An Act to provide for the appointment of a Federal Highway Administrator in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes
PL 84-966 (S.4164), enacted 08/03/1956

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PUBLIC L4AW 966-AUG. 8, IS 56 
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Public Law 966 
CHAPTER 937 
AN ACT 
To provide for the appointment of a Federal Highway Administrator in the 
Department of Commerce, and for other purposes. 
Be it enaoted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Attadldsliiti?'**'*^ ?7m^e6? States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand-
Appointment, ing any other provision of law, order, or regulation, the head of the 
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Bureau of Public Roads in the Department of Commerce shall be a 
Federal Highway Administrator appointed by the President by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Administrator shall 
receive basic compensation at the rate prescribed by law for Assistant 
Secretaries of executive departments and shall perform such duties as 
the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe or as may be required by 
law. 
SEC. 2. The term "Commissioner of Public Roads", as used in all 
laws, orders, and regulations, shall be deemed to mean "Federal 
Highway Administrator" on and after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 hereof, there 
shall be a Commissioner of Public Roads in the Bureau of Public 
Roads who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, and 
perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Federal Highway 
Administrator.! The basic compensation or the Commissioner of 
Public Roads shall be $17,500 per annum. 
Approved August 3, 1956. 
Commissioner of 
Public Roads. 
August 3, 1956 
[H. R. 12354] 
Public Law 967 
CHAPTER 938 
AN ACT 
Relating to clerk hire of Members of the House of Representatives. 
House of Repre-
sentatives. 
Clerk hire. 
42 Stat. 1217. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the first 
sentence of section 11 (a) of the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1956 
(69 Stat. 509; Public Law 242, Eighty-fourth Congress; 2 U. S. C. 
60g-l), is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the 
end of such first sentence the following: "except that, in the case of 
each Member, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner the population of 
whose constituency is five hundred thousand or more, as currently 
estimated by the Bureau of the Census, such basic rate shall be increased 
by not to exceed $2,500 per annum". 
(b) The i oint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for pay 
to clerks to Members of Congress and Delegates", approved January 25, 
1923, as amended (2 U. S. C. 92), is amended by inserting immediately 
after "to be designated by each Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner" the following: "or, in the case of each Member, Delegate, 
and Resident Commissioner the population of whose constituency is 
five hundred thousand or more, as currently estimated by the Bureau 
of the Census, not to exceed the foregoing number increased by one, 
to be designated by each such Member, Delegate, and Resident Com-
missioner, as the case may be". 
(c) Applicable appropriations shall be available for purposes of 
this Act. 
Approved August 3, 1966.