An Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for other purposes
PL 90-417 (H.R.18038), enacted 07/23/1968

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July 23, 1968 
[H.R. 18038] 
Legislative 
Branch Appropri-
ation Act, 1969. 
60 Stat. 839. 
PUBLIC LAW 90-417--JULY 23, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
Public Law 90-417 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1969, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assemhled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of anj money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1969, and for other purposes, namely: 
SENATE 
COMPENSATION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS, MILEAGE OF THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SENATORS, AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
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, $3,304,295. 
MILEAGE OF PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND OF SENATORS 
For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $58,370. 
EXPENSE A L L O W A N C E 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 
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For compensation of officers, 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 OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For clerical assistance to the Vice President, $245,528. 
CHAPLAIN 
Chaplain of the Senate, $16,732. 
OFFICE OP THE SECRETARY 
For office of the Secretary, $1,509,828 including $162,996 re(juired 
for the purposes specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, 
United States Code. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees 
and the Select Committee on Small Business, $3,640,996. 
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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, 
$107,912. 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, 
$107,912. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistants and messenger service 
for Senators, $21,279,720. 
OFFICE o r 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $4,601,608: Pro-
vided^ That, effective July 1, 1968, the Sergeant at Arms is authorized 
to employ the following additional employees: one programmer at 
$14,100 per annum; one programmer-operator at $8,460 per annum; 
one color film technician at $9,776 per annum; one assistant chief 
cabinetmaker at $9,024 per annum in lieu of one cabinetmaker at $8,084 
per annum; sixty-one additional privates, police force at $7,144 per 
annum each; four assistant chief telephone operators at $7,896 per 
annum each in lieu of five at such rate; twenty-seven telephone opera-
tors at $6,204 per annum each in lieu of thirty-one at such rate; and 
the compensation of the shipping and stock clerk, recording studio 
shall be $6,768 per annum in lieu of $5,640 per annum: 
Provided 
further. That appointees to the Capitol Police Force positions au-
thorized herein shall have the equivalent of at least one year's police 
experience. 
OFFICES OF T H E SECRETARIES FOR T H E MAJORITY AND T H E MINORITY 
For the offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary 
for the Minority, $180,480. 
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 by the respec-
tive Whips, $19,928 each; in all, $39,856. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $342,180. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
S E N A T E 
P O L I C Y 
COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee 
and the Minority Policy Committee, $240,150 for each such com-
mittee; in all, $480,300. 
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, $48,700. 
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FURNITURE 
For service and materials in cleaning and repairing furniture, and 
for the purchase of furniture, $31,190: Provided, That the furniture 
purchased 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-
sostat. 831. 
ninth Congress, including $412,360 for the Committee on Appro-
priations, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate 
Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $6,221,585. 
FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pam-
phlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $2.42 per hour per person, 
$43,790. 
MAIL TRANSPORTATION 
For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles for 
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, $4,348,335, including 
$398,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance 
II vie n^M 
^^'^^^ section 4 of Public Law 87-82, approved July 6, 1961. 
POSTAGE STAMPS 
For postage stamps for the offices of the Secretaries for the Major-
ity and Minority, $180; and for airmail and special delivery stamps 
for the office of the Secretary, $200; office of the Sergeant at Arms, 
$160; Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, 
$108,480; and the maximum allowance per capita of $800 is increased 
to $960 for the fiscal year 1969 and thereafter: Provided, That Sena-
tors from States partially or wholly west of the Mississippi River 
shall be allowed an additional $240 each fiscal year; in all, $109,020. 
STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING FUND) 
For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, 
$303,000; and for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, 
$13,200; in all, $316,200, to remain available until expended. 
COMMUNICATIONS 
For an amount for communications which may be expended inter-
changeably, in accordance with such limitations and restrictions as 
may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration, 
for payment of charges on official telegrams and long-distance tele-
phone calls made by or on behalf of Senators or the President of the 
Senate, in addition to those otherwise authorized, $15,150. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Emergency overtime compensation authorized by House Concurrent 
Resolution 785, Ninetieth Congress shall be paid from the appropria-
tion "Salaries, Officers and Employees, Office of Sergeant at Arms 
and Doorkeeper", fiscal years 1968 and 1969. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Emergency overtime compensation authorized by House Concur-
rent Resolution 785, Ninetieth Congress, payable to employees under 
the House of Representatives, shall be paid from the appropriations 
"Salaries, Officers and Employees, Office of the Sergeant at Arms", 
fiscal years 1968 and 1969, as applicable. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
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), $14,160,700. 
