An Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for other purposes
PL 92-51 (H.R.8825), enacted 07/09/1971

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Public Law 92-51 
AN ACT 
July 9, 1971 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
[H. R. 8825] 
June 30, 1972, and for other purposes. 
' 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenmhled^ That the following Branch^iTppro-
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- priation Act, 1972. 
wise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1972, and for other purposes, namely: 
SENATE 
COMPENSATION AND MILEACXE or THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND LEADERS 
OF THE SENATE 
COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
For compensation and mileage of the Vice President and Senators 
of the United States, $4,777,495. 
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, $3,000; and Minority Leader of the Senate, 
$3,000; in all, $16,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and 
others as authorized by law, including agency contributions and lon-
gevity compensation as authorized, which shall be paid from this 
appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For clerical assistance to the Vice President, $414,510. 
OFFICE o r THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For office of the President pro tempore, $50,514. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For offices of the Majority and jNIinority Leaders, $198,276. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $101,352. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For office of the Chaplain, $18,696. 
OFFICE 
OF THE 
SECRETARY 
For office of the Secretary, $2,107,812, including $81,672 required 
for the purpose specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, 
United States Code: Provided, That effective July 1,1971, the Secre- 
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tary may appoint and tix the compensation of an assistant printing 
clerk at not to exceed $19,680 per annum, a clerk (office of printing 
clerk) at not to exceed $11,070 per annum, a delivery clerk (office of 
printing clerk) at not to exceed $8,864 per annum, a secretary to the 
Curator at not to exceed $12,546 per annum, an assistant secretary of 
the Senate in lieu of a chief clerk at not to exceed the per annum rate 
of compensation currently specified for the chief clerk and all laws, 
rules, resolutions, and orders referring to the chief clerk of the Senate 
shall be deemed to refer to the assistant secretary of the Senate; a 
registration clerk at not to exceed $17,466 per annum in lieu of a bill 
clerk at not to exceed such rate; a bill clerk at not to exceed $12,546 
per annum in lieu of an assistant bill clerk at not to exceed such rate; 
an assistant bill clerk at not to exceed $8,856 per annum in lieu of an 
assistant chief messenger at not to exceed such rate; a senior reference 
assistant at not to exceed $16,974 per annum in lieu of an assistant 
librarian at not to exceed such rate; a senior reference assistant at not 
to exceed $12,546 per annum in lieu of an assistant legislative analyst 
at not to exceed such rate; an assistant librarian at not to exceed 
$12,054 per annum in lieu of a secretary in the library at not to exceed 
such rate; a secretary in the library, an assistant indexer, and five ref-
erence assistants at not to exceed $10,086 per annum each in lieu of 
seven reference assistants at not to exceed $10,086 per annum each; a 
chief indexer at not to exceed $14,760 per annum in lieu of a legisla-
tive analyst at not to exceed such rate; a staff assistant, official report-
ers at not to exceed $17,466 per annum in lieu of a clerk at not to 
exceed such rate; and a custodial assistant, document room at not to 
exceed $8,610 per annum in lieu of an assistant chief messenger at not 
to exceed such rate. 
COMMITTEE EMrLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and 
the Select Committee on Small Business, $7,535,472, including here-
under, effective July 1, 1971, and thereafter, the positions authorized 
on a continuing basis by Senate Resolution 66, agreed to February 
17, 1949, Senate Resolution B42. agreed to July 28.1958, Senate Reso-
lution 355, agreed to August 18,1958, Senate Resolution 30, agreed to 
February 2, 1959, Senate Resolution 247, agreed to February 7,1962, 
Senate Resolution 253, agreed to February 10, 1964, Senate Resolu-
tion 14, agreed to Februarv 8, 1965, Senate Resolution 224, agreed to 
April 20, 1966, Senate Resolution 74, agreed to February 20, 1967, 
and Senate Resolution 66, agreed to February 17,1969. 
COXFEREXCE COMMITTEES 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed bv the chairman of said committee, 
$143,418. 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed bv the chairman of said committee, 
$143,418. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AXD CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SEXATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistants to Senators, $31,349,994. 
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OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $8,064,948: 
Provided, That effective July 1, 1971, the Sergeant at Arms may 
employ a driver-messenger at not to exceed $11,316 per annum in lieu 
of a truckdriver at not to exceed $10,578, four additional driver-
messengers, one for the Vice President, one for the President pro 
tempore, one for the Majority Leader, and one for the Minority 
Leader, at not to exceed $11,316 per annum each, one additional 
automatic typewriter repairman at not to exceed $11,316 per annum, 
three additional lieutenants, police force at not to exceed $14,760 per 
annum each, nine additional sergeants, police force at not to exceed 
$12,300 per annum each, eight plainclothesmen, police force at not to 
exceed $10,086 per annum each in lieu of six plainclothesmen at not 
to exceed $9,840 per annum each, six K-9 officers, police force at not 
to exceed $10,086 per annum each, twelve technicians, police force at 
not to exceed $10,086 per annum each, one hundred thirty-two addi-
tional privates, police force at not to exceed $9,348 per annum each, 
and the per annum compensation of the programer, service depart-
ment may be fixed at not to exceed $19,434 in lieu of $18,450. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORIITT AND MINORITY 
For offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $241,572. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE (COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of Wx'^ office of the T^egislative Counsel of 
the Senate, $460,885. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
SENATE P O L I C Y 
C O M M I T I E E S 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $294,605 for each such Committee; in all, 
$589,210. 
