R. 4692 would amend the Public Health Service Act by establishing overtime. Sunday. and holiday pay for certain quarantine inspection personnel of the Public Health Service. These employees. performing duties including the operation of vessels in connection with inspection and treatment of passengers and crews or goods and public conveyances arriving by land. water. or air in the United States. would be entitled under my bill to rates of overtime compensation the same as customs and immigration inspectors. The hours of duty would correspond. under this measure. to established working hours of the collateral Federal Government inspectional services engaged in similar duties. The purpose of -this legislation is because all the three Government services. namely customs. immigration. and quarantine. are all historically under a similar pattern. Special rates of compensation for these services are justified by the irregular. sporadic. and unpredictable nature of their overtime and close proximity of the respective inspectors. The recent emergency supplemental budget request. together with the fact the Presidents budget for fiscal 1958 also includes funds for operation of quarantine inspectional service after 5 P. in.. and other than during the present regular hours. makes this bill desirable. and I hope it has prompt consideration.
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