"(b) A person who performs the duties of postmaster at a post office 
of the fourth class where there is a vacancy, or during the absence of 
the postmaster on sick or annual leave or leave without pay, shall be 
compensated at the rate of basic compensation for step 1 of salary level 
6 of the Postal Field Service Schedule, determined under subsection 
(a) of this section. 
"(c) When required by the Postmaster General, a postmaster at a 
fourth-class office shall, and any other postmaster in P F S level 6 when 
permitted by the Postmaster General may, furnish quarters, fixtures, 
and equipment for an office on an allowance basis. The allowance for 
this purpose shall be an amount equal to 15 per centum of the basic 
compensation for step 1 of salary level 6 of the Postal Field Service 
Schedule, determined under subsection (a) of this section.". 
(d) Each postmaster at a post office of the fourth class on the 
effective date of Postal Field Service Schedule I shall be placed in 
salary level 6 of the Postal Field Service Schedule at the lowest step 
which provides a rate, determined under section 3544(a) of title 39, 
United States Code, which is at least equal to his rate of basic com-
pensation in effect immediately prior to such effective date plus 6 
per centum thereof. If there is no such step in salary level 6, he is 
entitled to his rate of basic compensation in effect immediately prior 
to such effective date plus 6 per centum thereof. For the purposes of 
this subsection, basic compensation in effect immediately prior to the 
effective date of Postal Field Service Schedule I shall be determined 
after giving effect to any change in salary step or revenue units 
category which would have occurred on the effective date of this 
section without regard to the enactment of this title. 
74 Stat. 64 7. 
Ante, 
p. 628. 
Supra, 
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[81 STAT. 
(e) The basic compensation of each employee subject to the Postal 
Field Service Schedule or the Rural Carrier Schedule immediately 
prior to the effective date of Postal Field Service Schedule I shall be 
determined as follows: 
(1) Each employee subject to the Postal Field Service Sched-
ule shall be assigned to the same numerical step for his position, 
placed in the next higher salary level, which he had attained 
immediately prior to such effective date. 
(2) Each employee subject to the Rural Carrier Schedule 
shall be assigned to the same numerical step for his position 
which he had attained immediately prior to such effective 
date. 
(3) If changes in levels or steps would otherwise occur on 
such effective date without regard to enactment of this Act, 
such changes shall be deemed to have occurred prior to 
conversion. 
(4) If the existing basic compensation is greater than the 
rate to which the employee is converted under paragraph (1) 
or (2) of this subsection, the employee shall be placed in the 
lowest step which exceeds his basic compensation. If the exist-
ing basic compensation exceeds the maximum step of his posi-
tion, his existing basic compensation increased by 6 per cen-
tum, rounded to the next highest dollar, shall be established as 
his basic compensation. 
(f) The advancement of any employee to a higher salary level 
of the Postal Field Service Schedule by reason of the enactment 
of this section shall not be deemed to be an equivalent increase 
within the meaning of section 3552(a) of title 39, United States 
78 Stat. 408. 
C o d e 
(g) The basic compensation of each employee subject to the 
Postal Field Service Schedule or the Rural Carrier Schedule im-
mediately prior to the effective date of Postal Field Service Sched-
ule I I shall be determined as follows: 
(1) Each employee shall be assigned to the same numerical 
step for his position which he had attained immediately prior 
to such effective date. If changes in levels or steps would 
otherwise occur on such effective date without regard to enact-
ment of this title, such changes shall be deemed to have 
occurred prior to conversion. 
(2) If the existing basic compensation is greater than the rate 
to which the employee is converted under paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, the employee shall be placed in the lowest step which 
exceeds his basic compensation. If the existing basic compensa-
tion exceeds the maximum step of his position, his existing basic 
compensation increased by 5 per centum, rounded to the next 
highest dollar, shall be established as his basic compensation. 
(h) Each employee whose position, by reason of the enactment of 
this section, is placed in a level of the Postal Field Service Schedule 
shall be entitled, for purposes of section 3560 of title 39, United States 
Code, to credit for time served in the postal field service prior to the 
effective date of this section. 
(i) The table of contents of chapter 45 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out— 
"3544. Fourth Class Office Schedule." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"3544. Compensation of postmasters at fourth-class offices.". 
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631 
CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 206. (a) Section 3560(a) of title 39, United States Code, is 
75 stat. 569; 
amended by striking out" (3) revenue unit category, with respect to the 
Fourth Class Office Schedule." and inserting in lieu thereof "(3) 
minimum hours of service with respect to postmasters in fourth-class 
post offices.". 
(b) Section 3560(f) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "(1) reductions in class or revenue unit category of any 
post office, or" and inserting in lieu thereof "(1) reductions in class or 
revenue units of any post office or in the minimum hours of service for 
a fourth-class post office, or". 
(c) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 3573 of title 39, United States 
Code, are amended by striking out "level PFS-10" and "level P F S - 
^9 stat. iii4; 
11", wherever appearing therein, and inserting m lieu thereof "level 
PFS-11" and "level PFS-12", respectively. Subsection (g) of sec-
tion 
3573 is amended by striking out "PFS-17" and inserting 
"PFS-18". 
(d) Subsection (a) of section 3575 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out "level PFS-15" and inserting in 
79 stat. iiie. 
lieu thereof "level PFS-16". 
(e) Any reference to a level of the Postal Field Service Sched-
ule in any order, rule, regulation, or statute (other than title 39, United 
States Code) which is in effect on the effective date of this section 
shall be deemed to refer to the next higher level of the Postal Field 
Service Schedule. 
SPECIAL SALARY RATE RANGES 
SEC. 207. (a) Section 5303(a) of title 5, ITnited States Code, is 
so stat. 458. 
amended by striking out "seventh pay rate" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "maximum pay rate". 
(b) Section 5303(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(d) The rate of basic pay established under this section and 
received by an individual immediately before a statutory increase, 
which becomes effective prior to, on, or after the date of enactment 
of the statute, in the pay schedule applicable to such individual of 
any pay system specified in subsection (a) of this section, shall be 
initially adjusted, effective on the effective date of the statutory in-
crease, under conversion rules prescribed by the President or by such 
agency as the President may designate.". 
EMPLOYEES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY OF THE 
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 208. Section 4107 of title 38, United States Code, relating to 
^° ^'^'- ^^i-
grades and pay scales for certain positions within the Department of 
Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"§ 4107. Grades and pay scales 
" (a) The per annum full-pay scale or ranges for positions provided 
in section 4103 of this title, other than Chief Medical Director, Deputy 
78 stat. 409. 
Chief Medical Director, and Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, 
shall be as follows: 
"Section 4103 Schedule 
"Assistant Chief Medical Director, $27,055. 
"Medical Director, $23,788 minimum to $26,960 maximum. 
"Director of Nursing Service, $18,404 minimum to $23,921 maximum. 
72 Stat. 1244. 
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[81 STAT. 
"Director of Chaplain Service, $18,404 minimum to $23,921 
maximum. 