AUTOMOBILES AND MAINTENANCE 
For purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operation of vehi-
cles, one for the Vice President, one for the President pro tempore, 
one for the Majority Leader, one for the Minority Leader, one for the 
Majority Whip, one for the Minority Whip, for carrying the mails, 
and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at 
Arms, $36,000. 
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-
ninth Congress, including $496,770 for the Committee on Appropria-
tions, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate 
Eesolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $11,310,655. 
FOLDING IXJCUMENTS 
For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pam-
phlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $3.17 per hour per person, 
$57,320. 
60 Stat. 831. 
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MISCELLANEOUS 
ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $5,356,972, including $497,000 for pay-
ment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with Section 4 of 
Post, p. 129. 
Public I^w 87-82, approved July 6, 1961: Provided, That nothing 
herein shall prohibit the free transfer between the telephone and tele-
graph accounts at any time. 
POSTAGE STAMPS 
For postage stamps for the Offices of the Secretaries for the Major-
ity and Minority, $320; and for air mail and special delivery stamps 
for the Office of the Secretary, $410; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, 
$240; Comptroller, $100; Senators and the President of the Senate, as 
authorized by law, $137,355: Provided, That the maximum allowance 
per capita of $1,056 is increased to $1,215 for the fiscal year 1972 and 
thereafter: Provided further, That Senators from States partially or 
wholly west of the Mississippi River shall be allowed an additional 
$305 each fiscal year; in all, $138,425. 
STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING FUND) 
For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, 
$368,400; and for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, 
$15,200; in all, $383,600: Provided, That, effective with the fiscal year 
1972 and thereafter, the allowance for stationery for each Senator 
from States having a population of ten million or more inhabitants 
shall be at the rate of $4,000 per annum. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Effective July 1, 1971, the third paragraph under the heading 
"'Administrative Provisions" in the appropriations for the Senate in 
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1959, as amended (2 
3^813^*343*^' 
U.S.C. 43b), is amended by striking out that first portion thereof, 
down through "fiscal year, and the", and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: 
"The contingent fund of the Senate is hereby made available for 
reimbursement of actual transportation expenses incurred by each 
Senator in traveling on official business, and such expenses incurred 
by employees in that Senator's office in making round trips on official 
business, by the nearest usual route, between Washington, District of 
Columbia, and the home State of the Senator involved, or within that 
State during such travel. The total amount of such expenses for which 
each Senator and the employees in his office may be reimbursed in 
any fiscal year shall not exceed a sum equal to forty times (in the case 
of a Senator from a State having a population of less than ten million 
inhabitants), or forty-four times (in the case of Senator from a State 
having a population of ten million or more inhabitants), fourteen 
cents per mile for the number of miles certified by the Senator as the 
distance between Washington, District of Columbia, and the place of 
his residence in his home State, if such distance is less than 375 miles; 
thirteen cents per mile, if such certified distance is 375 miles or more 
but less than 750 miles; twelve cents per mile, if such certified distance 
is 750 miles or more but less than 1,000 miles; eleven cents per mile, 
if such certified distance is 1,000 miles or more but less than 1,750 
miles; ten cents per mile, if such certified distance is 1,750 miles or 
more but less than 2,250 miles; nine cents per mile, if such certified 
distance is 2,250 miles or more but less than 2,500 miles; eight cents 
per mile, if such certified distance is 2,500 miles or more but less than 
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3,000 miles; or seven cents per mile, if such certified distance is 3,000 
miles or more. In any fiscal year in which a Senator does not occupy 
the office of Senator for the entire fiscal year, the total amount of such 
expenses for which that Senator and the employees in his office may 
be reimbursed shall not exceed the greater of (1) the amount deter-
mined under the preceding sentence times that fraction which has as 
its numerator the number of months (counting the portion of any 
month as a month) during that fiscal year the Senator has occupied 
such office and has as its denominator the number 12, or (2) 50 percent 
of the amount determined under the preceding sentence. Reimburse-
ment for such expenses by employees of the Senator shall be made only 
upon vouchers appi'oved by the Senator- containing a certification by 
such Senator that the round trip was performed in line of official duty. 
Xo payment shall be made to a newly appointed employee to travel 
to his place of employment. Reimbursement under this paragraph 
shall be in addition to reimbursement for official travel which is other-
wise authorized pursuant to law. 
