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[73 Stat. 700]
PUBLIC LAW 86-000—MMMM. DD, 1959
[73 Stat. 700]

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PUBLIC LAW 86-377-SEPT. 23, 1959

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e S A Stat. 182.

SEC. 3. (a) Section 542(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to exceptions from definition of a personal holding company) is amended— (a) by inserting "; " in lieu of "." at the end thereof and (b) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph

S m a l l business investment company. 72 Stat. 689. 15 USC 661 note.

"(11) A small business investment company which is licensed by the Small Business Administration and operating under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and which is actively engaged in the business of providing funds to small business concerns under that Act. This paragraph shall not apply if any shareholder of the small business investment company owns at any time during the taxable year directly or indirectly (including, in the case of an individual, ownership by the members of his family as defined in section 544(a)(2)) a 5 per centum or more proprietary interest in a small business concern to which funds are provided by the investment company or 5 per centum or more in value of the outstanding stock of such concern." (b) The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1958. Approved September 23, 1959.

68A Stat. 188.

Public Law 86-377 September 23, 1959 [H. R. 6059]

Defense Department. Civilian positions. 63 Stat. 959.

AN ACT To provide additional civilian positions for the Department of Defense for purposes of scientific research and development relating to the national defense, to improve the management of the activities of such Department, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1105), is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(j) The Secretary of Defense is authorized, subject to the standards and procedures prescribed by this Act, to place a total of three hundred seventy-two positions in the Department of Defense in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule." (b) The total number of positions authorized by section 505(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1105(b)), to be placed in grades 16,17, and 18 of the General Schedule of such Act at any time shall be deemed to have been reduced by the number of positions in such grades allocated to the Department of Defense immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act. The respective numbers of positions authorized by such section 505(b) to be placed in grades 17 and 18 of such schedule at any one time shall be deemed to nave been reduced by the respective numbers of positions in such grades allocated to the Department of Defense immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Nothing contained in this section shall affect any position existing under authority of section 505(b) of the Classification Act of 1949, as in effect immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the compensation attached to any such position, and any incumbent thereof, his appointment thereto, and his right to receive the compensation attached thereto, until appropriate action is