LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATION

ACT, 1972

Public Law 92-51

92nd Congress, H.R. 8825

July 9, 1971

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending

June 30, 1972, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for other purposes, namely:

SENATE

COMPEXSATION AND MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS

AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND LEADERS
OF THE SENATE

COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS

For compensation and mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the United States, $1,777,495.

[For payment of $12,500 to the widow of the late Senator Winston L. Prouty, see p. 256.]

$4,777,495

EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MAJORITY AND

MINORITY LEADERS

16,000

For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $3,000; and Minority Leader of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $16,000. [Total, Vice President and Senators, $4,793,495.]

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions and longevity compensation as authorized, which shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

For clerical assistance to the Vice President, $414,510.

414,510

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

For office of the President pro tempore, $50,514.

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

For offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $198,276.

$198,276

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

For offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $101,352.

101,352

2,107,812

For office of the Secretary, $2,107,812, including $81,672 required for the purpose specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, United States Code: Provided, That effective July 1, 1971, the Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation of an assistant printing clerk at "not to exceed $19,680 per annum, a clerk (office of printing clerk) at not to exceed $11,070 per annum, a delivery clerk (office of printing clerk) at not to exceed $8,364 per annum, a secretary to the Curator at not to exceed $12,546 per annum, an assistant secretary of the Senate in lieu of a chief clerk at not to exceed the per annum rate of compensation currently specified for the chief clerk and all laws, rules, resolutions, and orders referring to the chief clerk of the Senate shall be deemed to refer to the assistant secretary of the Senate; a registration clerk at not to exceed $17,466 per annum in lieu of a bill clerk at not to exceed such rate; a bill clerk at not to exceed $12,546 per annum in lieu of an assistant bill clerk at not to exceed such rate; an assistant bill clerk at not to exceed $8,856 per annum in lieu of an assistant chief messenger at not to exceed such rate; a senior reference assistant at not to exceed $16,974 per annum in lieu of an assistant librarian at not to exceed such rate; a senior reference assistant at not to exceed $12,546 per annum in lieu of an assistant legislative analyst at not to exceed such rate; an assistant librarian at not to exceed $12,054 per annum in lieu of a secretary in the library at not to exceed such rate; a secretary in the library, an assistant indexer, and five reference assistants at not to exceed $10,086 per annum each in lieu of seven reference assistants at not to exceed $10,086 per annum each; a chief indexer at not to exceed $14,760 per annum in lieu of a legislative analyst at not to exceed such rate; a staff assistant, official reporters at not to exceed $17,466 per annum in lieu of a clerk at not to exceed such rate; and a custodial assistant, document room at not to exceed $8,610 per annum in lieu of an assistant chief messenger at not to exceed such rate.

COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

7,535,472

For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and the Select Committee on Small Business, $7,535,472, including hereunder, effective July 1, 1971, and thereafter, the positions authorized on a continuing basis by Senate Resolution 66, agreed to February 17, 1949, Senate Resolution 342, agreed to July 28, 1958, Senate Resolution 355, agreed to August 18, 1958, Senate Resolution 30, agreed to February 2, 1959, Senate Resolution 247, agreed to February 7, 1962, Senate Resolution 253, agreed to February 10, 1964, Senate Resolution 14, agreed to February 8, 1965, Senate Resolution 224, agreed to April 20, 1966, Senate Resolution 74, agreed to February 20, 1967, and Senate Resolution 66, agreed to February 17, 1969.

[For an additional amount of $21,770 for 1972 for the foregoing purposes, see p. 256.]

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

$143,418

For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $143,418.

For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $143,418.

143,418

ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS

31,349,994

For administrative and clerical assistants to Senators, $31,349,994.

[For an additional amount of $597,535 for 1972 for the foregoing purposes, see p. 256.]

OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

8,064,918

For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $8,064,948: Provided, That effective July 1, 1971, the Sergeant at Arms may employ a driver-messenger at not to exceed $11,316 per annum in lieu of a truckdriver at not to exceed $10,578, four additional drivermessengers, one for the Vice President, one for the President pro tempore, one for the Majority Leader, and one for the Minority Leader, at not to exceed $11,316 per annum each, one additional automatic typewriter repairman at not to exceed $11,316 per annum, three additional lieutenants, police force at not to exceed $14,760 per annum each, nine additional sergeants, police force at not to exceed $12,300 per annum each, eight plainclothesmen, police force at not to exceed $10,086 per annum each in lieu of six plainclothesmen at not to exceed $9,840 per annum each, six K-9 officers, police force at not to exceed $10,086 per annum each, twelve technicians, police force at not to exceed $10,086 per annum each, one hundred thirty-two additional privates, police force at not to exceed $9,348 per annum each, and the per annum compensation of the programer, service department may be fixed at not to exceed $19,434 in lieu of $18,450.

[For an additional amount of $68,390 for 1972 for the foregoing purposes, see p. 256.]

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

241,572

For offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority, $241,572. [Total, Salaries, Officers and Employees, $50,309,982.]

OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE For salaries and expenses of the office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $460,885.

460,885

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES

589,210

For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $294,605 for each such Committee; in all, $589,210.

