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PUBLIC LAW 4 9 5 - J U L Y 10, 1952

(j) to employees under the provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 as amended; (k) to construction personnel, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; (1) to employees in grades C P C - 1 and 2: Provided further, That when the total number of personnel in a department subject to this section has been reduced to 90 per centum of the total provided for in the budget estimates for 1953, this section may cease to apply. SEC. 605. (a) No appropriation or authorization contained in this Act shall be available to pay— (1) for personal services of personnel above basic rates; (2) for transportation of things (other than m a i l); or (3) for travel of employees, more than 90 per centum of the amount which the budget estimates heretofore submitted in connection with appropriation or authorization contemplated would be expended therefrom for such purposes, respectively; and the total amount of each appropriation, any part of which is available for such purpose, is hereby reduced by an amount equal to 10 per centum of the amount requested in such budget estimates for such purpose less an amount representing the reduction, if any, between the amount requested for such purpose in the budget estimates and the amount appropriated herein for such purpose, (b) This section shall not apply to— (1) construction, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico. (2) the Foreign Service, Department of State. (3) the Department of Justice. (4) the Civil Aeronautics Administration. (5) the Civil Aeronautics Board. (6) the operational personnel of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Bureau of Public JRoads, the National Bureau of Standards, and the Weather Bureau. (7) the Field Office Service of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. (8) the Patent Office. (9) Bureau of the Census. (10) the Judiciary Branch. SKC. 606. No part of the money appropriated by this Act to any department or made available for expenditure by any corporation included in this Act which is in excess of 871/2 per centum of the amount required to pay the compensation of all persons the aggregate budget estimates for personal services heretofore submitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1953 contemplated would be employed by such department or corporation during such fiscal year in the performance of— (1) functions performed by a person designated as an information specialist, information and editorial specialist, publications and information coordinator, press relations officer or counsel, photographer, radio expert, television expert, motion-picture expert, or publicity expert, or designated by any similar title, or (2) functions performed by persons who assist persons performing the functions described in (1) in drafting, preparing, editing, typing, duplicating, or disseminating public information publications or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine articles, photographs, motion pictures, and similar material,

573 60 Stat. 999. 22 USC 801 note.

Personal services, travel, etc.

Reduction of appropriation.

Nonapplicability.

Information and editorial functions.

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