"Chief Pharmacist, $18,404 minimum to $23,921 maximum. 
"Chief Dietitian, $18,404 minimum to $23,921 maximum. 
"(b) (1) The grades and per annum full-pay ranges for positions 
provided in paragraph (1) of section 4104 of this title shall be as 
follows: 
"Physician and Dentist Schedule 
"Director grade, $20,982 minimum to $26,5Y4 maximum. 
"Executive grade, $19,576 minimum to $25,444 maximum. 
"Chief grade, $18,404 minimum to $23,921 maximum. 
"Senior grade, $15,841 minimum to $20,593 maximum. 
"Intermediate grade, $13,507 minimum to $17,557 maximum. 
"Full grade, $11,461 minimum to $14,899 maximum. 
"Associate grade, $9,657 minimum to $12,555 maximum. 
"Nurse Schedule 
"Assistant Director grade, $15,841 minimum to $20,593 maximum. 
"Chief grade, $13,507 minimum to $17,557 maximum. 
"Senior grade, $11,461 minimum to $14,899 maximum. 
"Intermediate grade, $9,657 minimum to $12,555 maximum. 
"Full grade, $8,054 minimum to $10,475 maximum. 
"Associate grade, $7,033 minimum to $9,139 maximum. 
"Junior grade, $6,137 minimum to $7,982 maximum. 
"(2) No person may hold the director grade unless he is serving as 
a director of a hospital, domiciliary, center, or outpatient clinic (in-
dependent). No person may hold the executive grade unless he holds 
the position of chief of staff at a hospital, center, or outpatient clinic 
(independent), or comparable position. 
"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the per annum 
salary rate for each individual serving as a director of a hospital, 
domiciliary, or center who is not a physician shall not be less than the 
salary rate which he would receive under this section if his service as a 
director of a hospital, domiciliary, or center had been service as a 
physician in the director grade. The position of the director of a hos-
pital, domiciliary, or center shall not be subject to chapter 51 and sub-
^^80 Stat. 443. 
chapter I I I of chapter 53 of title 5.". 
FOREIGK SERVICE OFFICERS ; STAFF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 209. (a) The fourth sentence of section 412 of the Foreign 
80 Stat. 292. 
Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 867), is amended to read 
as follow^s: "The per annum salaries of Foreign Service officers within 
each of the other classes shall be as follows: 
"Class 1 
$24,944 
$25,776 
$27,055 
..- 
-.-
Class 2 
20,280 
20,956 
21,632 
$22,308 
$22,984 
$23,660 
$24,336 
Class3.. 
16,616 
17,170 
17,724 
18,278 
18,832 
19,386 
19,940 
Class4 
13,507 
13,957 
14,407 
14,857 
15,307 
15,757 
16,207 
Class 5 
11,120 
11,491 
11,862 
12,233 
12,604 
12,975 
13,346 
Class6 
9,267 
9,576 
9,885 
10,194 
10,503 
10,812 
11,121 
Class 7 
- 
7,816 
8,076 
8,336 
8,596 
8,856 
9,116 
9,376 
Class 8 
_
_
_ 
6,734 
6,959 
7,184 
7,409 
7,634 
7,859 
8,084". 
(b) The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 415 of such Act 
(22 U.S.C. 870(a)) is amended to read as follows: "The per annum 
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633 
salaries of such staff officers and employees within each class shall be as 
follows: 
"Class 1 
$16,616 $17,170 $17,724 $18,278 $18,832 $19,386 $19,940 $20,494 $21,048 $21,602 
Class 2 
13,507 
13,957 
14,407 
14,857 
15,307 
15,757 
16,207 
16,657 
17,107 
17,557 
ClassS 
11,120 
11,491 
11,862 
12,233 
12,601 
12,975 
13,346 
13,717 
14,088 
14,459 
Class 4 
9,267 
9,576 
9,885 
10,194 
10,503 
10,812 
11,121 
11,430 
11.739 
12,048 
Class 5 
8,351 
8,629 
8,907 
9,185 
9,463 
9,741 
10,019 
10,297 
10,575 
10,853 
Class 6 
7,524 
7,775 
8,026 
8,277 
8,528 
8,779 
9,030 
9,281 
9,532 
9,783 
Class7 
6,905 
7,135 
7,365 
7,595 
7,825 
8,055 
8,285 
8,515 
8,745 
8,975 
ClassS. 
6,125 
6,329 
6,533 
6,737 
6,941 
7,145 
7,349 
7,553 
7,757 
7,961 
Class9 
5,575 
5,761 
5,947 
6,133 
6,319 
6,505 
6,691 
6,877 
7,063 
7,249 
ClasslO 
4,995 
5,161 
5,327 
5,493 
5,659 
5,825 
5,991 
6,157 
6,323 
6,489". 
(c) Foreign Service officers, Eeserve officers, and Foreign Service 
staff officers and employees who are entitled to receive basic compensa-
tion immediately prior to the effective date of this section at one of 
the rates provided by section 412 or 415 of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1946 shall receive basic compensation, on and after such effective 
^^ nsn sfiv' 
date, at the rate of their class determined to be appropriate by the 
Secretary of State. 
22 u s e 867, 870. 
AGRICULTURAL 
STABILIZATION 
AND CONSERVATION 
COUNTY 
COMMITTEE 
EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 210. The rates of pay of persons employed by the county com-
mittees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation 
and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be increased 
Jl^l\%\^'' 
by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the increases 
provided by section 202(a) of this title for corresponding rates of 
basic pay. 
SALARY RATES FIXED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION 
SEC. 211. (a) The rates of basic pay of United States attorneys and 
assistant United States attorneys whose annual salaries are fixed 
pursuant to section 548 of title 28, United States Code, shall be in- 
^° ^*^*- ^^^• 
creased, effective on the effective date of section 202 of this title, by 
amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the increases 
provided by section 202(a) of this title for corresponding rates of 
basic pay. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 665), the rates of pay of officers and employees of 
the Federal Government and of the municipal government of the Dis-
trict of Columbia whose rates of pay are fixed by administrative action 
pursuant to law and are not otherwise increased by this title are hereby 
authorized to be increased, effective on the effective date of section 202 
of this title, by amounts not to exceed the increases provided by this 
title for corresponding rates of pay in the appropriate schedule or scale 
of pay. 
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be held or considered to 
authorize any increase in the rates of pay of officers and employees 
whose rates of pay are fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly 
as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing 
rates or practices. 
(d) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the authority con-
tained in any law pursuant to which rates of pay may be fixed by 
administrative action. 
80 Stat. 458. 
Ante, p. 627. 
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[81 STAT. 
