An Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purposes
PL 87-730 (H.R.11151), enacted 10/02/1962

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October 2. 1962 
[H. R. 11151] 
Legislative 
Branch Appropri-
ation Act, 1963. 
PUBLIC LAW 87-730-OCT. 2, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Public Law 87-730 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Brancli for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1963, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted l>y the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1963, and for other purposes, namely: 
SENATE 
COMPENSATION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS, MILEAQE or THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SENATORS, AND EXPENSE ALLOW-
ANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND LEADERS OF THE SENATE 
COMPENSATION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
For compensation of the Vice President and Senators of the United 
States, $2,471,140. 
MILEAGE OF PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND or SENATORS 
For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $58,370. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY LEADERS 
For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $2,000; and Minority Leader of the Senate, 
$2,000; in all, $14,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of oificers, employees, clerks to Senators, and 
others as authorized by law, including agency contributions and 
longevity compensation as authorized, which shall be paid from this 
appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as follows: 
OFFICE OP THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For clerical assistance to the Vice President, at rates of compensa-
tion to be fixed by him in basic multiples of $5 per month, $127,645. 
CHAPLAIN 
Chaplain of the Senate, $8,810. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETAKT 
For office of the Secretary, $720,460: Provided, That effective July 
1, 1962, the Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation of a 
second assistant parliamentarian at not to exceed $5,700 basic per 
annum. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees, and 
the Select Committee on Small Business, $2,551,200. 
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CONFERENCE 
COMMITTEES 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $77,325. 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $77,325. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistants and messenger service 
for Senators, $12,676,275. 
OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $2,522,780: Pro-
vided^ That effective July 1, 1962, the Sergeant at Arms may employ 
a chief messenger at $2,460 basic per annum, and a truck driver at 
$2,700 basic per annum. 
OFFICES OF T H E SECRETARIES FOR T H E MAJORITY AND THE MINORITY 
For the offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary 
for the Minority, $126,350. 
OFFICES OF T H E MAJORITY AND MINORITY W H I P S 
For four clerical assistants, two for the Majority Whip and two for 
the Minority Whip, at rates of compensation to be fixed in basic 
multiples of $60 per annum by the respective Whips, $14,170 each; 
in all, $28,340. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES 
For office of the Official Keporters of Debates, $214,990. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $232,240. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION 
For salaries and expenses, legislative reorganization, $125,940. 
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $163,975 for each such committee; in all, 
$327,950. 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$250,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic 
Energy, $294,010. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$114,125; for expenses of compiling, preparing, and indexing the Con-
gressional Directory, $1,600; in all, $115,725. 
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AUTOMOBILES AND MAINTENANCE 
For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of 
four automobiles, one for the Vice President, one for the President 
Pro Tempore, one for the Majority Leader, and one for the Minority 
Leader, $36,000. 
FURNITURE 
For service and materials in cleaning and repairing furniture, and 
for the purchase of furniture, $31,190, and an additional amount for 
furniture, fiscal year 1962, $8,340: Provided^ That the furniture pur-
chased is not available from other agencies of the Government. 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate 
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-
60 Stat. 831. 
ninth Congress, including $380,000 for the Committee on Appropria-
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tions, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Reso-
lution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $3,797,210. 
FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
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For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pam-
phlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $1.90 per hour per person, 
$34,295. 
MAIL TRANSPORTATION 
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For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles for 
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carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary 
and Sergeant at Arms, $16,560. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $2,390,565, including 
$85,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with 
75 Stat. 199. 
sectiou 4 of Public Law 87-82, approved July 6, 1961. 
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POSTAGE STAMPS 
For postage stamps for the offices of the Secretaries for the Majority 
and Minority, $140; and for airmail and special-delivery stamps for 
office of the Secretary, $160; office of the Sergeant at Arms, $125; 
Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, 
$55,550; in all, $55,975. 
STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING FUND) 
For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, 
$181,800; and for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, 
$13,200; in all, $195,000, to remain available until expended. 
