Pub. L. 86-568, tit. II, sec. 203

Sec. 203. (a) Subsection (b) of section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, is amended (1) by striking out “fourteen hundred and twenty-nine” and inserting “fourteen hundred and nine”, (2) by striking out “three hundred and seventy-one” and inserting “three hundred and sixty-three”, and (3) by striking out “one hundred and fifty-three” and inserting “one hundred and fifty-two”. (b) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: “(l) The Interstate Commerce Commission is authorized, subject to the standards and procedures prescribed by this Act, to place a total of two positions in grade 18, ten positions in grade 17, and thirteen positions in grade 16 of the General Schedule. Such positions shall be in addition to the number of positions authorized to be placed in such grades by subsection (b).”