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The Senate amendment also would have increased the number of scientific and professional positions under Public Law 313 by 515 and the number of such positions under the Public Health Service Act by 25. none of such increases were contained in the House engrossed amendment. The conference agreement in general provides for 50 percent of the increases in supergrade positions and professional and scientific positions which would have been authorized by the Senate amendment. with certain necessary exceptions. The exceptions as to the supergrades. which are approved in the conference agreement. are four new grade 17 positions in the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and adjustment of 11 existing grade 16 positions in the Immigration and Naturalization Service to grade 17. as provided by the Senate amendment. The exceptions as to scientific and professional positions included approval of increases of 25 in the National Security Agency. 5 each in the Departments of Agriculture and Health. Education. and Welfare. and 25 in the Public Health Servicebringing the total in Public Health Service to 85. of which 73 must be in the National Institutes of Health.