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, of which such amount as may be neces-
sary, if any, may be transferred to the immediately preceding 
•appropriation. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, 
as follows: 
OFFICE OF T H E SPEAKER 
For the Office of the Speaker, $139,830. 
OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARIAN 
For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $121,485, including the 
Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of the Rules, 
as authorized by law. 
COMPILATION OF PRECEDENTS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
For compiling the precedents of the House of Representatives, as 
heretofore authorized, $12,540. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For the Office of the Chaplain, $16,715. 
OFFICE o r THE CLERK 
For the Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $159,030 for the 
House Recording Studio, $1,940,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT xVRMS 
For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $2,160,000. 
OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER 
For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $2,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER 
For the Office of the Postmaster, including $14,730 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, $571,235. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropria-
tions, $4,800,000. 
SPECIAL AND MINORITY EMPLOYEES 
For six minority employees, $130,835. 
For the House Democratic Steering Committee, $49,950. 
For the House Republican Conference, $49,950. 
For the office of me majority floor leader, including $3,000 for of-
ficial expenses of the majority leader, $107,115. 
For the office of the minority floor leader, including $3,000 for of-
ficial expenses of the minority leader, $97,290. 
For the office of the majority whip, including $11,300 basic lump-
sum clerical assistance, $72,105. 
For the office of the minority whip, including $11,300 basic lump-
sum clerical assistance, $72,105. 
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, $17,765. 
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, $15,780. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES 
For official reporters of debates, $289,570. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS TO COMMITTEES 
For official reporters to committees, $286,255. 
COMMirTEE 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 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and to be 
available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$890,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $378,290. 
60 Stat. 834. 
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MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For clerk hire, necessarily employed by each Member in the dis-
charge of his official and representative duties, $38,142,500, of which 
such amount as may be necessary may be transferred to the appropria-
tion under this heading for the fiscal year 1968. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES or THE HOUSE 
FURNITURE 
For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, including tools 
and machinery for furniture repair shops, and for the purchase of 
packing boxes, $250,000, to be derived by transfer from the balance 
of the appropriation made under this head for the fiscal year 1967. 
The Clerk of the House is authorized and directed to transfer to 
Library of 
the Library of Congress, without exchange of funds, such office furni- 
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ture and equipment as the Clerk shall have determined to be excess 
to the needs of the House and the Librarian of Congress deems neces-
sary and suitable to the needs of the Library. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically 
ordered by the House of Representatives, including the sum of $175,-
000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with 
section 208 of the Act approved October 9, 1940 (Public Law 812); 
^4 sta^ ^lose. 
the exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Clerk's motor 
vehicles; the exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the 
publications and distribution service motortruck; the exchange, main-
tenance, 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 Resolution 348, approved June 29, 1961; the 
sum of $600 for hire of automobile for the Sergeant at Arms; ma-
terials for folding; and for stationery for the use of committees, de-
partments, and officers of the House; $8,000,000. 
No part of the contingent fund herein appropriated shall be avail- ^.^'^^T'* co«gres-
able for the purposes of House Resolution 416 of the Eighty-ninth fu^s rrstril'aon. 
Congress relating to the hire of student congressional interns. 
REPORTING HEARINGS 
For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than spe-
cial and select committees, $223,000, of which such amount as may be 
necessary may be transferred to the appropriation under this head-
ing for the fiscal year 1968. 
SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees author-
ized by the House, $4,821,000. 
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE 
For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, 
$3,500,000. 
STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND) 
For a stationery allowance for each Member for the first session of 
the Ninety-first dongress, as authorized by law, $1,308,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
61 Stat. 637. 
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POSTAGE STAMP ALLOWANCES 
Postage stamp allowances for the first session of the Ninety-first 
Congress, as follows: Postmaster, $560; Clerk, $1,120; Sergeant at 
Arms, $840; Doorkeeper, $700; 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 com-
mittee, as authorized by law; $320,390. 
REVISION OF LAWS 
For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.C. 
202, 203, 213, $29,260, to be expended under the direction of the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary. 
S P E A K E R ' S AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $13,585. 
MAJORITY LEADER'S AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, 
$13,585. 
MINORITY LEADER'S AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, 
$13,585. 
NEW EDITION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE 
For preparation of a new edition of the District of Columbia Code, 
$75,000, to remain available until expended, and to be expended under 
the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Except as provided bv the House Employees Position Classification 
78 Stat. 1079. 
^^.^ ^2 U.S.C. 291 and lollowing) or by any other provision of law to 
the contrary, salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for the 
House of Representatives shall be computed at basic rates, plus in-
creased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by 
law. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For joint committees, as follows: 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF FEDERAL EXPENDITURES 
For an amount to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of Fed-
eral Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon it by section 
601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (|55 Stat. 726), to remain available 
during the existence of the Committee, $55,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
JOINT E C O N O M I C 
C O M M I T T E E 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$417,150. 
