Pub. L. 82-375, ch. XIII, sec. 1302

Sec. 1302. Section 1310 of Public Law 253 of the Eighty-second Congress is hereby amended as follows: At the end of subsection “a” before the period, insert: “: Provided further, That any agency may promote any employee permanently to a position if such promotion will not increase the number of employees holding permanent positions in the grade of such position in such agency above the number in such grade in such agency prior to September 1, 1950: Provided further, That permanent promotions may be made to any position in a category for which the Civil Service Commission authorizes permanent appointments under the terms hereof”. And in the last proviso of subsection “c”, after “register,” insert: “or is eligible for appointment, in accordance with a regular appointment system or procedure established prior to September 1, 1950, to a higher grade position outside the competitive Civil Service,”. And at the end of subsection “c”, before the period, insert: “or being advanced to a grade level not exceeding that for which he had previously established eligibility as required by the terms hereof: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provisions hereof, and in order to avoid undue hardship or inequity, the Civil Service Commission, when requested by the head of the agency involved, may authorize promotions in individual cases of meritorious nature”.