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 760 80 Stat. 4 7 1.

Army National Guard. 72 Stat. 1485, 1486.

Air National Guard. 72 Stat. 1537; 74 Stat. 279, 280.

Regulations.

Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 90-486-AUG. 13, 1968

[82 STAT.

shall not be considered to be transfers or promotions within the meaning of section 5334(b) of title 5, United States Code, and the regulations issued thereunder. (c) Each technician on the effective date of this Act whose position is converted to the General Schedule set forth in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or to the appropriate prevailing rate schedule, as applicable, who prior to the initial adjustment of his rate of basic compensation under subsection (a) of this section, has earned, but has not been credited with, an increase in that rate, shall be granted credit for such increase before his rate of basic compensation is initially adjusted under that subsection. (d) Each technician on the effective date of this Act whose position is converted to the General Schedule set forth in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or to the appropriate prevailing rate schedule, as applicable, shall be granted credit, for purposes of his first step increase under the General Schedule or prevailing rat© schedule, for all satisfactory service performed by him since his last increase in comX)ensation prior to the initial adjustment of his rate of basic compensation under subsection (a) of this section. (e) An increase in rate of basic compensation by reason of the enactment of subsection (a) of this section shall not be considered to be an equivalent increase with respect to step increases for technicians whose positions are converted to the General Schedule set forth in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or the appropriate prevailing rate schedule under authority of this section. SEC. 9. Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Sections 3848(c) and 3851(c) are each amended to read as follows: "(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the retention in an active status until age 60 of any officer of the Army National Guard of the United States who would otherwise be removed from an active status under this section and who— " (1) is assigned to a headquarters or headquarters detachment of a State or territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia; or "(2) is employed as a technician under section 709 of title 32, United States Code, in a position for which Army National Guard membership is prescribed by the Secretary." (2) Sections 8848 and 8851 are each amended by adding the following new subsection: "(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Secretary of the Air Force may authorize the retention in an active status until age 60 of any officer of the Air National Guard of the United States who would otherwise be removed from an active status under this section and who is employed as a technician under section 709 of title 32, United States Code, in a position for which Air National Guard membership is prescribed by the Secretary." SEC. 10. Regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army and Secretary of the Air Force under this Act shall be approved by the Secretary of Defense and shall, so far as practicable, be uniform. SEC. 11. This Act becomes effective January 1, 1969, except that no deductions or withholding from salary which result therefrom shall conmience before the first day of the first pay period that begins on or after January 1, 1969. Approved August 13, 1968.

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