79 Stat. 1026. 
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J O I N T COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic 
Energy, $380,785. 
J O I N T COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$198,440. 
J O I N T COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF 1 9 6 9 
For construction of platform and seating stands and for salaries 
and expenses of conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United States, January 20, 1969, in 
accordance with such program as may be adopted by the joint com-
mittee authorized by concurrent resolution of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, $400,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
J^INT COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Reve-
nue Taxation, $531,905. 
J O I N T COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE PRODUCTION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Pro-
duction as authorized by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, $91,370. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
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2061. 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the attending physician and his assistants, 
including (1) an allowance of two hundred fifty dollars per month 
to the attending physician; (2) an allowance of one hundred fifty 
dollars per month each to three medical officers while on duty in the 
attending physician's office; and (3) an allowance of one hundred fifty 
dollars per month each to not to exceed eight assistants on the basis 
heretofore provided for such assistants, $56,000: Provided^ That the 
unexpended balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal 
year 1968 shall be merged with this appropriation. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
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GENERAL EXPENSES 
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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 month for 
extra services performed for the Capitx)l 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; $100,000. 
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD 
To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protection 
for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and 
House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $900,000. Such 
64 Stat. 798. 
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Reimbursement. 
55 Stat. 456. 
54 Stat. 629. 
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sum shall be expended only fot payment of salaries and other ex-
penses of personnel detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the 
District of Columbia, and the Commissioner of the District of Co-
lumbia is authorized and directed to make such details upon the re-
^^Detaii person- 
q^gg^ ^f ^\^Q Board. Persouuel so detailed shall, during the period of 
such detail, serve under the direction and instructions of the Board 
and are authorized to exercise the same authority as members of such 
Metropolitan Police and members of the Capitol Police and to per-
form such other duties as may be assigned by the Board. Reimburse-
ment 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 tlie legislative Bra.nch 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 Metro-
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 m*de, 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, privileges, 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 Commissioner of the District of Columbia is directed 
(1) to pay the deputy chief of police detailed under the authority of 
this paragraph the salary of the rank of deputy chief of police plus 
$1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequent-
ly provided by law so long as this position is held by the present in-
cumbent, (2) to pay the two acting captains detailed under the 
authority of this paragraph and serving as assistants to the Chief of 
the Capitol Police, the salary of the rank of inspector and such 
increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided 
by law so long as these positions are held by the present incumbents, 
(3) to pay the two detective sergeants detailed under the authority 
of this paragraph and serving as acting lieutenants the salary of the 
rank of lieutenant plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensa-
tion as may be subsequently provided by law^ so long as these posi-
tions are held by the present incumbents, (4) to pay the three detec-
tives permanently detailed under the authority of this paragraph 
and serving as acting detective sergeants the salary of the rank of 
detective sergeant and such increases in basic compensation as may be 
subsequently provided by law, and (5) to pay the acting sergeant of 
the uniform force regularly assigned as such the salary of the rank 
of sergeant and such increases in basic compensation as may be sub-
sequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the 
present incumbent. 
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 stand-
ards 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 and on the Library of Congress 
Grounds. 
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EDUCATION OF PAGP:S 
For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
Court, pursuant to section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 
1946, $94,579, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the 
fus^c^ssT 
applicable appropriation of the District of Columbia, and the Board 
of Education of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to em-
ploy such personnel for the education of pages as may be required and 
to pa3^ compensation for such services in accordance with such rates 
of compensation as the Board of Education may prescribe. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
67 Stat. 614; 
74 Stat. 663, 728. 
39 u s e 4167 
For expenses necessary under section 2 of Public Law 286, Eighty-
tliird Congress, $9,473,000, to be available immediately. 
The foregoing amounts under "other joint items" shall be disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House. 
and note 
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 Ninetieth 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 desig-
nated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work. 
ACHITECT 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 and other personal serv-
ices at rates of pay provided by law, $739,000. 
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 
shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to 
exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000. 
After June 30, 1968, the provisions of law codijfied as title 40, ^„^fj^^"^,.^.^lt'' 
United States Code, section 167a (66 Stat. 473), relating to mainte- '"' ""'' 
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nance of certain services by the Architect of the Capitol, shall no 
longer be applicable. 
