Reading Room Document

Exemption From Competitive Service of Supergrade Positions in the Drug Enforcement Administration

This document is a memorandum opinion addressing questions related to the interpretation of the Percy amendment to the Crime Control Act of 1976. The main conclusion reached is that the requirements of the amendment are met if the employee has served continuously since the approval of the Act in any subsection (a) position, and he need not have served continuously in the same position. The questions presented for review include the interpretation of the phrase "any reduction in rank or pay" under paragraph (c)(3), and whether the requirement of continuous employment in a subsection (a) position has been met when a person has been acting in that position prior to the approval of the Act.

January 27, 1978