Pub. L. 82-452, tit. VII, sec. 706

Sec. 706. No part of any appropriation or authorization contained in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any incumbent appointed to any civil office or position which may become vacant during the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1952: Provided, That this inhibition shall not apply— (a) to not to exceed 25 per centum of all vacancies; (b) to positions filled from within the Department of Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and related independent agencies provided for in this Act; (c) to offices or positions required by law to be filled by appointment of the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (d) to employees engaged in law enforcement activities; (e) to employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital and Freedmen’s Hospital; (f) to employees of educational institutions; (g) to employees of the Vocational Rehabilitation Service of the District of Columbia; (h) to employees of the Public Health Service; (i) to employees in grades CPC 1, 2, and 3; (j) to employees paid wholly from trust funds, or funds derived by transfer from trust accounts, or to employees paid from appropriations of, or measured by, receipts; (k) to employees of the National Mediation Board; (l) to employees paid from funds appropriated for the Mexican Farm Labor Program; (m) to employees of the Bureau of Employees’ Compensation; (n) to employees of the Children’s Bureau; and (o) to employees of the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Provided further, That when the total number of personnel subject to this section has been reduced to 90 per centum of the total provided for in the budget estimates, such limitation may cease to apply and said 90 per centum shall become a ceiling for employment during the fiscal year 1953, and if exceeded at any time during fiscal year 1953 this provision shall again become operative. This Act may be cited as the “Labor-Federal Security appropriation Act, 1953”.