TAT. 1191 ptance of , prohi ion. sonnel ail. storical hd educaional inormation. Legulations. isciplinary ction. Expenses paid rom continent fund. Congressional mployee." 0 Stat. 409. ivil service -etirement. 0 Stat. 567; 3 Stat. 831. 3 Stat. 137; 0 Stat. 574. (2) from time to time, as may be necessary, procure and furnish such uniforms to such personnel without charge to such personnel. (e) An employee of the Capitol Guide Service shall not charge or accept any fee, or accept any gratuity, for or on account of his official services. (f) The Capitol Guide Board may detail personnel of the Capitol Guide Service to assist the United States Capitol Police by providing ushering and informational services, and other services not directly involving law enforcement, in connection with the inauguration of the President and Vice President of the United States, the official reception of representatives of foreign nations and other persons by the Senate or House of Representatives, and other special or ceremonial occasions in the United States Capitol Building or on the United States Capitol Grounds which require the presence of additional Government personnel and which cause the temporary suspension of the performance of the regular duties of the Capitol Guide Service. (g) The Capitol Guide Board may receive and consider advice and information from any private historical or educational organization, association, or society with respect to those operations of the Capitol Guide Service which involve the furnishing of historical and educational information to the general public. (h) With the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the Capitol Guide Board shall prescribe such regulations as the Board considers necessary and appropriate for the operation of the Capitol Guide Service. (i) The Capitol Guide Board may take appropriate disciplinary action, including, when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty without pay, reduction in pay, demotion, or removal from employment with the Capitol Guide Service, against any employee who violates any provision of this section or any regulation prescribed by the Board pursuant to this section. (j) The expenses of the Capitol Guide Service shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, until appropriations are available for the payment of such expenses. COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES OF THE CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE UNDER THE SEC. 442. (a) Section 2107 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the definition of "Congressional employee", is amended (1) by striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (7); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph: "(9) an employee of the Capitol Guide Service.". (b) Section 8332(b) of title 5, United States Code, relating to creditable service for retirement purposes, is amended (1) by striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (6); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; (3) by adding immediately below paragraph (7) the following paragraph: "(8) subject to sections 8334 (c) and 8339 (h) of this title, service performed on and after February 19, 1929, and prior to the effective date of section 442 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, as a United States Capitol Guide."; and (4) by inserting immediately after the fourth sentence thereof the following sentence: "The Civil Service Commission shall accept the certification of the Capitol Guide Board concerning service for the purpose of this subchapter of the type described in paragraph (8) of this subsection and performed by an employee.". TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 84 STAT. 1192 SEC. 443. (a) The initial appointments, under section 441 (c) (2) of Appointments, this Act, of personnel of the Capitol Guide Service shall be effective on effective date. the effective date of this section. The Capitol Guide Board shall afford, to each person who is a member of the United States Capitol Guides immediately prior to such effective date, the opportunity to be appointed to a comparable position in the Capitol Guide Service without reduction in level of rank and seniority. For the purposes of the initial appointments of such persons, the number of such persons shall be considered to have been authorized for the Capitol Guide Service under section 441 (c) (1) of this Act. The per annum (gross) rate of Pay rates. pay of each such person so initially appointed shall be a rate equal to the per annum rate of pay received by the United States Capitol Guides, who worked full tours of duty, averaged over the last five calendar years (excluding 1968) ending prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Subject to section 441 (i) of this Act, the rate of each such person so initially appointed shall not, at any time after such initial appointment, be less than the rate at which he was initially appointed so long as he remains in the same position; but, when such position becomes vacant, the rate of pay of any subsequent appointee thereto shall be fixed in accordance with section 441 of this Act. (b) The United States Capitol Police Board shall transfer, on the effective date of this section, to the Capitol Guide Board, all personnel records, financial records, assets, and other property of the United States Capitol Guides, which exist immediately prior to such effective date. (c) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this section but not later than the close of the sixtieth day after such effective date, the Capitol Guide Board shall, out of the assets and property transferred under subsection (b) of this section, on the basis of a special audit which shall be conducted by the General Accounting Office (1) settle and pay any outstanding accounts payable of the United States Capitol Guides, (2) discharge the financial and other obligations of the United States Capitol Guides (including reimbursement to purchasers of tickets for guided tours which are purchased and paid for in advance of intended use and are unused), and (3) otherwise wind up the affairs of the United States Capitol Guides, Personnel records, etc., transfer to Board. GAO audit. which exist immediately prior to such effective date. The Capitol Monetary surGuide Board shall dispose of any net monetary amounts remaining pluses, disafter the winding up of the affairs of the United States Capitol posal. Guides, in accordance with the practices and procedures of the United States Capitol Guides, existing immediately prior to the effective date of this section, with respect to disposal of monetary surpluses. TAT. 1193 audit. ort to gress. Stat. 831. PART 5-AUDIT FOR ORGANIZATIONS CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES OR PER- AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS OF CERTAIN PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS SEC. 451. (a) Any private organization, except political parties and committees constituted for election of Federal officials, whether or not organized for profit and whether or not any of its income inures to the benefit of any person, which performs services or conducts activities in or on the United States Capitol Buildings or Grounds, as defined by or pursuant to law, shall be subject, for each year in which it performs such services or conducts such activities, to a special audit of its accounts which shall be conducted by the General Accounting Office. The results of such audit shall be reported