COMMUNICATIONS 
For an amount for communications which may be expended inter-
changeably for payment, in accordance with such limitations and re-
strictions as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration, of charges on official telegrams and long-distance 
telephone calls made by or on behalf of Senators or the President 
of the Senate, such telephone calls to be in addition to those authorized 
by the provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 
(60 Stat. 392; 2 U.S.C. 46c, 46d, 46e), as amended, and the First 
70 Stat. 360; 
Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949 (63 Stat. 77; 2 U.S.C. 46d-l), 
72 Stat. 442. 
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HOUSE OF KEPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES, MILEAGE FOR THE MEMBERS, AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF 
THE SPEAKER 
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS 
For compensation of Members (wherever used herein the term 
"Member" shall include Members of the House of Representatives and 
the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico), $10,672,000. 
MILEAGE OF MEMBERS AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF THE SPEAKER 
For mileage of Members and expense allowance of the Speaker, as 
authorized by law, $200,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, as 
follows: 
OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER 
For the Office of the Speaker, $83,710. 
OFFICE OF THE PARI^IAMENTARIAN 
For the Office of the Parliamentarian, including $2,000 for pre-
paring the Digest of the Rules, $64,635. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For the Office of the Chaplain, $8,810. 
OFFICE OF THE CLERK 
For the Office of the Clerk, including $119,000 for the House Re-
cording Studio, $1,154,490. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropria-
tions, $2,925,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS 
For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including $8,000 for addi-
tional clerical assistants, $618,150. 
OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER 
For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $1,059,325. .Z-.^iS g,; y,?: ,- , 
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For six minority employees, $88,405. 
For the office of the majority floor leader, including $2,000 for official 
expenses of the majority leader, $72,805. 
For the office of the minority floor leader, including $2,000 for official 
expenses of the minority leader, $56,295. 
For the office of the majority whip, $29,720. 
For the office of the minority whip, $29,720. 
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For two printing clerks, one for the majority caucus room and one 
for the minority caucus room, to be appointed by the majority and 
minority leaders, respectively, $13,565. 
For a technical assistant in the office of the attending physician, to 
be appointed by the attending physician, subject to the approval of 
the Speaker, $11,535. 
OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER 
For the Office of the Postmaster, including $9,100 for employment 
of substitute messengers, and extra services of regular employees when 
required at the basic salary rate of not to exceed $2,100 per annum 
each, $326,125. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES 
For official reporters of debates, $202,915. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS TO COMMITTEES 
For official reporters to committees, $204,995. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of executive 
agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary per-
sonal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 
50 statj^834. 
sectiou 202(b) of the Legislative Eeorganization Act, 1946, and to 
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be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$600,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of 
the House, $229,000. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For clerk hire, necessarily employed by each Member in the dis-
charge of his official and representative duties, $20,400,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
FURNITURE 
For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, including labor, 
tools, and machinery for furniture repair shops, and for the purchase 
of packing boxes, $262,550. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically 
ordered by the House of Representatives, including the sum of $60,00<) 
for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with section 
54 Stat. 1056. 
208 of the Act approved October 9, 1940 (Public Law 812); the 
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exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Clerk's motor 
vehicles; the exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the 
folding room motortruck; the exchange, maintenance, operation, and 
repair of the post office motor vehicles for carrying the mails; not to 
exceed $5,000 for the purposes authorized by section 1 of House Reso-
lution 348, approved June 29, 1961; the sum of $600 for hire of auto-
mobile for trie Sergeant at Arms; materials for folding; and for 
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stationery for the use of committees, departments, and officers of the 
House; $2,600,000, of which such amount as may be necessary may 
be transferred to the appropriation under this heading for the fiscal 
year 1962. 
REPORTING HEARINGS 
For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than 
special and select committees, $150,000, of which such amount as may 
be necessary may be transferred to the appropriation under such head-
ing for the fiscal year 1962. 
SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees author-
ized by the House, $2,935,000, of which such amount as may be neces-
sary may be transferred to the appropriation under such heading 
for the fiscal year 1962. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal 
Revenue Taxation, $322,500. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY 
POLICY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Immigration 
and Nationality Policy, $20,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE PRODUCTION 
For all necessary expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Pro-
duction as authorized by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, $65,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR OF INFORMATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Coordinator of In-
formation, $113,875. 
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE 
For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, 
$1,350,000, of which such amount as may be necessary may be trans-
ferred to the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1962. 
