An Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.
PL 93-371 (H.R.14012), enacted 08/13/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-371-AUG. 13, 1974 
[88 STAT. 
August 13,1974 
[H. R.14012] 
Legislative 
Branch Appro-
priation Act, 
1975. 
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Public Law 93-371 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1975, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes, namely: 
SENATE 
COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE or THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
AND E X P E N S E ALLOWANCES OF T H E V I C E PRESIDENT AND LEADERS 
or 
THE SENATE 
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COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
For compensation and mileage of the Vice President and Senators 
of the United States, $4,790,695. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY LEADERS 
For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $3,000; and Minority Leader of the Senate, 
$3,000; in all, $16,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and 
others as authorized by law, including agency contributions and 
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, $552,045. 
OFFICES OF T H E MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $215,460. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $110,580. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For office of the Chaplain, $28,500: Provided^ That effective July 1, 
1974, the Chaplain may fix the per annum compensation of the secre-
tary to the Chaplain at not to exceed $12,540 per annum in lieu of 
$9,120 per annum. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For office of the Secretary, $2,691,345, including $110,010 required 
for the purpose specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, 
United States Code. 
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COMMITTEE 
EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and 
the Select Committee on Small Business, $8,069,490. 
CONFERENCE 
COMMITTEES 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates of 
compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $174,135. 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates of 
compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $174,135. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistants to Senators, $42,477,540: ^
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Provided^ That effective January 1, 1974, the clerk hire allowance of 
each Senator from the States of Arkansas and Arizona shall be 
increased to that allowed Senators from States having a population of 
two million, the population of each said State having exceeded two 
million inhabitants. 
OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $11,998,500: 
Provided^ That effective July 1, 1974, the Sergeant at Arms may 
appoint and fix the compensation of the following positions (a) in the 
computer center; foui- senior computer specialists at not to exceed 
$24,225 per annum each; seven senior programmer analysts at not to 
exceed $22,515 per annum each in lieu of five senior programmer anal-
ysts at $22,515 per annum each; three systems analysts at not to exceed 
$20,805 per annum each; five systems programmers at not to exceed 
$20,805 per annum each in lieu of three systems programmers at 
$20,805 per annum each; eight programmer analysts at not to exceed 
$20,805 per annum each; four computer specialists at not to exceed 
$18,240 per annum each; a secretary-receptionist at not to exceed 
$11,115 per annum; a secretary at $10,260 per annum; a systems super-
visor at not to exceed $26,790 per annum in lieu of a systems supervisor 
at $25,080 per annum; (b) in the service department: an equipment 
supervisor at not to exceed $18,240 per annum; an assistant equipment 
supervisor at not to exceed $14,820 per annum; a secretary-receptionist 
at not to exceed $11,115 per annum; a secretary at not to exceed $9,975 
per annum; six cameramen at not to exceed $10,260 per annum each; 
a film processor at not to exceed $11,115 per annum; an assistant film 
processor at not to exceed $10,545 per annum; ten messengers at not to 
exceed $8,265 per annum each in lieu of seven messengers at $8,265 per 
annum each; (c) in Senate post office: a mail supervisor at not to 
exceed $11,115 per annum; sixty-three mail carriers at not to exceed 
$9,975 per annum each in lieu of fifty-seven mail carriers at $9,975 per 
annum each; (d) in the cabinet shop: a chief cabinetmaker at not to 
exceed $18,525 per annum in lieu of $15,960 per annum; an assistant 
chief cabinetmaker at not to exceed $17,670 per annum in lieu of 
$13,680 per annum; two cabinetmakers at not to exceed $13,395 per 
annum each in lieu of $12,255 per annum each: a cabinetmaker at not 
to exceed $12,255 per annum; a finisher at not to exceed $13,395 per 
annum in lieu of $12,255 per annum; an upholsterer at not to exceed 
$13,395 per annum in lieu of $12,255 per annum; and (e) twelve lieu-
tenants, police force at not to exceed $17,100 per annum each in lieu of 
ten lieutenants at $17,100 per annum each; forty-six sergeants, police 
force at not to exceed $14,250 per annum each in lieu of forty sergeants 
at $14,250 per annum each; 389 privates, police force at not to exceed 
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$10,830 per annum each in lieu of 342 privates at $10,830 per annum 
each. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $265,050. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND LONGEVITY 
COMPENSATION 
For agency contributions for employee benefits and longevity com-
pensation, as authorized by law, $4,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the office of the Legislative Counsel of 
the Senate, $521,740. 
SENATE PROCEDURE 
For compiling, preparing, and editing "Senate Procedure", 1974 
edition, $5,000, to be paid to Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian of 
the Senate. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
SENATE 
P O L I C Y 
COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and 
the Minority Policy Committee, $342,780 for each such committee; in 
all, $685,560. 
AUTOMOBILES AND MAINTENANCE 
For purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operation of 
vehicles, one for the Vice President, one for the President pro tempore, 
one for the Majority Leader, one for the Minority Leader, one for the 
Majority Whip, one for the Minority Whip, for carrying the mails, 
and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, 
$40,000. 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
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For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, 
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-
ninth Congress, including $538,205 for the Committee on Appropri-
ations, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate 
Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $16,253,175. 
FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pam-
phlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $3.68 per hour per person, 
$82,045. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $12,921,450. 
POSTAGE STAMPS 
For postage stamps for the offices of the Secretaries for the Majority 
and Minority, $320; Chaplain, $100; and for air mail and special 
delivery stamps for the office of the Secretary, $610; office of the 
Sergeant at Arms, $240; and the President of the Senate, as author-
ized by law, $1,215; in all, $2,485. 
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STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING F U N D ) 
For stationery for the President of the Senate, $3,600, and for com-
mittees and officers of the Senate, $21,850; in all, $25,450. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
1. The paragraph under the heading "Administrative Provision" in 
chapter IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 
64b) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "In the 
event that the Secretary of the Senate is absent or is to be absent for 
reasons other than disability (as provided in this paragraph), and 
makes a written designation that he is or will be so absent, the Assist-
ant Secretary shall act during such absence as the Secretary in carrying 
out the duties and responsibilities of the office in all matters, except 
those matters relating to the Secretary's duties as such disbursing offi-
cer. The designation may be revoked in writing at any time by the 
Secretary, and is revoked whenever the Secretary making the designa-
tion dies, resigns, or is considered disabled in accordance with this 
paragraph." 
2. (a) Whenever— 
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(1) the law of any State provides for the collection of an income Ind'r'^mittanceT 
tax by imposing upon employers generally the duty of withhold- 
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ing sums from the compensation of employees and remitting such 
sums to the authorities of such State; and 
(2) such duty to withhold is imposed generally with respect 
to the compensation of employees who are residents of such 
State; 
then the Secretary of the Senate is authorized, in accordance with the 
provisions of this section, to enter into an agreement with the appro-
priate official of that State to provide for the withholding and remit-
tance of sums for individuals— 
(A) whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary; and 
(B) who request the Secretary to make such'withholdings for 
remittance to that State, 
(b) Any agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section 
shall not require the Secretary to remit such sums more often than 
once each calendar quarter. 
(c) (1) An individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary may 
request the Secretary to withhold sums from his pay for remittance 
to the appropriate authorities of the State that he designates. Amounts 
of withholdings shall be made in accordance with those provisions of 
the law of that State which apply generally to withholding by 
employers. 
(2) An individual may have in effect at any time only one request 
for withholdings, and he may not have more than two such requests 
in effect with respect to different States during any one calendar year. 
The request for withholdings is effective on the first day of the first 
month commencing after the day on which the request is received in 
the Disbursing Office of the Senate, except that— 
(A) when the Secretary first enters into an agreement with a 
State, a request for withholdings shall be effective on such date as 
the Secretary may determine; and 
(B) when an individual first receives an appointment, the 
request shall be effective on the day of appointment, if the 
individual makes the request at the time of appointment. 
(3) An individual may change the State designated by him for the 
purposes of having withholdings made and request that the withhold-
ings be remitted m accordance with such change, and he may also 
revoke his request for withholdings. Any change in the State designated 
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or revocation is effective on the first day of the first month commencing 
after the day on which the request for change or the revocation is 
received in the Disbursing Office. 
Rules and 
(4) ^he Secretary is authorized to issue rules and regulations he 
regu ations. 
cousidcrs appropriate in carrying out this subsection. 
(d) The Secretary may enter into agreements under subsection (a) 
of this section at such time or times as he considers appropriate. 
(e) This section imposes no duty, burden, or requirement upon the 
United States, the Senate, or any officer or employee of the United 
States, except as specifically provided in this section. Nothing in this 
section shall be deemed to consent to the application of any provision 
of law which has the effect of subjecting the United States, the Senate, 
or any officer or employee of the United States to any penalty or 
liability by reason of the provisions of this section. Any paper, form, 
or document filed with the Secretary under this section is a paper of 
the Senate within the provisions of rule X X X of the Standing Rules 
of the Senate. 
«'State." 
(f^ j^or the purposes of this section, "State" means any of the 
States of the United States and the District of Columbia. 
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^- (^) "^^^ Sergeant at Arms of the Senate shall secure for each 
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Senator office space suitable for the Senator's official use in places 
designated by the Senator in the State he represents. That space shall 
be secured in post offices or other Federal buildings at such places. 
In the event suitable office space is not available in post offices or 
other Federal buildings, the Sergeant at Arms shall secure other office 
space in those places. 