IMPLEMENTATION OF SALARY COMPARABILITY POLICY I N 196S AND 
1 9 6 9 
SEC. 212. In order to complete the implementation of tlie policy of 
the Congress set forth in paragraph (2) of section 5301 of title 5* 
United States Code, the President, after seeking the views of such 
employee organizations as he considers appropriate and in such man-
ner as he may provide, shall— 
(1) effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning 
on or after July 1, 1968, adjust the rates of basic pay, basic com-
pensation, and salary, as in effect by reason of the enactment of 
the provisions of this title other than this section and sections 205, 
210, 213,214,215, and 219— 
(A) by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to 
one-half of the amounts by which such rates are exceeded by 
rates of pay paid for the same levels of work in private 
enterprise as determined on the basis of the 1967 annual 
survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 
accordance with the provisions of section 5302 of title 5, 
United States Code, or 
(B) by 3 per centum, 
whichever is greater; and 
(2) effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning 
on or after July 1, 1969, adjust the rates he has established under 
subparagraph (1) of this section, and the rates established by 
Postal Field Service Schedule II, and Rural Carrier Schedule I I 
(contained in the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
of section 205), by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, 
to the amounts by which such rates are exceeded by rates of 
pay paid for the same levels of work in private enterprise as 
determined on the basis of the 1968 annual survey conducted by 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics in accordance with the provisions 
80 Stat. 458. 
^f sectlou 5302 of title 5, United States Code. 
Adjustments made by the President under this section shall have 
the force and effect of statute. The rates of pay of personnel subject 
to sections 210, 213 (except subsections (d) and (e)), and 214 of 
this title, and any minimum or maximum rate, limitation, or allowance 
applicable to any such personnel, shall be adjusted, by amounts which 
are equal, insofar as practicable and with such exceptions as may be 
necessary to provide for appropriate relationships between positions, 
to the amounts of the adjustments made by the President under 
subparagraphs 
(1) and 
(2) of this section, by the 
following 
authorities— 
(i) the President pro tempore of the Senate, with respect to the 
United States Senate; 
(ii) the Speaker of the House of Representatives with respect 
to the United States House of Representatives; 
(iii) the Architect of the Capitol, with respect to the Office of 
the Architect of the Capitol; 
(iv) the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, with respect to the judicial branch of the Govern-
ment ; and 
(v) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to persons em-
ployed by the county committees established pursuant to section 
8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 
U.S.C.590h(b)). 
Such adjustments shall be made in such manner as the appropriate au-
thority concerned deems advisable and shall have the force and effect 
of statute. Nothing in this section shall impair any authority pursuant 
to which rates of pay may be fixed by administrative action. 
52 Stat. 31; 
80 Stat. 293. 
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635 
JUDICIAL BRANCH 
EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 213. (a) The rates of basic compensation of officers and em-
ployees in or under the judicial branch of the Government whose rates 
of compensation are fixed by or pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdi-
vision a of section 62 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 102(a) (2)), 
^o stat. 329. 
section 3656 of title 18, United States Code, the third sentence of sec- 
" ^'^*' ^^^• 
tion 603, sections 671 to 675, inclusive, or section 604(a^ (5), of title 
28, United States Code, insofar as the latter section applies to graded 
^^ |'^^J' ^js. 
positions, are hereby increased by amounts reflecting the respective 914. 
applicable increases provided by section 202(a) of this title in cor- 
^o stat. 293. 
responding rates of compensation for officers and employees subject to 
section 5332 of title 5, United States Code. The rates of basic compen- 
^"'^' P- ^^S. 
sation of officers and employees holding ungraded positions and whose 
salaries are fixed pursuant to such section 604(a) (5) may be increased 
by the amounts reflecting the respective applicable increases provided 
by section 202(a) of this title in corresponding rates of compensation 
for officers and employees subject to section 5332 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) The limitations provided by applicable law on the effective date la^^^ierks'^^ ^'^'^ 
of this section with respect to the aggregate salaries payable to secre- 
so stat. 1499. 
taries and law clerks of circuit and district judges are hereby increased 
by amounts which reflect the respective applicable increases provided 
by section 202(a) of this title in corresponding rates of compensation 
for officers and employees subject to section 5332 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(c) Section 753(e) of title 28, United States Code (relating to the 
62°s'tat!^9Ti^"" 
compensation of court reporters for district courts), is amended by so stat. 2
*
9
4
. 
striking out the existing salary limitation contained therein and in-
serting a new limitation which reflects the respective applicable in-
creases provided by section 202(a) of this title in corresponding rates 
of compensation for officers and employees subject to section 5332 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(d) The first paragraph of section 603 of title 28, United States 
Code, relating to the compensation of the Director and the Deputy 
^* ^*^*' '^^^' 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"The salary of the Director shall be the same as the salary of a dis-
trict judge. The salary of the Deputy Director shall be in the same 
amount as the annual rate of basic pay for positions at level V of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5.". 
^°s'' P- ^^S. 
(e) Section 792(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
^^ ^'^'- ^^''• 
striking out "$26,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$29,000". 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 214. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, each officer 
or employee in or under the legislative branch of the Government, 
whose rate of compensation is increased by section 5 of the Federal 
Employees Pay Act of 1946, shall be paid additional compensation at ^° stat. 217; 
the rate of 4.5 per centum of his gross rate of compensation (basic ^ 2^us*c 6ot'-3,4. 
compensation plus additional compensation authorized by law). 
(b) The total annual^ compensation in effect immediately prior to and°rm^io"ies" 
the effective date of this section of each officer or employee of the 
House of Representatives, whose compensation is disbursed by the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives and is not increased by reason 
of any other provision of this section, shall be increased by 4.5 per 
centum. 
80 Stat. 564 
Ante, 
p. 213. 
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[81 STAT. 
(c) The rates of compensation of employees of the House of Rep-
resentatives whose compensation is fixed by the House Employees 
Schedule under the House Employees Position Classification Act 
(78 Stat. 1079-1084; Public Law 88-652; 2 U.S.C. 291-303), includ-, 
ing each employee subject to such Act whose compensation is fixed ar 
a saved rate, are hereby increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may 
be practicable, to the increases provided by subsection (a) of this 
section, 
(d) Except as provided in the last sentence of section 218(a) of 
this title, the additional compensation provided by this section shall 
be considered a part of basic pay for the purposes of subchapter I I I 
of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, relating to civil service 
retirement. 
(e) The per annum rate of compensation of the Chief of Staff of 
the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation shall be the same 
as the per annum rate of compensation of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House of Representatives. 
(f) This section shall not apply with respect to the compensation of 
student congressional interns and the compensation of employees 
Avhose compensation is fixed by the House Wage Schedule under the 
2^us*c*29i°^^te House Employces Position Classification Act. 
(g) The annual rate of gross compensation of each officer or 
employee whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate, and the annual rate of gross compensation of each telephone 
operator on the United States Capitol telephone exchange and each 
member of the Capitol Police whose compensation is disbursed by the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives, (1) is increased by 4.5 per 
centum, and (2) as so increased shall be adjusted, effective the first 
day of the month following the date of enactment of this Act, to the 
nearest multiple of $188. 
