7 9iH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 270-MAY 24, 1946 per annum whichever is the greater, except that no such rate shall be increased by more than 25 per centum. Such augmented rates shall be considered to be the regular rates of basic compensation. INCREASE IN PAY RATES IN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SEC. 5. (a) The first sentence of section 501 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945 is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "plus (A) 14 per centum of his rate of compensation (including the additions thereto resulting from the application of the foregoing percentages), or (B) $250 per annum, whichever is the greater, except that such rate of compensation shall not be increased by more than 25 per centum". (b) The second sentence of such section 501 is amended to read as follows: "The additional compensation provided by this section and section 502 shall be considered a part of the basic compensation of any such officer or employee for the purposes of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended." (c) Section 502 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "AD DIT IONAL COMPENSATION IN LIEU OF OVERTIME "SEC. 502. Each officer and employee in or under the legislative branch entitled to the benefits of section 501 of this Act shall be paid additional compensation at the rate of 10 per centum of the aggregate of the rate of his basic compensation and the rate of additional com- pensation received by him under section 501 of this Act." INCREASE IN PAY RATES IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH SEC. 6 . (a) The first sentence of section 521 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945 is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "plus (A) 14 per centum of his rate of compensation (including the additions thereto resulting from the application of the foregoing percentages), or (B) $250 per annum, whichever is the greater, except that such rate of compensation shall not be increased by more than 25 per centum". (b) The second sentence of such section 521 is amended to read as follows: "The limitations of $6,500 and $7,500 with respect to the aggregate salaries payable to secretaries and law clerks of circuit and district judges, contained in the eighth paragraph under the head 'Miscellaneous Items of Expense' in The Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1946 (Public Law Numbered 61, Seventy-ninth Congress), or in any subsequent appropriation Act, shall be increased by the amounts necessary to pay the additional basic compensation provided by this section; and the changes in the rates of basic compensation in the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, made by section 405 of this Act and section 2 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946 shall not be taken into account in fixing salaries under any such appropriation Act." (c) Section 522 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION IN LIEU OF OVERTIME "SEC. 522. (a) Each officer and employee of the Supreme Court of the United States entitled to the benefits of section 521 of this Act shall be paid additional compensation at the rate of 10 per centum of the rate of his basic compensation. As used in this subsection the term 'basic compensation' includes the additional basic compensation provided by section 521 of this Act. 217 59 Stat. 301. 5U.S.C., Supp.V, 931. Post, p. 834 . 46 Stat. 468. 5 U. S .C.§ 691 tseq; Supp. v, §691 et seq. Post, pp. 339, 658, 659, 705, 706, 850 , 939. 59 Stat. 301. 5U.S.C., Supp.V, §932. Supra. 59 Stat. 301. 5U. S.C., Supp.V, 5934. Secretaries and law clerks. 59 Stat. 199. 28 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 374b. 42 Stat. 1488;- 9 Stat. 300 . 5U.S.C.§661- 674; Supp. V, § 661 et seq. Ante, p. 216; post, p.219. 59 Stat. 302. 5U.S.C., Supp.V, 1935. 59 Stat. 301 . 5U.S.C ., Supp. V, 934. Supra. "Basic compensa- tion." 60 STAT. ]
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