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 PUBLIC LAW 91-216-MAR. 17, 1970

72 48 Stat. 1185; 54 Stat. 785. 45 USC 151. 50 Stat. 307. 45 USC 228a et seq. 50 Stat. 316; 77 Stat. 220. 45 USC 228o.

80 Stat. 1079. 25 USC 3211 note. Separability provision.

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SEC. 7. No carrier and no representative of employees, as defined in section 1 of the Railway Labor Act, shall, before April 1, 1974, utilize any of the procedures of such Act to seek to make any changes in the provisions of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 for supplemental annuities or to establish any new class of pensions or annuities, other than annuities payable out of the Railroad Retirement Account provided under section 15(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, to become effective prior to July 1, 1974; nor shall any such carrier or representative of employees until July 1, 1974, engage in any strike or lockout to seek to make any such changes or to establish any such new class of pensions or annuities: Provided, That nothing in this section shall inhibit any carrier or representative of employees from seeking any change with respect to benefits payable out of the Railroad Retirement Account provided under section 15(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937. SEC. 8. Section 301(f) of the Act of October 30, 1966 (Public Law 89-699), is amended by striking out "for sixty months". SEC. 9. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. Approved March 17, 1970.

Public Law 91-216 March 17, 1970 [H. R. 13008]

Job Evaluation Policy Act of 1970.

AN ACT To improve position classification systems within tlxe executive branch, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Job Evaluation Policy Act of 1970". TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS W I T H RESPECT TO J O B EVALUATION AND RANKING IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

63 Stat. 954, 972; 80 Stat. 4 4 3. 5 USC 5101 et seq and note s.

SEC. 101. The Congress hereby finds that— (1) the tremendous growth required in the activities of the Federal Government in order to meet the country's needs during the past several decades has led to the need for employees in an everincreasing and changing variety of occupations and professions, many of which did not exist when the basic principles of job evaluation and ranking were established by the Classification Act of 1923. The diverse and constantly changing nature of these occupations and professions requires that the Federal Government reassess its approach to job evaluation and ranking better to fulfill its role as an employer and assure efficient and economical administration; (2) the large number and variety of job evaluation and ranking systems in the executive branch have resulted in significant inequities in selection, promotion, and pay of employees in comparable positions among these systems; (3) little effort has been made by Congress or the executive branch to consolidate or coordinate the various job evaluation and ranking systems, and there has been no progress toward the estab-

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