An Act to amend the District of Columbia Public School Food Services Act to provide for the payment of salaries of food service employees from appropriated funds, to provide for adjustments in those salaries, and for other purposes
PL 90-640 (S.2012), enacted 10/25/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-640-OCT. 25, 1968 
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Public Law 90-640 
A N A C T 
October 25, 1968 
To amend the District of Columbia Public School Food Services Act to provide ____[Li£ii!J 
for the payment of salaries of food service employees from appropriated funds, 
to provide for adjustments in those salaries, and for other purposes. 
D.C. Public 
School Food 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatlees 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 2(d) of 
the District of Columbia Public School Food Services Act (65 Stat. serWcesXct, 
368; D.C. Code, sec. 31-1402) is amended by striking out "at rates of amendment. 
pay to be fixed by said Board vfithout reference to the (Classification 
Act of 1949," and inserting in lieu thereof a period and the following: 
"The Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall fix and adjust, 
from time to time, the rates of pay of such personnel in accordance 
with the rates of pay of personnel in positions of similar levels of 
duties, responsibilities, and qualification requirements, as determined 
by the Commissioner,". 
SEC. 2. The last sentence of section 5 of the District of Columbia 
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Public School Food Services Act (6,5 Stat. 369; D.C. Code, sec. 31- ''""''• 
1404) is amended to read as follows: "The Food Services Fund shall 
be available for the payment of all expenses, other than personal 
services, necessary for the operation of the Department of Food Serv-
ices, to the extent that appropriations, other than appropriations for 
personal services, are not available or are insufficient to pay such 
expenses in the fiscal year concerned.". 
SEC. 3. Section 6 of the District of Columbia Public School Food 
Services Act (65 Stat. 369; D.C. Code, sec. 31-1405) is amended to 
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read as follows: 
"SEC, 6. Appropriations are authorized for the payment of com-
pensation for all personal services necessary for the operation of the 
Department of Food Services and for the acquisition, maintenance, 
and replacement of equipment for use in that operation.". 
SEC. 4. Unobligated funds, not to exceed $148,000, appropriated to ^^^l°%ll"JZ^^. 
the general fund of the government of the District of Columbia for pensation/f unds. 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, may be used to increase the com-
pensation of employees in the Department of Food Services in the 
public schools of the District of Columbia, for the period beginning 
February 11, 1968, and ending June 3
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SEC. 5. (a) Retroactive pay is authorized for the period beginning 
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on b ebruary 11,1968, and ending on the date on which adjustments m 
rates of pay are officially ordered by the Commissioner of the District 
of Columbia as a result of the enactment of this Act; but such retro-
active pay shall be paid only— 
(1) in the case of an individual in the service of the Board of 
Education of the District of Columbia (including service in the 
Armed Forces of the United States) on the date on which such 
adjustments in rates of pay are so ordered; 
(2) to a former employee wdthin the classes of employees whose 
pay is adjusted, by official order of the Commissioner of the Dis-
trict of Columbia as a result of the enactment of this Act, who re-
tired during the period beginning on February 11, 1968, and 
ending on the date on which such adjustments in rates of pay are 
so ordered, for services rendered during such period; and 
(3) in accordance with subchapter VIII of chapter 55 of title 
5, United States Code, relating to settlement of accounts of 
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deceased employees, for services rendered, during the period 
beginning on February 11,1968, and ending on the date on which 
such adjustments in rates of pay are so ordered, by a former 
employee within the classes of employees whose pay is adjusted by 
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official order of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia as 
a result of the enactment of this Act, who died during such 
period, 
(b) For the purposes of this section, service in the Armed Forces of 
the United States, in the case of an individual relieved from training 
and service in the Armed Forces of the United States or discharged 
from hospitalization following such training and service, shall include 
the period provided by law for the mandatory restoration of such indi-
vidual to a position in or under the government of the District of 
Columbia. 
SEC. 6. (a) The preceding sections of this Act shall become eifective 
as of July 1, 1968. 
(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 Government employ-
susc'sroi"""* ees, all adjustments m rates of pay, which are officially ordered by the 
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Commissioner of the District of Columbia as a result of the enact-
ment of this Act and which become effective in any period prior to the 
date on which such adjustments in rates of pay are so ordered, shall 
l)e held and considered to become effective on the date on which such 
adjustments are so ordered. 
Approved October 25, 1968. 
Effective dates. 
80 Stat. 592; 
81 Stat. 219, 646.