(b) The aggregate square feet of office space secured for Senator 
shall not at any time exceed— 
(1) 4,800 square feet if the population of his State is less than 
2,000,000; 
(2) 5,000 square feet if such population is 2,000,000 but less 
than 3,000,000; 
(3) 6,200 square feet if such population is 3,000,000 but less 
than 4,000,000; 
(4) 5,400 square feet if such population is 4,000,000 but less 
than 5,000,000; 
(5) 5,800 square feet if such population is 5,000,000 but less 
than 7,000,000; 
(6) 6,200 square feet if such population is 7,000,000 but less 
than 9,000,000; 
(7) 6,400 square feet if such population is 9,000,000 but less 
than 10,000,000; 
(8) 6,600 square feet if such population is 10,000,000 but less 
than 11,000,000; 
(9) 6,800 square feet if such population is 11,000,000 but less 
than 12,000,000; 
(10) 7,000 square feet if such population is 12,000,000 but less 
than 13,000,000; 
(11) 7,400 square feet if such population is 13,000,000 but less 
than 15,000,000; 
(12) 7,800 square feet if such population is 15,000,000 but less 
than 17,000,000; or 
(13) 8,000 square feet if such population is 17,000,000 or more. 
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office secured for a Senator not m a post office or other 1
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ing shall not at any time exceed the applicable rate per square foot 
charged Federal agencies by the Administrator of General Services, 
based upon a 100 percent building quality rating, for office space 
located m the place in which the Senator's office is located, multiplied 
by the number of square feet contained in that office used by the Sen-
ator and his employees to perform their duties. 
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(d) (1) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the aggregate square feet 
of office space secured for a Senator who is a Senator on July 1,1974, 
shall not at any time exceed, as long as he continuously serves as a 
Senator, the greater of— 
(A) the applicable square footage limitation of such subsection; 
or 
(B) the total square footage of those offices that the Senator 
has on such date and which are continuously maintained in the 
same buildings in which such offices were located on such date. 
(2) The provisions of subsection (c) do not apply to any office that 
a Senator has on July 1, 1974, not in a post office or other Federal 
building, as long as— 
(A) that Senator continuously serves as a Senator; and 
(B) that office is maintained in the same building in which it 
was located on such date and contains not more than the same 
number of square feet it contained on such date. 
(e) Clause (4) of subsection (a), the last sentence of subsection (c), 
and subsection (d) of section 506 of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1973, are repealed. 
(f) This section is effective on and after July 1,1974. 
4. The Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, and the Legislative Counsel of the Senate shall ^^ 
each be paid at an annual rate of compensation of $38,760. The Secre-
tary for the Majority (other than the incumbent holding office on 
June 15, 1974) and the Secretary for the Minority shall each be paid 
at an annual rate of compensation of $38,190. The Secretary for the 
Majority (as long as that position is occupied by such incumbent) may 
be paid at a maximum annual rate of compensation not to exceed 
$38,190. The four Senior Counsels in the Office of the Legislative 
Counsel of the Senate shall each be paid at an annual rate of compen-
sation of $37,620. The Assistant Secretary of the Senate, the Parlia-
mentarian, and the Financial Clerk may each be paid at a maximum 
annual rate of compensation not to exceed $37,620. The Administrative 
Assistant in the Office of the Majority Leader, the Assistant Secretary 
for the Majority, the Administrative Assistant in the Office of the 
Minority Leader, and the Assistant Secretary for the Minority may 
each be paid at a maximum annual rate of compensation not to exceed 
$36,765. The Administrative Assistant in the Office of the Majority 
Whip and the Administrative Assistant in the Office of the Minority 
Whip may each be paid at a maximum annual rate of compensation 
not to exceed $35,625. The two committee employees other than joint 
committee employees referred to in clause (A), and the three com-
mittee employees referred to in clause (B), of section 105(e)(3) of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and 
modified, may each be paid at a maximum annual rate of compensation 
not to exceed $37,050. The four committee employees other than joint 
committee employees referred to in such clause (A) and the sixteen 
committee employees referred to in such clause (B) may each be paid 
at a maximum 
annual 
rate of 
compensation 
not 
to 
exceed 
$35,625. The one employee in a Senator's 
office 
referred 
to 
in section 105(d) (2) (ii) of such Act may be paid at a maximum 
annual rate of compensation not to exceed $37,050. Any officer 
or employee whose pay is subject to the maximum limitation 
referred to in section 105(f) of such Act may be paid at a maximum 
annual rate of compensation not to exceed $37,050. This paragraph 
does not supersede (1) any provision of an order of the President pro 
tempore of the Senate authorizing a higher rate of compensation, and 
(2) any authority of the President pro tempore to adjust rates of com-
pensation or limitations referred to in this paragraph under section 
Repeal. 
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Effective date. 
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2 use 60a note. 4 ^f ^^^ Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970. This paragraph is 
effective July 1,1974. 
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5. Effective July 1, 1974, the last full paragraph under the heading 
o? dutjr compen- "ADMINISTRATIVE PEOVISIONS" in the appropriation for the 
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"Each officer or member of the Capitol Police force whose compen-
sation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, who performs duty 
in addition to the number of hours of his regularly scheduled tour of 
duty for any day on or after July 1, 1974, is entitled to be paid com-
pensation (when ordered to perform such duty by proper authority) 
or receive compensatory time off for each such additional hour of duty, 
except that an officer shall be entitled to such compensation only upon 
a determination made by the Capitol Police Board with respect to any 
additional hours. Compensation of an officer or member for each addi-
tional hour of duty shall be paid at a rate equal to his hourly rate of 
compensation in the case of an officer, and at a rate equal to one and 
one-half times his hourly rate of compensation for a member of such 
force. The hourly rate of compensation of such officer or member shall 
be determined by dividing his annual rate of compensation by 2,080. 
