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PUBLIC LAW 7 6 3 - S E P T. 1, 1954

SEC. 403. Allowances paid under this title shall not be considered as pay, salary, or compensation within the meaning of the Civil Service Ketirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, or as wages within the meaning of section 209 of the Social Security Act, as amended, or chapters 21 and 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. SEC. 404. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget is authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to provide for the uniform administration of this title.

46 Stat. 468; 64 Stat. 492. 5 USC 691 note; 42 USC 409. 6 8 A Stat. 4 1 5, 455.

TITLE V—ANNUAL L E A V E SEC. 501. Clause(6) of section 2 of the Act of August 3, 1950, as amended by section 5 of the Act of July 2, 1953, is amended to read as follows: "(6) payment for all accumulated and current accrued annual or vacation leave equal to the compensation the decedent would have received had he remained in the service until the expiration of the period of such annual or vacation leave; except that such lumpsum payment shall not include compensation for any period of accumulated leave in excess of thirty days, plus current accrued leave, or in excess of the number of days of accumulated leave to which he is entitled on the date of separation (excluding accumulated leave earned in the 1954 leave year and thereafter), plus current accrued leave, whichever is the greater." SEC. 502. Section 6 of the Act of July 2, 1953 (Public Law 102, Eighty-third Congress), is hereby repealed. SEC. 503. Section 501 of this title shall take effect as of September 1, 1953.

67 Stat. 138. 5 USC 61g.

5 USC 2062b. Effective date.

TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. 601. (a) Section 2(b) of the Performance Rating Act of 1950 (5 U.S.C. sec. 2001) is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: "(12) The Central Intelligence Agency." (b) Section 9 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended (50 U.S.C. sec. 403i), is hereby repealed. SEC. 602. (a) Subsection (a) of section 1310 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952 (Public Law 253, Eighty-second Congress), as amended, is amended to read as follows: " (a) The Civil Service Commission and the heads of the executive departments, agencies, and corporations shall make full use of their authority to require that initial appointments to positions in and outside the competitive civil service shall be made on other than a permanent basis in order to prevent increases in the number of permanent personnel of the Federal Government in excess of 10 per centum above the total number of permanent employees on September 1, 1950: Provided, That any position vacated by a permanent employee called to military service or transferred to a national defense agency shall not be filled except on a temporary or indefinite basis. All appointments, reinstatements, transfers, and promotions to positions subject to the Classification Act of 1949 shall be made with the condition and notice to each individual appointed, reinstated, transferred, or promoted that the classification grade of the position is subject to post-audit and correction by the appropriate departmental or agency personnel office or the Civil Service Commission." (b) Such section 1310 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

64 Stat. 1098.

Repeal. 65 Stat. 757. 5 USC 43 note.

63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note.

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