AUTOMOBILES AND MAINTENANCE For purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operation of vehicles, one for the Vice President, one for the President pro tempore, one for the Majority Leader, one for the Minority Leader, one for the Majority Whip, one for the Minority Whip, for carrying the mails, and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, $36,000.

36,000

INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventyninth Congress, including $196,770 for the Committee on Appropriations, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $11,310,655.

$11,310,655

FOLDING DOCUMENTS

For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $3.17 per hour per person, $57,320.

[For an additional amount of $14,000 for 1972 for the foregoing purposes, see p.257.]

57,320

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

5,356,972

For miscellaneous items, $5,356,972, including $197,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with Section 4 of Public Law 87-82, approved July 6, 1961: Provided, That nothing herein shall prohibit the free transfer between the telephone and telegraph accounts at any time.

[For an additional amount of $525,000 for 1972 for the foregoing purposes, including $250,000 by transfer from 1971, see p. 257.]

POSTAGE STAMPS

For postage stamps for the Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority, $320; and for air mail and special delivery stamps for the Office of the Secretary, $110; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $240; Comptroller, $100; Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, $137,355: Provided, That the maximum allowance per capita of $1,056 is increased to $1,215 for the fiscal year 1972 and thereafter: Provided further, That Senators from States partially or wholly west of the Mississippi River shall be allowed an additional $305 each fiscal year; in all, $138,425.

138,425

STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

383,600

For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, $368,400; and for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, $15,200; in all, $383,600: Provided, That, effective with the fiscal year 1972 and thereafter, the allowance for stationery for each Senator from States having a population of ten million or more inhabitants shall be at the rate of $4,000 per annum.

[For an additional amount of $17,400 for 1972 for the foregoing purposes, see p. 258.]

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Effective July 1, 1971, the third paragraph under the heading "Administrative Provisions” in the appropriations for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1959, as amended (2 U.S.C. 43b), is amended by striking out that first portion thereof, down through "fiscal year, and the", and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“The contingent fund of the Senate is hereby made available for reimbursement of actual transportation expenses incurred by each Senator in traveling on official business, and such expenses incurred by employees in that Senator's office in making round trips on official business, by the nearest usual route, between Washington, District of

Columbia, and the home State of the Senator involved, or within that State during such travel. The total amount of such expenses for which each Senator and the employees in his office may be reimbursed in any fiscal year shall not exceed a sum equal to forty times (in the case of a Senator from a State having a population of less than ten million inhabitants), or forty-four times (in the case of Senator from a State having a population of ten million or more inhabitants), fourteen cents per mile for the number of miles certified by the Senator as the distance between Washington, District of Columbia, and the place of his residence in his home State, if such distance is less than 375 miles; thirteen cents per mile, if such certified distance is 375 miles or more but less than 750 miles; twelve cents per mile, if such certified distance is 750 miles or more but less than 1,000 miles; eleven cents per mile, if such certified distance is 1,000 miles or more but less than 1,750 miles; ten cents per mile, if such certified distance is 1,750 miles or more but less than 2,250 miles; nine cents per mile, if such certified distance is 2,250 miles or more but less than 2,500 miles; eight cents per mile, if such certified distance is 2,500 miles or more but less than 3,000 miles; or seven cents per mile, if such certified distance is 3,000 miles or more. In any fiscal year in which a Senator does not occupy the office of Senator for the entire fiscal year, the total amount of such espenses for which that Senator and the employees in his office may be reimbursed shall not exceed the greater of (1) the amount determined under the preceding sentence times that fraction which has as its numerator the number of months (counting the portion of any month as a month) during that fiscal year the Senator has occupied such office and has as its denominator the number 12, or (2) 50 percent of the amount determined under the preceding sentence. Reimbursement for such expenses by employees of the Senator shall be made only upon vouchers approved by the Senator containing a certification by such Senator that the round trip was performed in line of official duty. No payment shall be made to a newly appointed employee to travel to his place of employment. Reimburseinent under this paragraph shall be in addition to reimbursement for official travel which is otherwise authorized pursuant to law.

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In the case of round trips made by employees in a Senator's office, the amendment made by this paragraph shall apply only with respect to such round trips commencing on or after July i, 1971, except that a round trip commenced but not completed prior to such date and for which reimbursement may not be charged to amounts made available for such round trips for fiscal year 1971 may be charged to amounts made available under such amendment during fiscal year 1972.

Effective July 1, 1971, the second paragraph under the heading "Administrative Provisions” in the appropriations for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1962, as amended (2 U.S.C. 127), is repealed.

In lieu of the volumes of the Code of Laws of the United States, and the supplements thereto, supplied a Senator under section 212 of title 1, United States Code, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to supply to a Senator upon written request of, and as specified by, that Senator

(1) one copy of each of the volumes of the United States Code Annotated being published at the time the Senator takes office, and, as long as that Senator holds office, one copy of each replacement volume, each annual pocket part, and each pamphlet supplementing each such pocket part to the United States Code Annotated; or

(2) one copy of each of the volumes of the Federal Code Annotated being published at the time the Senator takes office,