Any officer or member entitled to be paid compensation for such addi-
tional hours shall make a written election, which is irrevocable, whether 
he desires to be paid that compensation or to receive compensatory 
time off instead for each such hour. Compensation due officers and 
members under this paragraph shall be paid by the Secretary, upon 
certification by the Chief of the Capitol Police at the end of each 
calendar quarter and approval of the Capitol Police Board, from 
funds available in the Senate appropriation, 'Salaries, Officers and 
Employees' for the fiscal year in which the additional hours of duty 
are performed without regard to the limitations specified therein. 
Any compensator^^ time off accrued and not used by an officer or mem-
ber at the time he is separated from service on the Capitol Police force 
may not be transferred to any other department, agency, or establish-
ment of the United States Government or the government of the 
District of Columbia, and no lump-sum amount shall be paid for such 
accrued time. The Capitol Police Board is authorized to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this paragraph.". 
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6. Effective July 1,1974, the first sentence of section 105 (d) (1) (A) 
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of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and 
modified, is amended to read as follows: "The aggregate of gross com-
pensation paid employees in the office of a Senator shall not exceed 
during each calendar year the following: 
"$370,215 if the population of his State is less than 2.000,000; 
"$381,330 if such population is 2,000,000 but less than 3,000,000 
"$408,120 if such population is 3,000,000 but less than 4,000,000 
"$442,605 if such population is 4,000,000 but less than 5,000,000 
"$470,820 if such population is 5,000,000 but less than 7,000,000 
"$500,460 if such population is 7,000,000 but less than 9,000,000 
"$532,665 if such population is 9,000,000 but less than 10,000,000 
"$557,460 if such population is 10,000,000 but less than 
11,000,000; 
"$589,950 if such population 
12,000,000; 
"$614,745 if such population 
13,000,000; 
"$646,380 if such population 
15,000,000; 
"$678,015 if such population 
17,000,000; 
"$709,650 if such population is 17,000,000 or more." 
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s 11,000,000 but less than 
s 12,000,000 but less than 
s 13,000,000 but less than 
s 15,000,000 but less than 
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7. Any witness requested to appear before the Majority Policy Com-
mittee or the Minority Policy Committee shall be entitled to a witness 
fee for each full day spent in traveling to and from the place at which 
he is to appear, and reimbursement of actual and necessary trans-
portation expenses incurred in traveling to and from that place, at 
rates not to exceed those rates paid witnesses appearing before 
committees of the Senate. 
HOUSE OF REPEESENTATIVES 
COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE FOR THE MEMBERS 
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS 
For compensation of Members, as authorized by law (wherever used 
herein the term "Member" shall include Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Dele-
gate from the District of Columbia, the Delegate from Guam, and the 
Delegate from the Virgin Islands), $20,373,580. 
MILEAGE OF MEMBERS 
For mileage of Members, as authorized by law, $210,000. 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $1,095,655, includ-
ing: Office of the Speaker, $316,090, including $10,000 for official 
expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $228,490, 
including $3,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Minority 
Floor Leader, $174,185, including $3,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority Leader; Majority Whip, $188,445, including not to exceed 
$41,910 for the Chief Deputy Majority "Wliip; Minority Whip, 
$188,445, including not to exceed $41,910 for the Chief Deputy 
Minority Whip. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as author-
ized by law, $16,548,150, including: Office of the Clerk, $3,726,145; 
Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $6,771,610; Office of the Doorkeeper, 
$3,166,205; Office of the Postmaster, $924,645, including $16,840 for 
employment of substitute messengers and extra services of regular 
employees when required at the salary rate of not to exceed $9,091 
per annum each; Office of the Chaplain, $19,770; Office of the Parlia-
mentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing 
the Digest of the Rules, $196,020; for compiling the precedents of the 
House of Representatives, $195,000; Official Reporters of Debates, 
$467,685; Official Reporters to Committees, $520,395; two printing 
clerks, one for the majority appointed by the majority leader and 
one for the minority appointed by the minority leader, $26,935 to be 
equally divided; a technical assistant in the Office of the Attending 
Physician, to be appointed by the Attending Physician subject to the 
approval of the Speaker, $24,205; the House Democratic Steering 
Committee, $148,710; the House Republican Conference, $148,710; 
and six minority employees, $212,115. 
Such amounts as deemed necessary for the payment of salaries of 
officers and employees within this appropriation may be transferred 
among offices upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
Witness fees. 
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COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical employees of standing committees, 
including the Committee on Appropriations, $8,624,000. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
(INVESTIGATIONS) 
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 Keorganization Act^ 1946, and to be 
available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$1,875,000. 
