propaganda' addressed for delivery in the United States pursuant to a reciprocal cultural international agreement under which the United States Government mails an equal amount of material for delivery in any country described in subsection (b).”

(b) The table of contents of chapter 51 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"4008. Communist political propaganda." Effective date

Sec. 306. Except as otherwise provided, the foregoing provisions of this part shall become effective on January 7, 1963.

Notice with respect to obscene matter distributed by mail and detention thereof

Sec. 307. In order to alert the recipients of mail and the general public to the fact that large quantities of obscene, lewd, lascivious, and indecent matter are being introduced into this country from abroad and disseminated in the United States by means of the United States mails, the Postmaster General shall publicize such fact (1) by appropriate notices posted in post offices, and (2) by notifying recipients of mail, whenever he deems it appropriate in order to carry out the purposes of this section, that the United States mails may contain such obscene, lewd, lascivious, or indecent matter. Any person may file a written request with his local post office to detain obscene, lewd, lascivious, or indecent matter addressed to him, and the Postmaster General shall detain and dispose of such matter for such period as the request is in effect. The Postmaster General shall permit the return of mail containing obscene, lewd, lascivious, or indecent matter, to local post offices, without cost to the recipient thereof. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize the Postmaster General to open, inspect, or censor any mail except on specific request by the addressee thereof. The Postmaster General is authorized to prescribe such regulations as he may deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section. PART II-FEDERAL SALARY REFORM

Title 1-General Policy
Short title

Sec. 501. This part may be cited as the "Federal Salary Reform Act of Act of 1962".

Declaration of policy

Sec. 502. The Congress hereby declares that, whereas the functions of a Federal salary system are to fix salary rates for the services rendered by Federal employees so as to make possible the employment of persons well qualified to conduct the Government's programs and to control expenditures of public funds for personal services with equity to the employee and to the taxpayer, and whereas fulfillment of these functions is essential to the development and

maintenance of maximum proficiency in the civilian services of Government, then, accordingly, Federal salary fixing shall be based upon the principles that—

(a) There shall be equal pay for substantially equal work, and pay distinctions shall be maintained in keeping with work and performance and performance distinctions; and

(b) Federal salary rates shall be comparable with private enterprise salary rates for the same levels of work.

Salary levels for the several Federal statutory salary systems shall be interrelated, and salary levels shall be set and henceforth adjusted in accordance with the above principles.

Implementation of policy

Sec. 503. In order to give effect to the policy stated in section 502, the President: (1) shall direct such agency or agencies, as he deems appropriate, to prepare and submit to him annually a report which compares the rates of salary fized by statute for Federal employees with the rates of salary paid for the same levels of work in private enterprise as determined on the basis of appropriate annual surveys conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and, after seeking the views of such employee organizations as he deems appropriate and in such manner as he may provide, (2) shall report annually to the Congress (a) this comparison of Federal and private enterprise salary rates and (b) such recommendations for revision of statutory salary schedules, salary structures, and compensation policy, as he deems

advisable.

Sec. 504. (a) Whenever the President shall find that the salary rates in private enterprise for one or more occupations in one or more areas or locations are so substantially above the salary rates of statutory pay schedules as to handicap significantly the Government's recruitment or retention of well-qualified persons in positions compensated under (1) section 603(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1113(b)), (2) the provisions of part III of title 39, United States Code, relating to personnel in the postal field service, 3 the pay scales for physicians, dentists, and nurses in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration under chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, or (4) sections 412 and 415 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 867 and 870), he may establish for such areas or locations higher minimum rates of basic compensation for one or more grades or levels, occupational groups, series, classes, or subdivisions thereof, and may make corresponding increases in all step rates of the salary range for each such grade or level: Provided, That in no case shall any minimum salary rate so established exceed the seventh salary rate prescribed by law for the grade or level. The President may authorize the exercise of the

authority conferred upon him by this section by the Civil Service Commission or, in the case of employees not subject to the civil service laws and regulations, by such other agency or agencies as he may designate.

(b) Within the limitations specified in subsection (a), rates of basic compensation established under such subsection may be revised from time to time by the President or by such agency or agencies as he may designate. Such actions or revisions shall have the force and effect of law.