STATIONERY {REVOLVING FUND) 
For a stationery allowance of $1,800 for each Member for the first 
session of the Eighty-eighth Congress, $788,400, to remain available 
until expended. 
ATTENDING 
P H Y S I C I A N ' S 
OFFICE 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency room and for the attending physician and his assistants, 
including an allowance of $1,500 to be paid to the attending physician 
in equal monthly installments as authorized by the Act approved 
June 27, 1940 (54 Stat. 629), and including an allowance of $75 per 
month each to five assistants as provided by the House resolutions 
adopted July 1, 1930, January 20, 1932, November 18, 1940, and May 
21, 1959, and Public Law 242, Eighty-fourth Congress, $16,545. 
69 stat. 499. 
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POSTAGE STAMPS 
Postage stamp allowances for the first session of the Eighty-eighth 
Congress, as follows: Postmaster, $320; Clerk, $640; Sergeant at Arms, 
$480; Doorkeeper, $400; airmail and special-delivery postage stamps 
for each Member, the Speaker, the majority and minority leaders, the 
majority and minority whips, and to each standing committee, as 
authorized by law; $183,640. 
FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a gross rate not exceeding 
$2.54 per thousand or for the employment of personnel at a gross rate 
not exceeding $1.91 per hour per person, $240,000. 
REVISION o r LAWS 
For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.Cl 
61 Stat. 637, 
202, 203, 213, $19,515, to be expended under the direction of the 
638, 640. 
Committee on the Judiciary, 
SPEAKER'S AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $10,000. 
MAJORITY LEADER'S AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, 
$10,000. 
MINORITY LEADER'S AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, 
$10,000. 
PORTRAIT OF SPEAKER 
For the procurement of a portrait of Honorable John W. 
McCormack, Speaker of the House of Representatives, $2,500, to 
remain available until expended, and to be disbursed by the Clerk of 
the House under the direction of the Speaker. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for the House 
of Representatives shall hereafter be computed at basic rates, plus 
increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by 
law. 
Notwithstanding smy other provision of law, the Sergeant at Arms 
of the House is authorized and directed on and after the date of enact-
ment of this Act to make such arrangements as may be necessary for 
any committee of Members of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives duly appointed to attend the funeral of a deceased Member of the 
House. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be 
paid out of the contingent fund of the House, under such rules and 
regulations as the Committee on House Administration may pre-
scribe, such sums as may be necessary to defray the funeral expenses 
of the deceased Member and to defray the expenses of such committee, 
the Sergeant at Arms of the House or a representative of his office, 
and the widow (or widower) or minor children, or both, of the 
deceased Member incurred in attending the funeral rites and burial 
of such Member. 
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CAPITOL POLICE 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, mainte-
nance, and repair of police motor vehicles, including two-way police 
radio equipment; contingent expenses, including $25 per montn for 
extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board by such member 
of the staff of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House, as 
may be designated by the Chairman of the Board; $36,700. 
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD 
To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protec-
tion for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and 
House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $129,500. 
Such 
sum shall be expended only for payment of salaries and other expenses 
of personnel detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the District of 
Columbia, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are 
authorized and directed to make such details upon the request of the 
Board. 
Personnel so detailed shall, during the period of such detail, 
serve under the direction and instructions of the Board and are au-
thorized to exercise the same authority as members of such Metro-
politan Police and members of the Capitol Police and to perform 
such other duties as may be assigned by the Board. 
Reimbursement 
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for salaries and other expenses of such detail personnel shall be made 
to the government of the District of Columbia, and any sums so 
reimbursed shall be credited to the appropriation or appropriations 
from which such salaries and expenses are payable and shall be avail-
able for all the purposes thereof: Provided, That any person detailed 
under the authority of this paragraph or under similar authority in 
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, and the Second 
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Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan Police eostatr^os. ' 
of the District of Columbia shall be deemed a member of such Metro- ^^^^f^ ^^^^ 
politan Police during the period or periods of any such detail for all 
purposes of rank, pay, allowances, privileges,' and benefits to the same 
extent as though such detail had not been made, and at the termination 
thereof any such person who was a member of such police on July 1, 
1940, shall have a status with respect to rank, pay, allowances, privi-
leges, and benefits which is not less than the status of such person in 
such police at the end of such detail: Provided further, That the Com-
missioners of the District of Columbia are directed to pay the captain 
and the lieutenant detailed under the authority of this paragraph the 
same salary as that paid the two lieutenants so detailed in fiscal year 
1955 plus $625 and such increase in basic compensation as may be sub-
sequently provided by law so long as these positions are held by the 
present incumbents and that the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia are directed to pay the deputy chief detailed under the 
authority of this paragraph the same salary as that paid in fiscal 
year 1961 plus $1,025 and such increases in basic compensation as may 
be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the 
present incumbent and that the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia are directed to pay the uniformed lieutenant detailed under 
the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting captain a salary 
of the rank of captain and such increases in basic compensation as may 
be subsequently provided by law. 
