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PUBLIC LAW 88-508-AUG. 30, 1964
[78 STAT.
istration not specifically limited in this Act, in carrying out its duties imposed by law, shall not exceed $1,420,000. TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS Publicity or propaganda.
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency included in this Act, shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress. Personnel work. gjjQ^ 3(}2. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency included in this Act, shall be used to pay the compensation of any employee engaged in personnel work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of one such employee to one hundred and thirty-five, or a part thereof, full-time, part-time, and intermittent employees of the corporation or agency concerned: Provided, That for purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more in personnel administration consisting of direction and administration of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; wage administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. Research projSEC. 303. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay ects. any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an Indirect examount for indirect expenses in connection with such project in excess penses. of 20 per centum of the direct costs. SEC. 304. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to conduct or assist in conducting any program (including but not limited to the payment of salaries, administrative expenses, and the conduct of research activities) related directly or indirectly to the establishment of a national service corps or similar domestic peace corps type of program. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appropriation Act,, 1965". Approved August 30, 1964. '
Public Law 88-508 August 30, 1964 [H. R. 7662]
Canal Zone employees. Appeal rights.
5 USC 133y-16 note.
AN ACT To amend the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended, to provide appeal rights to employees of the Canal Zone Government and the Panama Canal Company.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 42 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (39 Stat. 750; 5 U.S.C. 793), as amended, is amended by adding at the end of the second paragraph the following: "The same right of appeal shall exist respecting claims filed by employees of the Canal Zone Government and of the Panama Canal Company or their dependents in case of death, as is provided with respect to the claims of other employees of the Federal Government, under the provisions of section 3 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1946 (60 Stat. 1095), and the Appeals Board established pursuant to such reorganization plan shall have jurisdiction, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of I^^vbor, over appeals relating to claims of such employees or their dependents." Approved August 30, 1964.
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