Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 59 Part 1.djvu/314

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 212--JUNE 30, 1945 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U. . C.. 661; Supp. IV, 1661 d seq. Post, p. 298 et seq. Legislative and ju- dicial branches. Supra. General Accounting Office. 43 Stat. 367. D. C. Code § 31-601 et seq. Ante, p. 99; pos, p. 500. Post, p. 304. 57 Stat. 45 . 50 U. S. C., Supp. IV, app. 1291 (a). Work in excess of 40 hours. Overtime rates. Compensation less than 2,980. the Architect of the Capitol who occupy positions subject to the Classi- fication Act of 1923, as amended. (b) Title IV of this Act shall apply to officers and employees who occupy positions subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. (c) Subject to the exemptions specified in section 102 of this Act, title V of this Act shall apply to officers and employees in or under the legislative or the judicial branch of the Government whose compen- sation is not fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and to the official reporters of proceedings and debates of the Senate and their employees. (d) Subject to the exemptions specified in section 102 of this Act, title VI of this Act (containing miscellaneous provisions) shall apply to civilian officers and employees of the Government according to the terms thereof. (e) All provisions of this Act applicable to the executive branch of the Government shall be applicable to the General Accounting Office. EXEMPTIONS SEC. 102. (a) This Act shall not apply to (1) elected officials; (2) Federal judges; (3) heads of departments or of independent establish- ments or agencies of the Federal Government, including Government- owned or controlled corporations; (4) employees of the District of Columbia municipal government whose compensation is fixed by the Teachers' Salary Act of June 4, 1924, as amended; and (5) officers and members of the Metropolitan Police or of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia. As used in this subsection the term "elected officials" shall not include officers elected by the Senate or House of Representatives who are not members of either body. (b) This Act, except section 607, shall not apply to (1) officers and employees in the field service of the Post Office Department; (2) employees outside the continental limits of the United States, includ- ing those in Alaska, who are paid in accordance with local native prevailing wage rates for the area in which employed; (3) officers and employees of the Inland Waterways Corporation; (4) officers and employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority; (5) individuals to whom the provisions of section 1 (a) of the Act of March 24, 1943 (Public Law Numbered 17, Seventy-eighth Congress), are applicable; and (6) officers and members of the United States Park Police and the White House Police. (c) This Act, except sections 203 and 607, shall not apply to employees whose basic compensation is fixed and adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing rates by wage boards or similar administrative authority serving the same purpose. (d) This Act, except sections 606 and 607, shall not apply to employees of the Transportation Corps of the Army of the United States on vessels operated by the United States, to vessel employees of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or to vessel employees of the Panama Railroad Company. TITLE II-COMPENSATION' FOR OVERTIME OVERTIME PAY SEC. 201. Officers and employees to whom this title applies shall, in addition to their basic compensation, be compensated for all hours of employment, officially ordered or approved, in excess of forty hours in any administrative workweek, at overtime rates as follows: (a) For employees whose basic compensation is at a rate less than $2,980 per annum, the overtime hourly rate shall be one and one-half times the basic hourly rate of compensation: Provided, That in com- puting such overtime compensation for per annum employees, the basic 296 [59 STAT.