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PUBLIC LAW 854-JULY 31, 1956

(b) The existing office of Solicitor of the Post Office Department and the existing offices of General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall be abolished effective upon the appointment and qualification of the General Counsels of such respective departments provided for by subsection (a) or April 1, 1957, whichever is earlier. SEC. 302. The positions of three Deputy Administrators of the Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture, shall be in grade GS-18 of the General Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. Such positions shall be in addition to the number of positions authorized to be placed in such grade by section 505(b) of such Act. TITLE IV—CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT

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t i^r^'i'mrntAct Amendments of

SEC. 401. The Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as *^^^amended, is amended to read as follows: sulc^e'gfnote. ((. DEFINITIONS 1. Wherever used in this Act— " (a) The term 'employee' shall mean a civilian officer or employee "Employee", in or under the Government and, except for purposes of section 2, shall mean a person to whom this Act applies. "(b) The term 'Member' shall mean the Vice President, a United "Member". States Senator, Representative in Congress, Delegate from a Territory, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and, except for purposes of section 2, shall mean a Member to whom this Act applies. "(c) The term 'congressional employee' means an employee of the enlpio'yle"!'^*'"'*^ Senate or House of Representatives or of a committee of either House, an employee of a joint committee of the two Houses, an elected officer of the Senate or House of Representatives who is not a Member of either House, the Legislative Counsel of the Senate and the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives and the employees in their respective offices, an Official Reporter of Debates of the Senate and a person employed by the Official Reporters of Debates of the Senate in connection with the performance of their official duties, a member of the Capitol Police force, an employee of the Vice President if such employee's compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, and an employee of a Member if such employee's compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives. " (d) The term 'basic salary' shall not include bonuses, allowances, "B^'IC •aiary". overtime pay, military pay, or salary, pay, or compensation given in addition to the base pay of the position as fixed by law or regulation: Provided, That for employees paid on a fee basis, the maximum amount of basic salary which may be used shall be $10,000 per annum. For a Member, the term 'basic salary' shall include, from April 1, 1954, to February 28, 1955, the amount received as expense allowance under section 601(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 2°us*c**3f.*°* as amended, and such amount from January 3, 1953, to March 31, 1954, provided deposit is made therefor as provided in section 4. "(e) The term average salary' shall mean the largest annual rate "Average 8*aresulting from averaging, over any period of five consecutive years of ""^ * creditable service, or at a Member s option over all periods of Member service subsequent to the date of enactment of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 used in the computation of an annuity under ^ ^^^ ''^" "***"* this Act, a Member's or an employee's rates of basic salary in effect during such period, with each rate weighted by the time it was in effect. "SECTION

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