(h) In any case in which the rate of compensation of anv officer, 
employee, or position, or class of officers, employees, or positions, the 
compensation for which is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, 
or any minimum or maximum rate with respect to such officer, 
employee, position, or class is referred to in or provided by statute or 
Senate resolution, such statutory provision or resolution shall be 
deemed to refer to the rate which an officer or employee subject to the 
provisions of subsection (g) receiving such rate immediately prior to 
the effective date of such subsection would be entitled (without regard 
to such statutory provision) to receive on and after such date. As used 
in this subsection and subsection (g), the term "officer" does not include 
a Senator. 
offi^e^o/^^"^'" 
(i) The annual rate of gross compensation of each employee in 
Senator. 
the office of a Senator shall be adjusted, effective on the first day of 
the month following the date of enactment of this Act, to the lowest 
multiple of $188 which is not lower than the rate such employee was 
receiving immediately prior thereto, except that the foregoing pro-
visions of this subsection shall not apply in the case of any employee 
if on or before the fifteenth day following the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Senator by whom such employee is employed notifies 
the disbursing office of the Senate in wanting that he does not wish 
such provisions to apply to such employee. No employee whose rate 
of compensation is adjusted under this subsection shall receive an 
increase under subsection {g) for any period prior to the e.ffective 
date of such adjustment during which such employee was employed 
in the office of the Senator by whom he is employed on the first day 
of the month following the enactment of this Act. No increase shall 
be paid to any person under subsection (g) for any period prior to 
the first day of the month following the date of enactment of this Act 
during which such person was employed in the office of a Senator 
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637 
(other than the Senator by whom he is employed on such day) unless 
on or before the fifteenth day following the date of enactment of 
this Act such Senator notifies the disbursing office of the Senate in 
writing that he wishes such employee to receive such additional com-
pensation for such period. In any case in which, at the expiration of 
the time within w^hich a Senator may give notice under this subsection, 
such Senator is deceased, such notice shall be deemed to have been 
given. An increase under this subsection in the compensation of an 
employee in the office of a Senator for any period prior to the first 
day of the month following the date of enactment of this Act shall 
be made without regard to the clerk hire allow^ance of such Senator. 
(j) Section 105(a) (1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 
^"'^' P- ^'*^' 
1968, is amended by striking out "$180" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$188". 
(k) Section 105(d) (1) of such Act is amended by striking out the 
table and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"$199,280 if the population of his State is less than 3,000,000; 
"$212,440 if such population is 3,000,000 but less than 4,000,000; 
"$223,720 if such population is 4,000,000 but less than 5,000,000; 
"$234,060 if such population is 5,000,000 but less than 7,000,000; 
"$245,340 if such population is 7,000,000 but less than 9,000,000; 
"$258,500 if such population is 9,000,000 but less than 10,000,000; 
"$271,660 if such population is 10,000,000 but less than 
11,000,000; 
"$284,820 if such population is 11,000,000 but less than 
12,000,000; 
"$297,980 if such population is 12,000,000 but less than 
13,000,000; 
"$311,140 if such population is 13,000,000 but less than 
15,000,000; 
"$324,300 if such population is 15,000,000 but less than 
17,000,000; 
"$338,400 if such population is 17,000,000 or more." 
(1) Section 105 of such Act is amended by striking out "$1,080", 
"$6,120", "$10,620", 
"$10,800", "$14,220", 
"$14,400", "$15,660", 
"$15,840", "$18,180", "$22,320", "$23,400", and "$24,480" wherever 
they appear in such section and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,128", 
"$6,392", 
"$11,092", "$11,280", 
"$14,852", "$15,040", 
"$16,356", 
"$16,544", "$18,988]', "$23,312", "$24,440", and "$25,568", respectively, 
(m) The limitation on gross rate per hour per person provided by 
applicable law on the effective date of this section with respect to the 
folding of speeches and pamphlets for the Senate is hereby increased 
by 4.5 per centum. The amount of such increase shall be computed to 
the nearest cent, counting one-half cent and over as a whole cent. The 
provisions of subsection (g) shall not apply to employees whose com-
pensation is subject to such limitation, or to employees referred to in 
the last proviso in the second paragraph under the heading "SEN-
ATE" in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948. 
^2 stat. 1027. 
(n) The first sentence of section 106(b) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1963, as amended (2 U.S.C. 60j), is amended by 
^"*^> p- i^a. 
striking out "$540" and inserting in lieu thereof "$564". 
(o) Section 5533(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to ^"f^^^^;^, 
T « T i 
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Ante, 
p. 1 4 3 . 
read as follows: 
"(c)(1) Unless otherwise authorized by law, appropriated funds 
are not available for payment to an individual of pay from more 
than one position if the pay of one of the positions is paid by the 
Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 
or one of the positions is under the Office of the Architect of the 
Capitol, and if— 
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" (A) the pay of one or more of the positions is fixed at a single 
gross per annum rate, and the aggregate gross pay from the 
positions exceeds $6,256 a year, or 
"(B) the pay of each such position is fixed at a basic rate plus 
additional compensation authorized by law, and the aggregate 
basic pay of the positions exceeds $2,(K)0 a year. 
"(2) For the purpose of this subsection, 'gross pay' means the 
annual rate of pay (or equivalent thereof in the case of an individual 
paid on other than an annual basis) received by an individual, and, in 
the case of an individual receiving basic pay plus additional compensa-
tion provided by law, includes the aggregate amount received as basic 
and additional compensation, but does not include sums received as 
premium pay under subchapter V of this chapter.". 
(p) The third paragraph under the heading "Office of the Architect 
of the Capitol" and the subheading "Salaries" in the Legislative 
40 use i66b.3. Branch Appropriation Act, 1960 (73 Stat. 407), is amended by strik-
ing out "$7,700" and inserting in lieu thereof "$8,200". 
INCREASES I N BASIC PAY RATES FOR LEVELS I I I , IV, AND V OF EXECUTIVE 
SCHEDULE 
80 Stat. 460. 
gj,^^ 215. (a) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, relating 
to the basic pa;^ rate for level I I I of the Executive Schedule, is 
amended by striking out "$28,500" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$29,500". 
(b) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the basic 
pay rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule, is amended by strik-
ing out "$27,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$28,750". 
(c) Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the basic 
pay rate for level V of the Executive Schedule, is amended by striking 
out "$26,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$28,000". 
SALARY INCREASE LIMITATIONS 
SEC. 216. Except as provided in sections 213 (d) and (e), 214, 215, 
and 219, and subject to the operation of section 225 of this title, no rate 
of compensation shall be increased, by reason of the enactment of this 
title, to an amount in excess of the salary rate for level V of the 
Executive Schedule in section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, in 
effect on or after the first day of the first pay period which begins 
on or after the date of enactment of this title. 
, 
UNCONTROLLABLE OVERTIME DUTY 
^^8ostat^487; 
s^c. 217. Sectlon 5545(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is 
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amended by striking out "not in excess of 15 percent," and inserting 
in lieu thereof "not less than 10 percent nor more than 25 percent,". 