The foregoing amounts under "Capitol Police" shall be disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House. 
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF NONESSENTIAL FEDERAL 
EXPENDITURES 
For an amount to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of Non-
essential Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon 
it by section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (65 Stat. 726), to remain 
available during the existence of the committee, $26,790, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
EDUCATION OF PAGES 
For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
Court, pursuant to section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 
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1946, $68,365, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the 
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applicable appropriation of the District of Columbia, and the Board 
of Education of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to 
employ such personnel for the education of pages as may be required 
and to pay compensation for such services in accordance with such 
rates of compensation as the Board of Education may prescribe. 
PENALTY MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary under section 2 of Public Law 286, Eighty-
67 Stat. 614. 
third Congress, $3,986,000, to be available immediately. 
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STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the second session of the Eighty-seventh Congress, 
showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
authorized^ together with a chronological history of the regular appro-
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riation bills as required by law, $8,000, to be paid to the persons 
esignated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work. 
ARCHITECT OF T H E 
CAPITOL 
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
SALARIES 
For the Architect of the Capitol, Assistant Architect of the Capitol, 
and Second Assistant Architect of the Capitol, at salary rates of 
$20,700, $19,000, and $17,500 per annum, respectively, and other 
personal services at rates of pay provided by law; and hereafter the 
Assistant Architect of the Capitol shall act as Architect of the Capitol 
during the absence or disability of that official or whenever there is 
no Architect, and, in case of the absence or disability of the Assistant 
Architect, the Second Assistant Architect of the Capitol shall so act; 
$363,000. 
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 
shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to ex-
ceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies 
and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under 
his care, $50,000. 
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CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenditures for the Capitol Building and electrical 
substations of the Senate and House Office Buildings, under the juris-
diction of the Architect of the Capitol, including minor improvements, 
maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, 
and appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment; special and 
protective clothing for workmen; uniforms or allowances therefor 
as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
2131); personal and other services; cleaning and repairing works of 
68 stat. iii4. 
art, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as 
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amended; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas-
senger motor vehicle; purchase of necessary reference books and 
periodicals; not to exceed $500 for expenses of attendance, when 
specifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or 
conventions in connection with subjects related to work under the 
Architect of the Capitol, $1,282,000: Provided^ That not to exceed 
$385,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this 
head for the fiscal year 1962 is liereby continued available until June 
30, 1963. 
EXTENSION OF THE CAPITOL 
For an additional amount for "Extension of the Capitol'', $500,000. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, 
Senate and House Office Buildings; Capitol Power Plant; personal 
and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizers; repairs to pave-
ments, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing apparel; mainte-
nance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men and equip-
ment or under contract without regard to section 3709 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended; $435,000. 
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SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including fur-
niture, furnishings, and equipment, and for labor and material inci-
dent thereto, and repairs thereof; for purchase of waterproof wearing 
apparel, and for personal and other services; including eight female 
attendants in charge of ladies' retiring rooms at $1,800 each; for the 
care and operation of the Senate Office Buildings, including the sub-
way and subway transportation systems connecting the Senate Office 
Buildings with the Capitol; uniforms or allowances therefor as 
authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
2131); to be expended under the control and supervision of the Archi- 
68 stat. iii4. 
tect of the Capitol; in all, $2,235,000. 
