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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATION

ACT, 1974

Public Law 93-145

93rd Congress, H.R. 6691

November 1, 1973

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1974, 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, 1974, and for other purposes, namely:

SENATE

COMPENSATION 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, $4,781,505.

EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MAJORITY AND
MINORITY LEADERS

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, $4,797,505.]

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, $430,200.

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

For offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $206,165.

$4,781,505

16,000

430,200

206,165

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

For offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $104,640.

OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

For office of the Chaplain, $23,818: Provided, That effective July 1, 1973, the compensation of the Chaplain shall be $15,232 per annum in lieu of $10,064 per annum.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

For office of the Secretary, $2,374,930, including $99,974 required for the purpose specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, United States Code: Provided, That effective July 1, 1973, the Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation of a superintendent, public records office at not to exceed $25,568 per annum in lieu of a registration clerk at not to exceed $19,312 per annum; a clerk, public records office at not to exceed $12,240 per annum in lieu of a clerk at not to exceed $10,064 per annum; a chief auditor, public records office at not to exceed $13,872 per annum; an assistant superintendent, public records office at not to exceed $18,768 per annum; a secretary, public records office at not to exceed $13,872 per annum; and three technical assistants, public records office at not to exceed $11,152 per annum each: Provided further, That effective July 1, 1973, the allowance for clerical assistance and readjustment of salaries in the disbursing office is increased by $28,832.

[For an additional amount of $36,480 for 1974 for the foregoing purposes, see p. 284.]

COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and the Select Committee on Small Business, $7,745,665, including herein, from and after July 1, 1973, an additional clerical assistant for the Committee on Armed Services made permanent by Public Law 92-136, approved October 11, 1971: Provided, That effective July 1, 1973, the Committee on Rules and Administration is authorized to employ an additional assistant chief clerk: Provided further, That the Committee on Rules and Administration may authorize its chairman to designate one committee employee to approve in his behalf, all vouchers making payments from the contingent fund of the Senate, such approval to be deemed and held to be approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration for all intents and purposes.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $153,070.

For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $153,070. [Total, Conference Committees, $306,140.]

$104,640

23,818

2,374,930

7,745,665

153,070

153,070

ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS

For administrative and clerical assistants to Senators, $39,210,700.

39,210,700

OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

For office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $9,577,985; Provided, That effective July 1, 1973, the Sergeant at Arms may appoint and fix the compensation of a chief video engineer at not to exceed $27,744 per annum in lieu of a video engineer at not to exceed $24,480 per annum; a computer center manager at not to exceed $26.656 per annum; four senior programer analysts at not to exceed $21,488 per annum each in lieu of two senior programer analysts at not to exceed such rate; two senior programer supervisors at not to exceed $25,568 per annum each; a lead analyst at not to exceed $22,032 per annum; a technical writer at not to exceed $16,048 per annum; a system supervisor at not to exceed $23,936 per annum; three systems programers at not to exceed $19,856 per annum each in lieu of one systems programer at not to exceed such rate; four computer specialists at not to exceed $18,224 per annum each; three support operators at not to exceed $12,512 per annum each; a supervisor operator at not to exceed $15,232 per annum; a systems clerk at not to exceed $10,064 per annum; four printing press operators at not to exceed $12,512 per annum each; an assistant foreman, duplicating department at not to exceed $13,328 per annum; a senior pressman at not to exceed $12,512 per annum; a cameraman, duplicating department at not to exceed $12.512 per annum; eight folding machine operators at not to exceed $9,520 per annum each; eleven inserting machine operators at not to exceed $8,976 per annum each in lieu of ten inserting machine operators at not to exceed such rate; an assistant night foreman, duplicating department at not to exceed $9,792 per annum; eleven addressograph operators at not to exceed $9,520 per annum each in lieu of eight addressograph operators at not to exceed such rate; seventeen laborers, service department at not to exceed $7,888 per annum each in lieu of eight laborers at not to exceed such rate; a night foreman at not to exceed $10,064 per annum; six automatic typewriter repairmen at not to exceed $12,512 per annum each in lieu of four automatic typewriter repairmen at not to exceed such rate; fifty-seven mail carriers at not to exceed $9,520 per annum each in lieu of fifty-two mail carriers at not to exceed such rate; two mail specialists at not to exceed $10,336 per annum each; two inspectors, police force at not to exceed $22,304 per annum each, three additional captains, police force at not to exceed $19,312 per annum each, three additional lieutenants, police force at not to exceed $16,320 per annum each, fifteen additional sergeants, police force at not to exceed $13,600 per annum each, and four detectives, police force at not to exceed $11,968 per annum each in lieu of twenty-seven privates, police force at not to exceed $10,336 per annum each; and the Sergeant at Arms may fix the per annum compensation of the superintendent, service department at not to exceed $26,928 in lieu of $25,568, the per annum compensation of the assistant superintendent, service department at not to exceed $17,952 in lieu of $16,864, the per annum compensation of the night supervisor, service department at not to exceed $13,056 in lieu of $11,696, the per annum compensation of the chief machine operator at not to exceed $13.328 in lieu of $12,512, the per annum compensation of the assistant chief machine operator at not to exceed $11.968 in lieu of $11,152 the per annum compensation of the supervisor, addressograph section at not to exceed $12,512 in lieu of $11,696, the per annum compensation of the foreman, duplicating department at not to exceed $15,232 in lieu of $13,872, the per annum compensation