PAYMENT OF RETROACTIVE 
COMPENSATION 
SEC. 218. (a) Retroactive pay, compensation, or salary shall be 
paid by reason of this title 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 the municipal government of the District 
of Columbia on the date of enactment of this title, except that such 
retroactive pay, compensation, or salary shall be paid— 
(1) to an officer or employee who retired, during the period 
beginning on the first day of the first pay period which began 
on or after October 1, 1967, and ending on the date of enactment 
of this title, for services rendered during such period, and 
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(2) in accordance with subchapter VIII of chapter 55 of title 
5, United States Code, relating to settlement of accounts, for 
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services rendered, during the period beginning on the first day 
of the first pay period which began on or after October 1, 1967, 
and ending on the date of enactment of this title, by an officer or 
employee who died during such period. 
Such retroactive pay, compensation, or salary shall not be considered 
as basic pay for the purposes of subchapter I I I of chapter 83 of title 5, 
United States Code, relating to civil service retirement, or any other 
so stat. 564; 
retirement law or retirement system, in the case of any such retired ^"'^' P* ^^^' 
or deceased officer or employee. 
(b) For the purposes of this section, service in the Armed Forces 
^e^lfcfln^''^^' 
of the United States, in the case of an individual relieved from train- training period. 
ing and service in the Armed Forces of the United States or dis-
charged from hospitalization following such training and service, 
shall include the period provided by law for the mandatory restora-
tion of such individual to a position in or under the Federal Govern-
jnent or the municipal government of the District of C^olumbia. 
SALARIES OF LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS 
SEC. 219. Section 203 of the Federal Legislative Salary Act of 1964 
(78 Stat. 415) is amended as follows: 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking out "$28,500" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "$29,500"; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking out "$27,000" and inserting 
, in lieu thereof "$28,750"; 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking out "$25,500" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "$27,500"; 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking out "$23,500" and inserting 44 use 39a. 
in lieu thereof "$25,000". 
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31 use 42a. 
2 use 136 a; 
31 use 51a; 
40 use 162a; 
44 use 39a. 
2 use 136a-lj 
40 use 166b; 
EFFECTIVE DATES 
SEC. 220. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, this title 
shall take effect as follows: 
(1) This section and sections 201, 207, 212, 218, 221, 224 (a) 
and (b), and 225 shall become effective on the date of enactment 
of this title. 
(2) Sections 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213 
(except subsections (d) and (e)), 214 (except subsections (j), 
(k), (1), (n), and (o)), and 216 shall become effective as of the 
beginning of the first pay period which began on or after 
October 1, 1967. 
(3) Sections 213 (d) and (e),214 (j), (k), (1), (n), and (o), 
215, 217, 219, and 224(c) shall become effective at the beginning 
of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of 
enactment of this title. 
(4) Sections 222 and 223 shall b^ome effective thirty days after 
the date of enactment of this title. 
(b) For the purposes of determining the amount of insurance for 
which an individual is eligible under chapter 87 of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to group life insurance for Federal employees— 
(1) all changes in rates of pay which result from the enact-
ment of this title (except Postal Field Service Schedule II, Rural 
Carrier Schedule II, and sections 207, 212, 213 (d) and (e), 215, 
219, and 225) shall be held and considered to become effective as of 
the date of such enactment; and 
(2) all changes in rates of pay which result from the enactment 
of section 212 of this title and which take effect retroactively from 
80 Stat. 592. 
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tlie date on which the adjustments thereof are actually ordered 
under such section, shall be held and considered to become effec-
tive on the date on which such adjustments are actually ordered. 
EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES BY PUBLIC 
OFFICIALS 
80 Stat. 414. 
SEC. 221. (a) Chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
'*§ 3110. Employment of relatives; restrictions 
Definitions. 
«(g^^ YoT the purpose of this section— 
"(1) 'agency'means— 
" (A) an Executive agency; 
"(B) an oflfice, agency, or other establishment in the legis-
lative branch; 
"(C) an office, agency, or other establishment in the judi-
cial branch; and 
"(D) the government of the District of Columbia; 
"(2) 'public official' means an officer (including the President 
and a Member of Congress), a member of the uniformed service, 
an employee and any other individual, in whom is vested the au-
thority by law, rule, or regulation, or to whom the authority has 
been delegated, to appoint, employ, promote, or advance individ-
uals, or to recommend individuals for appointment, employment, 
promotion, or advancement, in connection with employment in an 
agency; and 
"(3) 'relative' means, with respect to a public official, an in-
dividual who is related to the public official as father, mother, son, 
daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, 
husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-
in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, step-
son, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half 
sister. 
"(b) A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, advance, 
or advocate for appointment, employment, promotioUj or advancement, 
in or to a civilian position in the agency in which he is serving or over 
which he exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a rela-
tive of the public official. An individual may not be appointed, em-
ployed, promoted, or advanced in or to a civilian position in an agency 
if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement has been 
advocated by a public official, serving in or exercising jurisdiction or 
control over the agency, who is a relative of the individual. 
"(c) An individual appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced in 
violation of this section is not entitled to pay, and money may not be 
paid from the Treasury as pay to an individual so appointed, employed, 
promoted, or advanced. 
"(d) The Civil Service Commission may prescribe regulations au-
thorizing the temporary employment, in the event of emergencies re-
sulting from natural disasters or similar unforeseen events or circum-
stances, of individuals whose employment would otherwise be 
prohibited by this section. 
"(e) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the appoint-
ment of an individual who is a preference eligible in any case in which 
the passing over of that individual on a certificate of eligibles furnished 
under section 3317(a) of this title will result in the selection for ap-
pointment of an individual who is not a preference eligible." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding the following new item at the end thereof: 
"3110. Employment of relatives; restrictions.". 
80 Stat. 421. 
80 Stat. 500. 
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(c) The amendments made by this section do not apply to an ap-
pointment, employment, advancement, or promotion made or advocated 
by a public official of any individual who is a relative of the public 
official if, prior to the effective date of this section, the individual was 
appointed by the public official, or received an appointment advocated 
by the public official, and is serving under the appointment on such 
effective date. 
TRAVEL STATUS 
SEC. 222. (a) Section 5542(b) (2) (B) of title 5, United States Code, 
'° ^'^'- ^8^-
is amended to read as follows: 
"(B) the travel (i) involves the performance of work while 
traveling, (ii) is incident to travel that involves the performance 
of work while traveling, (iii) is carried out under arduous con-
ditions, or (iv) results from an event which could not be scheduled 
or controlled administratively.". 
(b) Section 3571 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by y/gta^VuV.' 
adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: 
"(e) Time spent in a travel status away from the official duty sta-
tion of an employee is not hours of work unless the travel (i) involves 
the performance of work while traveling, (ii) is incident to travel that 
involves the performance of work while traveling, (iii) is carried out 
under arduous conditions, or (iv) results from an event which could 
not be scheduled or controlled administratively.". 
