An Act to increase the amount of telephone and telegraph service furnished to Members of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
PL 84-422 (H.R.8796), enacted 02/27/1956

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(c) Subsection (c) of the first section of sucli joint resolution, 
as amended (2 TJ. S. C, sec. 112a (c)), is amended by striking out 
•', officer, or committee". 
(d) Subsection (d) of the first section of sucii joint resolution, as 
amended (2 IT. S. C, sec. 112a (d)), is amended by striking out 
", officer, or committee". 
SEC. 2. Such joint resolution approved March 25, 1953, is further 
amended by renumbering sections 2, 3,4, and 5 as sections 4, 5,6, and 7, 
respectively, and by inserting immediately after the first section thereof 
the following new sections: 
"SEC. 2. In addition to the electric tyjjewriters which may be fur-
nished under the first section of this joint resolution, the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives, upon request of any Member, shall furnish 
for use in the office of such Member not to exceed two electric type-
writers. 
"SEC. 3. The cost of electrical or mechanical office equipment fur-
nished under this joint resolution shall be paid from the contingent 
fund of the House of Representatives." 
Approved February 25, 1956. 
69 Stat. 13. 
Additional ts^je-
Payment. 
Public Law 421 
CHAPTER 73 
AN ACT 
February 27, 1956 
To provide for a prorated stationery allowance in the case of a Member of the —[H. R. 8787]—^ 
House of RepresentatiA'es elected for a portion of a term. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in the case of 
any Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner who is elected for a portion of a term, the amount of 
stationery allowance which such Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner shall be paid shall be an amount, with respect to the year in 
which he commences his service, which is the same percentage of the 
total stationery allowance payable for service for all of such year 
as the number of months of his service in such year (counting the 
month in which he is elected as one month) is of the total number 
of months in such year. 
Such prorated stationery allowance shall be 
paid from the contingent fund of the House into the revolving fund 
for stationery alloAvances established in the eighth paragraph under 
the heading "Contingent P^xpenses of tlie House" under the gen-
eral heading '"House of Representatives" in the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1948. 
Approved February 27, 1956. 
House of Repre-
sentatives. 
Stationery allow-
ance> 
61 Stat. 366. 
Public Law 422 
CHAPTER 74 
AN ACT 
To increase the amount of telephone and telegraph service furnished to Members 
of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. 
February 27, 1956 
[H. R. 8796] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That clause (2) of 
the first section of the Act entitled "An Act relating to telephone and 
telegraph service and clerk hire for the House of Representatives", 
approved June 23, 1949, as amended (2 U. S. C , sec. 46f), is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(2) charges on strictly official telegrams, cablegrams, and 
radiograms sent by or on behalf of the Member." 
House of Repre-
sentatives. 
T e l e p h o n e and 
telegraph service. 
63 Stat, 264. 
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PUBLIC LAW 423--MAR. 1, 1966 
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67 Stat. 5. 
68 Stat. 402. 
Effective date. 
SEC. 2. (a) Clause (1) of section 2 of such Act of June 23, 1949, as 
amended (2 U. S. C , sec. 46g), is amended by striking out "1,800" both 
times it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "3,000". 
(b) The eighth paragraph under the subheading "Contingent Ex-
penses of the House" under the heading "House of Kepresentatives" 
m the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955, is amended by striking out 
": Provided^ That effective July 1, 1954, the number of minutes of 
official long-distance telephone calls allowed each Member shall not 
exceed 2,700 per annum". 
(c) Clause (2) of section 2 of such Act of June 23,1949, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(2) charges on strictly official telegrams, cablegrams, and 
radiograms sent by or on behalf of the Member aggregating 
during the year not more than 20,000 words of which not more 
than 2,000 may be in telegrams, cablegrams, and radiograms sent 
to or from a point outside the United States, or its Territories or 
possessions except that if a Member is elected for a portion of a 
term the aggregate number of words with respect to which charges 
may be paid under the first section shall be reduced, with respect 
to the year in which he commences his service, to a number which 
is the same percentage of 20,000 as the number of days of his 
service in such year is of the total number of days in such year." 
SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as of 
noon on January 3,1956. 
Approved February 27, 1956. 
March 1, 1956 
[S. 926] 
Public Law 423 
CHAPTER 75 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain 
the Ventura River reclamation project, California. 
V e n t u r a River 
project, Calif. 
C o n s t r u e tion, 
etc. 
43 u s e 371 note. 
A l i o c a t i o n of 
costs. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhJed, That, for the pur-
pose of supplying water for the irrigation of lands in Ventura County, 
California, and for municipal, domestic, and industrial use therein, 
and for other incidental beneficial purposes, the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Ventura 
River reclamation project comprising, as its principal works, Casitas 
Dam and Reservoir on Coyote Creek, Robles diversion dam on Ventura 
River, a canal to carry water from the Robles diversion dam to Casitas 
Reservoir, and other conduits and related facilities to deliver water to 
the lands and area to be served by the project. 
SEC. 2. (a) Li constructing, operating, and maintaining the Ventura 
River project, the Secretary shall be governed by the Federal recla-
mation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory 
thereof or supplementary thereto) except as is otherwise provided 
in this Act. 
(b) In furnishing water for irrigation and for mimicipal, domestic, 
and industrial uses from the Ventura River project the Secretary shall 
charge rates with the object of returning to the United States during 
a fifty-year payment period (including any development period) all of 
the costs incurred by it in constructing, operating, and maintaining 
the project which the Secretary finds to be properly allocable to the 
purposes aforesaid and of interest, as hereinafter provided, on the 
portion of the construction cost which is allocated to municipal, 
domestic, and industrial water.