$9,577,985

of the night foreman, duplicating department at not to exceed $13,328 in lieu of $12,784, and the per annum compensation of the foreman of warehouse, service department at not to exceed $12,512 in lieu of $11,424.

[For an additional amount of $46,055 for 1974 for the foregoing purposes, see p. 284.]

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

For offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority, $248,120.

AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND LONGEVITY COMPENSATION

For agency contributions for employee benefits and longevity compensation, as authorized by law, $3,000,000. [Total, Salaries, Officers and Employees, $63,228,363.]

OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

For salaries and expenses of the office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $474,375.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

$248, 120

3, 000, 000

474, 375

SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES

For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $310,215 for each such committee; in all, $620,430.

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.

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 $511,710 for the Committee on Appropriations, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $13,443,230, of which amount not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for obligations incurred in fiscal year 1973.

FOLDING DOCUMENTS

For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $3.51 per hour per person, $74,475.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

620, 430

36,000

13,443,230

74,475

8,310,850

[For an additional amount of $115,000 for 1974 for the foregoing

For miscellaneous items, $8,310,850.

purposes, see p. 284.]

POSTAGE STAMPS

For postage stamps for the offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority, $320; Chaplain, $100; and for air mail and special delivery stamps for the office of the Secretary, $610; office of the Sergeant at Arms, $240; and the President of the Senate as authorized by law, $1,215; in all, $2,485.

STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

For stationery for the President of the Senate, $3,600; for Senators under authority of section 506 (f) of Public Law 92-607, approved October 31, 1972, $190; and for committees and officers of the Senate, $21,850; in all, $25,640.

[Total Contingent Expenses of the Senate, $22,513,110.]

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Effective July 1, 1973, (1) the provisos contained in the paragraph "Office of the President pro tempore" under the heading "SENATE” in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1971, and the second proviso contained in the paragraph "Office of the Secretary" under the heading "SENATE" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1970, insofar as it relates to the positions of Comptroller and Secretary to the Comptroller, are repealed, and (2) section 6(c) of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 40-603 (c)), is amended by striking out "Comptroller of the Senate,".

The last full paragraph under the heading "Administrative Provisions" in the appropriations for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1972, is amended by inserting immediately before "captains" the following: "inspectors,".

The Secretary of the Senate is hereafter authorized to designate, in writing, employees of the Disbursing Office of the Senate to administer oaths and affirmations, with respect to matters relating to that Office, authorized or required by law or rules or orders of the Senate (including the oath of office required by section 3331 of title 5, United States Code). During any period in which he is so designated, any such employee may administer such oaths and affirmations.

Subsection (c) of section 5533 of title 5, United States Code, is

amended

(1) by inserting in paragraph (1), immediately after “paragraph (2)", the following "or (4)"; and

(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(4) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to pay on a when-actually-employed basis received from more than one consultant or expert position if the pay is not received for the same day."

Effective January 1, 1973, and thereafter, section 506 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973, is amended (1) by inserting in subsection (a) (7) immediately after "subscriptions to", the following: "newspapers,", and (2) by inserting in subsection (h) (4), immediately before the semicolon at the end thereof, a comma and the following: "insofar as such section has application to Senators".

Section 105 (e) (2) (B) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended, and as modified by the Orders of the President pro tempore of the Senate (2 U.S.C. 61-1 (e) (2) (B)), is amended by striking out "$20,400" and inserting in lieu thereof "$18,224".

$2,485

25,640

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