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PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 7 3 7 - A U G. 23, 1958

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" (4) whose performance of work at all times during such period of two years was satisfactory or better than satisfactory; and "(5) whose employment in the same department has been continuous since such reduction in grade and who, since such reduction in grade, has not been demoted or reassigned for personal cause, at his own request, or in a reduction in force due to lack of funds or curtailment of work, shall be entitled, as of the first day of the first pay period which begins after the date of enactment of this amendment, unless or until he is entitled to receive basic compensation at a higher rate by reason of the operation of this Act, or until the expiration of a period of two years immediately following the first day of such first pay period, as applicable, to receive the rate of basic compensation to which he was entitled immediately prior to such reduction in grade so long as he continues in the same department without any break in service of one workday or more and is not demoted or reassigned for personal cause, at his own request, or in a reduction in force due to lack of funds or curtailment of work. "(c) The rate of basic compensation to which such officer or employee is entitled under subsection (a) or (b) of this section with respect to each reduction in grade to which this section applies shall not exceed the sum of (1) the minimum scheduled rate of the grade to which he is reduced under each such reduction in grade occurring on or after July 1, 1954, and (2) the difference between his rate immediately prior to the first of such reductions in grade occurring on or after July 1, 1954, and the minimum scheduled rate of that grade which is three grades lower than the grade from which he was reduced under the first of such reductions in grade. " (d) The Civil Service Commission is authorized to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this section." SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act to section 507 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended— (1) shall not be construed to affect (A) the saved rate of basic compensation determined, at any time prior to the date of enactment of this Act, for any officer or employee under and in accordance with such section 507, as enacted by the Act of June 18, 1956 (70 Stat. 291; Public Law 594, Eighty-fourth Congress), s use no?, and (B) the right of such officer or employee to receive for any period, under and in accordance with such section 507 as so enacted, the payment of such basic compensation so determined; and (2) shall not be construed to deprive any officer or employee of any benefit, under and in accordance with such section 507 as so enacted, to which he was entitled prior to the date of enactment of this Act, except that, in the event of any reduction in grade with respect to such officer or employee which occurs on or after the date of enactment of this Act, such rate of basic compensation, and any benefit to which he may be entitled with respect to such reduction in grade, shall be determined in accordance with such section 507, as amended by the first section of this Act. SEC. 3. For the purpose of determining the amount of insurance for 8u?mce.'^ ^^° ^^ which an individual is eligible under the Federal Employees' Group ss Stat. 736. Life Insurance Act of 1954 (5 U.S.C. 2091-2103), all changes in rates of basic compensation by reason of the operation of section 507 of the Classification Act of 1949, as enacted by the Act of June 18, 1956 (70 Stat. 291; Public Law 594, Eighty-fourth Congress), or s use iio7. 98395-59-PT. 1-53

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