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 IUILDINOS 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 improvements, main-
tenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, and 
appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment; special and pro-
tective clothing for workmen; uniforms or allowances therefor as 
daily adjournment, 
termination. 
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authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); personal and other services; 
cleaning and repairing works of art, without regard to section 3709 
41 uses. 
of the Revised Statutes, as amended; purchase or exchange, main-
tenance and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of neces-
sary reference books and periodicals; for expenses of attendance, 
when specifically authorized hj the Architect of the Gapitol, at meet-
ings or conventions in connection with subjects related to work under 
the Architect of the Capitol, $2,010,200. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the 
Senate and House Office Buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant; per-
sonal and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizers; repairs 
to pavements, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing apparel; 
mamtenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men 
and equipment or imder contract without regard to section 3709 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended; $766,700. 
SENATE O r n C E 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 w^earing 
apparel, and for personal and other services; including eight attendants 
at $1,800 each; for the care and operation of the Senate Office Build-
ings; including the subway and subway transportation systems con-
necting the Senate Office Buildings with the Capitol; uniforms or 
allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), to be 
expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the 
Capitol; in all,$2,878,900. 
SENATE GARAGE 
For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, 
and all other necessary expenses, $62,300. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For maintenance, including equipment; waterproof wearing ap-
parel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U S.C. 
5901-5902); prevention and eradication of insect and other pests with-
out regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; 
miscellaneous items; and for all necessary services, including the 
position of Superintendent of Garages at a gross annual rate of 
$14,000; $4,845,600. 
ACQUISITION 
OF 
PROPERTY, 
CONSTRUCTION, 
AND 
EQUIPMENT, 
ADDI-
TIONAL HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING 
For an additional amount to enable the Architect of the Capitol, 
under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, to pro-
vide additional construction and equipment and other changes and 
improvements, authorized by the Additional House Office Building 
40 use 175 
Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 41, 42), as amended, $527,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
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, Senate garage, and for air-
note. 
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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 nito the Treasury; personal and 
other services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing apparel, and 
all other necessary expenses in connection with the maintenance and 
operation of the plant; $2,927,000. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural main-
tenance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof 
wearing apparel, and personal and other services, $985,000, of which 
not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for expenditure without re-
gard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. 
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The unobligated balance of that part of the appropriation under 
this head for the fiscal year 1967, made available until June 30, 1968, 
is hereby continued available until June 30, 1969. 
FURNITURE 
AND 
FURNISHINGS 
For furniture, partitions, screens, shelving, and electrical work per-
taining thereto and repairs thereof, office and library equipment, ap-
paratus, and labor-saving devices, $350,000. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses incident to maintaining, openvting, 
repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, build-
ings, grounds, collections, and equipment pertaining thereto, includ-
ing 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 pro-
curement of personal services by contract without regard to the pro-
visions of any other Act; purchase and exchange of motor trucks; 
purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a pas-
senger motor vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and 
books of reference, not to exceed $100; all under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library; $565,000. 
LIBRARY OF 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; 
preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; and 
expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly 
chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 
$17,240,000, including $613,000 to be available for reimbursement to 
the General Services Administration for rental of suitable space in 
the District of Columbia or its immediate environs for the Library of 
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[82 STAT. 
Congress, together with $478,000 to be derived by transfer from the 
appropriations made for the Office of Education, Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare. 
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, 
$2,878,000. 
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
60 Stat. 836. 
80 Stat. 330. 
For necessarjy^ expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 
166), $3,650,000: 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 
gublication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on 
[ouse Administration 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 
catalog cards and other publications of the Library, $7,300,000: Pro-
vided^ 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), only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (ex-
cluding permanent personal services) for workload increases not antic-
ipated 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, $665,000, to remain available until expended, 
including $25,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifi-
cally 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, $125,000, to remain available until expended. 
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, $6,668,000. 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-417-JULY 23, 1968 
411 
ORGANIZING AND 
MICROFILMING 
THE 
PAPERS 
OF THE 
PRESIDENTS 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
August 16, 1957 (71 Stat. 368), as amended by the Act of April 27, 
1964 (78 Stat. 183), $112,800, to remain available until expended. 
2 use 131 note. 
COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF 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 
8° stat. 1530. 
expended, $2,000,000, of whicli $1,807,600 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. 
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 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
so stat. 4! 6. 
Xot to exceed ten positions in the Library of Congress may be ^^Ejnpioyment of 
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 to any sudi 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; for purchase 
or hire of passenger motor vehicles; and for payment of travel, stor-
age and transportation of household goods, and transportation and 
per diem expenses for families en route (not to exceed twenty-four), 
subject to such rules and regulations as may be issued by the Librarian 
of Congress. 
