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insurance systems, health insurance, and pension plans, particularly as they affect adversely the employment of older workers.

Section 406.-Would authorize the employment of experts and consultants for the preparation of reports required by sections 403 and 404.

TITLE V

Sections 501 and 502.-Would authorize the Secretary of Labor to take certain described actions to facilitate performance of his duties under the act.

Section 503.-Would authorize to be appropriated for fiscal year 1969 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years "such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act."

TITLE VI

Section 601.-The Civil Service Commission would be authorized and directed to undertake a study of part-time employment in the executive branch and to make a report on or before July 1, 1969. of its findings and recommendations regarding part-time employment in the executive branch for older individuals. The Commission would also be authorized to undertake a study of the feasibility of redesigning positions in the executive branch (without impairing the effectiveness or efficiency of operations) with a view to increasing the number of positions available to older individuals at the subprofessional level. and to report its findings and recommendations to Congress on or before January 1, 1970.

Section 602-The Civil Service Commission would be authorized and directed to undertake special work and training programs to provide middle-aged persons who are unemployed or whose income is within the low-income area with job opportunities in the executive branch, including opportunities for new types of careers in the fields of health, education, welfare, neighborhood development, and public safety.

Section 603.-Would amend the present provision of law which inhibits employment in the executive branch of individuals over 55 by prohibiting involuntary retirement of Federal employees who have reached the age of 70 unless they have 15 years of Federal service. For the present requirement that such an individual be permitted to remain in employment until he has completed 15 years of service, this section would substitute a 5-year requirement, which would still permit him to qualify for a civil service retirement annuity before being involuntarily retired after reaching age 70. The amendments made by this section would apply only to those who are appointed or reappointed after the enactment of the proposed act.

Section 604.-Would strengthen the present statute which prohibits establishing a maximum-age requirement for entrance into the competitive service by

Adding a prohibition against failing or refusing to hire any individual because of such individual's age;

Permitting age discrimination in Federal employment where age is a "bona fide occupational qualification reasonably neces sary to the effective performance of the duties of the position concerned";

Clarifying the duty of the Comptroller General to investigate all complaints of establishment of maximum age requirements for entrance into the competitive service or of failing or refusing to hire any individual because of such individual's age; and

Giving the Comptroller General power to stop the payment of compensation of an employee who discriminates on the basis of age, until the employee is no longer in violation of the prohibition against age discrimination in Federal employment.

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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE
ON NUTRITION AND HUMAN NEEDS: LEGISLA-
TIVE HISTORY AND ACTIVITIES OF THE SUB-
COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT,

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