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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 781, 782-OCT. 28, 1949 Aontepplicbty. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to skilled-trades employees of the mail-equipment shops, job cleaners in first- and second-class post offices, and employees who are paid on a fee or contract basis. Effective date. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins after the date of its enactment. Approved October 28, 1949. [CHAPTER 782] October 28, 1949 [H. R. 5931] [Public Law 429] Classification Act of 1949. Post, p. 957. Post, p. 957. "Department." Post, p. 957. Post, p. 972. Postal field service. 59 Stat. 435. 39U..S. 1. 56, 851-876; Supp. II , § 853 et seq. Ante, pp. 622, 690, 902; post, p. 984. 60 Stat. 999. 22U.S.C.§801 et seq.; Supp. II, i 815 te, pp. , 7. Ante, pp. 111, 407. AN ACT To establish a standard schedule of rates of basic compensation for certain employees of the Federal Government; to provide an equitable system for fixing and adjusting the rates of basic compensation of individual employees; to repeal the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Classification Act of 1949". TITLE I-DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 101. It is the purpose of this Act to provide a plan for classifi- cation of positions and for rates of basic compensation whereby- (1) in determining the rate of basic compensation which an officer or employee shall receive, (A) the principle of equal pay for substantially equal work shall be followed, and (B) variations in rates of basic compensation paid to different officers and employees shall be in proportion to substantial differences in the difficulty, responsibility, and qualification requirements of the work performed and to the contributions of officers and employees to efficiency and economy in the service; and (2) individual positions shall, in accordance with their duties, responsibilities, and qualification requirements, be so grouped and identified by classes and grades, as defined in section 301, and the various classes shall be so described in published standards, as provided for in title IV, that the resulting position-classification system can be used in all phases of personnel administration. TITLE II-COVERAGE AND EXEMPTIONS SEC. 201. (a) For the purposes of this Act, the term "department" includes (1) the executive departments, (2) the independent establish- ments and agencies in the executive branch, including corporations wholly owned by the United States, (3) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, (4) the Library of Congress, (5) the Botanic Garden, (6) the Government Printing Office, (7) the General Account- ing Office, (8) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and (9) the municipal government of the District of Columbia. (b) Subject to the exemptions specified in section 202, and except as provided in sections 204 and 205, this Act shall apply to all civilian positions, officers, and employees in or under the departments. SEC. 202. This Act (except title XII) shall not apply to- (1) the field service of the Post Office Department, for which the salary rates are fixed by Public Law 134, Seventy-ninth Con- gress, approved July 6, 1945, as amended and supplemented; (2) the Foreign Service of the United States under the Department of State, for which the salary rates are fixed by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as supplemented by Public Law 160, Eighty-first Congress, approved July 6, 1949; and positions in or under the Department of State which are (A) connected with 954 [63 STAT.

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