LEGISLATIVE GARAGE 
For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, 
and all other necessary expenses, $63,000. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For 
maintenance, 
including 
equipment; 
waterproof 
wearing 
apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the Act 
oi September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); prevention and 
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eradication of insect and other pests without regard to section 3709 
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of the Revised Statutes, as amended; miscellaneous items; and for all 
necessary services; $1,703,000. 
AC!QUISITION OF PROPERTY, CONSTRUCTION, AND EQUIPMENT, ADDITIONAL 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the 
House Office Building Commission, to continue to provide for the 
acquisition of property, construction, and equipment of an additional 
fireproof office building for the use of the House of Eepresentatives, 
and other changes and improvements, authorized by the Additional 
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House Office Building Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 41,42), $8,500,000. 
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CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For lighting, heating, and power (including the purchase of elec-
trical energy) for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, 
Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library Buildings, and the 
grounds about the same. Botanic Garden, legislative garage, and for 
air-conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such 
buildings; for heating the Government Printing Office, Washington 
City Post Office, and Folger Shakespeare Library, reimbursement for 
which shall be made and covered into the Treasury; personal and other 
services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing apparel, and all 
other necessary expenses in connection with the maintenance and oper-
ation of the plant; $2,052,000. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural mainte-
nance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof wear-
ing apparel, and personal and other services, $844,500, of which not 
to exceed $20,000 shall be available for expenditure without regard to 
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section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended: Provided, That the 
unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal 
year 1962 is hereby continued available until June 30,1963. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For furniture, partitions, screens, shelving, and electrical work per-
taining thereto and repairs thereof, office and library equipment, 
apparatus, and labor-saving devices, $225,000. 
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BOTANIC GARDEN 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, 
repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, build-
ings, grounds, collections, and equipment pertaining thereto, including 
pei-sonal sei'vices; waterproof wearing apparel; not to exceed $25 for 
emergency medical supplies; traveling expenses, including bus fares, 
not to exceed $275; the prevention and eradication of insect and other 
pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement of 
personal services by contract without regard to the provisions of any 
other Act; purchase and exchange of motor trucks; purchase and 
exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
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691 
vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of ref-
erence, not to exceed $100; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library; $452,000: Provided, That not to exceed $62,000 
of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for 
the fiscal year 1962 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1964. 
LIBRAEY OF CONGRESS 
>s'^^''-'^ 
• 
SALARIES AND E X P E N S E S 
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For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union 
Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Buildings; 
.^ ., 
special clothing; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund 
Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by 
the Board; $9,810,430: Provided, That not to exceed $67,000 of the 
unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for the 
fiscal year 1962 is hereby contmued available until June 30, 1963: 
Provided further. That not to exceed $1,100,000 shall be available for 
reimbursement to the General Services Administration for alterations, 
including air conditioning, of space to be occupied by the Library of 
Congress in the Naval Weapons Plant. 
CopYKiGHT OFFICE 
SAL,ARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including publica-
tion of the decisions of the United States courts involving copyrights, 
- • . j 
$1,619,700. 
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 
166), $1,870,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation may be 
so stat, 836. 
used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public 
General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such 
publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on 
House Administration or the Senate Committee on Rules and 
Administration. 
DISTRIBUTION OF CATALOG CARDS 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
.itBi^ 
For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of cata-
log cards and other publications of the Library, $2,700,700. 
BOOKS FOR THE GENERAL COLLECTIONS 
For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition 
of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other material for the 
increase of the Library, $570,000, to remain available until expended. 
BOOKS FOR THE LAW LIBRARY 
For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition 
of books, legal periodicals, and all other material for the increase of 
the law library, $110,000, to remain available until expended. 
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C76 S 
TAT. 
BOOKS FOR THE B U N D 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions 
46 Stat. 1487; 
of the Act approvcd March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, 
71 Stat. 630. 
$1,884,700. 
ORGANIZING AND MICROFILMING THE PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
2 use 131 
August 16, 1957 (71 Stat. 368), $112,800, to remain available until 
expended. 
note. 
PRESERVATION or EARLY AMERICAN MOTION PICTURES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Librarian of Congress to 
provide for the conversion to safety base film of the George Kleine 
Collection of nitrate film, and the paper prints of early American 
motion pictures now in the custody of the Library, $60,600. 
COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 
104(n) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
72 Stat. 1790. 
of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. I704(n)), to remain available until 
expended, $678,000, of which $630,000 shall be available for the 
purchase of foreign currencies which accrue under that Act and which 
the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal 
requirements of the United States. 
INDEXING AND MICROFILMING THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX GREEK CATHOLIC 
CHURCH RECORDS IN ALASKA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
July 31, 1961 (75 Stat. 241), $15,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress 
for salaries shall be available, for expenses of investigating the loyalty 
of Library employees; special and temporary services (including em-
ployees engaged by the day or hour or in piecework) ; and services as 
60 Stat. 810. 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
Not to exceed ten positions in the Library of Congress may be 
exempt from the provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the em-
ployment of aliens during the current fiscal year, but the Librarian 
shall not make any appointment to any such position until he has ascer-
tained that he cannot secure for such appointments a person in any 
of the categories specified in such provisions who possesses the special 
qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise meets the 
general requirements for employment in the Library of Congress. 
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693 
GOVP:RNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
PRINTING AND BINDING 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress; not to ex-
ceed $7,500 for printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; 
expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session index 
to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 182); 
49 stat. 1546. 
printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal Register (including 
the Code of Federal Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 
309, 311, 311a); and printing and binding of Government publica- 
49 stat. 502; 
tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recip- fl tilt'. 1045. 
ients; $15,200,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual report of the 
Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) : 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years. 
OrncE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DO<;UMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu-
ments, including compensation of all employees in accordance with 
the Act entitled "An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees 
and officers of the Government Printing Office", approved June 7, 
1924 (44 U.S.C. 40); travel expenses (not to exceed $1,500); price lists 
43 stat. ess. 
and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, elevators, and machinery; 
and supplying books to depository libraries; $4,683,600: 
Provided, 
That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for use pur-
suant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 
665), with the approval of the Public Printer, only to the extent 
necessary to provide for expenses (excluding permanent personal 
services) for workload increases not anticipated in the budget esti-
mates and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjust-
ments. 
ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF ANNEX 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Act 
approved October 4, 1961 (Public Law 87-373), $6,450,000, to remain 
75 stat. 803. 
available until expended, and to b« available for transfer to the Admin- 
"" 
istrator of General Services. 
44 u s e 61 note. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Whenever any office or position not specifically established 
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein or when- 
46 stat. 32. 
ever the rate of compensation or designation of any position appro- 
^ ^^^ ^^^ "°*®' 
priated for herein is different from that specifically established for 
such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designa-
tion of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided herein, 
shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the 
provisions herein for the various items of official expenses of Members, 
officers, and committees of the Senate and House, and clerk hire for 
Senators and Members shall be the permanent law with respect there-
to: Provided further. That the provisions relating to positions and 
salaries thereof carried in House Resolutions 331, 341, 348, 402, 449, 
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[76 STAT. 
487, 509, and 560 of the Eighty-seventh Congress shall be the perma-
nent law with respect thereto: Provided further^ That the provisions 
of House Resolution 476 of the Eighty-seventh Congress shall be the 
permanent law with respect thereto. 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be paid as compensation to any person appointed after June 30,1935, 
as an officer or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the 
standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police 
Board: Provided^ That the Capitol Police Board is hereby authorized 
to detail police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol 
Buildings for police duty on the Capitol Grounds. 
SEC. 105. No part of any amount appropriated in this Act shall 
be available to finance, under authority of section 4167(a) of title 39, 
74 Stat. 663. 
United States Code, the mailing and delivering of mail matter sent 
through the mails with a simplified form of address under the frank-
ing privilege hy any Member or Member-elect of Congress to postal 
patrons, including those patrons on rural or star routes. 
SEC. 106. (a) This section shall apply to— 
(1) Each employee of the Senate whose compensation is paid from 
the appropriation for Salaries, Officers and Employees under the 
heading "Office of the Secretary", except the Assistant to the Majority, 
and the Assistant to the Minority. 
(2) Each employee of the Senate whose compensation is paid from 
such appropriation under the heading "Office of Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper", except employees designated on the rolls as "special 
employees". 
(3) Each employee of the Senate whose compensation is paid from 
such appropriation under the heading "Official Reporters of Debates". 
