LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATION ACT, 1943 [PUBLIC LAW 600-77TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 396-2D SESSION] By the Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes, June 8, 1942 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 of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, namely: SENATE SALARIES AND MILEAGE OF SENATORS For compensation of Senators__ For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators_. OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT Salaries: For clerical assistance to the Vice President, at rates of compensation to be fixed by him.. Chaplain of the Senate___. CHAPLAIN OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Salaries: Secretary of the Senate, including compensation as disbursing officer of salaries of Senators and of contingent fund of the Senate, $3,000; Chief Clerk, who shall perform the duties of reading clerk, $5,500 and $1,500 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; financial clerk, $5,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant financial clerk, $4,500; Parliamentarian, $5,000 and $1,500 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; Journal Clerk, $4,000 and $500 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; principal clerk, $4,000; legislative clerk, $4,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; enrolling clerk, $4,000; printing clerk, $3,540 and $460 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; chief bookkeeper, $3,600; librarian, $3,600; executive clerk, $3,180 and $420 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; first assistant librarian, $3,120; keeper of stationery, $3,320; clerks-one at $3,600, one at $3,360, one at $3,180, three at $2,880 each, one at $2,640 and $660 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent, two at $2,640 each, clerk in Disbursing Office, $2,400, six at $2,400 each, three at $1,860 each, three at $1,740 each; $960,000.00 51,000.00 11, 460.00 1,680.00 assistant in library, $1,440; special officer, $2,460; assistants at the DOCUMENT ROOM Salaries: Superintendent, $3,960 and $1,040 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; first assistant, $2,640; second assistant, $2,040; four assistants, at $2,040 each; skilled laborer, $1,380; in all... COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES Clerks and messengers to the following committees: Agriculture and Forestry-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Appropriations clerk, $7,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant clerk, $4,800; assistant clerk, $3,900; three assistant clerks at $3,000 each; two assistant clerks at $2 220 each; messenger, $1,800. To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate-clerk, $3.900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Banking and Currency-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220. Civil Service clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Claims-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each. Commerce-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,400; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each. Conference Majority of the Senate-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220. Conference Minority of the Senate-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2.220. District of Columbia-clerk, $3,900; two assistant clerks at $2,880 each; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800; additional clerical assistance at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $6,000. Education and Labor-clerk, $3.900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Enrolled Bills-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2.400; assistant clerk, $2.220; assistant clerk, $1,800: and S. Res. 215, agreed to January 16, 1942, is hereby repealed as of July 1, 1942; additional clerk, $1,800. Expenditures in the Executive Departments-clerk, $3.900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2.220; additional clerk, $1,800. Finance-clerk, $4,200 and $500 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; special assistant to the committee, $3,600; assistant clerk, $2,880 assistant clerk, $2,700; assistant clerk, $2,400; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each; two experts (one for the majority and one for the minority) at $3,600 each; messenger, $1,800. Foreign Relations-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2.880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800; messenger, $1,800. Immigration-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Indian Affairsclerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $3.600 and $1,400 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant clerk, $2.80; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1.800. Interoceanic Canals-clerk, $3.900: assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2.220; additional clerk, $1,800. Interstate Commerce-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $3,600; assistant clerk, $2,880; $149, 840.00 19, 220.00 two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220. Irrigation and Reclamation-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; two additional clerks at $1,800 each. Judiciary-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220. Library-clerk, $3,900; two assistant clerks at $2,400 each; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Manufacturesclerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Military Affairs-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2.880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,400; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each. Mines and Mining-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; two additional clerks at $1.800 each. Naval Affairs-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,400; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each. Patents-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Pensions clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; four assistant clerks at $2,220 each. Post Offices and Post Roads clerk, $3.900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,520; three assistant clerks at $2,220 each; additional clerk, $1,800. Printing-clerk, $3.900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2.220; additional clerk $1,800. Privileges and Elections-clerk, $3.900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Public Buildings and Grounds clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2.400: assistant clerk, $2,220; assistant clerk, $2,000; additional clerk, $1,800. Public Lands and Surveys clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2 580; two assistant clerks at $2.220 each. Rules clerk, $3,900 and $200 toward the preparation biennially of the Senate Manual under the direction of the Committee on Rules; assistant clerk, $2.880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Territories and Insular Affairs-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; two assistant clerks at $2.220 each; two assistant clerks at $2,000 each; additional clerk, $1,800; in all--- CLERICAL ASSISTANCE TO SENATORS Clerical assistance to Senators who are not chairmen of the committees specially provided for