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PUBLIC LAW 295-AUG. 9, 1955

"(iii) that the appointee has the outstanding experience and ability required by the position; and "(iv) that the department or agency head has been unable to obtain a person with the qualifications necessary for the position on a full-time, salaried basis. "(6) The heads of the departments or agencies making appointments under this subsection (b) shall file with the Division of the Federal Register for publication in the Federal Register a statement including the name of the appointee, the employing department or agency, the title of his position, and the name of his private employer, and the appointee shall file with such Division for publication in the Federal Register a statement listing the names of any corporations of which he is an officer or director or within sixty days preceding his appointment has been an officer or director, or in which he owns, or within sixty days preceding his appointment has owned, any stocks, bonds, or other financial interests, and the names of any partnerships in which he is, or was within sixty days preceding his appointment, a partner, and the names of any other businesses in which he owns, or within such sixty-day period has owned, any similar interest. At the end of each succeeding six-month period, the appointee shall file with such Division for publication in the Federal Register a statement showing any changes in such interests during such period. "(7) At least once every three months the Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission shall survey appointments made under this subsection and shall report his findings to the President and the Joint Committee on Defense Production and make such recommendations as he may deem proper. "(8) Persons appointed under the authority of this subsection may be allowed transportation and not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence while away from their homes or regular places of business pursuant to such appointment." SEC. 8. Section 710 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is further amended by redesignating subsections " (e) " and " (f) " as subsections " (f) " and " (g) ", respectively, and by inserting after subsection " (d) " a new subsection as follows: "(e) The President is further authorized to provide for the estaJDlishment and training of a nucleus executive reserve for employment jn executive positions in Government during periods of emergency. Members of this executive reserve who are not full-time Government employees may be allowed transportation and not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence while away from their homes or regular places of business for the purpose of participating in the executive reserve training program. The President is authorized to provide by regulation for the exemption of such persons who are not full-time Government employees from the operation of sections 281, 283, 284, 134, and 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99)." SEC. 9. Section 712 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended— (1) by striking out "25" from the second sentence of subsection (c) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "40"; and (2) by striking out "$50,000" in the first sentence of subsection (e) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "$65,000". SEC. 10. Section 717 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by striking out "July 31, 1955" from the first sentence of subsection (a) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1956". SEC. 11. The provisions of this Act shall take effect as of the close of July 31, 1955. Approved August 9, 1955.

P u b l i c ation of statements in FR.

S u r v e y of appointments; report.

Transportation; per diems.

50 U S C 2160.

app.

Nucleus exect^ tive reserve.

62 Stat. 697.

50 U S C a p p 2162.

Ante, p. 225.

Effective date.

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