(c) Any increase in rate of basic compensation established under this section shall not be regarded as an "equivalent increase" in compensation within the meaning of section 701(a) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and section 3552 of title 39 of the United States Code.

Sec. 505. The functions, duties, and regulations of the departments and the Civil Service Commission with respect to this title, the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, the provisions of part III of title 39, United States Code, relating to personnel in the postal field service, the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, and the provisions of chapter 73 of title 38 of the United States Code relating to personnel of the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans' Administration, shall be subject to such policies and rules as the President may issue. Among other things, the President's policies and rules may provide for

(1) preparing and reporting to him the annual comparison of Federal Salary rates with private enterprise rates,

(2) obtaining and reporting to him the views of employee organizations on such annual comparison, and on other salary matters,

(3) reviewing and reporting to him on the adaquacy of the Federal statutory salary structures for the Federal programs to which they apply.

(4) reviewing the relationship of Federal statutory salary rates and prirate enterprise salary rates in specific occupation and local areas, and

(5) providing step-increases in recognition of high quality performance and providing for properly relating supervisory salary rates paid under one system to those of subordinates paid under another system.

Title II-Pay System of the Classification Act of 1949

Short title

Sec. 601. This tile may be cited as the “Classification Act Amendments of 1962”.

Basic compensation schedules Sec. 602. (a) Section 603(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (74 Stat. 298; 5 U.S.C. 1113(b)), is amended to read as follows:

"(b) The compensation schedules for the General Schedule shall be as follows:

GS-1... GS-2 GS-3. GS-4-

GS-5.

GS-6

5,035

GS-7.

GS-8

GS-9.

GS-10..

GS-11

GS-12

GS-13.

11,150

GS-14

12, 845 13, 270

GS-15..

GS-16

7,730 8,475 8,700 9,250 9,495

(b) The rates of basic compensation of officers and employees to whom Compensation Schedule I of the General Schedule set forth in subsection (a) of this section applies shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (10) of this subsection, be initially adjusted, effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act, as follows:

(1) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act at the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh scheduled rate, or at the first or second longevity date of a grade below grade 4 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall be advanced as follows: Employees in step 1 to step 2 of the new schedule; step 2 to step 3; step 3 to step 4; step 4 to step 5; step 5 to step 6; step 6 to step 7; step 7 to step 8; the first longevity step to step 9; and the second longevity step to step 10.

(2) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after

the date of enactment of this Act at the third longevity rate of a grade below grade 4 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall receive basic compensation at the highest rate of the appropriate grade plus an amount equal to the value of the maximum within grade increment provided for that grade in effect on and after such day.

(3) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act at the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh scheduled rate, or at the first, second, or third longevity rate, of grade 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, or tenth rate of the appropriate grade in effect on and after such day.

(4) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act at

the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth scheduled rate, or at the first, second, or third longevity rate of grade 11, 12, 13, or 14 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, or ninth rate of the appropriate grade in effect on and after such day.

(5) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act at the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth scheduled rate, or at the first, second, or third longevity rate of grade 15 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth rate of such grade in effect on and after such day.

(6) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period, which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act at the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth rate of grade 16 or grade 17 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding first, second, third, fourth, or fifth rate of the appropriate grade in effect on and after such day.

(7) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act at the rate of grade 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding rate of such grade in effect on and after such day.

(8) If the officer or employee is inceiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act at a rate between two scheduled or two longevity rates, or between a scheduled and a longevity rate, of a grade of the General Schedule, he shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the higher of the two corresponding rates, as specified in paragraphs (1) through (6) of this subsection, in effect on and after such day.

(9) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act at a rate in excess of the maximum longevity rate for his grade, or in excess of the maximum scheduled rate for his grade if there is no longevity rate for his grade, he shall receive (A) the rate of the new schedule, in effect on and after such day, prescribed by paragraphs (1) through (6) of this sub

section for employees at the maximum longevity rate or at the maximum scheduled rate, as the case may be, for his grade, or (B) if such rate is less than his existing rate, (i) the lowest rate of the new schedule or his grade which equals or exceeds his existing rate or (ii) if there is no such rate, his existing rate.