(4) Each employee of the Senate whose compensation is paid from 
such appropriation under the heading "Offices of the Secretaries for 
the Majority and the Minority". 
(5) Each employee of the Senate authorized by Senate resolution 
to be appointed by the Secretary or Sergeant at Arms, except em-
ployees designated on the rolls as "special employees". 
(6) Telephone operators, including the chief operator and assistant 
chief operators, on the United States Capitol telephone exchange. 
(7) Members of the Capitol Police. 
(b) An employee to whom this section applies shall be paid during 
any period of continuous service as such an employee additional basic 
"Longevity 
compensatiou (hereinafter referred to as "longevity compensation") 
compensation." 
^^ ^j^g ^^^^ ^f ^^20 pcr anuum if at the time of such payment the 
annual rate of basic compensation (exclusive of longevity compensa-
tion) of the position in which employed is less than $1,800, or $180 
per annum if at such time such rate is $1,800 or more, for each five 
years of service performed as such an employee during such period. 
No employee shall receive more than four such increases upon the 
basis of any period of continuous service, and nothing in this section 
shall be construed to authorize the payment to any employee of total 
compensation, including longevity compensation, in excess of the max-
imum amount prescribed by law for Senate employees generally. Not-
withstanding the first sentence of this subsection, the first increase 
under this section for telephone operators (exclusive of the chief 
operator and assistant chief operators), who on September 1, 1962, 
have more than 25 years of service as a telephone operator on the 
United States Capitol telephone exchange shall be $240 basic per 
annum. In computing length of continuous service for the purposes of 
this section only service performed subsequent to August 31, 1957, 
shall be credited, and in the case of employees of the Official Reporters 
of Debates of the Senate there shall be credited any service as such 
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an employee performed during the period beginning on September 1, 
1957, and ending on June 30, 1960, whether or not compensated from 
the appropriation referred to in subsection (a). Continuity of service 
for the purpo§^ of this subsection shall not be deemed to be broken 
by separations from service of not more than thirty days, by the per-
formance of service as an employee, other than an employee subject to 
the provisions of this section, whose compensation is disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 
or by the performance of active military service in the armed forces of 
the United States, but such separations and service shall not be 
credited for the purposes of this section. Longevity compensation 
under this section shall be payable on and after the first day of the 
first month following completion of the five-year period upon which 
such compensation is based. 
(c) The Act of February 13, 1945 (Public Law 2, 79th Cong.; 2 
U.S.C. 60i), is repealed, and no longevity increase payable under 
authority of such Act prior to the effective date of this section shall 
be payable on or after such date. 
(d) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1959 
(Public Law 85-570) is repealed. Any member of the Capitol Police 
who prior to the effective date of this section completed service enti-
tling him to be paid at a rate specified in such section 105 shall be 
entitled, so long as he continues to serve without break in service of 
more than thirty days as a member of the Capitol Police, to continue to 
be paid at such rate and, in addition, to receive any longevity increases 
for which he may become qualified under subsection (b) of this sec-
tion, except that while receiving compensation at a rate specified in 
such section 105(1) no such member shall receive more than three 
longevity increases under subsection (b) based upon any period of 
continuous service, and (2) in computing length of service for the 
purpose of such longevity increases, only service performed sub-
sequent to the date on which such member began receiving compensa-
tion at a rate prescribed by such section 105 shall be counted. 
(e) This section shall become effective on September 1, 1962. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
A«t, 1963". 
Approved October 2, 1962. 
Repeals. 
59 Stat. 4. 
72 Stat. 453. 
Effective date. 
Short title. 
Public Law 87-731 
AN ACT 
To promote the foreign policy of the TJnited States by authorizing a loan to the 
United Nations and the appropriation of funds therefor. 
October 2, 19^2 
[S.2768] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of^ Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated to the President, without fiscal-year 
limitation, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, $100,000,000 for a loan to the United Nations. The proceeds 
of such loan shall not be used to relieve members of the United Nations 
of their obligation to pay arrearages on payments of any United 
Nations assessments, and shall not be used to reduce regular or special 
assessments against any such members. 
SEC. 2. The total amount of money that may be loaned to the United 
Nations pursuant to the authorization contained in the first section of 
this Act shall not exceed the aggregate amount of loans made by other 
nations. 
United Nations. 
Loan.