OFFICE OF T H E IJEGISlxATTVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $1,067,000. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of his official 
and representative duties, $80,000,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES or THE HOUSE 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specij5cally 
ordered by the House of Representatives, for purchase, exchange, 
operation, maintenance, and repair of House motor vehicles (me 
Clerk's automobile and motor trucks, the Sergeant at Arms' automo-
bile, the Post Office motor vehicle, and the Publications Distribution 
Service motor truck); and not to exceed $5,000 for the purposes 
authorized by section 1 of House Resolution 348, approved June 29, 
1961, $12,059,700, 
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE 
For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, 
$6,000,000. 
STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING 
FUND) 
For a stationery allowance for each Member for the first session of 
the Ninety-fourth Congress, as authorized by law, $2,304,750, to 
remain available until expended. 
POSTAGE STAMP 
ALLOWANCES 
Postage stamp allowances for the first session of the Ninety-fourth 
Congress, as authorized by law, $419,530. 
GOVERNMENT 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
For contributions to employees life insurance fund, retirement 
fund, and health benefits fund, as authorized by law, $6,668,900, and 
in addition, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred 
from the appropriation for "miscellaneous items". 
SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees author^ 
ized by the House, $14,618,000. 
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433 
REPORTING HEARINGS 
For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than 
special and select committees, $422,500. 
rURNITURE 
For purchase and repair of furniture, carpets and draperies, includ-
ing supplies, tools and equipment for repair shops; and for purchase 
of packing boxes, $996,000. 
LEADERSHIP AUTOMOBILES 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of automobiles for the leadership of the House of Representa-
tives, including one each for the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and 
the Minority Leader, $61,095. 
REVISION OF LAWS 
For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.C. 
202, 203, 213, $39,980, to be expended under the direction of the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary. 
NEW EDITION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE 
For the 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 PROVISIONS 
The provisions of House Resolution 427, Ninety-third Congress, 
relating to postage stamps for the Chaplain of the House of Repre-
sentatives, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
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 dur- 
^9 stat. 1026. 
ing the existence of the Committee, $80,400, 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, 
$950,000. 
For an amount (to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate on 
vouchers signed by the chairman or vice chairman and the chairman of 
the subcommittee) for the Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy, $135,000, 
to be available until December 31,1974. 
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J O I N T COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 
$611,345. 
^^ 
J O I N T COMMITTEE ON 
PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$349,100. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
J O I N T 
C O M M I T T E E 
ON INTERNAL REVENUE 
TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Reve-
nue Taxation, $1,106,165. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE PRODUCTION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Pro-
duction, $154,050. 
J O I N T COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL 
OPERATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Congressional 
Operations, including the Office of Placement and Office Management, 
$600,000. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
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 one thousand dollars per month to the 
attending physician; (2) an allowance of six hundred dollars per 
month to one senior medical officer while on duty in the attending 
physician's office; (3) an allowance of two hundred dollars per month 
each to two medical officers while on duty in the attending physician's 
office; and (4) an allowance of two hundred dollars per month each 
to not exceed eight assistants on the basis heretofore provided for 
such assistance, $103,600. 
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 month for 
extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board by such member 
of the staff of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House as 
may be designated by the Chairman of the Board; $513,360. 
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD 
To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protection 
for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and 
sonnlu^^"^ P"- 
House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $1,214,255. Such 
sum shall be expended only for payment of salaries and other expenses 
of personnel detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the District of 
9-?26a ^°'^^ 
Columbia, and the Commissioner of the District of Columbia is 
authorized and directed to make such details upon the request of the 
Board. Personnel so detailed shall, during the period of such detail, 
serve under the direction and instructions of the Board and are author-
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435 
ized to exercise the same authority as members of such Metropolitan 
Police and members of the Capitol Police and to perform such other 
duties as may be assigned by the Board. Eeimbursement for salaries 
Reimbursement. 
and other expenses of such detail personnel shall be made to the gov-
ernment of the District of Columbia, and any sums so reimbursed shall 
be credited to the appropriation or appropriations from which such 
salaries and expenses are payable and shall be available for all the 
purposes thereof: Provided^ That any person detailed under the 
authority of this paragraph or under similar authority in the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, and the Second Deficiency 
^^ ^*^*" '*^^* 
Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan Police of the District 
of Columbia shall be deemed a member of such Metropolitan Police 
during the period or periods of any such detail for all purposes of 
rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and benefits to the same extent as 
though such detail had not been made, and at the termination thereof 
any such person shall have a status with respect to rank, pay, allow-
ances, 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 assistant chief detailed under the authority of this paragraph and 
serving as Chief of the Capitol Police, the salary of assistant chief 
plus $2,000 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, (2) to pay the two deputy chiefs detailed under the author-
ity of this paragraph and serving as assistants to the Chief of the 
Capitol Police the salary of deputy chief 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 inspector 
detailed under the authority of this paragraph the salary of inspector 
plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subse-
quently provided by law so long as this position is held by the present 
incumbent, (4) to pay the captain detailed under the authority of this 
paragraph the salary of captain 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, (5) to elevate and pay the 
lieutenant detailed under the authority of this paragraph the rank 
and salary of captain plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compen-
sation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position 
is held by the present incumbent, (6) to elevate and pay the detective 
sergeant and uniform sergeant detailed under the authority of this 
paragraph the salary of lieutenant and such increases in basic com-
pensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as these 
positions are held by the present incumbents, (7) to pay the four 
detective sergeants detailed under the authority of this paragraph the 
salary of detective sergeant and such increases in basic compensation 
as may be subsequently provided by law so long as these positions are 
held by the present incumbents, (8) to pay the two sergeants of the 
uniform force detailed under the authority of this paragraph the 
salary of sergeant and such increases in basic compensation as may be 
subsequently provided by law so long as these positions are held by 
the present incumbents, (9) to elevate and pay the desk sergeant 
detailed under the authority of this paragraph the rank and salary 
of uniform sergeant 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 (10) to elevate and pay the acting sergeant 
detailed under the authority of this paragraph the rank and salary of 
uniform sergeant and such increases in basic compensation as may be 
subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the 
present incumbent. 
