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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 775--JU NE 30, 1948 Government of the United States, or that such person does not advo- cate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the over- throw of the Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike against Peaty. the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organi- zation of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Gov- ernment of the United States by force or violence, and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro- priation contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Providedfurther,That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 103. The funds appropriated herein shall be subject to the general provisions of titles I and II of the Independent Offices Appro- priation Act, 1949, and shall be available for examination of appropri- An te, PP. 177, ation estimates in the field. SEC. 104. Section 207 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, A"tt, p.19 . 1949, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 207. Any appropriations or funds available to the executive Employment departments, independent establishments, and wholly owned Govern- ment corporations for the payment of salaries and compensation to persons stationed outside the continental United States or in Alaska whose rates of basic compensation are fixed by statute, shall be avail- able for the payment of additional compensation to such persons, based Additional con on living costs substantially higher than in the District of Columbia, or conditions of environment which differ substantially from condi- tions of environment in the States and warrant additional compensa- tion as a recruitment incentive, or both such factors: Provided,That Restriction such additional compensation, except as otherwise specifically author- ized by law, shall be paid only in accordance with regulations prescribed by the President establishing rates of such additional com- pensation and defining the area, groups of positions, and classes of persons to which each such rate applies: Provided further That no additional compensation based on living costs substantially higher than in the District of Columbia shall be paid under this section to any person who is entitled to receive a cost-of-living allowance under section 901 (2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 or section 204 of 60Stat-02- this Act: Providedfurther, That such additional compensation shall AnUt, p. 194. not exceed in any instance 25 per centum of the rate of basic compen- sation: Providedfurther,That this section shall be effective sixty days Effective date. after the date of approval of this Act, or on such earlier date as may be specified in regulations issued by the President hereunder, and additional compensation payable under regulations and procedures in effect on the date of approval of this Act may continue to be paid until the effective date of this section." SEC. 105. The last paragraph under the heading "Public Buildings Administration" in Public Law 491, Eightieth Congress, is hereby tep. 184 . amended to read as follows: "No part of the foregoing appropriations to the Federal Works converting Agency shall be used for the purpose of converting any existing coal heating units to oil or natural gas in any federally owned or rented buildings in or outside the District of Columbia where there is a fuel oil shortage." SEC. 106. This Act may be cited as "The Supplemental Independent Shor ttite - Offices Appropriation Act, 1949." Approved June 30, 1948. 193. out- U.S . apen- 11(2). from 1205

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