B-141989, B-136459, DEC 16, 1963
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: WE HAVE YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 13. LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED IN THIS SESSION OF THE 88TH CONGRESS WHICH. THE MENTIONED RELIEF PROVISIONS ARE A PART OF THE PROPOSED NEW DUAL COMPENSATION ACT. CONTROVERSIES AND PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEASURE GENERALLY HAVE RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLY MORE DELAY IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THAN HAD BEEN ANTICIPATED. CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON THE HILL WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS. THAT YOU WILL SEEK EARLY LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON THE MEASURE IN THE NEXT SESSION OF CONGRESS. EXPRESS THE VIEW THAT EARLY CONSIDERATION OF THE MEASURE BY CONGRESS IS ASSURED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WITHHOLD ACTION ON THE CASES CONCERNED UNTIL APRIL 30.
B-141989, B-136459, DEC 16, 1963
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TOM MURRAY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
WE HAVE YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 13, 1963, REGARDING A PROBLEM PERTAINING TO THE EMPLOYMENT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED TEMPORARY COMMISSIONED AND WARRANT OFFICERS.
THE EMPLOYMENTS CONCERNED INVOLVE AN APPLICATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS OF EITHER SECTION 212 OF THE ECONOMY ACT OF JUNE 30, 1932, AS AMENDED, 5 U.S.C. 59A, OR SECTION 2 OF THE ACT OF JULY 31, 1894, AS AMENDED, 5 U.S.C. 62, SINCE, HOWEVER, LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED IN THIS SESSION OF THE 88TH CONGRESS WHICH, IF ENACTED, WOULD RETROACTIVELY EXEMPT THE OFFICERS CONCERNED FROM THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE 1932 AND 1894 LAWS, AND THERE APPEARS TO BE LITTLE OR NO OPPOSITION TO THE ENACTMENT OF SUCH LEGISLATION, WE AGREED TO WITHHOLD ACTION IN THE MATTER DURING THE PRESENT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
THE MENTIONED RELIEF PROVISIONS ARE A PART OF THE PROPOSED NEW DUAL COMPENSATION ACT, H. R. 7381, AND YOU SAY THAT, WHILE NOT ONE OBJECTION TO THE RELIEF PROVISIONS HAS BEEN MADE, THE MANY COMPLEXITIES, CONTROVERSIES AND PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEASURE GENERALLY HAVE RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLY MORE DELAY IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THAN HAD BEEN ANTICIPATED. AS A CONSEQUENCE, CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON THE HILL WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS. YOU ADVISE, HOWEVER, THAT YOU WILL SEEK EARLY LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON THE MEASURE IN THE NEXT SESSION OF CONGRESS, AND EXPRESS THE VIEW THAT EARLY CONSIDERATION OF THE MEASURE BY CONGRESS IS ASSURED. IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES YOU URGE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WITHHOLD ADUIT ACTION IN THE MATTER UNTIL AT LEAST APRIL 30, 1964.
ON THE BASIS OF YOUR REPRESENTATIONS AND AS REQUESTED BY YOU, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WITHHOLD ACTION ON THE CASES CONCERNED UNTIL APRIL 30, 1964. WE ARE ADVISING THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OF THIS ACTION.