73d CONGR ESS . SESS . I. CH. 3. MARCH 20, 1933 .
13 (b) The compensation as determined under subparagraph (a) ti Pe rcentage of this section shall be reduced by the percentage, if any, determined in accordance with section 3 of this title. SEc . 3 . (a) The President is authorized to investigate through of lndex figure of cost established agencies of the Government the facts relating to the cost Determination of, for of living in the United States during the six months period ending base periods. June 30, 1928, to be known as the base period, and upon the basis of such facts and the application thereto of such principles as he may find proper, determine an index figure of the cost of living during such period . The President is further authorized to make a similar investigation and determination of an index figure of the cost of living during the six months period ending December 31, 1932, and each six months period thereafter . (b) The President shall announce by Executive order the index An nouncemen t by figure for the base period and for each subsequent period determined E Payt tco din stm en ts . by him under paragraph (a) of this section . The percentage, if Ex ecutive Ord ers, Nos. 6085, March 28, any, by which the cost of living index for any six months' period, 1 933
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as provided in paragraph (a ) of this sec tion, is lower than such 6791, January s 1934. 104; index for the base period, shall be the percentage of reduction Post, p. 522. applicable under section 2 (b) of this title in determining compen- sation to be paid during the following six months' period, or such portion thereof during which this title is in effect : Provided, That Provisos. such percentage of reduction (including reductions made under any dl Maximum pay re existing law, regulation, or Executive order, in the case of subsistence and rental allowances for the services mentioned in the Pay Act Vol . 42, p. 628. of June 10, 1922) shall not exceed 15 per centum . SEc. 4. (a) Section 4 of An Act Making Appropriations for the V ol. 47, p. 1513, Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending amended . June 30, 1934, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1933, is hereby amended to read as f ollows "Sue . 4 . (a) The provisions of the following sections of Part II Designated pro- 1-o f the Legislative Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1933, are hereby continued Economy continued in full force and effect during the fiscal year ending June Pot4p p .2 201 . 30, 19 34, na mely s ectio ns 105 (exce pt sub secti ons (d ) and (e) thereof), 107 (except paragraph (5) of subsection (a) thereof and stationery for Mem- subsection (b) thereof), 201, 203, 206 (except subsection (a) thereof), be Post Congress . 214, 216, 304, 315, 317, 318, and 323, and for the pu rpose of continuing such sections, in the application of such sections with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, the figures '1933' shall be read as '1934' ; the figures '1934' as '1935' ; and the figures ` 1935' as '1936' ; and, in the case of section 203, the figures '19391' shall be rea d as 11933'; except that in the application of such sections with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934 (but not with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933), the following amendments shall apply "(1) Section 216 is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following `Provided further, That no employee under the classified civil service shall be furloughed under the provisions of this section for a total of more than 90 days during the fiscal year 1934, except after full and complete compliance with all the provisions of the civil-service laws and regulations relating to reductions in personnel .' "(2) Section 317 is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following : ` Pro- vided further, That no part of any appropriation for " public works ", nor any part of any allotment or portion available for " public works " under any appropriation, shall be transferred pursuant to the authority of this section to any appropriation for expenditure for personnel unless such personnel is required upon or in connection Other periods . Modifications . Furloughs. Max im um period, fiscal year 1 934 . Vol . 47, p. 1514, amended, Tran sfer of a pprop ri- ations . Limitation "public works" personnel . Vol . 47, p. 1514, amended . red uc-
