APPENDIX C.-Schedule of basic annual rates of pay for positions subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended 1

APPENDIX C.-Schedule of basic annual rates of pay for positions subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended

Continued

1 In addition to the annual rates, there are hourly rates of pay in effect in specified positions in the CPC service and for all positions in the clerical-mechanical (CM) service as follows:

The abbreviations represent the ollowing service classifications: P-professional and scientific service; SP-subprofessional service; CAF-clerical, administrative, and fiscal service; CPC-crafts, protective, and custodial service. The various grades in each service are indicated by placing the grade number opposite the rate which is the minimum for the grade specified. For the P-9 and CAF-16 grades, Congress, in individual cases, expressly fixes a rate of pay.

Public Law 106, 79th Cong., increased annual salary rates on July 1, 1945, by the following formula: An increase of 20 percent on the first $1,200 of each salary rate, 10 percent on that part between $1,200 and $4,600, 5 percent on that part over $4,600.

Public Law 390, 79th Cong., increased the annual salary rates on July 1, 1946, by the following formula: An increase of 14 percent or $250, whichever was greater amount, except that no rate was to be increased by more than 25 percent nor to exceed an aggregate rate of $10,000.

Public Law 900, 80th Cong., increased annual salary rates by $330, effective first day of first pay period beginning after June 30, 1948, with a maximum rate of $10,330.

Part of increase in CPC 9 and 10 grades due to upward revision of basic rates by Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946.

MUTUAL DEFENSE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1949

AUGUST 15, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. KEE, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 5895)

The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 5895) to promote the foreign policy and provide for the defense and general welfare of the United States by furnishing military assistance to foreign nations, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.

The amendments are as follows:

On page 1, line 3, strike out the words "Foreign Military" and insert in lieu thereof the words "Mutual Defense".

On page 1, line 6, beginning with the words "The Congress of the United States", strike out through line 16 on page 2, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

The Congress of the United States reaffirms the policy of the United States to achieve international peace and security through the United Nations to insure that armed force shall not be used except in the common interest. The Congress hereby finds that the efforts of the United States and other countries to promote peace and security in furtherance of the purposes of the Charter of the United Nations require additional measures of support based upon the principle of continuous and effective self-help and mutual aid. These measures include the furnishing of military assistance essential to enable the United States and other nations dedicated to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter to participate effectively in arrangements for individual and collective self-defense in support of those purposes and principles.

The Congress hereby expresses itself as favoring the creation by free countries and the free peoples of the Far East of a joint organization, consistent with the Charter of the United Nations, to establish a program of self-help and mutual cooperation designed to develop their economic and social well-being to safeguard basic rights and liberties and to protect their security and independence. and as favoring the participation by the United States therein.

The Congress recognizes that economic recovery is essential to international peace and security and must be given clear priority. The Congress also recognizes that the increased confidence of free peoples in their ability to resist direct or

indirect aggression and to maintain internal security will advance such recovery and support political stability.

The Congress reaffirms the policy of the United States to seek agreements to provide the United Nations with armed forces as contemplated in the Charter and agreements to achieve universal control of weapons of mass destruction and universal regulation and reduction of armaments, including armed forces, under adequate safeguards to protect complying nations against violation and evasion On page 2, line 22, beginning with the word "the" at the end of the line, strike out through the word "any" in line 1 on page 3, and insert in lieu thereof the words "the western European area will increase the effectiveness of".

On page 3, line 5, beginning with the words "Any such", strike out through line 10, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Any such assistance furnished under this title shall be in furtherance of the common defense of the North Atlantic area, and shall be so furnished as to further the development of unified defense plans of the Council and the Defense Committee under article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty and to realize unified direction and effort.

On page 3, line 11, beginning with the words "There are hereby", strike out through line 16 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President for the period through June 30, 1950, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for carrying out the provisions and accomplishing the policies and purposes of this title, not to exceed $498,130,000, which shall be available for such purposes through the period ending March 31, 1950, and a further sum of $157,710,000. which shall be so available for the balance of the period ending June 30, 1950: Provided, That any assistance to be furnished, or any obligation of funds hereunder, after March 31. 1950, shall be furnished or obligated, only if the President shall have certified to the Congress the agreement of the United States with unified plans for the defense of the North Atlantic area developed by the Council and the Defense Committee under article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty. Any assistance furnished after March 31. 1950. shall be in accordance with such unified defense plans.

