Public Law 472.

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(/us/bill/74/pl/471).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That with theVacations to Government employees.Exceptions. exception of teachers and librarians of the public schools of the District of Columbia and officers and employees of the Panama Canal and Panama Railroad on the Isthmus of Panama, and except as provided in section 4 hereof, all civilian officers and employees of the United States wherever stationed and of the government of the District of Columbia, regardless of their tenure, in addition to any accrued leave, shall be entitled to twenty-six days’ annual leave with pay each calendar year, exclusive of Sundays and holidays: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Accumulated leave; maximum.Inapplicable to sick leave.*Post*, p. 1162.

That the part unused in any year shall be accumulated for succeeding years until it totals not exceeding sixty days. This Act shall not affect any sick leave to which employees are now or may hereafter be entitled. Temporary employees, except temporaryTemporary employees. employees engaged on construction work at hourly rates, shall be entitled to two and one-half days leave for each month of service. The annual leave herein authorized shall be granted at such times as the heads of the various departments and independent establishments may prescribe.

This Act becomes effective January 1, 1936. Effective date. Sec. 2. Each head of a department or independent establishmentRegulations. shall issue general public regulations, not inconsistent with law, setting forth the hours of duty per day and per week for each group of employees. Before issuing such regulations, which shall be issuedInterdepartmental conference. within three months from the date of approval of this Act, the heads of departments and independent establishments shall meet and consult among themselves and make such regulations as nearly uniform as possible so that all employees, temporary or permanent, in all departments and independent establishments shall receive like treatment as nearly as may be practicable: *Provided*, That heads of*Proviso*.Drafting subcommittee. departments and independent establishments may appoint a subcommittee to draft such regulations.

Sec. 3. Each head of a department or independent establishmentRecord of overtime work. shall keep a record of all work performed, in excess of the work required by departmental regulations issued in conformance with section 2 hereof, for the period commencing July 1, 1936 and ending December 31, 1936, and shall report same to the Civil Service CommissionReport to Congress. at the end of each month. The Civil Service Commission shall make a report of such record to the Congress on or before January 31, 1937.

Sec. 4. Nothing in this Act shall affect the Postmaster GeneralPost Office Department not affected. and officers and employees in or under the Post Office Department: *Provided*, That officers and employees in the departmental service*Proviso*.Exceptions. and in the Mail Equipment Shops of the Post Office Department shall be included within the provisions of this Act. Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the continuanceService outside continental limits. of any existing leave differential now obtaining for the benefit of employees of the Federal Government stationed outside the continental limits of the United States.

Sec. 6. The employees of any corporation created under authorityFederal, etc., corporations. of an Act of Congress which is either wholly controlled or wholly owned by the United States Government, whether or not the employees thereof are paid from funds appropriated by Congress, shall be included within the provisions of this Act. 1162 Sec. 7. Uniform administration. The leave of absence herein provided for shall be administered under such regulations as the President may prescribe, so as to obtain, so far as practicable, uniformity in the application of this Act.

Approved, March 14, 1936. To standardize sick leave and extend it to all civilian employees. 1936-03-14 141 Chapter 49 Stat. 1162 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 141.] AN ACT To standardize sick leave and extend it to all civilian employees. March 14, 1936.[[H. R. 8459](/us/bill/74/hr/8459).][[Public, No. 472](/us/bill/74/pl/472).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Sick leave to Government employees.Exceptions.

That after January 1, 1936, except as provided in section 4 hereof, all civilian officers and employees of the United States wherever stationed and of the government of the District of Columbia, other than teachers and librarians of the public schools of the District of Columbia and officers and members but not the civilian personnel of the police and fire departments of the District of Columbia and other than officers and employees of the Panama Canal and Panama Railroad on the Isthmus of Panama, shall be entitled to sick leave with pay regardless of their tenure, as described herein.

Sec. 2. Cumulative provision; maximum. On and after January 1, 1936, cumulative sick leave with pay, at the rate of one and one-quarter days per month, shall be granted to all civilian officers and employees, the total Temporary employees.accumulation not to exceed ninety days. Temporary employees, except temporary employees engaged on construction work at hourly rates, shall be entitled to one and one-quarter days sick leave for each *Proviso*.Certificates to be furnished.month of service: *Provided*, That all such employees shall furnish certificates satisfactory to the head of the appropriate department or independent establishment.

Sec. 3. Advance beyond accrued leave permitted.Administrative officers may advance thirty days sick leave with pay beyond accrued sick leave in cases of serious disability or ailments and when required by the exigencies of the situation. Sec. 4. Post Office Department not affected; exceptions. Nothing in this Act shall affect the Postmaster General and officers and employees in or under the Post Office Department except those serving in the departmental service and in the Mail Equipment Shops of such Department.

