Pub. L. 85-322, tit. VI, sec. 601

Sec. 601. In order to more effectively administer the programs relating to advanced research activities, the Secretary of Defense may authorize the creation of fifteen positions in the professional and scientific service in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 313, Eightieth Congress, as amended, and to place ten positions in grades 16, 17, or 18 of the General Schedule, in accordance with the procedures prescribed in the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. These positions shall be in addition to those now authorized by law.