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PUBLIC LAW 87-697-SEPT. 25, 1962

[76 STAT.

Public Law 87-697 SepterrfDer 25, 1962 [S.3086]

D. C. Fire Dept, Reduction in workweek.

34 Stat. 314. 75 Stat. 830. Workweek.

Temporary services.

Computation of pay. 75 Stat. 832.

Annual l e a v e. Accrual. 5 USC 2062.

AN ACT To provide for a reduction in the workweek of the Fire Department of the District of Colnnibia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (a) of subsection (a) of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act to classify the officers and members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes', approved June 20, 1906, and for other purposes", approved June 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 498), as amended (sec. 4 ^ 0 4 a (a), D.C. Code, 1961 edition), is amended to read as follows: " (a)(1) Beginning with the first day of the first pay period which begins not less than one hundred and twenty days after enactment of this amendatory subsection or which begins on or after July 1, 1962, whichever is later, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to establish a workweek for officers and members of the Firefighting Division of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia which will result in an average workweek of not to exceed forty-eight hours during an administratively established workweek cycle which the Commissioners are hereby authorized to establish from time to time." SEC. 2, (a) Paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of subsection (a) of section 2 of such Act approved June 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 498), as amended (sec. 4-404a(a), D.C. Code, 1961 edition), are hereby redesignated as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively. (b) Paragraph (c) of subsection (a) of section 2 of such Act approved June 19, 1948, as amended, and redesignated as paragraph (3) by this section, is amended by striking thereirom the period and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following: '•Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their designated agent or agents may, whenever the exigencies of the Fire Department require temporary or short-term services of one or more officers or members, order such officer, officers, member, or members to perform such services." SEC. 3. Clause (E) of subsection (b) of section 405 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953 (67 Stat. 76), as amended (sec. 4-821, D.C. Code, 1961 edition), is amended to read as follows: " (E) I n the case of the Firefighting Division of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia— " (i) a biweekly rate shall be divided by two to derive a weekly rate; "(ii) the weekly rate shall be divided by the number of workdays in the average established workweek to arrive at a daily rate; "(iii) a daily rate shall be divided by two to derive a onehalf daily rate; and "(iv) an hourly rate shall be determined by dividing the daily rate of pay by twelve, except for the purpose of computation of holiday pay." SEC. 4. (a) In lieu of the annual leave to which officers and members of the Firefighting Division of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia are entitled under the provisions of section 203(a) of the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 (.65 Stat. 679), as amended, such

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