Pub. Law 89-90 79 STAT. 266. - 2 July 27, 1965 clerks at $4,200 basic per annum each, and six expert transcribers Contingent fund, at $3,900 basic per annum each: Provided further, That the Secretary payment of emer- is hereafter authorized to obtain, by contract or otherwise, emergency genoy employees. reporters and transcribers as may be necessary, payments therefor to be made from the contingent fund of the Senate, and that Senate Resolution 196, agreed to August 21, 1961, and Senate Resolution 170, agreed to July 15, 1963, are hereby repealed: Provided further, That effective July 1, 1965, the basic compensation of the assistant to the Majority and the assistant to the Minority may be fixed by the Majority and Minority Leaders, respectively, at not to exceed $8,160 per annum each. COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and the Select Committee on Small Business, $3,236,145. CONFERENCE COMMITTEES For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $95,980. For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $95,980. ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS For administrative and clerical assistants and messenger service for Senators, $15,653,785. OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $3,051,230: Provided, That effective July 1, 1965, the basic per annum compensation of the foreman of skilled laborers shall be $2,340 in lieu of $2,100; the basic per annum compensation of two skilled laborers shall be $2,100 each in lieu of $1,920 each; and the Sergeant at Arms may employ six additional laborers at $1,680 basic per annum each. OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND THE MINORITY For the offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority, $160,885: Provided. That effective July 1, 1965, the respective Secretaries may fix the basic compensation of the assistant secretary for the Majority and the assistant secretary for the Minority at not to exceed $8,820 per annum each. OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS For four clerical assistants, two for the Majority Whip and two for the Minority Whip, at rates of compensation to be fixed in basic multiples of $60 per annum by the respective Whips, $17,815 each; in all, $35,630. OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $308,000. July 27, 1965 3 Pub. Law 89-90 SENATE PROCEDURE For compiling, preparing, and editing "Senate Procedure", 1964 edition, $4,000, of which amount $2,000 shall be paid to Charles L. Watkins, Parliamentarian Emeritus of the Senate, and $2,000 shall be paid to Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian of the Senate. CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $197,525 for each such committee; in all, $395,050. AUTOMOBILES AND MAINTENANCE For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of four automobiles, one for the Vice President, one for the President Pro Tempore, one for the Majority Leader, and one for the Minority Leader, $42,540. FURNITURE For service and materials in cleaning and repairing furniture, and for the purchase of furniture, $31,190: Provided. That the furniture purchased is not available from other agencies of the Government. INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate or conducted pursuant to section 134 (a) of Public Law 601, Seventy ninth Congress, including $392,000 for the Committee on Appropria- 60 Stat. 831. tions, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Reso- 2 USC 190b. lution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $4,777,390. FOLDING DOCUMENTS For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $2.17 per hour per person, $39,300. MAIL TRANSPORTATION 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, $16,560. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $3,222,755 including $246,000, for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with section 4 of Public Law 87-82, approved July 6, 1961. POSTAGE STAMPS For postage stamps for the offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority, $140; and for air-mail and special delivery stamps for office of the Secretary, $160: office of the Sergeant at Arms, $125; Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, 75 Stat. 199. 40 USC 174j-4. Infra. Pub. Law 89-90 79 STAT. 268. Long-distance 4 July 27, 1965 $90,400, and the maximum allowance per capita of $610 is increased to $800 for the fiscal year 1966 and thereafter: Provided, That Senators from States partially or wholly west of the Mississippi River shall be allowed an additional $200 each fiscal year; in all, $90,825. STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND) For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, $242,400; and for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, $13,200; in all, $255,600, to remain available until expended. COMMUNICATIONS For an amount for communications which may be expended interchangeably for payment, in accordance with such limitations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration, of charges on official telegrams and long-distance telephone calls made by or on behalf of Senators or the President of the Senate, such telephone calls to be in addition to those authorized by the provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 (60 Stat. 392; 2 U.S.C. 46c, 46d, 46e), as amended, and the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949 (63 Stat. 77; 2 U.S.C. 46d-1), $15,150. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Effective July 1, 1965, the paragraph relating to official long-distelephone calls. tance telephone calls to and from Washington, District of Columbia, under the heading "Contingent Expenses of the Senate" in Public Law 479, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended (2 U.S.C. 46c), is amended to read as follows: 77 Stat. 863. 