Payments in advance for subscriptions or other charges for biblio- ^^^^l^''''^ ^^^' 
graphical data, publications, materials in any other form, and serv-
ices may be made by the Librarian of Congress whenever he determines 
it to be more prompt, efficient, or economical to do so in the interest 
of carrying out required Library programs. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
P R I N T I N G AND B I N D I N G 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress; 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); printing, binding, and 
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distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal 
Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 309, 311, 311a); and ey'^stlt^sssf' 
printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law 77 stat. 343; 
to be distributed without charge to the recipients; $31,000,000: Pro- ^^ ^'^*- ^°'*^-
vlded, That this appropriation shall not be available for printing 
Disbursement 
of funds. 
43 Stat. 658. 
412 
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[82 STAT. 
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 in-
curred 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 June 7, 
1924 (44 U.S.C. 40); travel expenses (not to exceed $10,000); price 
lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, elevators and machinery; 
and supplying books to depository libraries; $8,000,000: Provided^ 
That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for use 
pursuant to section 3679 of the Kevised 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 serv-
ices) for workload increases not anticipated in the budget estimates 
and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
The Government Printing 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 neces-
sary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget 
for the current fiscal year for the "Government Printing Office revolv-
ing fund": Provided^ That during the current fiscal year the revolv-
ing fund shall be available for the hire of one passenger motor vehicle 
and the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle (station wagon). 
GENERAL 
ACCOUNTING 
OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, includ-
ing not to exceed $2,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Comptroller General of the United States in connection with special 
studies of governmental financial practices and procedures; services 
80 Stat. 416. 
.^s authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $6,000 for purchase of 
one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; advance payments 
in foreign countries notwithstanding section 3648, Revised Statutes, 
as amended (31 U.S.C. 529); and rental of living quarters in foreign 
countries under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General 
of the United States; $57,500,000. 
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 estab-
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lished by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein 
or whenever the rate of 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 
designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 u s e 849. 
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413 
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 
wuth respect thereto: Provided further^ That the provisions relating 
to a position and salary thereof carried in House Resolution 905 of 
the Ninetieth Congress 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. 
SEC. 105. Effective July 1, 1968, with respect to those officers and 
members of the United States Capitol Police force who had prior to 
such date completed the training program approved by the Capitol 
Police Board and had qualified to receive a certificate for such train-
ing, the per annum rate of compensation of captains shall be $13,348 
each, the per annum rate of compensation of lieutenants and special 
officers shall be $11,280 each, the per annum rate of compensation of 
sergeants shall be $9,400 each, and the per annum rate of compensation 
of privates shall be $7,144 each: Provided^ That with respect to those 
officers and members of such force who on or after such date complete 
such training program and qualify for such certificate, such rates of 
compensation shall take effect on the first day of the first month fol-
lowing the date on which any such officer or member, as certified by 
the Capitol Police Board, completes such training and qualifies for 
such certificate. 
SEC. 106. The stationery allowance, as authorized by law, for each 
Senator shall hereafter be available only for (1) purchases made 
through the Senate stationery room of stationery and other office 
supplies for use for official business, and (2) reimbursement upon 
presentation, within thirty days after the close of the fiscal year for 
which the allowance is provided, of receipted invoices for purchases 
elsewhere of stationery and other office supplies (excluding items 
not ordinarily available in the Senate stationery room) for use for 
official business in an office maintained by a Senator in his home State. 
Any part of the allowance for stationery which remains unobligated 
at the end of the fiscal year 1969 or any subsequent fiscal year shall be 
withdrawn from the revolving fund established by the Third Supple-
mental Appropriation Act, 1957 (71 Stat. 188; 2 U.S.C. 46a 1), and 
covered into the general fund of the Treasury. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1969". 
Approved July 23, 1968. 
U.S. Capitol 
Police, certifica-
tion; salaries. 
Senate sta-
tionery allow-
ances. 
Short title. 
Public Law 90-418 
AN ACT 
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, to make frozen 
concentrated orange juice subject to the provisions of such Act. 
July 23, 1968 
[S.3143] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the third 
sentence of section 2(a) of the Commc^dity Exchange Act, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 2), is amended by striking out "and livestock products" and 
inserting in lieu thereof ", livestock products, and frozen concentrated 
orange juice". 
Approved July 23, 1968. 
Commodity Ex-
change Act, 
amendment. 
49 Stat. 1491; 
Ante, p. 26.