(c) Subchapter I I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
''§ 5733. Expeditious travel 
"The travel of an employee shall be by the most expeditious means 
of transportation practicable and shall be commensurate with the na-
ture and purpose of the duties of the employee requiring such travel."; 
and 
(2) by inserting after item 5732 in the analysis of such sub-
chapter the following new item: 
"5733. Expeditious travel.". 
(d) Section 5544(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting immediately at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"Time spent in a travel status away from the official duty station of an 
employee subject to this subsection is not hours of work unless the 
travel (i) involves the performance of work while traveling, (ii) is 
incident to travel that involves the performance of work while travel-
ing (iii) is carried out under arduous conditions, or (iv) results from 
an event which could not be scheduled or controlled administratively.". 
APPEALS FROM POSITION CLASSIFICATIONS OF WAGE BOARD EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 223. (a) Subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
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section: 
*
"
§ 5345. Position classification appeals 
"On application, made in accordance with regulations prescribed 
by the Civil Service Commission^ by an employee subject to section 
5341(a) of this title for the review of the action of an employing 
agency in classifying his position for pay purposes, the Commission 
shall— 
"(1) ascertain currently the facts as to the duties, responsi-
bilities, and qualification requirements of the position; 
80 Stat. 486; 
Ante, p. 200. 
78 Stat. 412. 
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"(2) decide whether the position has been properly classified; 
and 
"(3) approve, disapprove, or modify, in accordance with its 
decision, the action of the employing agency in classifying the 
position. 
The Commission shall certify to the agency concerned its action under 
paragraph (3) of this section. The agency shall act in accordance 
with the certificate, and the certificate is binding on all administrative, 
certifying, payroll, disbursing, and accounting officials.". 
(b) The analysis of chapter 53 is amended by inserting the follow-
ing new item after item 5344: 
"5345. Position classification appeals.". 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
80 Stat. 432. 
§^0. 224. (a) Section 4101 (2) (B) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out "Coast and Geodetic Survey" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "Environmental Science Services Administration". 
(b) Section 8339(e) (2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
" (2) the greater of— 
" (A) the final basic pay of the Member; or 
"(B) the final basic pay of the appointive position of a 
former Member who elects to have his annuity computed or 
recomputed under section 8344(b) (1) of this title.". 
(c) Section 1(b) of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838; 3 
U.S.C. 102, note), as amended, is amended by striking out "$65,000" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$80,000", and by striking out the fourth 
sentence therein and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The 
annual rate of compensation payable to any such person shall not 
exceed the highest annual rate of basic pay now or hereafter provided 
by law for positions at level I I of the Executive Schedule under see-
so Stat. 460. 
tion 5313 of title 5, United States Code.". 
COMMISSION ON EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL SALARIES 
SEC. 225. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OP COMMISSION.—There is hereby 
established a commission to be known as the Commission on Executive, 
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries (hereinafter referred to as the 
"Commission"). 
(b) 
MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) The Commission shall be composed of nine members who shall 
be appointed from private life, as follows: 
(A) three appointed by the President of the United States, one 
of whom shall be designated as Chairman by the President; 
(B) two appointed by the President of the Senate; 
(C) two appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(D) two appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States. 
Terms o
f 
(2) The terms of office of persons first appointed as members of the 
Commission shall be for the period of the 1969 fiscal year of the Fed-
eral Government, except that, if any appointment to membership on 
the Commission is made after the beginning and before the close of 
such fiscal year, the term of office based on such appointment shall be 
for the remainder of such fiscal year. 
(3) After the close of the 1969 fiscal year of the Federal Govern-
ment, persons shall be appointed as members of the Commission with 
respect to every fourth fiscal year following the 1969 fiscal year. The 
terms of office of persons so appointed shall be for the period of the 
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fiscal year with respect to whicli the appointment is made, except that, 
if any appointment is made after the beginning and before the close 
of any such fiscal year, the term of office based on such appointment 
shall be for the remainder of such fiscal year. 
(4) A vacancy in the membership of the Commission shall be filled 
in the manner in which the original appointment was made. 
(5) Each member of the Commission shall be paid at the rate of tr^eT^e^"^^*'°s' 
$100 for each day such member is engaged upon the work of the Com- ""^^ expenses. 
mission and shall be allowed travel expenses, including a per diem 
allowance, in accordance with section 5703(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, when engaged in the performance of services for the Commission. 
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(c) PERSONNEL OF COMMISSION.— 
(1) Without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
governing appointments in the competitive service, and the provisions 
of chapter 51 and subchapter I I I of chapter 53 of such title, relating ^^^_ ^tat. ^43, 
to classification and General Schedule pay rates, and on a temporary 
» " e, p. 
basis for periods covering all or part of any fiscal year referred to 
in subsection (b) (2) and (3) of this section— 
(A) the Commission is authorized to appoint an Executive 
Director and fix his basic pay at the rate provided for level V of 
the Executive Schedule by section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
Ante, p. ess. 
(B) with the approval of the Commission, the Executive 
Director is authorized to appoint and fix the basic pay (at respec-
tive rates not in excess of the maximum rate of the General 
Schedule in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code) of such 
additional personnel as may be necessary to carry out the function 
of the Commission. 
(2) Upon the request of the Commission, the head of any depart- 
Personnel detail. 
ment, agency, or establishment of any branch of the Federal Govern-
ment is authorized to detail, on a reimbursable basis, for periods cover-
ing all or part of any fiscal year referred to in subsection (b) (2) and 
(3) of this section, any of the personnel of such department, agency, 
or establishment to assist the Commission in carrying out its function. 
(d) USE OF UNITED STATES MAILS BY COMMISSION.—The Commission 
may use the United States mails in the same manner and upon the same 
conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States. 
(e) 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—The Administrator of 
General Services shall provide administrative support services for the 
Commission on a reimbursable basis. 
(f) FUNCTION.—The Commission shall conduct, in each of the re-
spective fiscal years referred to in subsection (b) (2) and (3) of this 
section, a review of the rates of pay of— 
(A) Senators, Members of the House of Eepresentatives, and the 
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; 
(B) offices and positions in the legislative branch referred to in 
subsections (a), (D), (c), and (d) of section 203 of the Federal 
Legislative Salary Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 415; Public Law 88-426); 
(C) justices, judges, and other personnel in the judicial branch 
referred to in sections 402(d) and 403 of the Federal Judicial 
Salary Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 434; Public Law 88-426); and 
(D) offices and positions under the Executive Schedule in sub-
chapter I I of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code. 
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Such review by the Commission shall be made for the purpose of de-
termining and providing— 
(i) the appropriate pay levels and relationships between and 
among the respective offices and positions covered by such review, 
and 
Ante, p. 638. 
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(ii) the appropriate pay relationships between such offices and 
positions and the offices and positions subject to the provisions of 
chapter 51 and subchapter I I I of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
80 Stat. 443, 
States Code, relating: to classification and General Schedule pay 
467; Ante, p. 625. 
. 
rates. 
