Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification
AGENCY :
HSCA
RECORD NUMBER :
180-10070-10160
RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
December 8, 1995
Status of Document:
Postponed in Part
Number of releases of previously postponed information: 12
Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors
including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the
absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United
States or to any individual.
Number of Postponements: 6
Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.
Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could
reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of
privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest.
Substitute Language: SSN
Date of Next Review: 2017
Board Review Completed: 10/24/95
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Released under the John F.
Kennedy Assassination
Records Collection Act of
1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).
Case#:NW 88326 Date:
2025
JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
IDENTIFICATION FORM
AGENCY INFORMATION
Date: 08/20/93
Page: 1
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER :
180-10070-10160
RECORDS SERIES :
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
ORIGINATOR : HSCA
FROM:
TO :
TITLE :
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
DATE : 10/07/76
PAGES: 8
SUBJECTS :
HSCA; ADMINISTRATION
SPRAGUE, RICHARD A.
DOCUMENT TYPE : PRINTED FORM
CLASSIFICATION : U
RESTRICTIONS : 3
CURRENT STATUS : P
DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/16/93
OPENING CRITERIA :
COMMENTS :
Three copies of resume. Box 3.
[R] ITEM IS RESTRICTED
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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen).
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
Richard A. Sprague
Employee Social Security Number
402 30 6486
Employing Office or Committee
Select Committee on Assassinations
3/30/77
Type of Action
Appointment
Salary Adjustment
☑ Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.) ·
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☑Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 11
3. ☐ Joint Committee..
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
of 95th Congress.
_If applicable, Level __
Step __
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date_
March 30
19.77
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis Stokes, Chairman
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Select Committee on Assassinations
(Title If Member, District and State)
• All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code..
Monthly Annuity $
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee.
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION. FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
Kichard A. Sprague
2-1-77
Employee Social Security Number
402-30-6486
Appointment
Employing Office or Committee
Salary Adjustment
Type of Action
Select Committee on Assassinations
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
Gross Annual Salary
$24,354.
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☑Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 11
95
_of_
Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number____
If applicable, Level _ Step __
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 31:10(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
2-28-77
1.9
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Henry B. Gonzalez
Chairman
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
*ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations; the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code _
Monthly Annuity $.
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration.
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
GPO 1975 O 57-255
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515.
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Richard A. Sprague
Employee Social Security Number
402 30 6486
Effective Date
1/3/77
Type of Action
Employing Office or Committee
Select Committee on Assassinations
Appointment
Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary
$25,740.
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☑ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 11 of 95 Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number__
_If applicable, Level __
Step __
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date_
1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
_ Henry B. Gonzalez
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
_ Chairman.
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Office of Finance use only:
APPROVED:..
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Office Code __
Monthly Annuity $_.
.00
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Copy for Committee on House Administration
MEMORANDUM
TO:
All Staff Employees
FROM: Budget Officer
DATE:
RE:
January 3, 1977
Payroll Certification
Starting with the January, 1977 payroll, the certification
to the House Finance Office requires, among other things, the
relationship, if any, of each staff employee to any current
Member of Congress (those taking office January 3, 1977).
The following are the relationships to be included in
the certification:
father
mother
nephew
niece
brother-in-law
sister-in-law
son
daughter
brother
sister
uncle
aunt
first cousin
husband
wife
father-in-law
mother-in-law
son-in-law
daughter-in-law
stepfather
stepmother
stepbrother
stepsister
half-brother
half-sister
All staff employees are requested to complete this
form and return it to the Budget officer.
Approved
Richard A. Sprague
I am not related
I am related by the following relationship
A Sp
Signature of Employee
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2-9-77
Date
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C.-20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
Richard A. Sprague
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Employee Social Security Number
432 30 6466
Employing Office or Committee
Select Committed on Assassinations
17/15/76
Appointment
| Salary Adjustment
Effective Date
Type of Action
title change
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Chief Counsel and Director
(If Committee Employee; complete appropriate item below.)
1. Standing Committee: Staff-☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☐ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 1557
of 94th
Congress.
Gross Annual Salary
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number
_If applicable, Level_
Step_
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
December 2
196
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Thomas N. Downing, Chairman
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Select Committee on Assassinations
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Office of Finance use only:'
Office Code
<
Monthly Annuity $___
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.00
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(PI
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
6689
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
ons, or changes.
n this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
October 7, 1976
Richard A. Sprague
Employee Social Security Number
402-30-6486
☑ Appointment
Salary Adjustment
Type of Action
Employing Office or Committee
Select Committee on Assassinations
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Acting Counsel and Director
02274
(if Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
Gross Annual Salary
$39,600.00
2640.00
cpr.
2. ☑ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 1540 of 94th Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
_If applicable, Level_
Step_
10-776 PM 4: 10
HOF R. FINANCE OFFICE.
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
October 7
1976
Th
Signature of Authorizing Official)
Thomas N. Downing
(Type or print name of Authorizing Officia!)
Chairman
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the
Committe
mittee 
on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Office of Finance use only:
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Office Code__
Monthly Annuity $__
.00
ORIGINAL - To Finance Office (For official personnel folder)
AS.
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RICHARD A SPRAGUE
ACTING COUNSEL AND DIRECTOR
HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
ORGANIZATIONS:
MILITARY
SERVICE:
EDUCATION:
Presently of Counsel to David Berger, P. A., Attorneys.
at Law, 1622 Locust Street, Philadelphia, engaged
principally in private practice and trial counsel in
major national and international litigation, i.e. anti-
trust and corporate trial work; and serving as Special
Prosecutor for various District Attorneys in the U.S.