Sec. 5. Service outside continental limits. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the continuance of any existing leave differential now obtaining for the benefit of employees of the Federal Government stationed outside the continental limits of the United States. Sec. 6. Federal, etc., corporations. The employees of any corporation created under authority of an Act of Congress which is either wholly controlled or wholly owned by the United States Government, whether or not the employees thereof are paid from funds appropriated by Congress, shall be included within the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 7. Uniform administration. The leave of absence herein provided for shall be administered under such regulations as the President may prescribe, so as to obtain, so far as practicable, uniformity in the application of this Act. Approved, March 14, 1936. Authorizing the completion of certain records and operations resulting from the administration of the Kerr Tobacco Act, the Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934, and the Potato Act of 1935 (repealed), and making funds available for those and other purposes. 1936-03-14 142 Chapter 49 Stat. 1163 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public 1163 [CHAPTER 142.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the completion of certain records and operations resulting from the administration of the Kerr Tobacco Act, the Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934, and the Potato Act of 1935 (repealed), and making funds available for those and other purposes. March 14, 1936.[[H. J. Res. 514](/us/bill/74/hjres/514).][[Pub. Res., No. 76](/us/bill/74/pubres/76).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That not to exceedTobacco Control Act, Cotton Act of 1934, Potato Act of 1935 (repealed).Completion of certain records and operations.Funds available. *Ante*, p. 1116. $1,068,825 (to be available until September 1, 1936) of the appropriation of $296,185,000 for “Payments for Agricultural Adjustment” contained in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, approved February 11, 1936 (Public Act Numbered 440, Seventy-fourth Congress), may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture for the following purposes:

(1)So much as may be necessary, not to exceed the sum ofObligations incurred prior to repeal.*Ante*, pp. 1106, 1155.Vol. 48, p. 1275; [U. S. C., p. 169; Supp. I, p. 32](/us/usc/p169/p32). $1,026,000 (notwithstanding the repeal by Public Act Numbered 433, Seventy-fourth Congress, of Public Law Numbered 483, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, known as the Kerr Tobacco Act, andVol. 48, p. 598; [U. S. C., p. 165; Supp. I, p. 31](/us/usc/p165/p31). Public Law Numbered 169, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, known as the Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934, except section 24 thereof, and sections 201 to 233, both inclusive, of Public Law Numbered*Ante*, p. 782. 320, Seventy-fourth Congress, known as the Potato Act of 1935), for the redemption of tax-payment warrants as provided in such Kerr Act, including administrative expenses necessary therefor; for salaries and administrative expenses incurred on or before February 10, 1936, under such three Acts, or sections of Acts, repealed; for suchSubsequent operations. personal services and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including rent, printing and binding, travel, and other administrative expenses incurred after that date as the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, respectively, deem necessary, in order expeditiously to complete and preserve all of the administrative records showing the various transactions and activities involved in the administration of such Acts; and, if noLiquidation of cotton tax-exemption certificate pools. other funds are available, for such salaries and administrative expenses as were incurred on or before February 10, 1936, in the operation of the several cotton tax-exemption certificate pools established pursuant to regulations prescribed under said Bankhead Act, and such salaries and administrative expenses thereafter incurred as the Secretary of Agriculture finds to be necessary for the purpose of completing the work relating to and liquidating, as soon as may be, such pools.

(2)So much as may be necessary, not to exceed the sum of $42,825,Auditing seed accounts. for salaries and necessary administrative expenses in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, to complete the work of auditing vouchers and payment of freight bills in transactions entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture with relation to the purchase, and sale of seed as a result of the allocations to the Secretary of Agriculture authorizing the purchase and sale of seed made pursuant to the EmergencyVol. 48, p. 1056. Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935. The Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer to the TreasuryTreasury Department.Funds transferred to. Department, out of the funds made available by this joint resolution, such sums (not to exceed a total of $175,000) as are required for the Bureau of Internal Revenue to carry out the above-stated purposes. Sec. 2. The sum of $453,100 of the appropriation of $296,185,000Sum returned to surplus. referred to in section 1 hereof shall be returned to surplus immediately upon the enactment of this joint resolution. Approved, March 14, 1936. To provide a preliminary examination of Spokane River and its Tributaries in the State of Idaho, with a view to the control of their floods. 1936-03-18 146 Chapter 49 Stat. 1164 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public 1164 [CHAPTER 146.] AN ACT To provide a preliminary examination of Spokane River and its Tributaries in the State of Idaho, with a view to the control of their floods. March 18, 1936.[[S. 1470](/us/bill/74/s/1470).][

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