PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 782-OCT. 28, 1949 Nondiscrimination. 22 Stat. 403; 58 Stat. 387. 5U.S.C.I§632et seq. , 851-869; Supp. II, 633 et seq., 851 et seq. 40U.S.C.542. Ante, pp. 666, 950. Effective date. Ante, pp . 959, 967, 969; infra. 42 Stat. 1488. 5 U. S .C . I§661-674; Supp. II, I 662 et seq. Infra. 42 Stat. 1491. 6U.S.C. 673;38 U.S.C.174. Ante, pp . 958, 967. Ante, p. 955. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U.. .C . 661-674; Supp. II, 662 et seq. Infra. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U. S .C . II661-674; Supp. II, 1662et sq. Infra. Ante, p. 966. Appropriation au- thorized. 12U.S. . § 1138t. Limitation. Repeals. 42 Stat. 1488. U.S. . 1i 661-674; Bupp. II, 662 de g. U.S. I.17. such recommendations, based upon the report of the Commission, as he may deem advisable. SEC. 1103. In the administration of this Act, there shall be no dis- crimination with respect to any person, or with respect to the position held by any person, on account of sex, marital status, race, creed, or color. SEC. 1104. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the appli- cation to officers and employees to whom this Act applies of the veteran-preference provisions in the Civil Service Act, as amended, and the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, as amended. SEC. 1105. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b)- (1) titles VI, VII, VIII, and XII shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins after the date of enact- ment of this Act; (2) all other provisions of this Act shall take effect upon enactment. (b) With respect to any position which, immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act, is not subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended (including positions in grade 9 of the professional and scientific service or in grade 16 of the clerical, administrative, and fiscal service referred to in section 13 of such Act), but to which this Act applies, this Act shall take effect on a date specified by the Com- mission, but not later than the first day of the first pay period which begins after six months following the date of enactment of this Act. An officer or employee occupying any such position on such effective date, and receiving basic compensation at a rate in excess of the appro- priate rate of the grade in which such position is placed, shall continue to receive basic compensation without change in rate until (1) he leaves such position, or (2) he is entitled to receive basic compensation at a higher rate by reason of the operation of title V or VI. When such position is vacated by such officer or employee, the rate of basic com- pensation of any subsequent. appointee shall be fixed in accordance with this Act. (c) Employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to whom section 202 (7) applies shall continue to receive compensation at the rates prescribed for the Clerical-Mechanical Service by the Classifica- tion Act of 1923, as amended, until their compensation shall have been fixed in accordance with the provisions of such section. SEC. 1106. (a) Whenever reference is made in any other law to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, such reference shall be held and considered to mean this Act. Whenever reference is made in any other law to a grade of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, such reference shall be held and considered to mean the corresponding grade shown in section 604 of this Act. (b) The application of this Act to any position, officer, or employee shall not be affected by reason of the enactment of subsection (a). SEC. 1107. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. TITLE XII-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. 1201. Section 66 of the Farm Credit Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 269) is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 66. No director, officer, or employee of the Central Bank for Cooperatives, or of any Production Credit Corporation, Production Credit Association, or Bank for Cooperatives shall be paid compensa- tion at a rate in excess of $13,000 per annum." SEC. 1202. The following laws and parts of laws are hereby repealed: (1) The Classification Act of 1923, as amended; (2) Public Resolution Numbered 36, Sixty-eighth Congress, approved June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 669); 972 [63 STAT.
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