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In the case of round trips made by employees in a Senator's office, 
Effective ate. 
the amendment made by this paragraph shall apply only with respect 
to such round trips commencing on or after July 1, 1971, except that 
a round trip commenced but not completed prior to such date and for 
which reimbui-sement may not be charged to amounts made available 
for such round trips for fiscal year 1971 may be charged to amounts 
made available under such amendment during fiscal year 1972. 
Effective July 1, 1971, the second paragraph under the heading 
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•'Administrative Provisions'' in the appropriations for the Senate in 
the legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1962, as amended (2 
U.S.C. 127), is repealed. 
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In lieu of the volumes of the Code of Laws of the united States, 
and the supplements thereto, supplied a Senator under section 212 of 
title 1, United States Code, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized 
and directed to supply to a Senator upon written request of, and as 
specified by, that Senator— 
(1) one copy of each of the volumes of the United States Code 
Annotated being published at the time the Senator takes office, 
and, as long as that Senator holds office, one copy of each replace-
ment volume, each annual pocket part, and each pamphlet sup-
j)lementing each such pocket part to the United States Code 
Annotated; or 
— 
(2) one copy of each of the volumes of the Federal Code 
Annotated being published at the time the Senator takes office, 
and, as long as that Senator holds office, one copy of each replace-
ment volume and each pocket supplement to the Federal Code 
Annotated. 
A Senator is entitled to make a written request under this paragraph 
and be supplied such volumes, pocket parts, and supplements the first 
time he takes office as a Senator and each time thereafter he takes 
office as a Senator after a period of time during which he has not 
been a Senator. In submitting such written request, the Senator shall 
certify that the volumes, pocket parts, or supplements he is to be 
supplied are to be for his exclusive, personal use. A Senator holding 
office on the date of enactment of this Act shall be entitled to file a 
written request and receive the volumes, pocket parts, and supple-
ments, as the case may be, referred to in this paragraph if such request 
is filed within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Expenses 
incurred under this authorization shall be paid from the contingent 
fund of the Senate, 
Section 4 of the joint resolution entitled "Joint Resolution trans-
ferring the management of the Senate Restaurants to the Architect 
61 Stat. 640. 
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of the Capitol, and for other purposes", approved July 6, 1961 (40 
79 Stat. 199. 
U.S.C. 174J-4), Is amended by striking out the last sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following new sentences: "Any amounts 
appropriated for fiscal year 1972 and thereafter from the Treasury of 
the United States specifically for such restaurants as a 'Contingent 
Expenses of the Senate' item for the particular fiscal year involved, 
shall be paid to the Architect of the Capitol by the Secretary of the 
Senate at such times and in such sums as the Senate Committee on 
Rules and Administration may approve. Any such payment shall be 
deposited by the Architect in full under such special deposit account." 
Each officer or member of the Capitol Police force whose compensa-
tion is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, who has performed 
or performs duty in addition to the number of hours of his regularly 
scheduled tour of duty during any period on or after March 1, 1971, 
with respect to which the Capitol Police Board determined or deter-
mines that emergency conditions existed or exist, shall be paid 
compensation for each such additional hour of duty, in lieu of compen-
satory time off, at a rate equal to his hourly rate of compensation in 
the case of captains, lieutenants, and special officers, and at a rate 
equal to one and one-half times his hourly rate of compensation for 
other members of such force referred to herein. The hourly rate of 
compensation of such officer or member shall be determined by dividing 
his annual rate of compensation by 2,080. Such compensation due 
officers and members shall be paid by the Secretary, upon certification 
of such additional hours of duty by the Chief of the Capitol Police 
as approved by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, from funds avail-
able in the Senate appropriation "Salaries, Officers and Employees" 
for the fiscal year in which the additional hours of duty are performed 
without regard to the limitations specified therein. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES, MILEAGE FOR THE MEMBERS, AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OP 
THE SPEAKER 
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS 
For compensation of Members, as authorized by law (wherever used 
herein the term "Member" shall include Members of the House of 
Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and 
the Delegate from the District of Columbia), $20,262,420. 
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: 
O F F I C E O F THE SPEAKER 
For the Office of the Speaker, $182,350. 
OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARIAN 
For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $178,020, including the 
Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of the Rules, as 
authorized by law. 
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COMPILATION OF PRECEDENTS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
For compiling the precedents of the House of Rei^resentatives, 
$16,345. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For the Office of the Chaplain, $19,770. 
OFFICE OF THE CLERK 
For the Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $216,220 for the 
House Recording Studio, $2,852,030. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS 
For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $3,737,615. 
OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER 
For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $2,953,180. 
OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER 
For the Office of the Postmaster, including $14,490 for employment 
of substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees when 
required at the salary rate of not to exceed $7,919 per annum each, 
$815,535. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropria-
tions, $8,162,000. 
