An Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for other purposes
PL 89-545 (H.R.15456), enacted 08/27/1966

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Public Law 89-545 
August 27, 1966 
AN ACT 
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Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1967, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Legislative 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the followmg 
pri^ion A^t'° 
sums are appropriated, out of airy money in the Treasury not other-
1967. 
wise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1967, 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, $3,296,735. 
MILEAGE OF PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND OF SENATORS 
For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $58,370. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY LEADERS 
For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000; Majority 
Ijeader 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, at rates of compensa-
tion to be fixed by him in basic multiples of $5 per month, $203,515. 
CHAPLAIN 
Chaplain of the Senate, $15,540. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For office of the Secretary, $1,369,630, including $150,220 recjuired 
for the purposes specified and authorized by section 74b of Title 2, 
60 Stat. 839. 
United States Code: Provided^ That the reporters of debates in the 
office of the Secretary are hereby designated the official reporters of 
debates of the Senate. 
OOMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and 
the Select Committee on Small Business, $3,367,430. 
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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, $99,435. 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $99,435. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistants and messenger service 
for Senators, $17,171,215. 
OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $3,364,025: Pro-
vided^ That effective on the first day of the first month following date 
of enactment, the basic per annum compensation of one offset press 
operator, Service Department shall be $2,700 in lieu of $2,340, that the 
Serjeant at Arms may employ a telecommunications adviser at $5,520 
basic per annum, an additional Sergeant, Capitol Police force at 
$2,880 basic per annum, an additional Lieutenant, Capitol Police 
force at $3,480 basic per annum, and twenty-five additional Privates, 
Capitol Police forc^ at $2,160 basic per annum esich: Provided 
further. 
That appointees to the Capitol Police force positions authorized 
herein shall have the equivalent of at least one year's police experience. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND THE MINORITY 
For the offices of the Secret-ary for the Majority and the Secretary 
for the Minority, $166,675. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For four clerical assistants, two for the Majority Whip and two 
for the Minority Whip, at i'ates of compensation to be fixed in basic 
multiples of $60 per annum by the respective Whips, $18,460 each; 
in all, $36,920. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $317,895. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and 
the Minority Policy Committee, $204,150 for each such committee; in 
all, $408,300. 
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, $43,660. 
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. 
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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-
2°us*c*"i9o^b' 
ninth Congress, including $396,615 for the Committee on Appropria-
tions, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate 
Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $5,420,000. 
FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pam-
phlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $2.32 per hour per person, 
$40,715. 
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, $3,743,160, including 
$275,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with 
75 Stat. 199. 
scctiou 4 of PubHc Law 87-82, approved July 6,1961. 
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POSTAGE STAMPS 
For postage stamps for the offices of the Secretaries for the Majority 
and Mmority, $140; and for air-mail and special delivery stamps for 
office of the Secretary, $160; office of the Sergeant at Arms, $125; 
Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, 
$90,400; in all, $90,825. 
STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING 
FUND) 
For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, 
$249,600: Provided, That effective with the fiscal year 1967 and there-
after the allowance for stationery for each Senator from States having 
a population of ten million or more inhabitants shall be at the rate of 
$3,000 per annum; and for stationery for committees and officers of the 
Senate, $13,200; in all, $262,800, to remain available until expended. 
COMMUNICATIONS 
For an amount for communications which may be expended inter-
changeably for payment, in accordance with such limitations and 
restrictions as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration, of charges on official telegrams and long-distance 
telephone calls made by or on behalf of Senators or the President of the 
Senate, such telephone calls to be in addition to those authorized by 
the provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 (60 
Stat. 392; 2 U.S.C. 46c, 46d, 46e), as amended, and the First Deficiency 
79lt:;.''^26r"' 
Appropriation Act, 1949 (63 Stat. 77; 2 U.S.C. 46d-l), $15,150. 
Intra. 
68 Stat. 400; 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Long-distance 
telephone calls. 
