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 (b) With respect to a present employee of the Postal Service who had prior Federal civilian service with the Post Office Department or other Federal agency, annual leave which accrued after June 30, 1960, and before July 1, 1971, but, because of administrative error was lost by operation of section 6304 of title 5, United States Code, is subject to credit and liquidation by lump-sum payment only if a claim therefor is filed within three years immediately following the date of enactment of this Act with the Postal Service. Payment shall be by the Postal Service at the salary rate in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

. (a) Section 5562(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employee in a missing status on or after January 1, 1965, is entitled—


 * "(1) to payment for annual leave which accrued to his account on or after January 1, 1965, but which was forfeited under section 6304 of this title because he was unable to use that leave by virtue of his missing status; or


 * "(2) to have all of that leave restored to him and credited to a separate leave account in accordance with the provisions of section 6304(d)(2) of this title.

An employee shall elect in writing, within 90 days immediately following the date of enactment of this sentence or within 90 days immediately following the termination of his missing status, whichever is later, whether he desires payment for the leave under clause (1) of this subsection or credit of the leave under clause (2) of this subsection. Payment under clause (1) of this subsection shall be at the employee's rate of basic pay in effect at the time the leave was forfeited."

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall apply to former employees or their beneficiaries.

Approved December 14, 1973. 



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 "Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973".

. The Congress hereby finds and declares—


 * (1) that the United States faces severe energy shortages, especially in the winter of 1973-1974 and in the next several winters thereafter;


 * (2) that various studies of governmental and nongovernmental agencies indicate that year-round daylight saving time would produce an energy saving in electrical power consumption;


 * (3) that daylight saving time may yield energy savings in other areas besides electrical power consumption;

(4) that year-round daylight saving time could serve as an incentive for further energy conservation by individuals, companies, and the various governmental entities at all levels of government, and that such energy conservation efforts could lead 