63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 782-OCT. 28 , 1949 which no standards have been published are not placed in classes and grades consistently with published standards, it shall, after consulta- tion with appropriate officers or employees of the department con- cerned, place each such position in its appropriate class and grade and shall certify such action to the department. The department shall take action in accordance with such certificate, and such certificate shall be binding on all administrative, certifying, pay roll, disbursing, and accounting officers of the Government. SEC. 504. (a) Whenever the Commission finds that any department is not placing positions in classes and grades in conformance with or consistently with published standards, it may revoke or suspend in whole or in part the authority granted to the department under section 502 and require that prior approval of the Commission be secured before an action placing a position in a class and grade becomes effec- tive for pay roll and other personnel purposes. Such revocations or suspensions may be limited, in the discretion of the Commission, to (1) the departmental or field service, or any part thereof; (2) any geographic area; (3) any organization unit or group of organization units; (4) certain types of classification actions; (5) classes in partic- ular occupational groups or grades; or (6) classes for which standards have not been published. (b) After all or part of the authority of the department has been revoked or suspended, the Commission may at any time restore such authority to the extent that it is satisfied that subsequent actions plac- ing positions in classes and grades will be taken in conformance with or consistently with published standards. SEC. 505. (a) No position shall be placed in Grade 16 or 17 of the General Schedule except by action of, or after prior approval by, the Commission. At any one time there shall not be more than three hundred positions in Grade 16 of the General Schedule and not more than seventy-five positions in Grade 17 of the General Schedule. (b) No position shall be placed in or removed from Grade 18 of the General Schedule except by the President upon recommendation of the Commission. There shall not be more than twenty-five positions in such grade at any one time. SEC. 506. The Commission may (1) prescribe the form in which each department shall record the duties and responsibilities of positions to which this Act applies and the places where such records shall be maintained, (2) examine these or any other pertinent records of the department, and (3) interview any officers or employees of the depart- ment who have knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of such positions and information as to the reasons for placing a position in any class or grade. TITLE VI-BASIC COMPENSATION SCHEDULES SEC. 601. There are hereby established the following basic com- pensation schedules for positions to which this Act applies: (1) A "General Schedule", the symbol for which shall be "GS", in lieu of the professional and scientific service, the clerical, administrative, and fiscal service, and the subprofessional service specified in section 13 of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; and (2) A "Crafts, Protective, and Custodial Schedule", the symbol for which shall be "CPC", in lieu of the crafts, protective, and custodial service specified in such section. SEC. 602. (a) The General Schedule shall be divided into eighteen grades of difficulty and responsibility of work, as follows: 959 Revocation or sus- pension of depart- mental authority. Ante, p. 958. Limitation. Restoration of au- thority. Grades 16,17 and 18. Limitation. Records, etc. "General Sched- nle." 42 Stat. 1491. 5U.8.C.§673;38 U.8. C.§74. Pod, p. 972. "Crafts, Protective, and Custodial Sched- ule."
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