Formerly the First Assistant District Attorney of
Philadelphia County, Pa., from June 1966 until December,
1974. After appointment to the District Attorney's
Office in 1958, served as Chief Assistant District
Attorney-Chief of the Prosecution Division, Chief of the
Trial Division and Chief of the Homicide Division. Rep-
resented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Prosecuting
Attorney in more than 10,000 criminal trials, including
hundreds of murder cases, more than sixty of which were
first degree murder cases, and obtained the death penalty
more than 20 times.
Served as Special Prosecutor for Washington County, Pa.
Also
for the prosecution of the Yablonski murder cases.
served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General of
the United States for the federal prosecution of W. A.
"Tony" Boyle.
Acted as Special Prosecutor for Delaware County, Pa.
from 1971 to 1974 to investigate allegations of govern-
mental corruption.
Prior to joining the District Attorney's Office, served
as a Voluntary Defender in the Defender Association of
Philadelphia for more than 1 1/2 years.
Lecturer on Trial Tactics in Criminal Trials and
Lecturer on Criminal Law Procedures at Temple University
Law School, Philadelphia.
Faculty member, American Trial Lawyers Association.
Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S.
Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and American
Bar Association.
Member of the Philadelphia Bar Association; from 1971
to 1974, member of Board of Governors; formerly Vice-
Chairman of Committee on Criminal Law and member of
numerous committees and sub-committees.
Formerly Treasurer of Philadelphia Regional Planning
Council of the Governor's Justice Commission.
Served in the United States Navy, Submarine Service,
during World War II.
LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
B.S. from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.
Attended Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 22, 1925
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RICHARD A SPRAGUE
ACTING COUNSEL AND DIRECTOR
HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
ORGANIZATIONS:
MILITARY
SERVICE:
EDUCATION:
Presently of Counsel to David Berger, P. A., Attorneys
at Law, 1622 Locust Street, Philadelphia, engaged
principally in private practice and trial counsel in
major national and international litigation, i.e. anti-
trust and corporate trial work; and serving as Special
Prosecutor for various District Attorneys in the U.S.
Formerly the First Assistant District Attorney of
Philadelphia County, Pa., from June 1966 until December,
1974. After appointment to the District Attorney's
Office in 1958, served as Chief Assistant District
Attorney-Chief of the Prosecution Division, Chief of the
Trial Division and Chief of the Homicide Division. Rep-
resented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Prosecuting
Attorney in more than 10,000 criminal trials, including
hundreds of murder cases, more than sixty of which were
first degree murder cases, and obtained the death penalty
more than 20 times.
Pa.
Also
Served as Special Prosecutor for Washington County,
for the prosecution of the Yablonski murder cases.
served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General of
the United States for the federal prosecution of W. A.
"Tony" Boyle.
Acted as Special Prosecutor for Delaware County, Pa.
from 1971 to 1974 to investigate allegations of govern-
mental corruption.
Prior to joining the District Attorney's Office, served
as a Voluntary Defender in the Defender Association of
Philadelphia for more than 1 1/2 years.
Lecturer on Trial Tactics in Criminal Trials and
Lecturer on Criminal Law Procedures at Temple University
Law School, Philadelphia.
Faculty member, American Trial Lawyers Association.
Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S.
Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and American
Bar Association.
Member of the Philadelphia Bar Association; from 1971
to 1974, member of Board of Governors; formerly Vice-
Chairman of Committee on Criminal Law and member of
numerous committees and sub-committees.
Formerly Treasurer of Philadelphia Regional Planning
Council of the Governor's Justice Commission.
Served in the United States Navy, Submarine Service,
during World War II.
LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
B.S. from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.
Attended Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 22, 1925
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
ORGANIZATIONS:
MILITARY
SERVICE:
EDUCATION:
RICHARD A SPRAGUE
ACTING COUNSEL AND DIRECTOR
HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS
Presently of Counsel to David Berger, P. A., Attorneys
at Law, 1622 Locust Street, Philadelphia, engaged
principally in private practice and trial counsel in
major national and international litigation, i.e. anti-
trust and corporate trial work; and serving as Special
Prosecutor for various District Attorneys in the U.S.
Formerly the First Assistant District Attorney of
Philadelphia County, Pa., from June 1966 until December,
1974. After appointment to the District Attorney's.
Office in 1958, served as Chief Assistant District
Attorney-Chief of the Prosecution Division, Chief of the
Trial Division and Chief of the Homicide Division.
Rep-
resented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Prosecuting
Attorney in more than 10,000 criminal trials, including
hundreds of murder cases, more than sixty of which were
first degree murder cases, and obtained the death penalty
more than 20 times.
Served as Special Prosecutor for Washington County, Pa.
for the prosecution of the Yablonski murder cases. Also
served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General of
the United States for the federal prosecution of W. A.
"Tony" Boyle.
Acted as Special Prosecutor for Delaware County, Pa.
from 1971 to 1974 to investigate allegations of govern-
mental corruption.
Prior to joining the District Attorney's Office, served
as a Voluntary Defender in the Defender Association of
Philadelphia for more than 1 1/2 years.
Lecturer on Trial Tactics in Criminal Trials and
Lecturer on Criminal Law Procedures at Temple University
Law School, Philadelphia.
Faculty member, American Trial Lawyers Association.
Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S.
Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and American
Bar Association.
Member of the Philadelphia Bar Association; from 1971
to 1974, member of Board of Governors; formerly Vice-
Chairman of Committee on Criminal Law and member of
numerous committees and sub-committees.
Formerly Treasurer of Philadelphia Regional Planning
Council of the Governor's Justice Commission.
Served in the United States Navy, Submarine Service,
during World War II.
LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
B.S. from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.
Attended Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 22, 1925
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U.S. House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
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