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PUBLIC LAW 4 5 2 - J U L Y 5, 1952

such Department or agency other than work intended for press, radio and television services, and popular publications: Provided further, That of the funds herein appropriated for "Promotion and further development of vocational education", not more than $450,000 shall be available for vocational education in distributive occupations. SEC. 704, I n no event shall the number of passenger-carrying vehicles which may be operated during the current fiscal year at the seat of government under any appropriation or authorization in this Act exceed 50 per centum of the number in use as of June 30, 1951. SEC. 705. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, except appropriations for the Public Health Service, shall be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such employee to one hundred and five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: Provided, That for purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more in personnel administration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; training; committees of expert examiners and boards of civil-service examiners; wage administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation or authorization contained in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any incumbent appointed to any civil office or position which may become vacant during the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1952: Provided, That this inhibition shall not apply— (a) to not to exceed 25 per centum of all vacancies; (b) to positions filled from within the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies provided for in this Act; (c) to offices or positions required by law to be filled by appointment of the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (d) to employees engaged in law enforcement activities; (e) to employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital and Freedmen's Hospital; (f) to employees of educational institutions; (g) to employees of the Vocational Rehabilitation Service of the District of Columbia; (h) to employees of the Public Health Service; (i) to employees in grades CPC 1, 2, and 3; (j) to employees paid wholly from trust funds, or funds derived by transfer from trust accounts, or to employees paid from appropriations of, or measured by, receipts; (k) to employees of the National Mediation Board; (1) to employees paid from funds appropriated for the Mexican F a r m Labor Program; (m) to employees of the Bureau of Employees' Compensation; (n) to employees of the Children's Bureau; and (o) to employees of the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Provided further, That when the total number of personnel subject to this section has been reduced to 90 per centum of the total provided for in the budget estimates, such limitation may cease to apply and said 90 per centum shall become a ceiling for employment during the fiscal year 1953, and if exceeded at any time during fiscal year 1953 this provision shall again become operative. This Act may be cited as the "Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1953". Approved July 5, 1952.

P a s s e n g e r vehicles.

P e r s o n n e 1 work.

Restriction on appointments.

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