June 30, 1932, 4 (a) Act of Sec. 5, Title II, 1933. Sec. 205, Act of Sec. 5. The provisions of this title providing for temcontinued by Sec. porary reductions in compensation and suspension in auMarch 3, 1933, tomatic increases in compensation shall not operate to and amended by reduce the rate of compensation upon which the retired Act of March 20, pay or retirement benefits of any officer or employee would be based but for the application of such provisions, but the amount of retired pay shall be reduced as provided in this title: Provided, That retirement deductions authorized by law to be made from the salary, pay, or compensation of officers or employees and transferred or deposited to the credit of a retirement fund, shall be based on the regular rate of salary, pay, or compensation instead of on the rate as temporarily reduced under the provisions of this title. Sec. 206 (a), Act of June 30, 1932, discontinued June 30, 1933 by Sec. 4 (a), Act of March 3, 1933, Title II, Act of and Sec. 4 (a) March 20, 1933. Sec. 206 (b) and (c), Act of June (a), Act of and Sec. 4 (a) TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF TRAVEL ALLOWANCES During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933 (a) all provisions of law which authorize the payment of mileage to officers of the services mentioned in the Pay Adjustment Act of 1922 [U. S. C., title 37] are hereby suspended and in lieu thereof such officers shall be entitled to allowances for travel only as provided for civilian employees of the Government, and the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as modified by this Act, and by the Act of February 14, 1931 (Supp. V, U. S. Code, Title 5, sec. 73a), shall apply to such travel: Provided, That all appropriations available for the payment of such mileage during the fiscal year 1933 shall be construed as being available for the payment of the allowances herein provided; During the fiscal years ending June 30, 1933, and June 30, 1934 the mileage allowance of Senators, Representatives 80, 1932, con- in Congress, and the Delegate from Hawaii is reduced tinued by Sec. 4 25 per centum; the allowance to the Delegate from March 3, 1933, Alaska provided by section 1 of the Act of May 7, 1906, Title II, Act of the allowance to the Resident Commissioners from the March 20, 1933. Philippine Islands provided by section 8 of the Act of July 1, 1902, and the allowance to the Resident Commissioner from Porto Rico provided by section 36 of the Act of March 2, 1917, are reduced by 25 per centum; and Secs. 207, 208, 209, and 210, Act the traveling allowances provided for in the Act entitled "An Act reclassifying the salaries of postmasters and employees of the Postal Service, readjusting their salaries and compensation on an equitable basis, increasing postal rates to provide for such readjustment, and for other purposes," approved February 28, 1925 [U. S. C., title 39, § 633], shall not exceed $2 per day. PERMANENT REDUCTION OF TRAVEL ALLOWANCES Section 3 of the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, of June 30, 1932, approved June 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 688, 689), is hereby "SEC. 3. Civilian officers and employees of the departments and establishments, while traveling on official business and away from their designated posts of duty, shall be allowed, in lieu of their actual expenses for subsst-. ence and all fees or tips to porters and stewards, a per diem allowance to be prescribed by the head of the department or establishment concerned, not to exceed the rate of $5 within the limits of continental United States, and not to exceed an average of $6 beyond the limits of continental United States." Sections 4, 5, and 6 of the said Subsistence Expense Sec. 208. Act of 1926 are hereby repealed, and section 7 thereof is hereby amended by striking out the reference therein to actual expenses so that the section, as amended, will read as follows: "SEC. 7. The fixing and payment, under section 3, of per diem allowance, or portions thereof, shall be in accordance with regulations which shall be promulgated by the heads of departments and establishments and which shall be standardized as far as practicable and shall not be effective until approved by the President of the United States." Hereafter, no law or regulation authorizing or permitting the transportation at Government expense of the effects of officers, employees, or other persons, shall be construed or applied as including or authorizing the transportation of an automobile: Provided, That not more than $5,000 in any fiscal year may be expended for such purposes by the War Department, and not more than $5,000 in any fiscal year by the Navy Department. Sec. 209. The provisions of all Acts heretofore enacted incon- Sec. 210. sistent with sections 207, 208, and 209 are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed, and such sections shall take effect on July 1, 1932. Act of March 3, legislation. The allowance provided for in the Act entitled "An Secs. 9 and 10, Act to permit payments for the operation of motor 1933, permanent cycles and automobiles used for necessary travel on official business, on a mileage basis in lieu of actual operating expenses," approved February 14, 1931 (U. S. C., Supp. V, title 5, sec. 73a), for travel ordered after the date of enactment of this Act shall not exceed 2 cents per mile in the case of travel by motor cycle or 5 cents per mile in the case of travel by automobile. Whenever by or under authority of law actual expenses for travel may be allowed to officers or employees of the United States, such allowances, in the case of travel ordered after the date of enactment of this Act, shall not exceed the lowest first-class rate by the transportation facility used in such travel. 170282-33- -2 Sec. 212, Act of lation. LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF RETIRED PAY (a) After the date of the enactment of this Act, no permanent legis person holding a civilian office or position, appointive or elective, under the United States Government or the municipal government of the District of Columbia or under any corporation, the majority of the stock of which is owned by the United States, shall be entitled, during the period of such incumbency, to retired pay from the United States for or on account of services as a commissioned officer in any of the services mentioned in the Pay Adjustment Act of 1922 [U. S. C., title 37], at a rate in excess of an amount which when combined with the annual rate of compensation from such civilian office or position, makes the total rate from both sources more than $3,000; and when the retired pay amounts to or exceeds the rate of $3,000 per annum such person shall be entitled to the pay of the civilian office or position or the retired pay, whichever he may elect. As used in this section, the term "retired pay" shall be construed to include credits for all service that lawfully may enter into the computation thereof. Sec. 213, Act of June 30, 1932, lation. (b) This section shall not apply to any person whose retired pay plus civilian pay amounts to less than $3,000: Provided, That this section shall not apply to regular or emergency commissioned officers retired for disability incurred in combat with an enemy of the