Effective July 1,1966, the paragraph relating to official long-distance 
telephone calls to and from Washington, District of Columbia, under 
the heading "Contingent Expenses of the Senate" in Public I^w 479, 
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Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended (2 U.S.C. 46c), is amended to read 
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as follows: 
"There shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, in 
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, toll charges on not to 
exceed three thousand strictly official long-distance telephone calls to 
and from Washington, District of Columbia, aggregating not more 
than fifteen thousand minutes each fiscal year for each Senator and 
the Vice President of the United States: Provided., That not more 
than fifteen hundred calls aggregating not more than seventy-five 
hundred minutes made in the first six months of each fiscal year shall 
be paid for under this sentence. The toll charges on an additional 
fifteen hundred such calls aggregating not more than seventy-five 
hundred minutes each fiscal year for each Senator from any State 
liaving a population of ten million or more inhabitants shall also be 
paid from the contingent fund of the Senate: Provided., That not more 
than seven hundred and fifty calls aggregating not more than three 
thousand seven hundred and fifty minutes made in the first six months 
of each fiscal year shall be paid for under this sentence." 
Effective the first day of the first month following date of enactment 
tlie table contained in section 4(f) of the Federal Employees' Salary 
Increase Act of 1955 (Public Law 94, Eighty-fourth Congress, 
approved June 28, 1955), as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
2^us*c*6ofnote 
Amount 
of 
States having a population of— 
Increase 
Less than 3,000,000 
$12, 780 
3,000,000 but less than 4,000,000 
17,760 
4,000,000 but less than 5,000,000 
20, 760 
5,000,000 but less than 7,000,000 
23, 760 
7.000,000 but less than 9,000,000 
26, 760 
9,000,000 but less than 10,000,000 
29, 760 
10,000,000 but less than 11,000,000 
34. 740 
11,000,000 but less than 12,000,000 
37. 740 
12,000,000 but less than 13,000,000 
40. 740 
13,000.000 but less than 15,000,000 
43, 740 
15.000,000 but less than 17,000,000 
46, 740 
17,000,000 or more 
49, 740 
Effective the first day of the first month following date of enact- io°^'^'"^^ ^'"" 
ment the paragraph relating to rates of compensation of employees of ^ compensation. 
committees of the Senate, contained in the legislative Branch Appro-
priation Act, 1956, as amended (2 U.S.C. 72a-la), is amended by 
eg stat. sos. 
striking out so much of the second sentence thereof as follows the 
words "First Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1947," and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: "the basic compensation of any em-
ployee of a standing or select committee of the Senate (including 
the majority and mmority policy committees and the majority con-
ference of the Senate and minoritj^ conference of the Senate but exclud-
ing the Committee on Appropriations), or a joint committee of the two 
Houses the expenses of which are paid from the contingent fund of 
the Senate, whose basic compensation may be fixed under such pro-
visions at a rate of $8,000 per annum, may be fixed at a rate not in 
excess of $8,040 per annum, except that the basic compensation of 
one such employee may be fixed at a rate not in excess of $8,880 per 
annum, and the basic compensation of two such employees may be 
fixed at a rate not in excess of $8,460 per annum. 
The basic com-
pensation of any employee of the Committee on Appropriations whose 
oasic compensation may be fixed at a rate of $8,000 per annum under 
such provisions may tie fixed at a rate not in excess of $8,040 per 
annum, except that the basic compensation of one such employee may 
be fixed at a rate not in excess of $8,880 per annum, and the basic 
72 Stat. 443; 
79 Stat. 269. 
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compensation of seventeen such employees may be fixed at a rate not 
in excess of $8,460 per annum. 
The third paragraph under the heading "Administrative Pro-
visions" in the appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1959, as amended (2 U.S.C. 43b), is amended by 
inserting after the words "six round trips" the following: "(or the 
equivalent thereof in one-way trips)". 
HOUSE O F EEPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES, MILEAGE FOR THE MEMBERS, AND EXPENSE AIJL£>WANCE OP 
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), $14,148,975. 
