An Act amending the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide for the appointment of persons to exercise temporarily the duties of certain offices of the House of Representatives
PL 83-197 (H.R.6571), enacted 08/05/1953

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than the United States. 
Each such general agent who in his capacity 
as such is an employer within the meaning of subsection (a) of this 
section shall be subject to all the requirements imposed upon an 
employer under this subchapter with respect to service which con-
stitutes employment by reason of this subsection." 
SEC. 3. Nothing in the amendments made by this Act shall be con-
strued as constituting officers and members of the crew of American 
vessels (1) owned by or bareboat chartered to the United States and 
(2) whose business is conducted by general agents of the Secretary 
of Commerce employees of such general agents except for the purposes 
of State unemployment compensation and temporary disability insur-
ance laws and the Federal Uneniployment Tax Act. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect as of July 1,1953. 
Approved August 5, 1953. 
53 Stat. 183. 
26 u s e 1611. 
Public Law 197 
CHAPTER 330 
AN ACT 
Amending the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide for tlie 
appointment of persons to exercise temporarily the duties of certain oflBces 
of the House of Representatives. 
Augusts, 1953 
[H. R. 6571] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended, is amended by adding after 
section 207 the following new section: 
"SEC. 208. (a) In case of a vacancy, from whatever cause, in the 
office of Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Doorkeeper, Postmaster, or 
Chaplain, of the House of Representatives, or in case of the incapacity 
or inability of the incumbent of any such office to perform the duties 
thereof, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may appoint 
a person to act as, and to exercise temporarily the duties of. Clerk, 
Sergeant at Arms, Doorkeeper, Postmaster, or Chaplain, as the case 
may be, until a person is chosen by the House of Representatives and 
duly qualifies as Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Doorkeeper, Postmaster, 
or Chaplain, as the case may be, or until the termination of the 
incapacity or inability of the incumbent. 
"(b) Any person appointed pursuant to this section shall exercise 
all the duties, shall have all the powers, and shall be subject to all 
the requirements and limitations applicable with respect to one chosen 
by the House of Representatives to fill the office involved; but nothing 
in this section shall be held to amend, repeal, or otherwise affect section 
7 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1943 (2 U. S. C, 
sec. 75a). 
"(c) Any person appointed pursuant to this section shall be paid 
the compensation which he would receive if he were chosen by the 
House of Representatives to fill the office involved, unless such person 
is concurrently serving in any office or position the compensation for 
which is paid from the funds of the United States, in which case he 
shall receive no compensation for services rendered pursuant to his 
appointment under this section, and his compensation for performing 
the duties of such office other than the one to which he is appointed 
pursuant to this section shall be in full discharge for all services he 
performs for the United States while serving in such dual capacity." 
Approved August 5, 1953. 
60 Stat. 812. 
2 u s e 72a note. 
House of R e p -
resentatives. 
C e r t a i n t e m-
porary a p p o i n t -
ments. 
56 Stat. 350. 
C omp ensation.