United States. PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS-MARRIED PERSONS In any reduction of personnel in any branch or service permanent legis- of the United States Government or the District of Columbia, married persons (living with husband or wife) employed in the class to be reduced, shall be dismissed before any other persons employed in such class are dismissed, if such husband or wife is also in the service of the United States or the District of Columbia. In the appointment of persons to the classified civil service, preference shall be given to persons other than married persons living with husband or wife, such husband or wife being in the service of the United States or the District of Columbia. Sec. 214, Act of June 30, 1932, 4 (a) Act of March 3, 1933, TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS IN POSTAL SERVICE During the fiscal years ending June 30, 1933, and June continued by Sec. 30, 1934, the Postmaster General may, when the interest of the service requires, temporarily assign any clerk to the duties of carrier or any carrier to the duties of clerk, and in an emergency may assign any Post Office employee to the duties of a railway postal clerk, or any railway postal clerk to the duties of a Post Office employee without change of pay roll status. and Sec. 4 (a), March 20, 1938. Title II, Act of Sec. 211, Act of June 30, 1932, continued by Sec. 4 (a) Act of March 3, 1933, but repealed by Sec. 4 (d), Title II, Act of March 20, 1933, effective April 1, 1933. ANNUAL LEAVE WITH PAY REDUCED TO FIFTEEN DAYS Sec. 215, Act of 6 Hereafter no civilian officer or employee of the Govern- June 30, 1932, ment who receives annual leave with pay shall be granted amended by Sec. annual leave of absence with pay in excess of fifteen days March 3, 1933, in any one year, excluding Sundays and legal holidays: Title II Act of Provided, That the part unused in any year may be cumu- March 20, 1933. lative for any succeeding year: "Provided further, That nothing herein shall apply to officers and employees of the Panama Canal and Panama Railroad Company on the Isthmus of Panama, or to officers and employees of the United States (including enlisted personnel) holding official station outside the continental United States or in Alaska": Provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the period during which pay may be allowed under existing laws for so-called sick leave of absence: Provided further, That the so-called sick leave of absence within the limits now authorized by law, shall be administered under such regulations as the President may prescribe so as to obtain, so far as practicable, uniformity in the various executive departments and independent establishments of the Government. FURLOUGH OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DURING FISCAL YEAR 1933 June 30, 1932, amended by Sec. and continued by amendment reen (a) (1), Title II, In order to keep within the appropriations made for Sec. 216, Act of the fiscal year 1933, the heads of the various executive continued by Sec. departments and independent establishments of the 4 (a) and United States Government and the municipal government 4 (a) (3), Act of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and di- of March 3, 1933, rected to furlough, without pay, such employees carried Sec. 4 (a) and on their respective rolls, such time as in their judgment is acted by Sec. 4 necessary to carry out said purpose without discharging Act of March 20, such employees, the higher salaried to be furloughed first 1933. whenever possible without injury to the service: Provided, That rules and regulations shall be promulgated by the President with a view to securing uniform action by the heads of the various executive departments and independent Government establishments in the application of the provisions of this section. Provided further, That no employee under the classified civil service shall be furloughed under the provisions of this section for a total of more than 90 days during the fiscal year 1934, except after full and complete compliance with all the provisions of the civil-service laws and regulations relating to reductions in personnel.' PHILIPPINE SCOUTS The President is authorized at any time to disband Sec. 301, Act of the Philippine Scouts or to reduce the personnel thereof. permanent legis June 30, 1932, lation. Secs. 302 and 303, Act of June tive to June 30, 1933, only. LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES FOR PRINTING AND BINDING, During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, not more 30, 1932, effec- than $8,000,000 shall be obligated for printing and binding for the use of the United States and the District of Columbia done at the Government Printing Office, including printing and binding done elsewhere under contract by the Public Printer, or obtained in the field under authority of the Joint Committee on Printing for the exclusive use of a field service; of the foregoing amount $2,500,000 shall be for printing and binding for the use of the legislative branch of the Government. The amount available hereunder for the executive departments and independent establishments, the judiciary, and the government of the District of Columbia shall be distributed by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget among the several departments and establishments, the judiciary, and the government of the District of Columbia as, in his judgment, the needs of the service may require. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the discontinuance of any report or publication specifically required by law. This section shall not apply to printing and binding for the use of the Patent Office or to the manufacture of postal cards and money orders for the Post Office Department. Sec. 303. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, not more than $400,000 shall be expended for paper furnished by the Government Printing Office for the use of the several executive departments and independent establishments and the government of the District of Columbia. The amount available hereunder for the executive departments and independent establishments and the government of the District of Columbia shall be distributed by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget among the several executive departments and independent establishments, and the government of the District of Columbia, as, in his judgment, the needs of the service may require. This section shall not apply to expenditures for paper used in the course of manufacture by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. During the fiscal years ending June 30, 1933, and June 30, 1934 (1) not more than $16,000 shall be available for expenditure for stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, and for committees and officers of the Senate, (2) not more than $44,000 shall be available for expenditure for stationery for Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners, and for the committees and officers of the House of Representatives, and (3) each Senator, Representative, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner shall be allowed $90 for stationery allowance or commutation therefor, to be paid out of the sums provided in (1) or (2), as the case may be. |