SPECIAL AND MINORITY EMPLOYEES 
For six minority employees, $199,350. 
For the House Democratic Steering Committee, $62,990. 
For the House Republican Conference, $62,990. 
For the office of the majority floor leader, including $3,000 for 
official expenses of the majority leader, $144,220. 
For the office of the minority floor leader, including $3,000 for 
official expenses of the minority leader, $128,465. 
For the office of the majority whip, $104,075. 
For the office of the minority whip, $104,075. 
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, $23,180, to be equally divided. 
For a technical assistant in the oflEice of the attending physician, to 
be appointed by the attending physician, subject to the approval of 
the Speaker, $20,840. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES 
For official reporters of debates, $406,555. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS TO COMMITTEES 
For official reporters to committees, $493,125. 
75-432 O - 72 - 11 
84 Stat. 1203. 
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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 
fvVc'yS!' 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Keorganization Act, 1946, and to be 
available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$1,219,000. 
OFFICE OP THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of 
the House, $739,160. 
Section 522(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 
(Public Law 91-510; 2 U.S.C. 282a(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) (1) One of the attorneys appointed under subsection (a) shall 
be designated by the Legislative Counsel as Deputy Legislative Coun-
sel. During the absence or disability of the Legislative Counsel, or 
when the office is vacant, the Deputy Legislative Counsel shall per-
form the functions of the liegislative Counsel. 
"(2) The Legislative Counsel may delegate to the Deputy Legis-
lative Counsel and to other employees appointed under subsection (a) 
such of his functions as he considers necessary or appropriate." 
Section 525 of the Ijegislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Public 
Law 91-510; 2 U.S.C. 282d) is amended to read as follows: 
"OFFICIAL MAIL MATTER 
"SEC. 525. The Legislative Counsel may send the official mail mat-
ter of the Office as franked mail under section 3210 of title 39, United 
States Code." 
Section 3210 of title 39, United States Code (Public Law 91-375), 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting "and the Legislative Counsel of the House of 
Representatives," immediately after "terms of office," in the first 
sentence; and 
(2) by striking out "or Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
Representatives," in the second sentence and inserting in lieu 
thereof "Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, or 
Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives,". 
Section 3216(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa-
tives," and inserting in lieu thereof "Sergeant at Arms of the 
House of Representatives, and Legislative Counsel of the House of 
Representatives,". 
MEMBER'S CLERK HIRE 
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of his official 
and representative duties, $55,320,000: Provided, That the provisions 
of House Resolution 189, Ninety-second Congress, shall be the per-
manent law with respect thereto. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
FURNITURE 
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For purchase and repair of furniture, carpets and draperies, includ-
ing supplies, tools and equipment for repair shops; and for purchase 
of packing boxes, $587,000. 
84 Stat. 754. 
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MISCELLANEOUS 
ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically 
ordered by the House of Representatives, including such amounts for 
transfer to the House of Representatives Restaurant Fund as may be 
necessary for the purposes authorized by section 2 of House Resolu-
tion 317, Ninety-second Congress; purchase, exchange, operation, 
maintenance, and repair of the Clerk's motor vehicles, the publica-
tions and distribution service motor truck, and the post office motor 
vehicles for carrying the mails; the sum of $850 for hire of automo-
bile for the Sergeant at Arms; not to exceed $5,000 for the purposes 
authorized by section 1 of House Resolution 348, approved June 29, 
1961; purposes authorized by House Resolution 416, Eighty-ninth 
(^ongress; materials for folding; and for stationery for the use of 
committees, departments, and officers of the House; $7,325,000: Pro-
vided^ That the provisions of section 2 of House Resolution 317, 
Mnety-second Congress, with respect to jurisdiction and control over 
the management of the House Restaurant, cafeteria, and food service 
facilities of the House of Representatives, shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto. 
GOVERNMENT 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
For contributions to employees life insurance fund, retirement 
fund, and health benefits fund, as authorized by law, $5,245,000. 
REPORTING 
HEARINGS 
For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than 
special and select committees, $422,500. 
SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees author-
ized by the House, $10,770,000. 
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE 
For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, 
$4,000,000. 
STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING FUND) 
For a stationery allowance for each Member for the second session 
of the Ninety-second Congress, as authorized by law, $1,529,500, to 
remain available until expended. 
POSTAGE STAMP ALLOWANCES 
Postage stamp allowances for the second session of the Ninety-
second Congress, as follows: Clerk, $1,120; Sergeant at Arms, $840; 
Doorkeeper, $700; Postmaster, $560; each Member, the Speaker, the 
majority and minority leaders, the majority and minority whips, and 
each standing committee, as authorized by law; $321,090. 
REVISION o r 
LAWS 
For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.C. 
202, 203, 213, $39,980, to be expended under the direction of the Com- 
6i stat. 637. 
mittee on the Judiciary. 