MILEAGE OF MEMBERS AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF THE SPEAKER 
For mileage of Members and expense allowance of the Speaker, as 
authorized by law, $200,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, 
as follows: 
OFFICE OF T H E SPEAKER 
For the Office of the Speaker, $129,100. 
OFFICE OF T H E PARLIAMENTARIAN 
For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $107,685, including the Par-
liamentarian 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, $10,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For the Office of the Chaplain, $15,540. 
OFFICE OF THE CLERK 
For the Office of the Clerk, including $145,670 for the House Record-
ing Studio, $1,711,500. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS 
For the Office of the Sergeant at Anns, $1,081,000. 
OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER 
For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $1,753,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER 
For the Office of the Postmaster, inchiding $10,900 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 amium 
each, $524,500. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For committee employees, including the Committe-e on Appropria-
tions, $4,100,000, of which such amount as may be necessary may be 
transferred to the appropriation under this heading for the fiscal 
year 1966. 
SPECIAL AND MINORITY EMPLOYEES 
For six minority employees, $121,650. 
For the House Democratic Steering Committee, $41,825. 
For the House Republican Conference, $41,825. 
For the office of the majority floor leader, including $3,000 for official 
expenses of the majority leader, $99,600. 
For the office of the minority floor leader, including $3,000 for 
official expenses of the minority leader, $90,400. 
For the office of the majority whip, including $11,300 basic lump-
sum clerical assistance, $67,000. 
For the office of the minority whip, including $11,300 basic lump-
sum clerical assistance, $67,000. 
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, $16,500. 
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, $14,650. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES 
For official reporters of debates, $264,000. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS TO COMMITTEES 
For official reporters to committees, $266,200. 
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 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and to be 
available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$725,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $319,500. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For clerk hire, necessarily employed by each Member in the dis-
charge of his official and representative duties, $35,000,000. 
60 Stat. 834. 
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF 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, $300,000. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically 
ordered by the House of Kepr^entatives, including the sum of $332,000 
for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with section 
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^^^ ^* ^^^ ^^^ approved October 9, 1940 (Public Law 812); 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 Kesolution 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, 
departments, and officers of the House; $7,000,000. 
REPORTING HEARINGS 
For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than 
special and select committees, $223,000. 
SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees author-
ized by the House, $4,600,000. 
OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR OF INFORMATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Coordinator of In-
formation, $141,000. 
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE 
For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, 
$2,880,000. 
STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING FUND) 
For a stationery allowance for each Member for the first session of 
the Ninetieth Congress, as authorized by law, $1,046,400, to remain 
available until expended. 
ATTENDING P H Y S I C I A N ' S 
OFFICE 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency room and for the attending physician and his assistants, 
including (1) an allowance of fifteen hundred dollars to be paid to the 
attending physician in equal monthly installments as authorized by 
the Act approved June 27, 1940 (54 Stat. 629); (2) an allowance of 
one hundred dollars per month to each medical officer while on duty in 
the attending physician's office; and (3) an allowance of one hundred 
dollars per month each to five assistants as provided by the House 
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resolutions adopted July 1,1930, January 20,1932, November 18,1940, 
and May 21, 1959, and Public Law 242, Eighty-fourth Congress, 
69 stat. 512. 
$24,645. 
POSTAGE STAMP ALLOWANCES 
Postage stamp allowances for the first session of the Ninetieth 
Congress, as follows: Postmaster, $400; Clerk, $800; Sergeant at 
Arms, $600; Doorkeeper, $500; 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; $228,550. 
REVISION OF LAWS 
For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.C. 
202, 203, 213, $28,000, to be expended under the direction of the Com- 
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mittee on the Judiciary. 
SPEAKER'S AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $12,700. 
MAJORITY LEADER'S AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, 
$12,700. 
MINORITY 
L E A D E R ' S 
AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, 
$12,700. 
