temporary employment limitation

temporary employment limitation Sec. 311. (a) The total number of civilian employees in the executive branch, on September 30, 1979, on September 30, 1980, and on September 30, 1981, shall not exceed the number of such employees on September 30, 1977. (b) (1) For the purpose of this section, “civilian employees in the executive branch” means all civilian employees within the executive branch of the Government (other than in the United States Postal Service or the Postal Rate Commission), whether employed on a full-time, part-time, or intermittent basis and whether employed on a direct hire or indirect hire basis. (2) (A) Such term does not include individuals participating in special employment programs established for students and disadvantaged youth. (B) The total number of individuals participating in such programs shall not at any time exceed 60,000. (c) In applying the limitation of subsection (a) — (1) part-time civilian employees in excess of the number of part-time civilian employees in the executive branch employed on September 30, 1977, may be counted as a fraction which is determined by dividing 40 hours into the average number of hours of such employees’ regularly scheduled workweek; and (2) the number of civilian employees in the executive branch on September 30, 1977, shall be determined on the basis of the number of such employees as set forth in the Monthly Report of Civilian Employment published by the Civil Service Commission. (d) (1) The provisions of this section shall not apply during a time of war or during a period of national emergency declared by the Congress or the President, (2) (A) Subject to the limitation of subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the President may authorize employment of civilian employees in excess of the limitation of subsection (a) if he deems that such action is necessary in the public interest. 92 STAT. 1154 (B) The President may not, under this paragraph, increase the maximum number of civilian employees in the executive branch by more than the percentage increase of the population of the United States since September 30, 1978, as estimated by the Bureau of the Census. (e) The President shall provide that no increase occurs in the procurement of personal services by contract by reason of the enactment of this section except in cases in which it is to the financial advantage of the Government to do so. (f) The President shall prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of this section. (g) The provisions of this section shall terminate on January 31, 1981.