(10) Service of officers and employees performed immediately preceding the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act, in the grade of the General Schedule in which their respective positions were placed on such day, shall be counted toward not to exceed one step increase under the time in grade provisions of subsection (a) of section 701 of the Classification Act of 1949 as amended by this Act.

(11) If the officer or employee, immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which began on or after the date of enactment of this Act, is receiving, pursuant to paragraph (4) of section 2(b) of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, an existing aggregate rate of compensation determined under section 208(b) of the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1111; Public Law 763, Eightythird Congress), plus the amount of the increase provided by section 2 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, by section 2 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act Act of 1958, and by section 112 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1960, he shall receive an aggregate rate of compensation equal to the sum of (A) his existing aggregate rate of compensation determined under such section 208(b) of the Act of September 1, 1954, (B) the amount of the increase provided by section 2 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, (C) the amount of the increase provided by section 2 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1958, (D) the amount of the increase provided by section 112 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1960, and (E) the amount of the increase made by this section in the maximum rate of his grade, until (i) he leaves his position, or (ii) he is entitled to receive aggregate compensation at a higher rate by reason of the operation of this Act or any other provision of law; but, when such position becomes vacant, the aggregate rate of compensation of any subsequent appointee thereto shall be fixed in accordance with applicable provisions of law. Subject to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence of this paragraph, the amount of the increase provided by this section shall be held and considered for the purpose of section 208(b) of such Act of September 1, 1954, to constitute a part of the existing rate of compensation of such employee. (c) The rates of basic compensation of officers and employees to whom Com

pensation Schedule II of the General Schedule set forth in subsection (a) of this section applies shall be initially adjusted, effective as of the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1964, as follows:

(1) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after January 1, 1964, at one of the rates of a grade in the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding rate in effect on and after such date.

(2) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after January 1, 1964, at a rate between two rates of a grade in the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, he shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the higher of the two corresponding rates in effect on and after such date.

(3) If the officer or employee is receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after January 1, 1964, at a rate in excess of the maximum rate for his grade, as in effect on and after such date he shall receive (A) the rate of the new schedule prescribed for employees at the maximum rate for his grade, or (B) his existing rate of basic compensation if such existing rate is higher.

(4) If the officer or employee, immediately prior to the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after January 1, 1964, is receiving. pursuant to paragraph (4) of section 2(b) of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, an existing aggregate rate of compensation determined under section 208(b) of the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1111; Public Law 763, Eighty-third Congress), plus the amount of the increase provided by section 2 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, by section 2 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1958, and by section 112 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1960, and the amount of the initial increase provided by this section, he shall receive an aggregate rate of compensation equal to the sum of (A) his existing aggregate rate of compensation determined under such section 208(b) of the Act of September 1, 1954, (B) the amount of the increase provided by section 2 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, (C) the amount of the increase provided by section 2 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1958, (D) the amount of the increase provided by section 112 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1960, and (E) the amount of the increase made by this section in the maximum rate of his grade, until (i) he leaves his position, or (ii) he is

entitled to receive aggregate compensation at a higher rate by reason of the operation of this Act or any other provision of law; but, when such position becomes racant, the aggregate rate of compensation of any subsequent appointee thereto shall be Aized in accordance with applicable provisions of law. Subject to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence of this paragraph, the amount of the increase provided by this section shall be held and considered for the purpose of section 208 (b) of such Act of September 1, 1954, to constitiute a part of the existing rate of compensation of such employee. Step-increases

Sec. 603. Title VII of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1121-1125), relating to step-increases under such Act, is amended to read as follows:

"TITLE VII-STEP-INCREASES

"Sec. 701. (a) Each officer or em ployee compensated on a per annum8 basis, and occupying a permanent position within the scope of the compensation schedules fixed by this Act, who has not attained the maximum rate of compensation for the grade in which his position is placed, shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next higher rate within the grade at the beginning of the next pay period following the completion of (1) each Afty-two calendar weeks of service in salary rates, 1, 2, and 3, or (2) each one hundred and four calendar weeks of service in salary rates 4, 5, and 6, or (3) each one hundred and fifty-six calendar weeks of service in salary rates, 7, 8, and 9, subject to the following conditions:

"(A) That no equivalent increase in compensation from any cause was received during such period;

"(B) That his work is of an acceptable level of competence as determined by the head of the department; and

"(C) That the benefit of successive step-increases shall be preserved, under regulations issued by the Commission, for officers and employees whose continuous service is interrupted in the public interest by service with the Armed Forces or by service in essential non-Government civilian employment during a period of war or national emergency.