N E W EDITION OF T H E UNITED STATES CODE 
For preparation of a new edition of the United States Code, $150,000, 
to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, 
and to be expended under the direction of the Committee on the 
Judiciary. 
N E W EDITION OF T H E DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE 
For preparation of a new edition of the District of Columbia Code, 
$100,000, to remain available until expended, and to be expended under 
the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for the House of 
Representatives shall hereafter be computed at basic rates, plus 
increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided 
by law. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For joint committees, as follows: 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF NONESSENTIAL FEDER.VL 
EXPENDITURES 
For an amount to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of Non-
essential Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon 
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79 Stat. 1026. 
jt by sectioii 601 of the Eevenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726), to remain 
available during the existence of the Committee, $36,425, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$372,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic 
Energy, $358,000. 
JOINT COMMITI-EE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$156,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Reve-
nue Taxation, $435,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY POLICY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Immigration 
and Nationality Policy, $24,755. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE PRODUCTION 
69 Stat. 798. 
50 u s e app. 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Pro-
duction as authorized by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
^^®n<i^» $83,000. 
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For other joint items, as follows: 
CAPITOL POLICE 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, mainte-
nance, and repair of police motor vehicles, including two-way police 
radio equipment; contingent expenses, including $25 per montn for 
extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board by such 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; $95,500. 
CAPITOL P O L I C E BOARD 
To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional pro-
tection for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate 
and House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $809,000. 
Such sum shall be expended only for payment of salaries and other 
expenses of personnel detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the 
District of Columbia, and the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia are authorized and directed to make such details upon the 
^^Detaii person- 
vequest of the Board. Personnel so detailed shall, during the period 
of such detail, serve under the direction and instructions of the Board 
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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. 
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bursement for salaries and other expenses of such detail peponnel ment. 
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 available for all the purposes thereof: Provided, That 
any person detailed under the authority of this paragraph or under 
similar authority in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, 
ss stat. 456. 
and the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metro- 
54 stat. 629, 
politan 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 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 Commissioners of the District of Colum-
bia are 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 subsequently provided by law so long as this position is 
held by the present incumbent, (2) to pay the two detective lieutenants 
detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting 
detective captains the salary of the rank of detective captains plus 
$1,625 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 detective sergeant detailed under the 
authority of this paragraph and serving as acting detective lieutenant 
the salar}^ of the rank or detective lieutenant plus $1,625 and such 
increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by 
law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent, and (4) 
to paj the three 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 com-
pensation as may be subsequently provided by law. 
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid as 
compensation to any person appointed after June 30,1935, as an officer 
or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the standards to be 
prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police Board: Provided, 
That the Capitol Police Board is hereby authorized to detail police 
from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol buildings for police 
duty on the Capitol Grounds 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 Reorganization Act, 
1946, $86,308, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the 
^^^f^n'Jt^' 
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. 
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OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary under section 2 of Public Law 286, Eighty-
7/sta!^66r?28 
^^^^^ Congress, $7,248,000, to be available immediately. 
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The forcgoiug amounts under "other joint items" shall be disbursed 
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by the Clerk of the House. 
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the second session of the Eighty-nmth Congress, show-
ing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular ap-
propriation bills as recjuired by law, $13,000, to b© paid to the persons 
designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work. 
ARCHITECT OF THE 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 
services at rates of pay provided by law, $647,700. 
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. 
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 
jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including improvements, 
maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, 
and appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment; special and 
protective clothing for workmen; uniforms or allowances therefor 
as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
r/stat^*! 122^^' 
2131); personal and other services; cleaning and repairing works of 
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art, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a 
passenger motor vehicle; purchase of necessary reference books and 
periodicals; for expenses of attendancej when specifically authorized 
by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connec-
tion with subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, 
$1,786,000, of which $100,000 shall remain available until expended. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the 
Senate and House Office Buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant; 
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365 
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; $695,400. 