by the Comptroller General to the Senate and House of Representatives. PART 6-CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT SEC. 461. (a) This section is enacted by the Congress (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively; and such rule shall supersede other rules only to the extent inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to the procedure in such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. (b) Section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 198) is amended to read as follows: "CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT "SEC. 132. (a) Unless otherwise provided by the Congress, the two Houses shall "(1) adjourn sine die not later than July 31 of each year; or "(2) in the case of an odd-numbered year, provide, not later than July 31 of such year, by concurrent resolution adopted in each House by rollcall vote, for the adjournment of the two Houses from that Friday in August which occurs at least thirty days before the first Monday in September (Labor Day) of such year to the second day after Labor Day. napplicability. "(b) This section shall not be applicable in any year if on July 31 of such year a state of war exists pursuant to a declaration of war by the Congress.". PART 7-PAYROLL ADMINISTRATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SINGLE PER ANNUM GROSS RATES OF PAY FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER THE HOUSE SEC. 471. Whenever the rate of pay of an employee whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives is fixed or adjusted on or after the effective date of this section, that rate, as so fixed or adjusted, shall be a single per annum gross rate. 84 STAT. 1194 SINGLE PER ANNUM GROSS RATES OF CLERK HIRE ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS; RELATED MATTERS SEC. 472. (a) The clerk hire allowance of each Member of the House Clerk hire of Representatives and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico allowance. shall be at a single per annum gross rate, determined on the basis of the population, as currently estimated by the Bureau of the Census, of the constituency of that Member or the Resident Commissioner within one of the following categories, as applicable (1) a population of less than 500,000, with respect to which the single per annum gross rate of clerk hire allowance is $133,500; or (2) a population of 500,000 or more, with respect to which the single per annum gross rate of clerk hire allowance is $140,500. (b) The aggregate of the payments of pay, for each monthly pay Monthly pay period, to employees, out of the clerk hire allowance of a Member limitation. or the Resident Commissioner, shall not be at a rate greater than the single per annum gross rate of clerk hire allowance of that Member or the Resident Commissioner, divided by twelve and adjusted to the nearest lower whole dollar figure, not counting any remaining portion of a dollar. limitation. (c) An employee is not entitled to pay, out of the clerk hire allow- Yearly pay ance of a Member or the Resident Commissioner, at a single per annum gross rate in excess of $27,343.27. (d) Each Member and the Resident Commissioner shall certify any rearrangements or changes of salary schedules of employees paid out of his clerk hire allowance, in writing to the Clerk of the House, on or before such day of any month, in which such rearrangements or changes of salary schedules are to become effective, as the Clerk, with the approval of the Committee on House Administration, may designate from time to time. The Clerk shall disburse the pay of those employees in accordance with the certification of that Member or the Resident Commissioner. (e) Each Member and the Resident Commissioner may, by written notice to the Clerk of the House, establish such titles for positions in his office as he may desire to designate. SINGLE PER ANNUM GROSS RATES OF ALLOWANCES FOR PERSONAL SERVICES SEC. 473. The allowance for additional office personnel in the office of each of the following officials of the House of Representatives shall be at a single per annum gross rate, as follows: (1) the Speaker, $110,000. (2) the Majority Leader, $90,000. CONVERSION BY CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF EXISTING BASIC PAY RATES TO SEC. 474. The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall convert, as of the effective date of this section, to a single per annum gross rate, the rate of pay of each employee whose pay (1) is disbursed by the Clerk; and (2) immediately prior to such effective date, was fixed at a basic rate with respect to which additional pay was payable by law. Salary schedule changes, certi fication. 42-247 O - 75-44 84 STAT. 1195 epeals. lerk hire. 9 Stat. 509. OBSOLETE REFERENCES IN EXISTING LAW TO BASIC PAY RATES SEC. 475. In any case in which— (1) the rate of pay of any employee or position, or class of employees or positions, the pay for whom or for which is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or any maximum or minimum rate with respect to any such employee, position, or class, is referred to in or provided by statute or House resolution; and (2) the rate so referred to or provided is a basic rate with respect to which additional pay is provided by law; such statutory provision or resolution shall be deemed to refer, in lieu of such basic rate, to the per annum gross rate which an employee receiving such basic rate immediately prior to the effective date of this section would receive, without regard to such statutory provision or resolution, under section 474 of this Part on and after such date. Professional staff embers. 0 Stat. 835. ay rate. 5 F. R. 6247. USC 5332 note. -ual pay. 1 Stat. 637. SAVING PROVISION SEC. 176. The provisions of this Part shall not be construed to― (2) affect the continuity of employment of, or reduce the pay of, any employee whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW; RELATED PROVISIONS SEC. 477. (a) There are hereby repealed (1) the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to increase clerk hire, and for other purposes", approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 831; Public Law 512, Seventy-eighth Congress; 2 U.S.C. 60g); (2) section 11(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1956 (2 U.S.C. 60g-1); and (3) section 202(e) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a (e)). (b) All provisions of law inconsistent with any provision of this Part are hereby superseded to the extent of the inconsistency. (c) (1) This subsection is enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives subject to and with full recognition of the power of the House of Representatives to enact or change any Rule of the House at any time in its exercise of its constitutional right to determine the rules of its proceedings. (2) Clause 29 (c) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: "(c) Each employee on the professional staff, and each employee on the clerical staff, of each standing committee, is entitled to pay at a single per annum gross rate, to be fixed by the chairman, which does not exceed the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, of the General Schedule of section 5332 (a) of title 5, United States Code.". (d) Section 5533 (c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(c) (1) Unless otherwise authorized by law and except as otherwise provided by paragraph (2) of this subsection, appropriated funds are not available for payment to an individual of pay from more than |