(g) REPORT BY COMMISSION TO THE PRESIDENT.—The Commission 
shall submit to the President a report of the results of each review 
conducted by the Commission of the offices and positions within the 
purview of subparagraphs (A), (B), (C),and (D) of subsection (f) 
of this section, together with its recommendations. Each such report 
shall be submitted on such date as the President may designate but 
not later than January 1 next following the close of the fiscal year in 
which the review is conducted by the Commission. 
(h) RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT W I T H RESPECT TO PAY.— 
The President shall include, in the budget next transmitted by him 
to the Congress after the date of the submission of the report and 
recommendations of the Commission under subsection (g) of this 
section, his recommendations with respect to the exact rates of pay 
which he deems advisable, for those offices and positions within the 
purview of subparagraphs (A), (B), (C),and (D) of subsection (f) 
"Budget." 
^-f lYiis section. As used in this subsection, the term "budget" means the 
budget referred to in section 201 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 
72ttlT85T'' 
^^^h ^samended (31 U.S.C. 11). 
(i) 
EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT,— 
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, all or 
part (as the case may be) of the recommendations of the President 
transmitted to the Congress in the budget under subsection (h) of this 
section shall become effective at the beginning of the first pay period 
which begins after the thirtieth day following the transmittal of such 
recommendations in the budget; but only to the extent that, between 
the date of transmittal of such recommendations in the budget and 
the beginning of such first pay period— 
(A) there has not been enacted into law a statute which estab-
lishes rates of pay other than those proposed by all or part of 
such recommendations, 
(B) neither House of the Congress has enacted legislation 
which specifically disapproves all or part of such recommen-
dations, or 
(C) both. 
(2) Any part of the recommendations of the President may, in 
accordance with express provisions of such recommendations, be made 
operative on a date later than the date on which such recommendations 
otherwise are to take effect. 
(j) 
EFFECT OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT ON EXISTING 
LAW AND PRIOR PRESIDENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.—The recommen-
dations of the President transmitted to the Congress immediately 
following a review conducted by the Commission in one of the fiscal 
years referred to in subsection (b) (2) and (3) of this section shall 
be held and considered to modify, supersede, or render inapplicable, 
as the case may be, to the extent inconsistent therewith— 
(A) all provisions of law enacted prior to the effective date 
or dates of all or part (as the case may be) of such recommenda-
tions (other than any provision of law enacted in the period 
specified in paragraph (1) of subsection (i) of this section with 
respect to such recommendations), and 
(B) any prior recommendations of the President which take 
effect under this section. 
F^dfjal^RegUter. 
(^) 
PUBLICATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT. 
T h e 
recommendations of the President which take effect shall be printed 
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in the Statutes at Large in the same volume as public laws and shall 
be printed in tlie Federal Register and included in the Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
TITLE III—PROHIBITION OF PANDERING 
ADVERTISEMENTS 
SEC. 301. (a) Chapter 51 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 7Jl^l\^'s4%^'' 
by adding at the end of such chapter the following new section: 
"§ 4009. Prohibition of pandering advertisements in the mails 
"(a) Whoever for himself, or by his agents or assigns, mails or 
causes to be mailed any pandering advertisement which offers for 
sale matter which the addressee in his sole discretion believes to be 
erotically arousing or sexually provocative shall be subject to an order 
of the Postmaster General to refrain from further mailings of such 
materials to designated addressees thereof. 
"(b) Upon receipt of notice from an addressee that he has received 
such mail matter, determined b}^ the addressee in his sole discretion 
to be of the character described in subsection (a) of this section, the 
Postmaster General shall issue an order, if requested by the ad-
dressee, to the sender thereof, directing the sender and his agents or 
assigns to refrain from further mailings to the named addressees. 
"(c) The order of the Postmaster General shall expressly prohibit 
the sender and his agent's or assigns from making any further mail-
ings to the designated addressees, effective on the thirtieth calendar 
day after receipt of the order. The order of the Postmaster General 
shall also direct the sender and his agents or assigns to delete im-
mediately the names of the designated addressees from all mailing lists 
owmed or controlled by the sender or his agents or assigns and, further, 
shall prohibit the sender and his agents or assigns from the sale, rental, 
exchange, or other transaction involving mailing lists bearing the 
names of the designated addressees. 
"(d) Whenever the Postmaster General belie A es that the sender or 
anyone acting on his behalf has violated or is violating the order 
given under this section, he shall serve upon the sender, by registered 
or certified mail, a complaint stating the reasons for his belief and 
request that any response thereto be filed in writing with the Post-
master General within fifteen days after the date of such service. If 
the Postmaster General, after appropriate hearing if requested by 
the sender, and without a hearing if such a hearing is not requested, 
thereafter determines that the order given has been or is being violated, 
he is authorized to request the Attorney General to make application, 
and the Attorney General is authorized to make application, to a dis-
trict court of the United States for an order directing compliance 
with such notice. 
"(e) Any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction 
Compliance order. 
of which any mail matter shall have been sent or received in violation 
of the order provided for by this section shall have jurisdiction, upon 
application by the Attorney General, to issue an order commanding 
compliance with such notice. Failure to observe such order may be 
punished by the court as contempt thereof. 
"(f) Receipt of mail matter thirty days or more after the effective 
date of the order provided for by this section shall create a rebuttable 
presumption that such mail was sent after such effective date. 
"(g) Upon request of any addressee, the order of the Postmaster 
General shall include the names of any of his minor children who have 
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[81 STAT. 
80 Stat. 381, 
392. 
Ante, p. 54, 
Effective date. 
not attained their nineteenth birthday, and who reside with the 
addressee. 
"(h) The provisions of subchapter I I of chapter 5 (relating to 
administrative procedure) and chapter 7 (relating to judicial review) 
of part I of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to any provi-
sions of this section. 
" (i) For the purposes of this section— 
"(1) mail matter, directed to a specific address covered in the 
order of the Postmaster General, without designation of a specific 
addressee thereon, shall be considered as addressed to the person 
named in the Postmaster General's order; and 
"(2) the term 'children' includes natural children, stepchildren, 
adopted children, and children who are wards of or in custody of 
the addressee or who are living with such addressee in a regular 
parent-child relationship.". 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 51 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof— 
"4009. Prohibition of pandering advertisements in the mails.". 
