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Public Law 82–201
To increase the basic rates of compensation of certain officers and employees of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Approved October 24, 1951
Statutory text
AN ACT
To increase the basic rates of compensation of certain officers and employees of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
section 603 (b) and section 603 (c) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, are amended to read as follows:
“(b) The compensation schedule for the General Schedule shall be as follows:
“Grade Per annum rates GS–1 $2, 500 $2, 580 $2, 660 $2, 740 $2, 820 $2, 900 $2, 980 GS–2 2, 750 2, 830 2, 910 2, 990 3, 070 3, 150 3, 230 GS–3 2, 950 3, 080 3 ,110 3, 190 3, 270 3, 350 3, 430 GS–4 3, 175 3, 255 3, 335 3, 415 3, 495 3, 575 3, 655 GS–5 3, 410 3, 535 3, 660 3, 785 3, 910 4 ,035 4, 160 GS–6 3, 795 3, 920 4, 045 4, 170 4, 295 4, 420 4, 545 GS–7 4, 205 4, 330 4, 455 4, 580 4, 705 4, 830 4, 955 GS–8 4, 020 4, 745 4, 870 4, 995 5, 120 5, 245 5, 370 GS–9 5, 060 5, 185 5, 310 5, 435 5, 560 5, 685 5, 810 GS–10 5, 500 5, 625 5, 750 5, 875 6, 000 6, 125 6, 250 GS–11 5, 940 6, 140 6, 340 6, 540 6, 740 6, 940 GS–12 7, 040 7, 240 7, 440 7, 640 7, 840 8, 040 GS–13 8, 360 8, 560 8, 760 8, 960 9, 160 9, 360 GS–14 9, 600 9, 600 10, 000 10, 200 10, 400 10, 600 GS–15 10, 800 11, 050 11, 300 11, 550 11, 800 GS–16 12, 000 12 ,200 12, 400 12, 600 12, 800 GS–17 13, 000 13, 200 13, 400 13, 600 13, 800 GS–18 14, 800 “(c) (1) The compensation schedule for the Crafts, Protective, and Custodial Schedule shall be as follows:
“Grade Per annum rates CPC–1 $1, 810 $1, 870 $1, 930 $1, 990 $2, 050 $2, 110 $2, 170 CPC–2 2, 420 2, 490 2, 560 2, 630 2, 700 2, 770 2, 840 CPC–3 2, 552 2, 632 2, 712 2, 792 2, 872 2, 952 3, 032 CPC–4 2, 750 2, 830 2, 910 2, 990 3, 070 3, 150 3, 230 CPC–5 2, 974 3, 054 3, 134 3, 214 3, 294 3, 374 3, 454 CPC–6 3, 200 3, 280 3, 360 3, 440 3, 520 3, 600 3, 680 CPC–7 3, 435 3, 535 3, 635 3, 735 3, 835 3, 935 4, 035 CPC–8 3, 740 3, 865 3, 990 4, 115 4, 240 4, 365 4, 490 CPC–9 4, 150 4, 275 4 ,400 4, 525 4, 650 4, 775 4, 900 CPC–10 4, 565 4, 690 4, 815 4, 940 5, 065 5, 190 5, 315 “(2) Charwomen working part time shall be paid at the rate of $2, 700 per annum, and head charwomen working part time at the rate of $2, 840 per annum.”
In adjusting initially the rates of pay of employees affected by the provisions of this section—
an employee receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the effective date of this Act at one of the scheduled or
longevity rates provided by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, shall receive basic compensation on and after the effective date of this Act at the corresponding scheduled or longevity rate as increased by this Act; and
an employee receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the effective date of this Act at a rate other than a scheduled or longevity rate provided by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, shall receive basic compensation on and after the effective date of this Act as follows:
If his rate immediately prior to the effective date of this Act was less than the maximum longevity rate of the grade, he shall be paid at the scheduled or longevity rate which he would receive under paragraph (1) had he been receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at the scheduled or longevity rate next higher than his rate of basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date.
If his rate immediately prior to the effective date of this Act was in excess of the maximum longevity rate of the grade, he shall be paid at a rate equal to the rate at which he was paid immediately prior to such date, increased by an amount equal to the amount of the increase made by this Act in such maximum longevity rate.
If he is a part-time char employee and his rate immediately prior to the effective date of this Act was in excess of the rate provided for his position under section 603 (c) (2) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall be paid at a
rate equal to the rate at which he was paid immediately prior to such effective date, increased by an amount equal to the amount of the increase made by this Act in the rate for like positions under such section.
The rates of basic compensation of officers and employees in or
Judicial branch.
under the judicial branch of the Government whose rates of compensation are fixed pursuant to section 62 (2) of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U. S. C. 102 (a) (2)), section 3656 of title 18 of the United States
Code, the second and third sentences of section 603, section 604 (5), or sections 672 to 675, inclusive, of title 28 of the United States Code, or who are appointed pursuant to section 792 (b) of title 28 of the
62 Stat. 843, 913, 918, 923.
United States Code, are hereby increased by amounts equal to the increases provided by subsections (a) and (b) in corresponding rates of compensation paid to officers and employees subject to the Classification Act of 1949.