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LEADERSHIP AUTOMOBILES 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $17,930. 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, 
$17,930. 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, 
$17,930. 
N E W EDITION OF T H E UNITED STATES CODE 
For preparation of a new edition of the United States Code, 
$160,000, to remain available until expended, and to be expended under 
the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For joint committees, as follows: 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION or FEDERAL EXPENDITURES 
For an amount to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of 
Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon it by 
79 Stat. 1026. 
gcctiou 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726), to remain avail-
able during the existence of the Committee, $68,980, to be disbursed by 
the Secretary of the Senate. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$640,860. 
J O I N T COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC 
ENERGY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic 
Energy, $481,260. 
J O I N T COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$284,140. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
J O I N T 
C O M M I T T E E ON INTERNAL REVENUE 
TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Reve-
nue Taxation, $756,720. 
J O I N T COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE 
PRODUCTION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Pro-
duction as authorized bv the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, $133,180. 
64 Stat. 798. 
50 u s e app. 
2061. 
J O I N T COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Congressional 
Operations, including the Office of Placement and Office Manage-
ment, $425,000. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
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OFFICE OF THE ATTEXDIXG PHYSICTAX 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
enieroency rooms, and for the attending physician and liis assistants, 
including (1) an allowance of one thousand dollars per month to the 
attending jjliysician: ('2) an allowance of six hundred dollars per 
month to one senior medical officer while on duty in the attending 
physician's office; (3) an allowance of two hundred dollars per month 
each to two medical officers while on duty in the attending physician's 
office: and (-1) an allowance of two hundred dollars per month each 
to not to exceed eight assistants on the basis heretofore provided for 
such assistants. $9-2.900. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
OENERAL EXPEXSES 
P^or purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, mainte-
nance, and lepair of police motor vehicles, including two-way police 
I'adio ecjuipment; contingent expenses, including $25 per month for 
extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board by such mem-
ber of the staff of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House 
as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board; $282,400. 
< APITOL POLICE BOARD 
To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protec-
tion for the Capitol Buildings and (jrounds, including the Senate and 
House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $1,009,865. Such ^^^^^^^J^^'^ "^^ 
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 Commissioner of the District of Columbia is 
authorized and directed to make such details upon the request of the 
l^oard. Personnel so detailed shall, during the period of such detail, 
serve under the direction and instructions of the Board and are author-
ized to exercise the same authority as members of such Metropolitan 
Police and members of the Capitol Police and to perform such other 
duties as may be assigned by the Board. Reimbursement for salaries 
and other expenses of such detail personnel shall be made to the gov-
ernment 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 available for all 
the purposes thereof: Provided, That any person detailed under the 
authority of this paragraph or under similar authority in the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, and the Second Deficiency 
Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan Police of the District 
of Columbia shall be deemed a member of such Metropolitan 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 w^ho was a member of such police on July 1, 1940, 
shall have a status with respect to rank, pay, allow^ances, privileges, 
and benefits w^hich is not less than the status of such person in such 
police at the end of such detail: Provided further, 
That the Com-
missioner of the District of Columbia is directed (1) to pay the deputy 
chief of police detailed under the authority of this paragraph and 
serving as Chief of the Capitol Police, the salary of the rank of deputy 
chief plus $4,000 and such increases in basic compensation as may be 
subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the 
present incumbent, (2) to pay the two acting inspectors detailed under 
Reimbursement. 
55 Stat. 456. 
54 Stat. 629. 
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[85 STAT. 
the authority of this paragraph and serving as assistants to the Chief 
of the Capitol Police, the salary of the rank of inspector plus $1,625 
and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently pro-
vided by law so long as these positions are held by the present incum-
bents, (3) to pay the captain detailed under the authority of this 
84 Stat. 816. 
^^^t as provldcd in Public Law 91-382, (4) to elevate and pay the 
detective sergeant detailed under the authority of this Act and serv-
ing as acting lieutenant supervising the plainclothes officers to the 
rank and salary of lieutenant plus $1,625 per annum and such increases 
in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long 
as this position is held by the present incumbent, (5) to elevate and 
pay the four detectives permanently detailed under the authority of 
this paragraph and serving as acting detective sergeants the salary 
of the rank of detective sergeants and such increases in basic compen-
sation as may be subsequently provided by law, so long as these posi-
tions are held by the present incumbents, (6) to pay the lieutenant of 
the uniform force as provided in Public Law 91-382, and (7) to ele-
vate and pay the two acting sergeants of the uniform force serving 
under the authority of this Act, to the rank and salary of sergeants 
and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently pro-
vided by law so long as these tw^o positions are held by the present 
incumbents. 
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: Pro-
vided. 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 and on the Library of Congress 
Grounds. 
EDUCATION OF PAGES 
For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
Court, pursuant to section 243 of the Legislative Eeorganization Act, 
fusc'ssa?' 