herein, as follows: Seventy clerks at $3,900 each; seventy assistant clerks at $2,400 each; and seventy assistant clerks at $2,220 each; such clerks and assistant clerks shall be ex officio clerks and assistant clerks of any committee of which their Senator is chairman; seventy additional clerks at $1,800 each, one for each Senator having no more than one clerk and two assistant clerks for himself or for the committee of which he is chairman; messenger, $1,800; in all____ Ninety-six additional clerks at $1,800 per annum each, one for each Senator Ninety-six additional clerks at $1,800 per annum each, one for each Senator Twenty-eight additional clerks at $1,500 per annum each, one for each Senator from each State which has a population of three million or more inhabitants___ For three additional clerks at $1,500 per annum each for each Senator from any State which has a population of ten million or more inhabitants, $9,000; for two additional clerks at $1,500 per annum each for each Senator from any State which has a population of five million or more inhabitants but less than ten million, $36,000, in all, $45,000: Provided, That such additional clerks shall be in addition to any other clerical assistance to which Senators are entitled, and shall be employed only during the period of the emergencySenators and chairmen of standing committees may rearrange or -- $507, 740.00 724,200.00 172,800.00 172, 800.00 42,000.00 45,000.00 change the schedule of salaries and the number of employees in their OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER Salaries: Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $8,000; two secretaries (one for the majority and one for the minority), at $5,400 each and $1,500 additional each so long as the respective positions are held by the present respective incumbents; two assistant secretaries (one for the majority and one for the minority), at $4,320 each and $180 additional each so long as the respective positions are held by the present respective incumbents; Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Storekeeper, $4,800 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; clerks-one $3,120, one $2,200, one $2,100, one $2,120, one $1,800, one to the secretary for the majority, $2,280 and $120 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent, one to the secretary of the minority, $2.280, one $1,500; assistant doorkeeper, $2,880; messengers-three (acting as assistant doorkeepers) at $2,400 each; one at $1,740 and $260 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; twenty-nine (including four for minority) at $1,740 each; four at $1,620 each; one at card door, $2,640, and $240 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; clerk on Journal work for Congressional Record to be selected by the Official Reporters, $3,360; upholsterer and locksmith, $2,600; cabinetmaker, $2,040; three carpenters at $2,040 each; janitor, $2,400; five skilled laborers, $1,680 each; laborer in charge of private passage, $1,740 and $120 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; four female attendants in charge of ladies' retiring rooms, at $1,500 each; three female attendants in charge of ladies' retiring rooms, Senate Office Building, at $1,500 each; attendant authorized by S. Res. 252, adopted May 13, 1938, $1,500; telephone operators-chief $2,460 and $280 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; fourteen at $1,620 each; laborer in charge of Senate toilet rooms in old library space, $1,200; press gallery-superintendent, $3.660; assistant superintendent, $3,000; assistant superintendent. $1,920; messengers for service to press correspondents-two at $1,560 each, two at $1,440 each; radio press gallery-superintendent, $3,000; assistant superintendent, $1.960; laborers-three at $1,380 each, thirty at $1,260 each, three at $480 each; special employees-seven at $1,000 each; twenty-one pages for the Senate Chamber, at the rate of $4 per day each, during the session, $15.204; in all... [For additional appropriation for 1943, see p. 433.] Police force for Senate Office Building under the Sergeant at Arms: Lieutenant, $1,740; special officer, $1,740; three sergeants at $1,680 each; twenty-eight privates at $1,620 each; in all.... POST OFFICE Salaries: Postmaster, $3,600; assistant postmaster, $2,880; chief clerk, $2,460; wagon master, $2,280; twenty-six mail carriers, at $1,740 each; in all.. $277, 144. 00 53,880.00 56, 460.00 FOLDING ROOM Salaries: Foreman, $2,460 and $540 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; clerk, $2,280; clerk, $1,740; folders-chief, $2,040, fourteen at $1,440 each; in all. CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE Vice President's automobile: For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Vice President__ Reporting Senate proceedings: For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, payable in equal monthly installments---Furniture: For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture Furniture: For materials for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor, and for the purchase of furniture_ Inquiries and investigations: For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers of committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding 25 cents per hundred words, $150,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for per diem and subsistence expenses except in accordance with the provisions of the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, approved June 3, 1926, as amended [For reappropriation for 1943 for the foregoing purpose, see p. 388.] Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation: For payment of one-half of the salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation as authorized by law---- Folding documents: For folding speeches and pamphlets at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand. [For reappropriation for 1943 for the foregoing purpose, see p. 388.] For materials for folding-. Fuel, and so forth: For fuel, oil, cotton waste, and advertising, exclusive of labor... Senate restaurants: For repairs, improvements, equipment, and supplies for Senate kitchens and restaurants, Capitol Building, and Senate Office Building, including personal and other services, to be expended from the contingent fund of the Senate, under the supervision of the Committee on Rules, United States Senate___ [For additional appropriation for 1943 for the foregoing purpose, see p 477.] Motor vehicles: For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles for carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms--- Miscellaneous items: For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor... Postage stamps: For office of Secretary, $350; office of Sergeant at Arms, $150; in all. Air-mail stamps: For air-mail stamps for Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law.. the Senate, including $7,500 for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate-- Stationery: For stationery for Senators and for the President of Rent: For rent of warehouse for storage of public documents.- Total, Senate, $3,985,264.] $29, 220.00 4,000.00 66, 340.00 2,000.00 · 8,000.00 150,000.00 30, 000. 00 18,000.00 1,500.00 2,000.00 35,000.00 8,760.00 350,000.00 970.00 500.00 4,850.00 26,900.00 2,000.00 |