“(b) Any increase in compensation granted by law shall not be construed to be an equivalent increase in compensation within the meaning of subsection (a).

“Sec. 702. (a) Within the limit of available appropriations and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commission, the head of each department is authorized to grant additional stepincreases in recogniton of high quality performance above that ordinarily found in the type of position concerned. Stepincreases under this section shall be in addition to those under section 701 and shall not be construed to be an equivalent

increase in compensation within the meaning of subsection (a) of section 701.

"(b) No officer or employee shall be eligible under this section for more than one such additional step-increase within any period of fifty-two weeks.

"Sec. 703. This title shall not apply to the compensation of persons appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate."

General compensation rules

Sec. 604. (a) Section 802(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1132 (bb)), relating to the salary to be received by an officer or employee who is promoted or transferred to a higher grade, is amended to read as follows:

"(b) Any officer or employee who is promoted or transferred to a position in a higher grade shall receive basic compensation at the lowest rate of such higher grade which exceeds his existing rate of basic compensation by not less than two step-increases of the grade from which he is promoted or transferred. If, in the case of any officer or employee so promoted or transferred who is receiving basic compensation at a rate in excess of the maximum rate for his grade under any provision of law, there is no rate in such higher grade which is at least two step-increases above his existing rate of basic compensation, he shall receive (1) the maximum rate of such higher grade, or (2) his existing rate of basic compensation, if such existing rate is the higher. In case any such officer or employee so promoted or transferred is receiving basic compensation at a rate saved to him under section 507 of this Act upon reduction in grade, such officer or employee shall receive (A) basic compensation at a rate two steps above the rate which he would be receiving if such section 507 were not applicable in his case, or (B) his existing rate of basic compensation, if such exisitng rate is the higher."

(b) Section 802 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection to read as follows:

"(d) The Commission may issue regulations governing the retention of the rate of basic compensation of an employee who together with his position is brought under this Act. If any such employee so entitled to receive a retained rate under regulations issued pursuant to this subsection is later demoted to a position under this Act, his rate of basic compensation shall be determined in accordance with section 507 of this Act, except that service in the position which was brought under the Act shall, for purposes of section 507, be considered as service under this Act.".

(c) Section 803 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amendetd (5 U.S.C. 1133), is amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 803. Each employee in a position under this Act, who regularly has responsibility for supervision (including supervision over the technical aspects of the work concerned) over employees whose compensation is fixed and adjusted

from time to time by wage boards or similar administrative authorities as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates, may, in accordance with regulations issued by the Commission, be paid at one of the scheduled rates for his grade which is above the highest rate of basic compensation being paid to any such prevailing-rate employee regularly supervised, or at the maximum rate for his grade, as provided for in such regulations.".

Salary retention

Sec. 605. Section 507 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (72 Stat. 830; 5 U.S.C. 1107), is amended

(1) by striking out "(other than grade 16, 17, or 18 of the General Schedule)" in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of such section; and

(2) by striking out "(B) in the same grade or in the same and higher grades," in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of such section; and by inserting in lieu thereof "(B) in any grade or grades higher than the grade to which demoted;".

Top grade positions under Classification Act of 1949

Sec. 606. (a) Section 505(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1105(b)), relating to the limitation on numbers of positions in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule of such Act, is amended by striking out “not to exceed an aggregate of nineteen hundred and eighty-nine" and substituting in lieu thereof "not to exceed an aggregate of twenty-four hundred, in addition to any professional engineering positions primarily concerned with research and development and professional positions in the physical and natural sciences and medicine which may be placed in such grades".

(b) Section 505(j) of such Act is amended by inserting after the word "positions" the following: "(in addition to any professional engineering positions primarily concerned with research and development and professional positions in the physical and natural sciences and medicine which may be placed in such grades)".

(c) Section 505 of such Act is further amended by inserting after subsection (j) the following new subsections:

"(k) The Attorney General is authorized, without regard to any other provision of this section, to place a total of ten positions of Warden in the Bureau of Prisons in grade 16 of the General Schedule. Such positions shall be in addition to the number of positions authorized to be placed in such grade by subsection (b).