4i use s. 
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 $1,800 each; 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 the Act of September 1, 1954, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); to be expended under the control and 7/8131^*1122'^' 
supervision of the Architect of the Capitol; in all, $2,530,000. 
SENATE GARAGE 
For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, 
and all other necessary expenses, $57,900. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For 
maintenance, including 
equipment; 
waterproof 
weiiring 
apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the Act of 
September 1,1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); prevention and eradi-
cation of insect and other pests without regard to section 3709 of the 
Revised Statutes, as amended; miscellaneous items; and for all neces-
sary services, including the position of Superintendent of Garages at 
a gross annual rate of $12,000; $4,019,000. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For lighting, heating, and power (including the purchase of electri-
cal energy) for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, 
Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library Buildings, and me 
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, Wash-
ington City Post Office, and Folger Shakespeare Library, reimburse-
ment for which shall be made and covered into the Treasury; per-
sonal and other services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing 
apparel, and all other necessary expenses in connection with the main-
tenance and operation of the plant; $2,778,000: Provided^ That not 
to exceed $25,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation 
under this head for the fiscal year 1966 is hereby continued available 
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until June 30,1967. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural mainte-
nance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof 
wearing apparel, and personal and other services, $1,392,000, of which 
not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for expenditure without regard 
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[80 STAT. 
41 use 5. 
^Q section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and of which 
not to exceed $626,000 shall remain available until June 30,1968. 
The unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for 
the fiscal year 1966 is hereby continued available until June 30,1967. 
79 Stat. 277. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For furniture, partitionsj screens, shelving, and electrical work 
pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, office and library equipment, 
apparatus, and labor-saving devices, $325,000. 
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 eouipment 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 procure-
ment of personal services by contract without regard to the provisions 
of any otner Act; purchase and exchange of motortrucks; 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 Com-
mittee on the Library; $504,600. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not other-
wise provided for, including development and maintenance of the 
Union Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Build-
ings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering, and repair of uniforms; 
and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 
$13,753,300, including $880,000 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 
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, 
$2,266,000. 
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 
60 Stat. 836. 
|c,(5)^ $2,938,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation may 
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367 
be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publica-
tion, or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest or Public 
General Bills), to be issued by the Library oi Congress unless such 
publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on 
House Administration or the Senate Committee on Rules and Ad-
ministration. 
DISTRIBUTION or CATALOG CARDS 
SAl/ARIBS AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of 
catalog cards and other publications of the Library, $4,564,000: 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 
(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 oi the Library, $800,000, 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, $125,000, to remain available until expended. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND 
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, $3,097,000. 
ORGANIZING AND MICROFILMING THE PAPERS OF THE PREsmENTS 
SALARIES AND 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. 
PRESERVATION OF MOTION 
PICTURES 
For expenses necessary for the preservation of motion pictures now 
in the custody of the Library, $50,000. 
COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 
104 (n) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
46 Stat. 1487; 
71 Stat. 630. 
2 u s e 131 note. 
funds. 
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[80 STAT. 
72 Stat. 1790. 
^f ^954^ ^s amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(n)), to remain available until 
expended, $2,268,000, of which $2,088,000 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. 
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 m piecework); and services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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^^ 
to exceed ten positions in the Library of Congress may be 
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 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. 
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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, storage 
and transportation of household goods, and transportation and per 
diem expenses for families en route (not to exceed twenty four), sub-
ject to such rules and regulations as may be issued by the Librarian 
of Congress. 
