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63 Stat. 166. 5 USC 835 note.

Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 86-588-JULY 5, 1960

[74 S T A T.

expenses shall not be paid upon promotion of a student trainee after completion of college work if such expenses were paid upon his appointment as a student trainee. Such travel expenses may include per diem and mileage allowance as provided for civilian officers and employees by the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended. Travel and transportation expenses may be allowed whether the person selected has been appointed or not at the time of such travel. However, the travel and transportation expenses authorized by this subsection shall not be allowed unless the person selected or promoted shall agree in writing to remain in the Government service for twelve months following his appointment or promotion unless separated for reasons beyond his control and acceptable to the department or agency concerned. In case of violation of such agreement, any moneys expended by the United States on account of such travel and transportation shall be recoverable from the individual concerned as a debt due the United States. "(c) The authority of the Civil Service Commission to determine for purposes of this Act positions for which there is a manpower shortage shall not be delegated. " (d) Nothing contained in this section shall impair or otherwise affect the authority of any department under existing law to pay travel and transportation expenses of persons designated in subsection (b) hereof." SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect as of August 25, 1960. Approved July 5, 1960.

Public Law 86-588 July s, 1960 [H. R. 11646]

Cotton. Sampling.

Offenses.

AN ACT To amend the Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton, as amended, by defining certain offenses in coniiection with the sampling of cotton for classification and providing a penalty provision, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton", approved March 3, 1927, as amended (44 Stat. 1372; 50 Stat. 62; 55 Stat. 131), is amended by inserting between section 3c and section 3d the following new sections: "SEC. 3C-1. I t shall be unlawful— " (a) for any person sampling cotton for classification under this Act knowingly to sample cotton improperly, or to identify cotton samples improperly, or to accefjf money or other consideration, directly or indirectly, for any negleftt or improper performance of duty as a sampler; s ^ " (b) for any person to influence improperly or to attempt to influence improperly or to forcibly assault, resist, impede, or interfere with any sampler in the taking of samples for classification under this Act; "(c) for any person knowingly to alter or cause to be altered a sample taken for classification under this Act by any means such as trimming, peeling, or dressing the sample, or by removing any leaf, trash, dust, or other material from the sample for the purpose of misrepresenting the actual quality of the bale from which the sample was taken; "(^d) for any person knowingly to cause, or attempt to cause, the issuance of a false or misleading certificate or memorandum of

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