68 Stat. 400; 72 Stat. 442. "There shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, toll charges on not to exceed twenty-four hundred strictly official long-distance telephone calls to and from Washington, District of Columbia, aggregating not more than twelve thousand minutes each fiscal year for each Senator and the Vice President of the United States: Provided, That not more than twelve hundred calls aggregating not more than six thousand minutes made in the first six months of each fiscal year shall be paid for under this sentence. The toll charges on an additional twelve hundred such calls aggregating not more than six thousand minutes each fiscal year for each Senator from any State having a population of ten million or more inhabitants shall also be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate: Provided, That not more than six hundred calls aggregating not more than three thousand minutes made in the first six months of each fiscal year shall be paid for under this sentence." Effective July 1, 1965, the paragraph relating to payment of toll charges on official long-distance telephone calls, originating and terminating outside of Washington, District of Columbia, under the heading "Contingent Expenses of the Senate" in Public Law 479, Seventyninth Congress, as amended (2 U.S.C. 46d), is amended by striking out "$1,800" where it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "$2,200". Any Senator may have the Sergeant at Arms compute his total maximun long-distance telephone allowance. The minutes and calls allowance shall be computed on a formula at the maximum rate with all calls considered as being person-to-person from Washington, Dis July 27, 1965 - 5 Pub. Law 89-90 79 STAT. 269. trict of Columbia, and terminating within the Senator's State. Any Senator or group of Senators may then request the Sergeant at Arms to contract for flat-rate long-distance telephone service such as wide area telephone service. All such contract costs shall be charged against their respective telephone allowances, and in no event shall the total cost of any contract service exceed the allowance of the Senator, or the group of Senators sharing any such service; any excess costs to be billed to the Senator. No change from the original form of the allowances or from any contract service shall become effective except upon the first of a month. The third paragraph under the heading "Administrative Provi- Travel. sions" in the appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1959, as amended (2 U.S.C. 43b), is amended by 72 Stat. 443; striking out "two" where it first appears therein and inserting in lieu 73 Stat. 401. thereof "six". Effective July 1, 1965, the second paragraph_under the heading Mileage payments. "Administrative Provisions" contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1962 (Public Law 87-130, approved August 10, 1961; 2 U.S.C. 127) is amended by inserting at the end thereof the 75 Stat. 323. following: "Two additional mileage payments each fiscal year may be made, under the foregoing, to employees in the offices of Senators from States having a population of ten million or more inhabitants." Effective July 1, 1965, the third paragraph under the heading office expenses. "Administrative Provisions" contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957 (Public Law 624, Eighty-fourth Congress; 2 U.S.C. 53), is amended by striking out "$150" where it appears 70 Stat. 359. therein and inserting in lieu thereof "$300". The legislative subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations is Stationery allowhereby directed to study the manner in which stationery allowances ances, report. are utilized, including the commutation thereof, and to make a report on its findings and recommendations to the Standing Committee on Appropriations no later than February 1, 1966. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SALARIES, MILEAGE FOR THE MEMBERS, AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS For compensation of Members (wherever used herein the term "Member" shall include Members of the House of Representatives and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico), $14,138,975. MILEAGE OF MEMBERS AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF THE SPEAKER For mileage of Members and expense allowance of the Speaker, as authorized by law, $200,000. SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, as follows: OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER For the Office of the Speaker, $116,700. Pub. Law 89-90 79 STAT. 270 - 6 July 27, 1965 OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARIAN For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $101,875, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of the Rules, as authorized by law. COMPILATION OF PRECEDENTS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES For compiling the precedents of the House of Representatives as hereinafter authorized, $10,000. Lewis Deschler is authorized (during the current and succeeding fisc. years until the work is completed) to compile and prepare for printing the parliamentary precedents of the House of Representatives, together with such other materials as may be useful in connection therewith, and an index digest of such precedents and other materials. As so compiled and prepared, such precedents and other materials and index digest shall be printed on such size pages and in such type and format as Lewis Deschler may determine, and in such numbers and for such distribution as may hereafter be provided by law. For the purpose of carrying out such compilation and preparation, Lewis Deschler may (1) subject to the approval of the Speaker, appoint (as employees of the House of Representatives) and fix the compensation (at a per annum rate) of clerical and other personnel, and (2) utilize the services of personnel of the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office. OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN For the Office of the Chaplain, $15,000. OFFICE OF THE CLERK For the Office of the Clerk, including $140,750 for the House Recording Studio, $1,552,000. OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including not to exceed twenty police privates on the Capitol Police Board additional to the number otherwise authorized, $1,044,500. OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER For the Office of Doorkeeper, $1,620,000. OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER For the Office of the Postmaster, including $10.525 for employment of substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees when required at the basic salary rate of not to exceed $2,100 per annum each, $512,000. COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropriations, $3,800,000. SPECIAL AND MINORITY EMPLOYEES For six minority employees, $112,230. For the office of the majority floor leader, including $3,000 for official expenses of the majority leader, $86,600. |