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PUBLIC LAW 103-JULY 6, 1953

of 1951, as amended by this Act, within a reasonable period of years, consistent with the exigencies of the public business, and to make such reports with respect to the action taken as may be requested by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service Commission shall include in its annual report to the Congress a statement of the progress made in carrying out the purposes of this section. SEC. 7. (a) Section 401 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1953 (Public Law 455, Eighty-second Congress), is repealed, effective as of June 29, 1953. (b) Sections 3 and 4 of the Act of December 21, 1944, are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. The first section and section 2 of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved July 2, 1953. Public Law 103

5 USC 2062.

Report to Coii> gress.

Effective dates. 66 Stat. 4 1 8. 5 USC 2062a. 58 Stat. 846. 5 USC 6 Id, 61e.

CHAPTER 179 AN ACT

To amend the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to appoint a member of the Metropolitan Police Department or a member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia as Director of the District Office of Civil Defense, and for other purposes", approved May 21, 1951.

Be it enacted by the Senate arid House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemMed, That the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to appoint a member of the Metropolitan Police Department or a member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia as Director of the District Office of Civil Defense, and for other purposes", approved May 21, 1951 (Public Law 37, Eighty-second Congress), is amended to read as follows: "That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to appoint a member of the Metropolitan Police Department or a member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia to any position in any office or agency of the government of the District of Columbia, to which office or agency there may be transferred the functions of the Office of Civil Defense (authorized to be abolished by Reorganization Plan Number 5 of 1952), with the salary provided by law for such position, chargeable to the appropriation for the newly established office or agency: Provided, That during the tenure of his appointment such member so appointed shall be deemed to be a member of such Metropolitan Police Department or such Fire Department, as the case may be, for all purposes of rank, seniority, allowances, privileges and benefits, including retirement and disability benefits under the provisions of section 12 of the Act approved September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 718-721), as amended, to the same extent as though the appointment had not been made, and at the termination of such appointment he shall be entitled to resume his status within the Metropolitan Police Department or Fire Department, as the case may be, which shall include any promotion in rank to which he may have become entitled: Provided further, That retirement and disability benefits and salary deductions shall be based on the salary of the rank or position held in the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire Department, as the case may be, prior to his appointment to such position in such office or agency succeeding to the functions of the Office of Civil Defense or the salary of the position or rank

July 6, 1953 [H. RT 3425]

C i v i l defense, D. C. Appointments.

65 Stat. 44.

66 Stat. 825.

D. e. Code 4-113 to 4-597, passim.

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