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[88 STAT. 
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. 
EDUCATION OF PAGES 
For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
Court, pursuant to part 9 of title IV of the Legislative Reorganization 
no?e"4o ^ s
^
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^ ^""^ ^^*' ^^^^^^ ^^^ sectiou 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, 
"s/a. 
$142,780, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the appli-
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cable appropriation of the District of Columbia, and the Board of 
31^12^1.^° ^ 
Education of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to employ 
such personnel for the education of pages as may be required and to 
pay compensation for such services in accordance with such rates of 
compensation as the Board of Education may prescribe. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs pursuant to title 39, 
U.S.C, section 3216, $38,756,015, to be available immediately. 
The foregoing amounts under "other joint items" shall be disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House. 
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, $348,760, 
to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided^ That none of 
these funds shall be used to employ more than twenty-eight individuals. 
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 Ninety-third Congress, show-
ing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appro-
priation bills as required by law, $13,000, to be paid to the persons 
designated by the chairman of such committees to supervise the work. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
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Section 106(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963, 
is amended by adding at the end thereof: 
"(8) The Chief Guide, Assistant Chief Guide, and each Guide of 
the Capitol Guide Service established under section 441 of the Legis-
lative Reorganization Act of 1970." 
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92^84), 
$4,000,000: Provided^ 
That funds remaining unobligated as of 
June 30, 1974, shall be merged with and also be available for the 
general purposes of this appropriation. 
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437 
ARCHITECT OF T H E CAPITOL 
OmcE OF THE ARCHITECT or THE CAPITOL 
SALARIES 
For the Architect of the Capitol; the Assistant Architect of the 
Capitol; the Executive Assistant; and other personal services; at 
rates of pay provided by law, $1,395,600. 
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 
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shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to 
exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000. 
C O N T I N G E N T EXPENSES 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies, 
to incur expenses authorized by the Act of December 13,1973 (87 Stat. 
704), and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities 
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under his care, $140,000. 
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CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenditures for the Capitol Building and electrical 
substations of the Senate and House Office Buildings, under the juris-
diction of the Architect of the Capitol, including 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 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); personal and other services; 
cleaning and repairing works of art and prevention and eradication 
of insect and other pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended; purchase or exchange, maintenance and oper- 
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ation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of necessary reference 
books and periodicals; for expenses of attendance, when specifically 
authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions 
in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect of 
the Capitol, $4,428,500. 
Not to exceed $950,000 of the unobligated balance of that part of 
the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1973, made 
available until June 30, 1974, for restoration of the Old Senate and 
Supreme Court Chambers, is hereby continued available until June 30, 
1975. 
Not to exceed $177,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropri-
ation under this head for the fiscal year 1974 is hereby continued 
available until June 30, 1975. 
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; fertilizer; repairs to 
pavements, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing apparel; main-
tenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men and 
equipment or under contract without regard to section 3709 of the 
Revised Statutes, as amended; $1,176,400. 
The amount of $250,000 of the appropriation under this head for 
the fiscal year 1974, for modifications to and replacement of existing 
traffic signals and installation of additional traffic signals and all items 
appurtenant thereto, is hereby continued available until June 30,1975. 
38-194 O - 76 - 31 Pt. 1 
41 u s e 5. 
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[88 STAT. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including furni-
ture, furnishings, and equipment, and for labor and material incident 
thereto, and repairs thereof; for purchase of waterproof wearing 
apparel, and for personal and other services; for the care and opera-
tion of the Senate Office Buildings; including the subway and subway 
transportation systems connecting the Senate Office Buildings with 
the Capitol; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), prevention and eradication of insect and other 
pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes as 
amended; to be expended under the control and supervision of the 
Architect of the Capitol in all, $6,620,800. 
SENATE GARAGE 
For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, 
and all other necessary expenses, $103,300. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For 
maintenance, including 
equipment; 
waterproof 
wearing 
apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902); prevention and eradication of insect and other 
pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended; miscellaneous items; and for all necessary services, including 
the position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by law, 
$8,671,700. 
Not to exceed $9,700 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation 
under this head for the fiscal year 1974 is hereby continued available 
until June 30,1975. 