The limitations of $9, 600 and $13, 050 with respect to the aggregate
Secretaries, etc., of circuit and district judges.
salaries payable to secretaries and law clerks of circuit and district judges, contained in the sixteenth paragraph under the head “Miscellaneous salaries” in the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1951 (Public Law 759. Eighty-first Congress), or in any subsequent Appropriation
Act, shall be increased by the amounts necessary to pay the additional basic compensation provided by this Act.
Section 701 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, is
amended by inserting “(a)” after “Sec. 701.” and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
Any increase in compensation granted by law after June 30, 1951, shall not be construed to be an equivalent increase in compensation within the meaning of subsection (a).”
Sec. 2.
Each officer and employee in or under the legislative
Legislative branch.
branch of the Government (other than an employee in the office of a Senator) whose rate of compensation is increased by section 5 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946 shall be paid additional compensation
at the rate of 10 per centum of the aggregate rate of his basic compensation and the rate of the additional compensation received by him under sections 501 and 502 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended, section 301 of the Postal Rate Revision and Federal
Employees Salary Act of 1948, and the provisions under the heading “Increased pay for legislative employees” in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950, except that (1) no such officer or employee
2 U. S. C. §§ 60f and note, 60a note; 5 U. S. C. § 932a note.
shall be paid additional compensation at a rate less than $300 per annum or in excess of $800 per annum, and (2) employees paid on an hourly or part-time basis shall be paid additional compensation at the rate of 20 cents per hour.
The provisions of section 603 (b) of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended, section 7 (b) of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946, as amended, section 303 (c) of the Postal Rate Revision and Federal Employees Salary Act of 1948, and the provisions of paragraph
(b) under the heading “Increased pay for legislative employees” in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950, shall not apply
to officers or employees subject to the provisions of subsection (a) or to employees in the offices of Senators, but no such officer or employee, or any other officer or employee of the Senate or House of Representatives, shall be paid with respect to any pay period basic compensation or basic compensation plus additional compensation at a rate in excess of $11, 646 per annum unless expressly authorized by law.
The aggregate amount of the basic compensation authorized to be paid for administrative and clerical assistance and messenger service in the offices of Senators is hereby increased by—
$4, 140 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is less than three million;
$4, 860 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is three million or more but less than five million;
$5, 220 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is five million or more but less than ten million; and
$5, 760 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is ten million or more.
The second proviso in the paragraph relating to the authority of Senators to rearrange the basic salaries of employees in their respective offices, which appears in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1947, as amended (2 U. S. C. 60f), is amended by striking out “$5, 280” and inserting in lieu thereof “$5, 880”; and by striking out “$6, 720” and inserting in lieu thereof “$7, 320”.
Notwithstanding the third proviso in such paragraph any increase in the compensation of an employee in a Senator’s office shall take effect on the effective date of this Act or on the date such employee became employed, whichever is later, if (A) the certification filed by such Senator under such proviso so provides, (B) such certification is filed in the disbursing office of the Senate not later than November 30, 1951, and (C) the amount of such increase does not exceed the amount of the increase which would be payable in the case of such employee if he were subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
The provisions of subsection (a), and the provisions of law referred to in such subsection, shall not apply to employees whose compensation is paid from the appropriation contained in the paragraph designated “Folding documents” under the heading “Contingent expenses of the Senate” in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act.
The rates of basic compensation of each of the elected officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives (not including the § residing officers of the two Houses), the Parliamentarian of the enate, the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, the legislative counsel of the Senate, the legislative counsel of the House of Representatives, and the Coordinator of Information of the House of Representatives are hereby increased by 10 per centum, except that in no case shall any such rate be increased by less than $300 per annum or by more than $800 per annum.
Sec. 3.
Section 66 of the Farm Credit Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 269) is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 66.
No director, officer, or employee of the Central Bank for Cooperatives, or of any production credit corporation, production credit association, or bank for cooperatives shall be paid compensation at a rate in excess of $13, 800 per annum.”
Sec. 4.
The rates of basic compensation of officers and employees in the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans’ administration whose rates of basic compensation are provided by Public
Law 293, Seventy-ninth Congress, approved January 3, 1946, as amended, are hereby increased by 10 per centum, except that in no case shall any such rate be increased by less than $300 per annum or by more than $800 per annum.
Section 8 (d) of Public Law 293, Seventy-ninth Congress, as
amended, is amended by striking out “$12, 000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$12, 800”.
Sec. 5.
The rates of basic compensation provided by sections 412 and 415 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, are hereby
increased by 10 per centum, except that in no case shall any such rate be increased by less than $300 per annum, or by more than $800 per annum.
The Bureau of the Budget and the Civil Service Commission
Report to congressional committees.
are authorized and directed to transmit to the Post Office and Civil Service Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives on or before April 1, 1952, a report on pay and personnel practices being followed in overseas areas by all departments and agencies of the Federal Government, including the Foreign Service of the State Department.
Sec. 6.
This Act shall become effective as of the first day of
Effective date.
the first pay period which began after June 30, 1951.
Retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid under this
Retroactive compensation.
Act 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 of the municipal government of the District of Columbia on the date of enactment of this Act, except that such retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid a retired officer or employee for services rendered during the period beginning with the first day of the first pay period which began after June 30, 1951, and ending with the date of his retirement.
Approved October 24, 1951.