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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

[80 STAT.

ployee in charge of the office abroad in which the deceased was employed considers proper. (c) Payments under this section are made from appropriations available to the department concerned for miscellaneous or contingent expenses. § 5945. Notary publicommission expenses An employee as defined by section 2105 of this title or an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia who is required to serve as a notary public in connection with the performance of official business is entitled to an allowance, established by the agency concerned, not in excess of the expense required to obtain the commission. Funds available to an agency concerned for personal services or general administrative expenses are available to carry out this section. §5946. Membership fees; expenses of attendance at meetings; limitations Except as authorized by a specific appropriation, by express terms in a general appropriation, or by sections 4109 and 4110 of this title, appropriated funds may not be used for payment of— (1) membership fees or dues of an employee as defined by section 2105 of this title or an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia in a society or association; or (2) expenses of attendance of an individual at meetings or conventions of members of a society or association. This section does not prevent the use of appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for expenses incident to the delivery of lectures, the giving of instructions, or the acquiring of information at meetings by its employees on subjects relating to the authorized work of the Department.

Subpart E—Attendance and Leave CHAPTER 61—HOURS OF WORK Sec.

6101. 6102. 6103. 6104. 6105. 6106.

Basic 40-hour workweek; work schedules; regulations. Eight-hour day; 40-hour workweek; wage-board employees. Holidays. Holidays; daily, hourly, and piece-work basis employees. Closing of Executive departments. Time clocks; restrictions.

§ 6101. Basic 40-hour workweek; work schedules; regulations (a) The head of each Executive agency, military department, and of the government of the District of Columbia shall— (1) establish a basic administrative workweek of 40 hours for each full-time employee in his organization; and (2) require that the hours of work within that workweek be performed within a period of not more than 6 of any 7 consecutive days. (b) Except when the head of an Executive agency, a military department, or of the government of the District of Columbia determines that his organization would be seriously handicapped in carrying out its functions or that costs would be substantially increased, he shall provide, with respect to each employee in his organization, that— (1) assignments to tours of duty are scheduled in advance over periods of not less than 1 week;

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