Legislative Establishment Appropriation Bill

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Page 217 - ... without regard to political affiliations and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the office...
Page 39 - Law 763 provides that the compensation of such employees shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates. A general survey of Government and industrial employees...
Page 241 - Interstate and Foreign Commerce Judiciary Merchant Marine and Fisheries Post Office and Civil Service Public Works Rules Science and Astronautics Un-American Activities Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means power.
Page 541 - The unprecedented number of new social, economic, and health programs which the Federal Government has undertaken in the past few years requires us to place increased emphasis in these areas.
Page 213 - The Capitol Police Board, consisting of the Sergeant at Arms of the United .States Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and the Architect of the Capitol...
Page 663 - The magnitude and complexity of the operations of the Department of Defense require that we place extremely heavy responsibilities upon our staff. For example, in the area of procurement alone, the Department of Defense is awarding contracts for weapon systems and related equipment and supplies at the rate of about $43 billion a year, involving some 11 to 15 million contract actions.
Page 73 - To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the House...
Page 215 - House, certify to the passage of all bills and joint resolutions, make or approve all contracts, bargains or agreements relative to furnishing any matter or thing, or for the performance of any labor for the House of Representatives...
Page 541 - Effective examination of the activities of Federal agencies and contractors requires that our audit and investigative work be done at Federal agency offices and installations and contractors' plants located throughout the United States and in numerous locations abroad. For this reason, a large part of the working time of our professional staff of accountants and auditors must be spent in travel status.
Page 512 - Register shall be printed, reprinted, compiled, indexed, bound, and distributed; the number of copies of the Federal Register, which shall be printed, reprinted, and compiled ; the number which shall be distributed without charge to Members of Congress, officers and employees of the United States, or Federal...

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