Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification
AGENCY :
RECORD NUMBER :
RECORD SERIES :
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
HSCA
180-10060-10464
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
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
individual.
States or to any
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 :
180-10060-10464
RECORDS SERIES :
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
ORIGINATOR : HSCA
FROM :
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TITLE :
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
DATE : 12/01/76
PAGES: 10
SUBJECTS :
HSCA, ADMINISTRATION
LAWSON, BELFORD III
DOCUMENT TYPE :
CLASSIFICATION
RESTRICTIONS
PRINTED FORM
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CURRENT STATUS : P
DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/04/93
OPENING CRITERIA :
COMMENTS :
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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)
Belford L. Lawson III
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
December 1, 1978
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
579-58-9975
☐ Appointment
☐ Salary Adjustment
Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee
Assassinations
☐ Title Change
☐ 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*
$27,100.00
* If employee is a civil service annuitant (includes U.S. 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. _
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
956 .95th
of.
Congress.
(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 11
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:
NW 88326
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
ID
Office Code
Benefits
Monthly Annuity $
.00
as of
Payroll
(Revised: August 1, 1977)
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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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)
Belford L. Lawson III
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Employee Social Security Number
579-58-9975
Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee
Assassinations
☐ Appointment
Effective Date
12/31/78
☐ 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.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary*
* If employee is a civil service annuitant (includes U.S. 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. of
956 
.95th.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
_Congress.
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.
January 2
Date_
79
19
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
LOUIS STOKES
(If appropriate, signature of Subcommittee Chairman or Ranking Minority Member)
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
CHAIRMAN
(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:
APPROVED:..
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Office Code...
Monthly Annuity $
.00. as of
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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ID
Benefits.
Payroll
(Revised: August 1, 1977)
eb
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)
Belford L. Lawson III
✓ (Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.).
Effective Date
December 1, 1977
Employee Social Security Number
579-58-9975
☐ Appointment
Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee
☐ Title Change
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*
Staff Counsel
$25,700
* If employee is a civil service annuitant (includes U.S. 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 U.S.C. 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:
NW 88326
Office Code..
Monthly Annuity $_
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.00
as of
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
ID
Benefits
Payroll__
(Revised: August 1, 1977)
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.)
Belford L. Lawson III
Employee Social Security Number:
579-58-9975
Employing Office or Committee
☐ ☐
Effective Date
8/1/77
Type of Action
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
Staff Counsel
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.).
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
Gross Annual Salary.
24,000
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 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
August 2
Date_
77
19.
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
LOUIS STOKES
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
CHAIRMAN
(Title if Member, District and State)
Albappointments and salary adjustments for employee's under the House Classification Act and for Committee sem-*.*
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
NW 88326
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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)
US. 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
Belford L. Lawson III
5/1/77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
579 58 9975
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
Gross Annual Salary
$20,000
95th
of
Congress...
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional."
2. ☐ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res... 465
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
relatives.
3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
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
NW 88326
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
F0 5/11
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
4/7/77
Type of Action
Belford L. Lawson III
Employee Social Security Number
579 58.9975
☐ Appointment
Employing Office or Committee
☑ 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.
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__
Gross Annual Salary
$42,400
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 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: t
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code.
Monthly Annuity $_.
.00
NW 88326
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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)
Belford L. Lawson, III
Employee Social Security Number
579-58-9975
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
2-1-77
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
(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_
Gross Annual Salary
$12,300.
11
of
95
Congress.
Step_
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 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 eme
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
NW 88326
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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, DC. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action;
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
Belford V. Lawson, III
Employee Social Security Number
579 58 9975
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.).
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
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
Standing Committee: Staff ☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 1
3. Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
If applicable, Level
Step
Gross Annual Salary
$13.000.
Congress.
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
19-77-
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Henry B. Gonzalez.
Chairman
prift 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 $ -
NW 88326
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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.)
Belford V. Lawson, III
Employee Social Security Number
579 58 9975
Employing Office or Committee
Effective Date
12/1/76
Type of Action
Appointment
☐ Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
Select Committee on Assassinations
$
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Staff counsel
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff-☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 1540
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
If applicable, Level_
Gross Annual Salary
7
$20,000
of 4th Congress.
Step
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date_
November 9
1976
(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 $.
NW 88326
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.00
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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
nephew
niece
brother-in-law
sister-in-law
stepfather
daughter
brother
sister
uncle
aunt
first cousin
husband
wife
father-in-law
mother-in-law.
son-in-law
daughter-in-law
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 ✓BAI.Z. #
I am related by the following relationship
Belford
Signature of Employee
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January 10, 1977
Date