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Funds, transfer.

Ante, p. 195. 37 USC 203 and notes.

Additional amounts, certification.

Administrative officers.

PUBLIC LAW 91-305-JULY 6, 1970

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pursuant to the provisions of this title in an amount in excess of the cost to such appropriation, fund, limitation, or authorization of increased compensation pursuant to such statutes. SEC. 302. Any officer having administrative control of an appropriation, fund, limitation, or authorization properly chargeable with the costs in the fiscal year 1970 of pay increases granted by or pursuant to the Federal Employees Salary Act of 1970 and the Act of December 16, 1967 (81 Stat. 649), is authorized to transfer thereto, from the unobligated balance of any other appropriation, fund, or authorization under his administrative control and expiring for obligation on June 30, 1970, such amounts as may be necessary for meeting such costs. SEC. 303. Whenever any officer referred to in section 304 of this title shall determine that he has exhausted the possibilities of meeting the cost of pay increases through the use of transfers as authorized by said section, he shall certify the additional amount required to meet such costs for each appropriation, fund, limitation, or authorization under his administrative control, and the amounts so certified shall be added to the pertinent appropriation, fund, limitation, or authorization for the fiscal year 1970: Provided, That any transfer under the authority of section 302 or any certification made under the authority of this section by an officer m or under the executive branch of the Federal Government shall be valid only when approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. SEC. 304. For the purposes of the transfers and certifications authorized by sections 302 and 303 of this title, the following officers shall be deemed to have administrative control of appropriations, funds, limitations, or authorizations available within their respective organization units— (a) For the legislative branch: The Clerk of the House; The Secretary of the Senate; The Librarian of Congress; The Architect of the Capitol; The Public Printer; The Comptroller General of the United States; The Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court; The chairman of any commission in or under the legislative branch. (b) For the Judiciary: The Administrative Officer of the United States Courts. (c) For the executive branch: The head of each department, agency, or corporation in or under the executive branch. (d) For the municipal government of the District of Columbia: The Commissioner of the District of Columbia. SEC. 305. Obligations or expenditures incurred for costs in the fiscal year 1970 of pay increases granted by or pursuant to the Federal Employees Salary Act of 1970 and the Act of December 16, 1967 (81 Stat. 649), shall not be regarded or reported as violations of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665). SEC. 306. (a) Amounts made available by this title shall be derived from the same source as the appropriation, fund, limitation, or authorization to which such amounts are added. (b) Appropriations made by, and transfers made pursuant to, this title shall be recorded on the books of the Government as of June 30, 1970: Provided, That no appropriation made by this title shall be warranted, and no transfer authorized by this title shall be made, after August 15, 1970.

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