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PUBLIC LAW 118-JULY 16, 1953
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SEC. 706. Title V (relating to organization and general provisions) of the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, is further amended as follows: (a)
PERSONNEL CEILING EXEMPTION FOR NEW MILITARY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.—Amend section 504(d) (relating to reduction in person22 USC less. nel) to read as follows: " (d)(1) Ninety days after the enactment of the Mutual Security Act of 1952, the number of civilian employees who are United States ^^ Stat. 141. citizens, receiving compensation or allowances from the administra- note, tive expense appropriations authorized by this Act, employed in the United States and overseas by or assigned to the Mutual Security Agency, or employed by or assigned to the Department of State or the Department of Defense for carrying out programs the appropriations for which are authorized by this Act, and the military personnel assigned to such programs, shall be in the aggregate at least 5 per centum less than the number so employed or assigned on June 1, 1952, except for such personnel of the Department of Defense engaged in the manufacturing, repair, rehabilitation, packing, handling, crating, or delivery of materiel. "(2) One hundred twenty days after the enactment of the Mutual Security Act of 1953, the number of civilian employees who are United States citizens, receiving compensation or allowances from the administrative expense appropriations authorized by this Act, employed in the United States and overseas by or assigned to the Director for Mutual Security or the Mutual Security Agency or employed by or assigned to the Department of State or the Department of Defense and other participating agencies for carrying out programs the appropriations for which are authorized by this Act shall be in the aggregate at least 10 per centum less than the number so employed or assigned to comparable positions on January 31, 1953, except for such personnel of the Department of Defense engaged in the manufacturing, repair, rehabilitation, packing, handling, crating, or delivery of materiel. "(3) After the Director has determined the reduction to be effected in each agency under paragraph (2), the determination as to which individual employee shall be retained shall be made by the head of the agency concerned. "(4) The Director for Mutual Security shall cause studies to be made from time to time for the purpose of determining whether further reductions in personnel are feasible and consistent with the accomplishment of the purposes of this Act. "(5) After July 1, 1953, the following categories of civilian employees and military personnel carrying out programs under the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended, shall be in addi^^* P- Otion to the personnel ceiling established under paragraph (2) of this subsection: " (A) Civilian employees and military personnel carrying out such programs in the Associated States of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, over and above the number so engaged before July 1, 1953, " (B) Civilian employees and military personnel carrying out such programs for any countries in which no such programs were in operation on July 1, 1953, " (C) Civilian employees and military personnel carrying out such programs for international organizations and headquarters established after July 1, 1953." (b) SPECIAL USE OF FUNDS.—Amend section 513(b) (relating to
special use of funds) to read as follows: 27000 O - 53 - 13
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