^^^^' $129,850, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the 
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. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
84 Stat. 754. 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs pursuant to title 39, 
L^.S.C, section 3216, $14,594,t)00, to be available immediately. 
The foregoing amounts under "other joint items" shall be disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House. 
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide service, $328,000, to 
be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided^ That none of 
these funds shall be used to employ more than twenty-four individuals, 
who shall be employed and compensated in accord with the applicable 
84 Stat. 1190. 
provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. 
40 u s e 851 and 
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137 
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 first session of the Ninety-second Congress, showing 
appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts author-
ized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropria-
tion bills as required by law, $13,000, to be paid to the persons 
designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work. 
AECHITECT OF T H E CAPITOL 
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT or THE CAPITOL 
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SALARIES 
For the Architect of the Capitol; the Assistant Architect of the 
Capitol; the Executive Assistant; and other personal services; at rates 
of pay provided by law, $1,095,700. 
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. 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
CAPITOL B U I L D I N G S 
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 improvements, main-
tenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, and 
appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment; special and protec-
tive clothing for workmen; uniforms or allowances therefor as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); personal and other services; 8i^statr'206?' 
cleaning and repairing works of art, without regard to section 3709 
of the Revised Statutes, as amended; purchase or exchange, mainte- 
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nance and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of neces-
sary reference books and periodicals; 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, $2,506,700. 
Not to exceed $105,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropria-
tion under this head for the fiscal year 1971 is hereby continued 
available until June 30,1972. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the 
Senate and Llouse Office Buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant; 
personal and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizers; 
repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing 
apparel; maintenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire 
of men and equipment or under contract without regard to section 
3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; $1,047,000. 
80 Stat. 508; 
!1 Stat. 206. 
41 u s e 5. 
83 Stat. 352. 
84 Stat. 819. 
80 Stat. 519. 
138 
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[85 STAT. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including furni-
ture, furnishings, and equipment, and for labor and material incident 
thereto, and repairs thereof; for purchase of waterproof wearing 
apparel, and for personal and other services; including eight attend-
ants at a gross annual rate of $7,294 each, from and after January 10, 
1971; for the care and operation of the Senate Office Buildings; 
including the subway and subway transportation systems connecting 
the Senate Office Buildings with the Capitol; uniforms or allowances 
therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), prevention and 
eradication of insect and other pests without regard to section 3709 
of the Revised Statutes as amended; to be expended under the control 
and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol; in all, $4,692,600: 
Provided^ That, any buildings in Squares 724 and 725, acquired under 
authority of Public Law 91-145 and Public Law 91-382, occupied by 
the Senate and/or the Capitol Police, shall be subject to the provisions 
56 Stat. 343. 
^^f ^j^^ ^^^^ ^f j^^j^g g^ ^942 (40 U.S.C. 174 (c) and (d)) and the Act 
^6o^stat,^7^i8; 
of j^^iy 3^^ 194^5^ ^s amended (40 U.S.C. 193a-193m, 212a, and 212b) : 
Provided 
further^ That, hereafter, appropriations for the "Senate 
Office Buildings'" shall be available for employment of management 
personnel of the Senate restaurant facilities and miscellaneous res-
taurant expenses (except cost of food and cigar stand sales) : Provided 
further, That annual and sick leave balances of such personnel, as of 
the date of enactment of this provision, shall be credited to the leave 
accounts of such personnel, subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 6304, 
upon their transfer to this appropriation and such personnel shall 
continue, while employed by the Architect of the Capitol, to earn leave 
at rates not less than their present accrual rates. 
EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING SITE 
For an additional amount for "Extension of Additional Senate 
Office Building Site", $31,500 to be expended for the purposes author-
ized under this heading in the Act of August 18, 1970, Public Law 
91-382 (84 Stat. 819). 
SENATE GARAGE 
For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, 
and all other necessary expenses, $83,600. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For 
maintenance, including equipment; 
waterproof 
wearing 
apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) ; prevention and eradication of insect and other 
pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended; miscellaneous items; and for all necessary services, includ-
ing the position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by law, 
$7,899,000. 
CAriTOL 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, Senate 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 
85 STAT. ] 
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139 
services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing apparel, and all other 
necessary expenses in connection with the maintenance and operation 
of the plant; $4,449,000. 
Not to exceed $102,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropria-
tion under this head for the fiscal year 1971 is hereby continued avail-
able until June 30,1972. 
Not to exceed $76,000 of the unobligated balance of that part of the 
appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1970, made available 
until June 30, 1971, is hereby continued available until June 30, 1972. 
ExPAXSiox OF FACILITIES, CAPITOL POWER 
P L A N T 
For an additional amount for "Expansion of facilities, Capitol 
power plant", $285,000, to remain available until expended and to be 
expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of the 
House Office Building Commission, in accordance with the provisions 
of the Act of September 2,1958 (72 Stat. 1714-1716). 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
STRUCIURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural main-
tenance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof 
wearing apparel, and personal and other services, $1,162,000. 
