Pub. L. 84-854, tit. III, sec. 302

Sec. 302. The positions of three Deputy Administrators of the Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture, shall be in grade GS–18 of the General Schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. Such positions shall be in addition to the number of positions authorized to be placed in such grade by section 505 (b) of such Act.