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PUBLIC LAW 85-432-MAY 2C, 1958

SEC. 2. Section 404(c)(1) of the Postal Field Service Compensation Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 123; Public Law 68, Eighty-fourth Congress; 39 U.S.C. 984 (c)(1)) is amended— (1) by striking out the word "and" immediately following the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (C) thereof; (2) by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph (D) thereof and inserting in lieu of such period a semicolon and the word "and"; and (3) by adding at the end of such section 404(c)(1) the following new subparagraph: " (E) all time on the rolls under the Postal Accounts Division (including time on the rolls under the former Post Office Department Division) in the General Accounting Office continuous to the date of the transfer of the employee to the Post Office Department in accordance with section 7 (a) of the Post Office Department Financial Control Act of 1950(39 U.S.C.794e (a))." SEC. 3. (a) The amendment made by section 2 of this Act shall take effect as of December 3, 1955. (b) No payment of longevity compensation shall be made, by reason of the amendment made by section 2 of this Act and the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, for any period prior to the date of enactment of this section, to any person who is not an employee in the postal field service on such date of enactment. SEC. 4. (a) Section 802(a) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1132), is amended by inserting after the word "position" where it appears in clause (1) and where it appears for the first time in clause (2) the words "in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch", and by inserting before the semicolon at the end of clause (4) the following: "in any position subject to this Act following service in any position in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch". (b) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: "(c) Any employee in the legislative branch whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and who has completed two or more years of service as such an employee, may upon appointment to a position subject to the Classification Act of 1949 have his initial rate of compensation fixed at the minimum rate of the appropriate grade, or at any step of such grade that does not exceed the highest previous rate of compensation received by him during such service in the legislative branch." (c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect as of January 1, 1958. SEC. 5. Section 2(b) of the Act entitled "An Act extending the classified executive civil service of the United States", approved November 26, 1940, as amended (5 U.S.C. 631b (b)), is amended by striking out "any person who shall have served for four years as a secretary, clerk or assistant clerk to a Senator, Representative, Delegate or Resident Commissioner, or as a clerk or assistant clerk to a standing committee of the Senate or House of Representatives or as a clerical employee of the Senate or House of Representatives" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "any person who shall have completed three or more years of service as an employee in the legislative branch in a position the compensation for which is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives,". Approved May 29, 1958.

P o s t a l Accounts Division.

64 Stat. 462. Effective date. Restrlctiijn.

63 Stat. 969. Basic coiTpensation. Regulations.

Legislative branch service.

63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note.

Effective date. Legislative employees. Civi l - service status. 54 Stat. 1212.

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