Not to exceed $26,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropria-
tion under this head for the fiscal year 1971 is hereby continued avail-
able until June 30,1972. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL BUILDING 
For an additional amount for "Library of Congress James Madison 
Memorial Building", $71,090,000, authorized by the Act of October 19, 
1965 (79 Stat. 986-987), as amended by the Act of March 16, 1970 
(84 Stat. 69), to remain available until expended. 
note";^ 
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 
personal services; 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 
vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of refer-
ence, not to exceed $100; all under the direction of the Joint Committee 
on the Library; $738,650. 
LIBRARY O F CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
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; cleaning, laundering, and repair of uniforms; pres-
2 use 141 
54 Stat. 1181. 
140 
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[85 STAT. 
ervation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; for the 
National Program for acquisitions and cataloging of Library material; 
purchase of a medium sedan for replacement, at not to exceed $4,000; 
and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the 
Board, $33,476,000, including $104,000 to be available for reimburse-
ment to the General Services Administration for rental of suitable 
space in the District of Columbia or its immediate environs for the 
Library of Congress. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including publica-
tion of the decisions of the United States courts involving copyrights, 
$4,586,000. 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended by section 
321 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, (2 U.S.C. 166), 
$7,166,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation may be 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 Admin-
istration or the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. 
DISTRIBUTION OF CATALOG CARDS 
SALARIES A N D 
EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of cata-
log cards and other publications of the Library, $9,726,750: Pro-
vided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for 
use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 
LT.S.C. 665), only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses 
(excluding permanent personal services) for workload increases not 
anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided 
for by normal budgetary adjustments. 
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, $971,000, to remain available until expended, 
including $25,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when spe-
cifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials 
for additions to the collections. 
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, $156,500, to remain available until expended. 
85 STAT. ] 
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141 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $8,550,000. 
«° ^'^'' ^^o. 
COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION or LIBRARY MATERIALS 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 
104(b) (5) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), to remain available until 
^° ^'^'' ^"s. 
expended, $2,891,000, of which $2,625,000 shall be available only for 
payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall 
determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, $454,000. 
EEVISION OF HINDS' AND CANNON'S PRECEDENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
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For necessary expenses to enable the Librarian to assist the Par-
liamentarian of the House of Representatives to revise and update 
Hinds' and Cannon's Precedents, $76,000. 
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 
employees engaged by the day or hour or in piecework) ; and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
«° stat. 4i6. 
Not to exceed fifteen positions in the Library of Congress may be pi^ymTnt'. ^"' 
exempt from the provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the 
employment of aliens during the current fiscal year, but the Librarian 
shall not make any appointment tq_ any such position until he has 
ascertained 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. 
Funds available to the Library of Congress may be expended to 
reimburse the Department of State for medical services rendered to 
employees of the Library of Congress stationed abroad and for con-
tracting on behalf of and hiring alien employees for the Library of 
Congress under compensation plans comparable to those authorized 
by section 444 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 889(a)); for purchase or hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
74stat. sai. 
for payment of travel, storage and transportation of household goods, 
and transportation and per diem expenses for families en route (not 
to exceed twenty-four); for benefits comparable to those payable under 
sections 911(9), 911(11), and 941 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, 
as amended (22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 1136(11), and 1156, respectively); 
siLlT'erT'' 
and travel benefits comparable with those which are now or hereafter 7o stat! roe! 
may be granted single employees of the Agency for International 
82 Stat. 1256. 
82 Stat. 1277. 
142 
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[85 STAT. 
Development, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to 
A.I.D. projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for International 
Development—or his designee—under the authority of section 636 
(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-195, 22 
75 Stat. 457. 
"[J.S.C. 2396(b)); subject to such rules and regulations as may be 
issued by the Librarian of Congress. 
Advance pay- 
Paymcuts lu advauce for subscriptions or other charges for biblio-
graphical data, publications, materials in any other form, and 
services may be made by the Librarian of Congress whenever he deter-
mines it to be more prompt, efficient, or economical to do so in the 
interest of carrying out required Library programs. 
Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress 
shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $50,000, when specifi-
cally authorized by the Librarian, for expenses of attendance at 
meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the 
appropriation is made. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
PRINTING AND BINDING 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress; for print-
ing 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. 902); printing, binding, and 
distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal 
Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 1509,1510); and print-
ing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be 
distributed without charge to the recipients; $38,000,000: Provided^ 
That this appropriation shall not be available for printing and bind-
ing part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture 
(known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) : Provided 
further^ Th?it 
this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations 
incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
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 
g/statrega!"*"' 
June 7, 1924 (44 U.S.C. 30^); travel expenses (not to exceed 
$88,300) ; price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, ele-
vators, and machinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; 
$14,445,900: Provided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be 
apportioned for use pursuant 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 per-
manent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated in 
the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal 
budgetary adjustments. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOL\T:NG FUND 
For payment to the "Government Printing Office revolving fund"; 
$3,500,000, to remain available until expended, for improving elec-
trical and air-conditioning systems, and building structures. 
