Pub. L. 85-584, tit. III, sec. 303

Sec. 303. (a) Subsequent to the initial salary adjustment provided in title II, each officer and member, except an officer or member in service step 1, or 2, or 3, Class 1, who has not attained the maximum service step rate of compensation for the rank or title in which he is placed shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next higher service step rate for such rank or title at the beginning of the first pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of one hundred and four calendar weeks of active service, if he has a current performance rating of “satisfactory” or better. (b) Satisfactory service (other than that credited in the initial adjustment of salaries under this Act), rendered immediately prior to the effective date of this Act by any officer or member who, in the initial adjustment of salaries, is placed in service step 4 or 5, Class 1, or service step 1, or 2, or 3, Classes 2 through 9, shall be credited as follows: each five calendar days of such service shall be credited as the equivalent of two calendar days of service for the purpose of computing the first period of one hundred and four calendar weeks of active service required by this section to entitle such officer or member to an advance in compensation to the next higher service rate for his rank or title. 72 Stat. 484 (c) Each officer and member serving in steps 1, 2, or 3 of Sub-Classes (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of Class 1 shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next higher service step rate for his current Sub-Class at the beginning of the first pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of fifty-two calendar weeks of active service in his class if he has a current performance rating of “satisfactory” or better. (d) Satisfactory service (other than that credited in the initial adjustment of salaries under this Act) rendered immediately prior to the effective date of this Act in the rank of Private, Class 1, or Private, Class 2, or Private, Class 3, shall be credited in computing the first period of fifty-two calendar weeks required under the provisions of this section for advancement from service steps 1, or 2, or 3, of Class 1.