On page 4, line 3, beginning with the words "The President". strike out through line 6, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

The President is authorized to furnish military assistance to Iran, the Republic of Korea, and the Republic of the Philippines whenever the furnishing of such assistance will further the purposes and policies of this Act.

On page 4, line 15, strike out the words "through grants or on such other terms as may be", and insert in lieu thereof the words "without payment to the United States except as".

On page 4, line 23, strike out the word "interest" and insert in lieu thereof the word "security".

On page 5, line 4, after the words "safeguard the", insert the word "national".

On page 5, line 5, strike out the commas and the words "where applicable".

On page 5, line 7, strike out the words "in a manner consistent with", and insert in lieu thereof the words "in furtherance of".

On page 5, line 10, after the word "materials" insert a comma and the word "information".

On page 5, following line 12, insert a new subsection (c) as follows, relettering the following subsection accordingly:

(c) the security of any article, service or information furnished under this Act: On page 5, line 13, strike out "(c)" and insert in lieu thereof "(d)" On page 5, line 15, after the words "or to", insert the words "and among"; after the word "other" insert the word "eligible"; and on

line 16 strike out the words "as will” and insert in lieu thereof the word "to".

On page 6, line 3, beginning with the word "Reimbursement", strike out through the words "such expenses" in line 13, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Reimbursement shall be made by or to any agency from funds available for the purposes of this Act in an amount equal to the value of any equipment and materials, services (other than salaries of members of the armed forces of the United States), or other assistance furnished or authorized to be furnished under authority of this Act from, by, or through any agency, including any expenses incurred by such agency arising from or incident to operations under this Act.

On page 6, line 19, strike out the comma after the word "services" and the comma after the word "agency".

On page 7, line 5, after the word "Congress", strike out the period, insert a colon and the following provisos:

Provided, That the value, measured by original procurement cost, of equipment and materials taken from stocks determined to be excess to the needs of the United States armed forces and transferred to any nation under this Act without charge, other than for the cost of repair, rehabilitation, or modification, against funds made available for the purposes of this Act shall not exceed in the aggregate $450,000,000: Provided further, That the value of military equipment and materials drawn from stocks of the armed forces other than excess stocks referred to in the preceding proviso shall be determined upon the basis of equivalence to the current cost of replacement thereof except that, after consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the President may determine value on the basis of original cost for such items of equipment and materials as may be drawn from such stocks above minimum mobilization levels.

On page 7, line 12, strike out the figure "407" and insert in lieu thereof the figure "408".

On page 7, line 20, after the word "interest", insert the words "or security".

On page 7, line 23, strike out the word "the", and insert in lieu thereof the word "any"; and on page 8, line 2, after the word "action", insert the words "or in respect of which the General Assembly finds the continuance of such assistance is undesirable".

On page 8, after line 2, insert a new section 406. as follows, renumbering the following sections accordingly:

SEC 406. Assistance to any nation or nations under this Act may, unless sooner terminated by the President, be terminated by the passage of a concurrent resolution by the two Houses of the Congress.

On page 8, line 3, strike out the figure "406" and insert in lieu thereof the figure "407".

On page 8, line 6, strike out the words "may be", and insert in lieu thereof the words "the President deems".

On page 8, line 17, strike out the words "head of any agency", and insert in lieu thereof the word "President"; in line 19, after the words "facilities of", strike out the word "the", and insert in lieu thereof the word "any"; and after the word "concerned", insert the words "in this program".

On page 9, line 18, strike out the figure "407" and insert in lieu thereof the figure "408", and on page 10, line 4, strike out the figure "408" and insert in lieu thereof the figure "409".

On page 10, after line 21, insert the following new subsections (c) and (d), relettering subsequent subsections accordingly:

(e) In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 102 of this Act, the President is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for carrying

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