"(1) The Attorney General is authorized, without regard to any other provision of this section, to place a total of eight positions of Member of the Board of Parole in grade 17 of the General Schedule. Such positions shall be in addition to the number of positions authorized to be placed in such grade by subsection (b)."

Conforming changes in existing law Sec. 607. (a) The following provisions of law are hereby repealed:

(1) Section 104 of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1956 (69 Stat. 234; 5 U.S.C. 592 (d)), authorizing grade 17 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949 for the position of Budget Officer of the Department of Commerce so long as the position is held by the present incumbent.

(2) Section 206 of the Public Works Appropriation Act, 1956 (69 Stat. 360; 5 U.S.C. 483-2), authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to place the position of Director, Division of Budget and Finance, in grade 17 of the General Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949 so long as the position is held by the present incumbent.

(3) The second paragraph under the heading "Administrative Provisions" in title III of the Public Works Appropriation Act, 1956 (69 Stat. 364, 10 U.S.C. 1335, note), authorizing the Chief of Engineers to place the position of Chief of the Programs Branch, Office of the Assistant Chief of Engineers for Civil Works, in grade 17 of the General Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949 so long as the position is held by the present incumbent.

(4) Section 24(d) of the Area Redevelopment Act (75 Stat. 62, 42 U.S.C. 2521(d)), authorizing five positions in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949 for agencies performing functions under that Act.

(5) The fourth sentence of section 3(a) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 1120; 16 U.S.C. 742b(a)), relating to the annual salary of the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of the Interior, which reads: "He shall receive compensation at the same rate as that provided for grade GS-18.".

(6) That part of section 207 of the Agricultural Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 200; 7 U.S.C. 1857), relating to the annual salary of an agricultural surplus disposal administrator in the Department of Agriculture, which reads: ", at a salary rate of not exceeding $15, 000 per annum,".

(7) Section 1102 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 971; 5 U.S.C. 1073), relating to the submission of reports with respect to the rates of compensation under, and the administration of, such Act.

(b) The second proviso of the paragraph under the heading "Federal Prison System" and under the subheading "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Prisons" in title II (the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1956) of the Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1956 (69 Stat. 273; Public Law 133, Eighty-fourth Congress; 5 U.S.C. 298a) is amended by striking out "three

positions" and inserting in lieu thereof “one position".

Sec. 608. (a) Each position specifically referred to in, or covered by, any repeal made by section 607(a) of this title shall be placed in the appropriate grade of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of such Act.

(b) Positions in grade 16, 17, or 18, as the case may be, of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, immediately prior to the effective date of this section, shall remain, on and after such effective date, in their respective grades, until appropriate action is taken under section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949 as in effect on and after such effective date.

Savings provisions

Sec. 609. (a) The changes in existing law made by this title shall not affect any position existing immediately prior to the effective date of any such changes in existing law, the compensation attached to such position, and any incumbent thereof, his appointment thereto, and his entitlement to receive the compensation attached thereto, until appropriate action is taken in accordance with this title.

(b) The incumbent of each such position immediately prior to the effective date of this title shall continue to receive the rate of basic compensation which he was receiving immediately prior to such effective date until he leaves such position or until he is entitled to receive compensation at a higher rate in accordance with law. When such incumbent leaves such position, the rate of basic compensation of each subsequent appointee to such position shall be determined in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.

Effective dates

Sec. 610. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this title, the provisions of this title shall become effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

Title III-Postal Field Service Employees Short title

Sec. 701. This title may be cited as the "Postal Employees Salary Adjustment Act of 1962".

Postal field service schedules Sec. 702. Subsection (a) of section 3542 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

"(a) There are established basic compensation schedules for positions in the postal field service which shall be known as the Postal Field Service Schedules and for which the symbol shall be 'PFS'. Each such schedule shall be in effect for the period specified with respect to such schedule. Except as provided in sections 3543 and 3544 of this title, basic compensation shall be paid to all employees in accordance with these schedules.

"To be effective for the period beginning on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after the date of enactment of this.Act, and ending immediately prior to the applicable initial effective date of the second RCS Schedule set forth below)