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PUBLIC LAW 88-652-OCT. 13, 1964
tion of such position, shall be paid compensation in such higher compensation level, in accordance with the following provisions, whichever is first applicable in the following numerical order of precedence: (1) at the rate of the lowest step for which the rate of compensation equals the rate of compensation for that step, in the compensation level from which he is appointed, which is two steps above the step in such level which he had attained immediately prior to such appointment; (2) at the rate of the lowest step for which the rate of compensation exceeds, by not less than two steps of the compensation level from which he is appointed, his rate of compensation immediately prior to such appointment; or (3) at the rate of the highest step of such higher compensation level, or at his rate of compensation immediately prior to such appointment, whichever rate is the higher. (b) The committee may provide by regulations for the payment of compensation, at an appropriate compensation step determined in accordance with such regulations, to each employee subject to the House Wage Schedule ( H W S) who is appointed to a position in a higher compensation level of such schedule or whose position is placed in a higher compensation level of such schedule pursuant to a reclassification of such position. REDUCTIONS I N
COMPENSATION
LEVEL
SEC. 9. Each employee in a position of a compensation level of the House Employees Schedule ( H S) or the House Wage Schedule ( H W S), whose employment in such position and level is terminated and who is reemployed, with or without break in service, in a position in a lower compensation level ( H S level or H W S level) of such schedule, or whose position is placed in a lower compensation level of such schedule pursuant to a reclassification of such position, shall be placed by the committee in such step of such lower compensation level as the committee deems appropriate. APPOINTMENTS
SEC. 10. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, each individual appointed to a position subject to the House Employees Schedule ( H S) or the House Wage Schedule ( H W S) shall be placed in the minimum step of the appropriate compensation leveil ( H S level or H W S level) of such schedule. ESTABLISHMENT
OF POSITIONS
SEC. 11. The committee may authorize the establishment of additional positions of the kind to which this Act applies, on a permanent basis or on a temporary basis of not to exceed six months' duration, whenever, in the judgment of the committee, such action is warranted in the interests of the orderly and efficient operation of the House of Representatives. The compensation of each such position may be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives until otherwise provided by law. An additional position of the kind to which this Act applies shall not be established without authorization of the committee. PRESERVATION OF APPOINTING AUTHORITIES
SEC. 12. This Act shall not be held or considered to change or otherwise affect—
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