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Act of Aug. 9, 1975, Pub. L. 94-82, 89 Stat. 419
An Act To amend title 39, United States Code, to apply to the United States Postal Service certain provisions of law providing for Federal agency safety programs and responsibilities, to provide for cost-of-living adjustments of Federal executive salaries, and for other purposes
Ninety-Fourth Congress, Session I · Approved August 9, 1975
This is an unofficial transcription, prepared by Robert J. Pfister for ease of reading and copying. The authoritative text is the United States Statutes at Large.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Title I—Postal Service
Sec. 101. Section 410(b) of title 39, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking out the word “and” at the end of paragraph (5);
(2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting in lieu of the period a semicolon and the word “and”; and
(3) by adding immediately below paragraph (6) the following paragraph:
“(7) section 19 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 668).”.
Title II—Executive Salaries
Sec. 201. This title may be cited as the “Executive Salary Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act”.
Sec. 202. (a) Subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to Executive Schedule pay rates, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:
Ҥ 5318. Adjustments in rates of pay
“Effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the first day of the month in which an adjustment takes effect under section 5305 of this title in the rates of pay under the General Schedule, the annual rate of pay for positions at each level of the Executive Schedule shall be adjusted by an amount, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or if midway between multiples of $100, to the next higher multiple of $100), equal to the percentage of such annual rate of pay which corresponds to the overall average percentage (as set forth in the report transmitted to the Congress under such section 5305) of the adjustment in the rates of pay under the General Schedule.”.
(b)(1) That part of section 5312 (relating to level I of the Executive Schedule) of title 5, United States Code, immediately below the section heading and immediately above clause (1) is amended to read as follows:
“Level I of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by section 5318 of this title:”.
(2) That part of section 5313 (relating to level II of the Executive Schedule) of title 5, United States Code, immediately below the section heading and immediately above clause (1) is amended to read as follows:
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Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted by section 461 of this title.”.
(6) The second sentence of section 252 of title 28, United States Code, relating to judges of the Customs Court, is amended to read as follows: “Each shall receive a salary at an annual rate determined under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted by section 461 of this title.”.
(7) So much of the first sentence of section 792(b) (relating to salaries of Court of Claims commissioners) of title 28, United States Code, as precedes “, and also all necessary traveling expenses” is amended to read as follows: “Each commissioner shall receive pay at an annual rate determined under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted by section 461 of this title”.
(8) The first sentence of section 40a of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 68(a)), relating to compensation of referees in bankruptcy, is amended to read as follows: “Referees shall receive as full compensation for their services salaries to be fixed by the conference, in the light of the recommendations of the councils, made after advising with the district judges of their respective circuits, and of the Director, at rates, in the case of full-time referees, not more than the rate determined for such referees under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted under section 461 of title 28, United States Code, and in the case of part-time referees, not more than one-half of such rate, as so adjusted.”.
Sec. 206. (a) Section 225(f)(A) of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 356(A)), is amended—
(1) by inserting “the Vice President of the United States,” immediately before “Senators”;
(2) by striking out “and” immediately after “Representatives,”; and
(3) by inserting immediately before the semicolon a comma and the following: “the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives”.
(b) Until such time as a change in the rate of pay of the offices referred to in the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section occurs under the provisions of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, such rates of pay shall be the rates of pay in effect immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act, as adjusted under sections 203 and 204 of this title.
Approved August 9, 1975.