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PUBLIC LAW 86-568-JULY 1, 1960

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basic pay, an allowance equal to 15 per centum of such pay, but in no event shall the pay plus the allowance authorized by this subsection exceed $17,200 per annum." AGRICULTURAL

STABILIZATION

A N D CONSERVATION EMPLOYEES

COUNTY

COMMITTEE

SEC. 115. (a) The rates of compensation of persons employed by the county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil 52 Stat. 31. Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the increases provided by this title for corresponding rates of compensation in the appropriate schedule or scale of pay. (b)(1) Section 2 of the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended 70 Stat. 745. (5 xj.S.C. 2252), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (h) This Act shall apply to persons employed by the county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)), subject to the following requirements: " (1) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to prescribe and issue such regulations as may be necessary to provide a means of effecting the application and operation of the provisions of this Act with respect to such employees; "(2) The Commission is authorized and directed to accept the certification of the Secretary of Agriculture or his designee with respect to service, for purposes of this Act, rendered by such employees prior to the effective date of this amendment; and "(3) Service rendered prior to the effective date of this amendment as an employee of a county committee established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be included in computing length of creditable service for the purposes of this Act only (A) if the employee has to his credit a total period of not less than five years of allowable service under this Act (including service allowable under this amendment) and (B) if, within two years after the effective date of this amendment, the employee shall have deposited with interest at 4 per centum per annum to December 31, 1947, and 3 per centum per annum thereafter, compounded on December 31 of each year, to the credit of the fund, a sum equal to the aggregate of the amounts which would have been deducted from his basic salary during the period of service claimed under this paragraph if during such period he had been subject to this Act." (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, annuity benefits 5 USC 2251 note, under the Civil Service Retirement Act resulting from the operation of this subsection shall be paid from the civil service retirement and disability fund. (c) Section 2 of the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act 68 Stat. 736. of 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2091), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) Persons employed by the county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall, under such conditions of eligibility as the Commission by regulation may prescribe, come within the purview of this Act. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to prescribe and issue such regulations as may be necessary to provide a means of effecting the application and operation of the provisions of this subsection with respect to such persons."

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