An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act provisions for construction of health research facilities by extending the expiration date thereof and providing increased support for the program, to authorize additional Assistant Secretaries in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and for other purposes
PL 89-115 (H.R.2984), enacted 08/09/1965

448 
August 6, 1965 
[H. R. 6622] 
Postal Field 
Service. 
Personnel in-
creases, exemp-
tion. 
65 Stat. 757; 
76 Stat. 858. 
Nonapplic abil-
ity. 
PUBLIC LAW 89-114-AUGUST 6, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
Public Law 89-114 
AN ACT 
To exempt the postal field service from section 1310 of the Supplemental 
Appropriation Act, 1952. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That (a) section 
1310(a) of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, as amended 
(5 U.S.C. 43, note), is amended by striking out "That increases in the 
number ,of permanent personnel in the Postal Field Service not 
exceeding 10 per centum above the total number of its permanent 
employees on September 1, 1950, shall not be chargeable to this 
limitation: And provided 
further,^\ 
(b) Section 1310 of such Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 43, note), is 
amended hj adding at the end thereof the following subsection: 
"(f) This section shall not apply to the postal field service of the 
Post Office Department.". 
Approved August 6, 1965. 
Public Law 89-115 
August 9, 1965 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 2984] 
rj,Q amend the Public Health Service Act provisions for construction of health 
research facilities by extending the expiration date thereof and providing 
increased support for the program, to authorize additional Assistant Secre-
taries in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Health Research JJnited Statcs of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may 
Facilities Amend- - 
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.ments of 1965. 
be cited as the "Health Research Facilities Amendments of 1965". 
70 Stat. 718; 
75 Stat. 827. 
42 u s e 292c. 
- 76 Stat. 1074. 
42 u s e 292d. 
H E A L T H RESEARCH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION GRANTS 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 704 of the Public Health Service Act (herein-
after referred to as the "Act") is amended by inserting after 
"$50,000,000," the following: "and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1967, and the two succeeding fiscal years, an aggregate of not to 
exceed $280,000,000,". 
(b) Subsection (a) of section 705 of the Act is amended by striking 
out "June 30, 1965" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1968". 
58 Stat. 692; 
70 Stat. 490. 
42 u s e 241. 
70A Stat. 134. 
CONTRACT AUTHORITY 
SEC. 3. Section 301 of the Act is amended by striking out "and" at 
the end of subsection (g), by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i), and by inserting immediately before such subsection the 
following new subsection: 
"(h) Enter into contracts during the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1966, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years, including contracts 
for research in accordance with and subject to the provisions of law 
applicable to contracts entered into by the military departments under 
title 10, United States Code, sections 2353 and 2354, except that deter-
mination, approval, and certification required thereby shall be by the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; and". 
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note. 
Office abol-
ished. 
78 Stat. 428. 
79 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-116-AUGUST 9, 1965 
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ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND 
WELFARE 
SEC. 4. (a) There shall be in the Department of Health, Education, p.t^fdiS!"^"* ^^ 
and Welfare, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries now provided 
for by law, three additional Assistant Secretaries of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare, who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The provisions of section 
2 of the Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1953 (67 Stat. 631) shall 
be applicable to such additional Assistant Secretaries to the same 
extent as they are applicable to the Assistant Secretaries authorized 
by that section. 
(b) The office of Special Assistant to the Secretary (Health and 
Medical Affairs), created by section 3 of the Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 1 of 1953 (67 Stat. 631), is hereby abolished. 
(c) Paragraph (17) of section 303(d) of the Federal Executive 
Salary Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 418) is amended by striking out "(2)" 
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before the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof 
" ( 5 ) " ; and paragraph (95) of section 303(e) of such Act is repealed, 
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(d) The President may authorize the person who immediately 
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prior to the date of enactment of this Act occupies the office of Special 
Assistant to the Secretary (Health and Medical Affairs) to act as one 
of the additional Assistant Secretaries authorized by subsection (a) of 
this section, until that office is filled by appointment in the manner 
provided by such section. While so acting, such person shall receive 
compensation at the rate now or hereafter provided by law for 
Assistant Secretaries of executive departments. 
Approved August 9, 1965. 
Public Law 89-116 
AN A C T 
August 9, 1965 
To establish a five-day workweek for postmasters, and for other purposes. 
[H. R. 1771] 
Postmasters. 
5-day work week. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 
3541 (d) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by— 
74"stat""644" 
(1) striking out "postmasters" in paragraph (3) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "postmasters in fourth-class post offices"; and 
(2) adding immediately following paragraph (5) the follow-
ing new paragraph: 
"(6) To compute the daily rate of basic compensation for post-
masters (other than postmasters in fourth-class post offices), the 
annual rate of compensation shall be divided by 260." 
(b) Chapter 45 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by insert- 78'stat^*403^^' 
ing immediately after section 3576 thereof the following new section: 
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"§ 3577. Workweek of postmasters in post offices of the first, sec-
ond, and third classes 
"(a) The Postmaster General shall schedule postmasters in post 
offices of the first, second, and third classes to work a five-day week. 
"(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not be held or considered 
to permit the closing of any post office on any weekday, Monday 
through Saturday, inclusive.". 
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