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PUBLIC LAW 67-JUNE 8, 1955

Coast Guard. Enlisted personnel.

63 Stat. 524.

AN ACT To amend title 14, United States Code, entitled "Coast Guard", to authorize certain early discharges of enlisted personnel, and preserve their ri;j;hts, privileges, and benefits. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the analysis of chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by insertin«^ following and underneath item 369 in such analysis, the following item: "370. Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment." SEC. 2. Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting, immediately following section 369 thereof, a new section, as follows: "§ 370. Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment "Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, any enlisted man may be discharged at any time within three months before the expiration of his term of enlistment or extended enlistment without prejudice to any.right, privilege, or benefit that he would have received, excejjt l)ay and allowances for the unexpired period not served, or to which he would thereafter become entitled, had he served his full term of enlistment or extended enlistment." Approved June 8, 1955. CHAPTER 137

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June 10, 1955 [S. 2061]

To increase the rates of basic compensation of officers and employees in the field service of the Post Office Department. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be Postal Field ^itgd as the "Postal Field Service Compensation Act of 1955". Service Co mp e n sation Act of 1955.

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TITLE I—DEFINITIONS, COVERAGE, AND E X E M P T I O N S DEFINITIONS

SEC. 101. For the purposes of this Act— (1) "Department" means the Post Office Department established by section 388 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. sec. 361), and the postal field service of the Post Office Department; (2) "postal field service" includes all operations and organization units of the Department, other than the departmental operations and organization units in the headquarters offices of the Post Office Department at the seat of the Government, and includes postal inspectors assigned to the headquarters offices of the Post Office Department at the seat of the Government; (3) "employee", unless the context otherwise indicates, includes postmasters, officers, supervisors, and all other persons employed in the postal field service, regardless of title, other than persons who provide services for the Department on a fee, contract, job, or piecework basis; (4) "position" means the duties and responsibilities assigned to an employee, other than duties performed on a fee, contract, job, or piecework basis;

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