80 Stat. 416. 
5 u s e 5332 
note. 
85 STAT. ] 
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143 
The Government I'rinting Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with 
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carry- 
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ing out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for the "Government Printing Office revolving 
fund'": Provided, That not to exceed $3,500 may be expended on the 
certification of the Public Printer in connection with special studies 
of governmental printing, binding, and distribution practices and 
procedures: Prorided further. That during the current fiscal year the 
revolving fund shall be available for the hire of one passenger motor 
vehicle and the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle (station 
wagon). 
GEXP:RAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
SALARIES AXD EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, includ-
ing not to exceed $3,500 to be expended on the certification of the 
Comptroller General of the United States in connection Avith special 
studies of governmental financial practices and procedures; services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to 
exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for grade GS-18; 
advance payments in foreign countries notwithstanding section 3648, 
Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529) ; benefits comparable 
to those payable under section 911(9), 911(11) and 942(a) of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 
1136(il) and 1157(a), respectively); and under regulations Pi"*^'g/gtat^e;'!^'*' 
scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of 
living quarters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable 
with those which are now or hereafter may be granted single employ-
ees of the Agency for International Dev^elopment, including single 
Foreign Service personnel assigned to A.I.D. projects, by the Admin-
istrator of the Agency for International Development—or his 
designee—under the authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-195, 22 U.S.C. 2396(b)), 
75 stat. 457. 
$87,108,000: Provided, 
That hereafter the "Assistant Comptroller 
General of the LTnited States" shall be known as the "Deputy Comp-
troller General of the United States". 
COST-ACCOUNTING 
STANDARDS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Cost-Accounting Standards Board necessary 
to carry out the provisions of section 719 of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950, as amended (Public Law 91-379, approved August 15, 
1970), $1,500,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
21^8. 
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 
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whenever the rate 01 compensation or designation of any position 
appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established 
for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the desig-
nation 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 Mem-
84 Stat. 796. 
50 u s e app. 
2 u s e 60a note, 
144 
PUBLIC LAW 92-52-JULY 9, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Short title. 
bers, officers, and committees of the Senate and House, and clerk hire 
for Senators and Members shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto: Provided further^ That the provisions relating to positions 
and salaries thereof carried in House Resolution 648, Eighty-eighth 
Congress, and House Resolutions 150 and 282, Ninety-second Con-
gress, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1972". 
Approved July 9 , 1971. 
July 9 , 1971 
[H. R. 7736] 
Public Law 92-52 
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AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend for one year the student loan 
and scholarship provisions of titles VII and VIII of such Act. 
Public Health 
Service Act, 
amendments. 
82 Stat. 778; 
Post, p. 449. 
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amenca in Congress assembled^ 
STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM UNDER TITLE V n 
OF T H E PUBLIC 
H E A L T H 
SERVICE ACT 
SECTION 1. (a) (1) The first sentence of section 742(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294b) is amended by striking out "the 
next fiscal year-' and inserting in lieu thereof "the next two fiscal 
years*'. 
(2) The third sentence of such section is amended by (A) striking 
out "1972" and inserting in lieu thereof "1973", and (B) by striking 
out "1971" and inserting in lieu thereof "1972". 
(b) Section 743 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 294c) is amended by striking 
out "1974" each place it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof "1975". 
(c) The first sentence of section 744(a) (1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
294d) is amended by striking out "next three fiscal years" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "next four fiscal years". 
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM UNDER TITLE VII OF T H E 
PUBIJLC 
HEALTH 
SERVICE 
ACT 
Pos(, p. 452. 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 780(b) of the Public Health Service Act is 
amended (1) by striking out "the next two fiscal years" in the first 
sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "the next three fiscal years", (2) 
by striking out "1972" in the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"1973", and (3) by striking out "1971" in such sentence and inserting 
in lieu thereof "1972". 
(b) (1) Section 780(c) (1) (D) of such Act is amended by striking 
out "the next two fiscal years" and inserting in lieu thereof "the next 
three fiscal years". 
(2) Section 780(c) (1) (E) of such Act is amended (A) by striking 
out "1971" and inserting in lieu thereof "1^72", and (B) by striking 
out "1972" and inserting in lieu thereof "1973". 
Post, 
p. 477. 
STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM UNDER TITLE VIII OF T H E PUBLIC 
HEALTH SERVICE ACT 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 824 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
297c) is amended (1) by striking out "for the fiscal year ending June 
30,1971" and inserting in lieu thereof "each for the fiscal year ending