SEC. 302. The provisions of this title shall become effective on the 
one hundred and twentieth day after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
80 Stat. 593. 
80 Stat. 460. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES L I F E INSURANCE 
SEC. 401. Section 8704(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
" (a) An employee eligible for insurance is entitled to be insured for 
an amount of group life insurance, plus an equal amount of group 
accidental death and dismemberment insurance, in accordance with the 
following schedule, which schedule shall be automatically extended 
correspondingly by the amounts of increases in the annual rate of basic 
pay for positions at level I I of the Executive Schedule under section 
5313 of this title: 
If annual pay Is-
Greater than-
But not greater than-
The amount of ^roup life 
The amount of group accidental 
insurance is— 
death and dismemberment 
insurance is— 
0 
$8,000 
9,000 
10,000 
11,000 
12,000 
13,000 
14,000 
15,000 
16,000 
17,000 
18,000 
19,000 
20,000 
21,000 
22,000 
23,000 
24,000 
25,000 
26,000 
27,000 
28,000 
29,000 
$8,000 
9,000 
10,000 
11,000 
12,000 
13,000 
14,000 
15,000 
16,000 
17,000 
18,000 
19,000 
20,000 
21,000 
22,000 
23,000 
24,000 
25,000 
26,000 
27,000 
28,000 
29,000 
$10,000 
11,000 
12,000 
13,000 
14,000 
15,000 
16,000 
17,000 
18,000 
19,000 
20,000 
21,000 
22,000 
23,000 
24,000 
25,000 
26,000 
27,000 
28,000 
29,000 
30,000 
31,000 
32,000 
$10,000 
11,000 
12,000 
13,000 
14,000 
15,000 
16,000 
17,000 
18,000 
19,000 
20,000 
21,000 
22,000 
23,000 
24,000 
25,000 
26,000 
27,000 
28,000 
29,000 
30,000 
31,000 
32,000" 
81 STAT. ] 
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SEC. 402. Section 8707 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
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*
§ 8707. Employee deductions; withholding 
"During each period in which an employee is insured under a policy 
of insurance purchased by the Civil Service Commission under section 
8709 of this title, there shall be withheld from the pay of the employee 
his share of the cost of the group life insurance and accidental death 
and dismemberment insurance. The amount withheld shall be at the 
rate, adjusted to the nearest half-cent, of 66% percent of the level 
cost of each $1,000 of insurancej as determined by the Commission.". 
SEC. 403. Section 8708(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(a) For each period in which an employee is insured under a policy 
of insurance purchased by the Civil Service Commission under section 
8709 of this title, a sum equal to one-half the amount which is withheld 
from the pay of the employee under section 8707 of this title shall 
be contributed from the appropriation or fund which is used to 
pay him.'-. 
SEC. 404. Chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by adding the following new section: 
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§ 8714a. Optional insurance 
"(a) Under the conditions, directives, and terms specified in sections 
8709-8712 of this title, the Civil Service Commission, without regard 
to section 5 of title 41, may purchase a policy which shall make 
available to each insured employee equal amounts of optional life 
insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance in 
addition to the amounts provided in section 8704(a) of this title. 
"(b) The optional life insurance and accidental death and dismem-
berment insurance shall be made available to each insured employee 
under such conditions as the Commission shall prescribe and in 
amounts approved by the Commission but not more than the greater 
of $10,000 or an amount which, when added to the amount provided 
in section 8704(a) of this title, makes the sum of his insurance equal 
to his annual pay. 
"(c) (1) The optional insurance on an employee stops on his separa-
tion from service, 12 months after discontinuance of his pay, or on 
his entry on active duty or active duty for training, as provided in 
sections 8706 (a) and 8706 (d) of this title. 
"(2) So much of the optional life insurance in force on an employee 
on the date he retires on an immediate annuity or becomes entitled to 
receive compensation for work injuries which has been in force for not 
less than— 
"(A) the full period or periods of service during which the 
optional insurance was available to him; or 
"(B) the 12 ^ears of service immediately preceding his retire-
ment or beginning date of entitlement to compensation for work 
injuries and during which the optional insurance was available to 
him; 
whichever is shorter, may be continued— 
"(A) after retirement, under the same conditions (except with 
respect to cost but including reduction of the amount continued) 
as provided in section 8706 (b) of this title; or 
"(B) while in receipt of compensation for work injuries under 
the same conditions (except with respect to cost) as provided in 
section 8706(c) of this title. 
"(d) During each period in which an employee has the optional in-
surance the full cost thereof shall be withheld from his puj. During 
each period in which an employee continues optional life insurance 
80 Stat. 595. 
Government con-
tribution. 
Supra. 
80 Stat. 592. 
Ante, p. 646. 
80 Stat. 595. 
Effective dates. 
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[81 STAT. 
after retirement or while in receipt of compensation for work injuries, 
as provided in section 8706(b) or 8706(c) of this title, the full cost 
thereof shall be withheld from his annuity or compensation, except 
that, at the end of the calendar month in which he becomes 65 years 
of age, the optional life insurance shall be without cost to him. 
Amounts so withheld shall be deposited, used, and invested as pro-
vided in section 8714 of this title and shall be reported and accounted 
for separately from amounts withheld and contributed under sections 
An^e. p. 647. 
8707 aud 8708 of tMs title. 
"(e) The cost of the optional insurance shall be determined from 
time to time by the Commission on the basis of such age groups as it 
considers appropriate. 
"(f) The amount of optional life, or life and accidental death, in-
surance in force on an employee at the date of his death shall be paid 
A
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e ^'^'2?^' 
^^ provided in section 8705 of this title."; and 
" ^'^' 
' 
(2) by inserting in the analysis of such chapter the following 
new item after item 8714: 
"8714a. Optional insurance.". 
SEC. 405. (a) The amendments made by sections 401 to 403, inclu-
sive, of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay 
period which begins on or after the sixtieth day following the date 
of enactment. In the case of an employee who d.ies or retires during 
the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and prior 
to the effective date prescribed by this subsection, the amount of insur-
ance shall be determined as if the amendments made by section 401 
were in effect for such employee during such period. 
(b) (1) The amendments made by section 404 of this Act shall take 
effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after 
the one hundred and eightieth dsij following the daAe of enactment, 
or on any earlier date that the Oivil Service Commission may pre-
scribe, which is at least sixty days after the date of enactment. In the 
case of an employee who dies during the period beginning on the date 
of enactment and ending on the effective date prescribed by or pur-
suant to this subsection, or during the sixty days immediately follow-
ing such period if the Commission determmes that he did not have a 
reasonable opportunity to elect the optional insurance made available 
by section 404, the insurance of such employee shall be determined 
as if the amendments made by section 404 had been in effect on the 
date of such death, and the employee had elected to receive the maxi-
mum amount of optional insurance available to him under such 
amendments. An employee who retires during the period beginning 
on the date of enactment and ending on the effective date prescribed 
by or pursuant to this subsection shall have an opportunity to elect 
the optional insurance made available by section 404. 
(2) In the case of an employee in the service on the effective date 
prescribed by or pursuant to this subsection, (i) the period during 
which such employee may elect to receive optional insurance under 
the amendment made by section 404 shall not expire prior to the 
sixtieth day after such effective date, and (ii) for the purpose of 
determining the amount of insurance to be continued after retirement, 
the period during which such optional insurance was available to 
such employee shall not be considered to have commenced prior to 
the expiration of sixty days following such effective date. 
(c) The amendments made by sections 401 to 404, inclusive, of this 
Act shall have no effect in the case of an employee who died, was 
finally separated, or retired prior to the date of enactment. 
Approved December 16, 1967=