An Act to provide office space, supplies, equipment and franking privileges for Mrs. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy to authorize appropriations for the payment of expenses incident to the death and burial of former President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and for other purposes
PL 88-195 (H.R.9291), enacted 12/11/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-195-DEC. 11, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
December 11, 1963 
[H. R. 9291] 
Public Law 88-195 
AN ACT 
To provide office space, supplies, e<iuipiiient. and franking privileges for Mrs. 
Jacqueline Bouvier Keimed.v. to authorize appropriation.s for the payment of 
expenses incident to the death and burial of former President John Fitzgerald 
Kennedy, and for other purposes. 
ivlrs. Jacqueline 
Bouvier Kennedy. 
Franking 
privileges. 
Office space, 
staff, etc. 
70 Stat. 743; 
39 Stat. 742; 
68 Stat. 736. 
5 u s e 2251 note; 
75 1 note; 209 1 
note. 
Secret Service 
protection. 
Appropriation, 
Be it enacted hy the Semite and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled. That all mail matter 
sent by post by Mrs. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, the widow of 
former President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, under her written auto-
graph signature or facsimile thereof, shall be conveyed within the 
United States, its possessions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
free of postage during her natural life. The postal revenues shall be 
reimbursed each fiscal year, out of the general funds of the Treasury, 
in an amount equivalent to the postage which otherwise would be pay-
able on such mail matter. 
SEC. 2. For a period of twelve months following the enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall furnish to Mrs. 
Kennedy suitable ofHce space appropriately furnished, supplied, and 
equipped, as determined by the Administrator, at such place within 
the United States as Mrs. Kennedy shall specify. The supplies to be 
furnished shall include a sufficient quantity of envelopes marked 
"Postage and Fees Paid" to be used for international mail. For the 
same period, the Administrator of General Services shall, without 
regard to the civil service and classification laws, provide for an office 
staff for Mrs. Kennedy. Persons employed under this section shall be 
selected by Mrs. Kennedy and shall be responsible only to her for the 
performance of their duties. Mrs. Kennedy shall fix basic rates of 
compensation for pei*sons employed for her under this section. Such 
compensation, in the aggregate, shall not exceed $50,000 during such 
period. The rate of compensation payable to any such person shall 
not exceed the maximum aggregate rate of compensation payable to 
any individual employed in the office of a Senator. Each person em-
ployed under this section in a }x>sition on the office staff of Mrs. 
Kennedy shall be held and considered to be an employee of the Gov-
ernment of the Ignited States for the purposes of the Civil Service 
Retirement Act, the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, and the 
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, but shall not 
be held or considered to be an officer or employee of such Government 
for any other purpose. 
SEC. H. The Secretary of the Ti-easury, through the L^^nited States 
Secret Service, is authorized to protect the person of Mrs. Kennedy 
and her minor children for such period of time, not iii excess of two 
years, immediately following the enactment of this Act as she may 
request. 
SEC. 4. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appi"opriated, to carry out the provisions of 
section 2 of this Act and to }>ay not to exceed $15,000 toward the ex-
penses incident to the death and burial of former President John 
Fitzgerald Kennedy, including iindei"takers' charges and the expenses 
of transportation, the sum of $65,000, to remain available until June 
30, 1965. No payment shall be made from this appropriation to any 
officer or employee of the Government for personal or professional 
services. Appropriations now or hereafter available to the United 
States Secret Service shall be available for the purposes of section 3 
of this Act. 
Approved December 11, 1963.