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PUBLIC LAW 87-793-OCT. 11, 1962

[76 STAT.

(j) Insofar as the provisions of this section apply to officers and employees whose compensation is based on a monthly pay period which begins on the first day of the month, such provisions shall become effective on October 16, 1962. SAVING PROVISION"

SEC. 1006. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, no rate of basic, gross, or total annual compensation or salary shall be reduced by reason of the enactment of this Act. ABSORPTION OP COSTS

SEC. 1007. (a) The departments, agencies, establishments, and corporations in the executive branch shall absorb the costs of the increases m basic compensation provided by this Act to the fullest extent possible without seriously affecting the immediate execution of essential functions. (b) No request for additional or supplemental appropriations to meet the increases in basic compensation provided by this Act shall be transmitted to the Congress unless it is accompanied by a certification of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget that the amounts requested are necessary to provide for the continued execution of essential functions of the department, agency, or corporation concerned. (c) Pursuant to the objective of this section, heads of the executive branch activities concerned are directed to review with meticulous care each vacancy resulting from voluntary resignation, retirement, or death and to determine whether the duties of the position can be reassigned to other employees or whether the position can be abolished without seriously affecting the execution of essential functions. (d) Nothing contained in subsection (a) of this section shall be held or considered to require (1) the separation from the service of any individual by reduction in force or other personnel action or (2) the placing of any individual in a leave-without-pay status. EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 1008. Except as otherwise expressly provided, this title shall become effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act. CEILING PROVISION

SEC. 1009. Except as provided in section 1005, no rate of compensation which exceeds $20,000 per annum shall be increased or established by or pursuant to this Act and no increase made by or pursuant to this Act shall cause any rate of compensation to exceed $20,000 per annum. PART III—ADJUSTMENT OF ANNUITIES SEC. 1101. (a) The annuity of feach person who, on the effective date of this section, is receiving or entitled to receive an annuity from the civil service retirement and disability fund shall be increased by 5 per centum of the amount of such annuity. (b) The annuity of each person who receives or is entitled to receive an annuity from the civil service retirement and disability fund commencing during the period which begins on the day following the effective date of this section and ends five years after such date, shall be increased in accordance with the following table:

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