AcQUisiiTON OF PROPERTY, CONSTRUCTION, AND E Q U I P M E N T , 
ADDITIONAL HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING 
For an amount, in addition to amounts heretofore appropriated 
under this head, for expenses authorized by the Additional House 
^40 use 175 
Office Building Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 41, 42), as amended, $145,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
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 the 
grounds about the same. Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and for air-
conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants m any of such 
buildings; for heating the Government Printing Office, Washington 
Citj Post Office, and Folger Shakespeare Library, reimbursement for 
which shall be made and covered into the Treasury; personal and 
other services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing apparel, 
and all other necessary expenses in connection with the maintenance 
and operation of the plant; $5,443,000. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural mainte-
nance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof wear-
ing apparel, and personal and other services, $1,631,000. 
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439 
BOTANIC GARDENS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, 
repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, build-
ings, grounds, collections, and equipment pertaining thereto, including 
personal services; waterproof wearing apparel; not to exceed $25 for 
emergency medical supplies; traveling expenses, including bus fares, 
not to exceed $275; the prevention and eradication of insect and other 
pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement 
of personal services by contract without regard to the provisions of 
any other Act; purchase and exchange of motor trucks; purchase and 
exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of refer-^ 
ence, not to exceed $100; all under the direction of the Joint Committee 
on the Library; $916,600. 
LIBEAEY 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; pres-
ervation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; for the 
National Program for acquisition and cataloging of Library material; 
and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not prop-
erly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 
$48,460,000, including $2,778,000 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. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including publica-
tion of the decisions of the United States courts involving copyrights, 
$5,839,000. 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended by section 
321 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 166), 
$13,345,000: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation may be 
used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public 
General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such 
publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee 
on House Administration or the Senate Committee on Rules and 
Administration. 
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[88 STAT. 
DISTRIBUTION OP CATALOG CARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of cata-
log cards and other publications of the Library, $10,581,000: Provided^ 
That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for use pur-
suant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 
665), only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding 
permanent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated 
in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal 
budgetary adjustments. 
BOOKS FOR THE GENERAL COLLECTIONS 
For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition of 
books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other material for the 
increase of the Library, $1,458,000, to remain available until expended, 
including $40,000 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, $229,000, 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, $11,416,900. 
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 
expended, $2,014,100, of which $1,718,500 shall be available only for 
payments in any foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United 
States which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to 
the normal requirements of the United States. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, $3,319,000, of which 
$2,726,000 shall be available until expended only for the purchase and 
supply of furniture, book stacks, shelving, furnishings, and related 
costs necessary for the initial outfitting of the James Madison Memo-
rial Library Building. 
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441 
REVISION OF ANNOTATED CONSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Librarian to revise and extend 
the Annotated Constitution of the United States of America, $34,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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 employ-
ees engaged by day or hour or in piecework); and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
Not to exceed fifteen positions in the Library of Congress may be me^\?"^* ^'"^^°^" 
exempt from the provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the 
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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. 
Funds available to the Library of Congress may be expended to 
^ ^^^ ^^^^' 
reimburse the Department of State for medical services rendered to 
employees of the Library of Congress stationed abroad and for con-
tracting on behalf of and hiring alien employees for the Library of 
Congress under compensation plans comparable to those authorized 
by section 444 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 889(a)); for purchase or hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
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for payment of travel, storage and transportation of household goods, 
and transportation and per diem expenses for families en route (not to 
exceed twenty-four); for benefits comparable to those payable under 
sections 911 (9), 911 (11), and 941 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, 
as amended (22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 1136(11), and 1156, respectively) ; 
and travel benefits comparable with those which are now or hereafter 
may be granted single employees of the Agency for International 
Development, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to 
A.I.D. projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for International 
Development—or his designee—under the authority of section 636(b) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-195, 22 U.S.C. 
2396(b)); subject to such rules and regulations as may be issued by 
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the Librarian of Congress. 
Payments in advance for subscriptions or other charges for biblio- ^e'^'J^^"''^ ^^^" 
graphical data, publications, materials in any other form, and services 
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. 
Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress 
shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $57,500, when specifically 
authorized by the Librarian, for expenses of attendance at meetings 
concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation is 
made. 
Funds available to the Library of Congress may be expended to 
provide additional parking facilities for Library of Congress employ-
ees in an area or areas in the District of Columbia outside the limits 
of the Library of Congress grounds, and to provide for transportation 
of such employees to and from such area or areas and the Library of 
Congress grounds without regard to the limitations imposed by 31 
U.S.C. 638a (c)(2). 
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[88 STAT. 
GOVEKNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
PRINTING AND BINDING 
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. 902); printing, binding, and 
distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal 
Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 1509,1510); and print-
ing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be 
distributed without charge to the recipients; $80,000,000: Provided^ 
That this appropriation shall not be available for printing and bind-
ing part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known 
as the Yearbook of Agriculture) : Provided further^ That this appro-
priation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred 
under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal 
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years. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu-
ments, including compensation of all employees in accordance with 
the provisions of 44 U.S.C. 305; travel expenses (not to exceed 
$88,300) : Provided^ That expenditures in connection with travel 
expenses of the Depository Library Advisory Council shall be deemed 
necessary to carrying out the provisions of chapter 19 of title 44, 
United States Code; price lists and bibliographies; repairs to build-
ings, elevators, and machinery; and supplying books to depository 
libraries; %^%<dm,<dOO: Provided, That $222,000 of this appropriation 
shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), with the approval of the Public 
Printer, only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (exclud-
ing permanent personal services) for workload increases not antici-
pated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by 
normal budgetary adjustments. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the "Government Printing Office revolving fund", 
$12,000,000, to remain available until expended, to provide additional 
working capital necessary for the support of normal operation of the 
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 necessary in carrying 
out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for the "Government Printing Office revolving fund": 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,500 may be expended on the certifica-
tion of the Public Printer in connection with special studies of govern-
mental printing, binding, and distribution practices and procedures: 
Provided further. That during the current fiscal year the revolving 
fund shall be available for the hire of two passenger motor vehicles and 
the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle. 
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443 
GENEKAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not to exceed $4,000 to be expended on the certification of the Comp-
troller General of the United States in connection with special 
studies of governmental financial practices and procedures; services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to 
exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for grade GS-18; hire 
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of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries "°*^" 
notwithstanding section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 
529); benefits comparable to those payable under section 911(9), 911 
(11), and 942(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended 
(22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 1136(11), and 1157(a), respectively); and under 
regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United 
States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries and travel benefits 
comparable with those which are now or hereafter may be granted 
single employees of the Agency for International Development, 
including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to A.I.D. projects, 
by the Administrator of the Agency for International Development— 
or his designee—under the authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-195, 22 U.S.C. 2396(b)), 
$121,376,000: Provided^ That this appropriation and appropriations 
for administrative expenses of any other department or agency which 
is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro-
gram (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an aj)propriate share of 
J F M I P costs as determined by the J F M I P , including but not limited 
to the salary of the Executive Secretary and secretarial support: 
Provided 
further^ That this appropriation and appropriations for 
administrative expenses of any other department or agency which is 
a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be 
available to finance an appropriate share of Forum costs as deter-
mined by the Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-
Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either the Forum or 
the J F M I P may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 
from which costs involved are initially financed. 
COST-ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Cost-Accounting Standards Board necessary to 
carry out the provisions of section 719 of the Defense Production Act 
of 1950, as amended (Public Law 91-379, approved August 15,1970), . ^o use app. 
$1,628,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency 
assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations issued 
by the House of Representatives Select Committee To Regulate Park-
ing on the House Side of the Capitol. 
SEC. 103. Whenever any office or position not specifically established 
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein or when-
ever the rate of compensation or designation of any position appro-
priated for herein is different from that specifically established for 
such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designa-
tion of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided herein, 
shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided^ That the 
2 u s e 60a 
note. 
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[88 STAX. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
40 u s e 490. 
Senate em-
ployee, exemp-
tion. 
Report to Clerk 
of the House or 
Secretary of the 
Senate. 
Short title. 
provisions herein for the various items of official expenses of Members, 
officers, and committees of the Senate and House, and clerk hire for 
Senators and Members shall be the permanent law with respect 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. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for paying to the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration in excesss of 90 per centum of the standard level user 
charge established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, for space and 
services. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the citizen-
ship or nationality of Karin Birgitta Holmen shall not prohibit the 
Secretary of the Senate from paying compensation to the said Karin 
Birgitta Holmen while serving as an employee of the Senate. 
SEC. 107. Section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22 
U.S.C. 1754(b)), relating to the use of foreign currency, is amended 
by striking out the last two sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: "Each member or employee of any such committee shall 
make, to the chairman of such committee in accordance with regula-
tions prescribed by such committee, an itemized report showing the 
amounts and dollar equivalent values of each such foreign currency 
expended and the amounts of dollar expenditures made from appropri-
ated funds in connection with travel outside the United States, together 
with the purposes of the expenditure, including lodging, meals, trans-
portation, and other purposes. Within the first sixty days that Congress 
is in session in each calendar year, the chairman of such committee 
shall prepare a consolidated report showing the total itemized expendi-
tures during the preceding calendar year of the committee and each 
subcommittee thereof, and of each member or employee of such com-
mittee or subcommittee, and shall forward such consolidated report to 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives (if the committee be a com-
mittee of the House of Representatives or a joint committee whose 
funds are disbursed by the Clerk of the House) or to the Secretary 
of the Senate (if the committee be a Senate committee or joint com-
mittee whose funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate).". 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1975". 
Approved August 13, 1974. 
August 14, 1974 
[H. J. Res.1104] 
Public Law 93-372 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To extend by sixty-two days the expiration date of the Export Administration 
Act of 1969. 
Ante, 
p. 287. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assenibled, That section 14 of the Export 
Administration Act of 1969 is amended by striking out "July 30" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "September 30". 
Approved August 14, 1974.