Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER: 180-10060-10445
RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
December 8, 1995
Status of Document:
Postponed in Part
Number of releases of previously postponed information: 10
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: 9
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 :
180-10060-10445
RECORDS SERIES :
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
ORIGINATOR : HSCA
FROM:
TO :
TITLE :
DATE: 12/01/76
PAGES: 10
SUBJECTS :
HSCA, ADMINISTRATION
HOWARTH, THOMAS
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
DOCUMENT TYPE :
CLASSIFICATION
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DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/04/93
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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)
Thomas Howarth
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official )
Effective Date
December 1,
1977
Employee Social Security Number
015-18-1386
Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee
Assassinations
☐ Appointment
2 Salary Adjustment
☐ Title Change
Type of Action
☐ Termination (At close of business on effective date)
☐ Leave without pay (Beginning with effective date above and ending
close of business_
Specify Date
(If type of action is an Appointment, Salary Adjustment, or Title Change, complete appropriate information below.)
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Position Title
Budget Officer
Gross Annual Salary*
$41,200
* If employee is a civil service annuitant (includes US House of Representatives), the gross annual salary shown should include the annuity received by the employee
plus the salary received from the employing office.
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☑Special (Investigative staff of Standing Committee) or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 465 of 95th 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 USC 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
December 1
Date_
77
19
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis Stokes
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(If appropriate, signature of Subcommittee Chairman or Ranking Minority Member)
(Type or print name and title of above 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 as of
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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ID
Benefits
Payroll
(Revised August 1, 1977)
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVEŠ
EPRESEN
Washington, DC 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
December 1, 1978
Type of Action
Thomas Howarth
Employee Social Security Number
015-18-1385
☐ Appointment
Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee
Assassinations
☐ Title Change
Salary Adjustment
☐ Termination (At close of business on effective date)
☐ Leave without pay (Beginning with effective date above and ending
close of business_.
Specify Date
(If type of action is an Appointment, Salary Adjustment, or Title Change, complete appropriate information below.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary*
$43,500.00
* If employee is a civil service annuitant (includes US House of Representatives), the gross annual salary shown should include the annuity received by the employee
plus the salary received from the employing office
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff- Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. Special (Investigative staff of Standing Committee) or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res 956 of 95th 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 US.C 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
December 11
_Date__
78
19'
(If appropriate, signature of Subcommittee Chairman or Ranking Minority Member)
(Type or print name and title of above official)
(Signature of Authorizing Official}
LOUIS STOKES
(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
Office Code
Monthly Annuity $_
00
as of
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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Benefits
Payroll__
(Revised August 1
19771
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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
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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)
Thomas Howarth
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official )
Effective Date
November 1, 1978
Employee Social Security Number
☐ Appointment
Title Change
015-18-1386
Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee
Assassinations
☐ Salary Adjustment
Type of Action
☐ Termination (At close of business on effective date)
☐ Leave without pay (Beginning with effective date above and ending
close of business_
Specify Date
(If type of action is an Appointment, Salary Adjustment, or Title Change, complete appropriate information below.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary*
Deputy Staff Director & Budget Officer
* If employee is a civil service annuitant (includes US House of Representatives), the gross annual salary shown should include the annuity received by the employee
plus the salary received from the employing office
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below)
1.
Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
.956
95th
of.
Congress.
2. Special (Investigative staff of Standing Committee) or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. -
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below)
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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
November 13
Date_
78
19_
(If appropriate, signature of Subcommittee Chairman or Ranking Minority Member)
(Type or print name and title of above official)
E
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
LOUIS STOKES
(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:
Office Code
Monthly Annuity $_
_ .00
as of
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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Benefits
Payroll ____
(Revised August 1, 1977)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, DC 20515
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
Thomas Howarth
Employee Social Security Number
*
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official )
Effective Date
8/1/77
Type of Action
015-18-1386
Employing Office or Committee
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
38,500
Budget Officer
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee. Staff-☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional
2. ☑ Special or Select Committee. Authority-H Res. 465 of 95th 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 USC. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date_
August 2
77
19
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
LOUIS STOKES
(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 Committee's, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code
Monthly Annuity $_
.00
APPROVED.
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
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Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, DC 20515
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official )
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
'
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action.
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
Effective Date
Thomas Howarth
5/29/77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
015 18 1386
Appointment
Employing Office or Committee
Assassinations
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
$30,000
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. Standing Committee. Staff-☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2 ☐ Special or Select Committee Authority-H Res. 465
☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below)
Position Number_.
__If applicable, Level
of
f95th _Congress.
Step_
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives
Date__
May 10 1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis Stokes
(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
Office Code
Monthly Annuity $
.00
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APPROVED:..
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
F05/11
1
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, DC 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
Thomas Howarth
4/7/77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
015 18 1386
Employing Office or Committee
Appointment
☐ Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
Assassinations
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information)
Position Title
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below)
1 ☐ Standing Committee. Staff-☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional
465
2. ☑ Special or Select Committee Authority-H. Res.
of-
f 95th
_Congress
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
If applicable, Level__
Step_
Gross Annual Salary
$47,500
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 USC. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date___
April 29
1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis Stokes
(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:
Office Code
Monthly Annuity $.
00
APPROVED.
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
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Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, DC 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
Thomas Howarth
2-1-77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
015-18-1386
Appointment
Employing Office or Committee
Salary Adjustment
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
Gross Annual Salary
$18,450.
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
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 USC 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date_
2-28-77
19.
(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
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
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Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, DC 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
Thomas Howarth
1/3/77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
->
018 19 138C
Appointment
Employing Office or Committee
☑Salary Adjustment
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
Gross Annual Salary
$19,500.
115th
Congress
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below)
1 Standing Committee. Staff-☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2 ☐ Special or Select Committee. Authority-H Res.
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 USC 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives
Date_
1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Henry B. Gonzalez
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chaiman
(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
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Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
1
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, DC 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action.
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
Thomas Howarth
Employee Social Security Number
015 1S 1386
Employing Office or Committee
Select Committee on Assassinations
* (Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official )
Effective Date
12/1/76
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
Budget Officer
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below)
1 Standing Committee Staff-☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
Gross Annual Salary
$30,000
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 _____
-
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.SC 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives
Date__
December 1
1975
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Thomas N. Downing, Chairman
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
APPROVED
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
All Staff Employees
FROM:
Budget Officer
DATE:
January 3, 1977
RE:
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
son
daughter
brother
sister
nephew
niece
husband
wife
father-in-law
mother-in-law
brother-in-law
sister-in-law
stepfather
stepmother
stepbrother
stepsister
uncle
aunt
first cousin
son-in-law
daughter-in-law
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
Howarth
Signature of Employee
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January 25.1977
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