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. 182); printing, binding, 
and distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Fed-
g/^tat^'issf' 
eral Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 309, 311, 311a) ; 
77 Stat". 343; 
Rud printing and binding of Government publications authorized by 
56 Stat. 1045. 
^^^^ ^^ j^g distributed without charge to the recipients; $21,500,000: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for printing 
and binding part 2 oi the annual report of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) : Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations 
incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT or 
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 em-
ployees and officers of the Government Printing Office", approved 
43 Stat. 658. 
j ^ ^ e 7, 1924 (44 U.S.C. 40); travel expenses (not to exceed $1,500); 
49 Stat. 1546. 
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price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, elevators, and ma-
chinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; $6,155,900: 
Provided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned 
for use pursuant to section 3679 oi the Revised Statutes, as amended 
(31 U.S.C. 665), with the approval of the Public Printer, only to 
the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding permanent 
personal services) for workload increases not anticipated m the budget 
estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary 
adjustments. 
SELECTION OF SITE AND GENERAL PLANS AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS 
No further orders shall be placed for any work under any profes-
sionar service-type contract, or for any additional force account work 
entered into or undertaken with funds appropriated under this head-
ing in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965, and the 
^^ ^*«*- ^^'^• 
unobligated balance of such appropriation is hereby rescinded. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
For additional capital for the "Government Printing Office revolv-
ing fund", $15,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That during the current fiscal year said revolving fund shall be avail-
able for the hire of one passenger motor vehicle and for the purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles. 
SEC. 103. "Whenever any office or position not specifically established 
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein or 
auscTeoanote 
whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position 
appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established 
for such position hj 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-
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 Resolutions 416, 543, 625, 640, 
661, 669, 690, and 855 of the Eighty-ninth 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 on the first day of the first month following ^ ^e^"°m^enga 
date of enactment, the basic per annum compensation of the Captain, t^onr' '^°'"P*"^^' 
Capitol Police force shall be $4,260; the basic per annum compensa-
tion of Lieutenants and Special Officers, Capitol Police force shall 
be $3,480 each; and the basic per annum compensation of Sergeants, 
Capitol Police force shall be $2,880 each. Effective on the first day 
of the first month following enactment of H.R. 15857, Eighty-ninth 
Congress, or similar legislation, amending the District of Columbia 
^°*'» P* ^''^^• 
Police and Fireman's Salary Act of 1958, the basic per annum com- 
o^c^^^de 4-
pensation of the Captain, Capitol Police force shall be $4,320; the 823'. 
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[80 STAT. 
Short title. 
basic per annum compensation of Lieutenants and Special Officers, 
Capitol Police force shall be $3,600 each; and the basic per annum 
compensation of Serjeants, Capitol Police force shall be $2,940 each. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
X\.CL, Xt/01 
• 
Approved August 27, 1966. 
Public Law 89-546 
August 27, 1966 
[H. J. Res. 810] 
International 
Literacy Day. 
Proclamation. 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the President to proclaim the 8th day of September 1966 as 
"International Literacy Day". 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the President is hereby 
authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the 8th 
day of September 1966 as International Literacy Day, and calling 
upon the people of the United States to observe such day with appro-
priate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved August 27, 1966. 
John F. 
Library. 
Public Law 89-547 
August 27, 1966 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 1207] .j,^ authorize the Administrator of General Services to accept title to the John 
Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
Kennedy ^tates of America in Congress assembled^ That the Administrator of 
General Services is hereby authorized to accept title to the structure or 
structures to be erected and equipped at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
by the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, Incorporated, to be trans-
ferred to the United States Government, without reimbursement, for 
use as a Presidential archival depository to be known as the John 
Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, and to maintain, operate, and protect 
such depository as a part of the National Archives system. 
The 
Administrator may enter into such agreements with the officers of the 
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, Incorporated, as are necessary to 
complete the transfer of title to the United States and may do so 
without regard to the provision of section 507(f) (1) of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (44 
U.S.C. 397(f) (1)), that the Administrator shall not enter into any 
such agreement until the expiration of the first period of sixty calendar 
days of continuous session of the Congress following the date on which 
a repK>rt in writing of any such proposed Presidential archival deposi-
tory is transmitted by the Administrator to the President of the Senate 
and the Speaker of the House of Eepresentatives. 
Approved August 27, 1966, 10:45 a.m. 
69 Stat. 695.