Pub. L. 88-426, tit. I, sec. 114

Sec. 114. (a) Section 3552(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(a) (1) Each employee subject to the Postal Field Service Schedule, each employee subject to the Rural Carrier Schedule, and each employee subject to the Fourth Class Office Schedule who has not reached the highest step for his position shall be advanced successively to the next higher step as follows: “(A) to steps 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7—at the beginning of the first pay period following the completion of fifty-two calendar weeks of satisfactory service; and “(B) to steps 8 and above—al the beginning of the first, pay period following the completion of one hundred and fifty-six calendar weeks of satisfactory service. 78 Stat. 409 “(2) The receipt of an equivalent increase during any of the waiting periods specified in this subsection shall cause a new full waiting period to commence for further step increases.” (b) Section 3552 of title 39, United States Code, is further amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: “(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the Postmaster General is authorized to advance any employee in PCS level 9 or below who— “(1) was promoted to a higher level between July 9, 1960, and October 13, 1962; and “(2) is senior with respect to total postal service to an employee in his own post office promoted to the same position since October 13, 1962, and is at a step in the level below the step of the junior employee. Any increase under the provisions of this subsection shall not constitute an equivalent increase and credit earned prior to adjustment under this subsection for advancement to the next step shall be retained.”.