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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 814, 815 . 1928. 785 Whenever in any case the basic qualifications of any already exist- Empl oyee s adv ance d when their grade made ing grade or subdivision of a service are by this Act made the basic basic of higher grade. qualifications of a higher grade or subdivision, the positions of all emplo yees i n said exist ing gr ade or subdiv ision are by this Act ad - vanced to said higher grade or subdivision of a service. Survey directed of SEC. 2 . Upon the passage of this Act the board shall forthwith classes of positions in make a survey of the cla sses of c ivilian p ositions in the va rious fie ld field services. services, exclusive of the Postal Service, Foreign Service, and employees in the mechanical and drafting groups whose wages are now or have heretofore been fixed by wage boards or similar author- it and shall present a report to Congress at its first regular Report to be made, ompenatio s che session Ccomp sati nsebe d- following the passage of this Act, such report to contain : (a) ules for. Compensation schedules for such classes of positions, which shall follo w the princi ples a nd gen eral f orm of the co mpensa tion s chedul es Additional services contained in the Classification Act of 1923; (b) such additional and grades. services and grades as may be necessary according to the fields of Detailed description work peculiar to the establishments concerned; (c) adequate descrip- of all classes of posi- tions of all the classes of positions within the scope of this Act, tions,qualifications,etc. including the title of the class, a statement of its characteristic duties and resp onsib iliti es, illus trate d whe re d esira ble b y ex ample s of typical tasks or of typica l positio ns inclu ded in th e class, a stateme nt of the minimum qualifications as to education, experience, knowledge, and ability required for the satisfactory performance of the duties and the discharge of the responsibilities of the class and the salary List of allocation of rates for the class; (d) a list prepared by the head of each depart- all positions, etc ., in ment, after consultation with the board, and in accordance with a each department . uniform procedure prescribed by it, showing the allocation of all positi ons co vered by thi s Act to the ir resp ective class es and grade s and fixing the proposed rate of compensation of each employee Vol. 42, p.14so. thereunder in accordance with the rules prescribed in section 6 of Recommenda- t he Classification Act of 1923; (e) recommendations as to principles tions for assuring uni- and procedures for putting such compensation schedules into effect form compensation , der like emp loyment, for assuring uniform compensation of like positions under like etc • employment and local economic conditions, and for carrying out the administrative steps necessary to keep the descriptions of classes and the allocations of positions to classes current accordingly as positions may be abolished or created or their duties or responsibilities statistical i nforma. changed; and (f) such statistical or other information as is neces- tion, etc. sary or desirable in exposition of the board's findings of fact as a result of its survey, or in explanation of its recommendations. Adjustment of field SEC. 3. The heads of the several executive departments and inde- services pay to corre- pendent establishments are authorized to adjust the compensation of sponoa 43tp'his Act. certain civilian positions in the field services, the compensation of which was adjusted by the Act of December 6, 1924, to correspond, so far as may be practicable, to the rates established by this Act for positions in the departmental services in the District of Columbia. Government Print- SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to employees ing office employees in the Government Printing Office -whose rates of pay are set under noVol. affect 43, P hereby. 5588. authority of the "Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees and officers of the Government Printing Office," approved June 7, U.S. Code, p,1417. 1924. (United States Code, page 1417, section 40 .) SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect July 1, 1928. Eff ect ive ,Ju ly l,1 928 . Approved, May 28, 1928. May 28, 1928. CHAP. 815 .-An Act Extending the time of construction payments on the [H. R . 11471 .1 Rio Grande Federal i rrigation project, New Mexico-Te xas. [Public, No. 556.] Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the Rio G rand e Ir riga- United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary tion project, N. Mex .- of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to enter Tea.

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