An Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for other purposes.
PL 93-145 (H.R.6691), enacted 11/01/1973

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(62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), but shall not be restricted to certain 
Federal property as otherwise required by the proviso contained in said 
section, and, as to property owned or occupied by the Postal Service, 
the Postmaster General may take the same actions as the Adminis-
trator of General Services may take under the provisions of sections 
2 and 3 of the Act of June 1,1948 (622 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a, 318b) 
attaching thereto penal consequences under the authority and within 
the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 
281; 40 U.S.C. 318c). 
This Act may be cited as the "Treasury, Postal Service, and Gen- 
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eral Government Appropriation Act, 1974". 
Approved October 30, 1973. 
Public Law 93-144 
AN ACT 
November 1, 1973 
To authorize the appropriation of $150,000 to assist in financing tlie arctic winter 
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games to be held in the State of Alaslca in 1974. 
Arctic winter 
games, 1974. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled^ That there is author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce the sum of "TpVropri'ation 
$150,000 for the purpose of assisting the financing of the arctic winter authorization. 
games to be held in Alaska in 1974. The Secretary shall provide for 
the disbursement of such funds (including the making of grants 
to appropriate persons or organizations) on such terms and under 
such conditions as he deems appropriate, including the submission to 
Reports. 
him of such reports from persons or organizations to which such funds 
are disbursed as the Secretary considers necessary to protect the inter-
ests of the United States and assure that such funds have been used 
for the purpose for which they were disbursed. 
Approved November 1, 1973. 
Public Law 93-145 
AN ACT 
November I, 1973 
Making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending 
[H. R. 6691] 
June 30, 1974, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
Legislative 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- Ttton Act'.^i^il^' 
wise appropriated for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1974, and for other purposes, namely: 
SP^NATE 
COMPEXSATION AXD iSllLEAGE OF THE ViCE PRESIDENT AXD S E X A T O R S 
AXD P]XPENSE AlJ.OWANCES OF THE ViCE P R E S I D E X T AXD L E A D E R S OF 
THE 
S E X A T E 
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COMPEXSATIOX AXl) M1I.EA(}K OK THE VICE rilESlDEXT AXl) SENATORS 
For comijeiisation and mileage of the Vice President and Senators 
of tlie United States, $4,781,505. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
LEADERS 
For expense allowance of the Vice President, $1(),()(){); Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $3,000; and Minoi'ity leader of the Senate, 
$3,000; in all, $16,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICER-; AND EMPIX^YEES 
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, $430,200. 
OFFICES OF T H E MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For offices of the Majority and Minority Leadei-s, $206,165. 
OFFICES OF THE 
MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
W H I P S 
For offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $104,640. 
OFFICE OF T H E 
CHAPLAIN 
For office of the Chaplain, $23,818: Provided^ That effective July 1, 
1973, the compensation of the (^haplain shall be $15,232 per annum in 
lieu of $10,064 per annum. 
OFFICE o r THE SECRETARY 
For office of the Secretary, $2,374,930, including $99,974 required 
for the purpose specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, 
60 Stat. 839. 
United States Code: Provided^ That effective July 1, 1973, the Secre-
tary may appoint and fix the compensation of a superintendent, public 
records office at not to exceed $25,568 per annum in lieu of a registra-
tion clerk at not to exceed $19,312 per annum; a clerk, public records 
office at not to exceed $12,240 per annum in lieu of a clerk at not to 
exceed $10,064 per annum; a chief auditor, public records office at not 
to exceed $13,872 per annum; an assistant superintendent, public rec-
ords office at not to exceed $18,768 per annum; a secretary, public 
records office at not to exceed $13,872 per annum; and three technical 
assistants, public records office at not to exceed $11,152 per annum 
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each: Provided further^ That effective July 1, 1973, the allowance for 
clerical assistance and readjustment of salaries in the disbursing office 
is increased by $28,832. 
COMMITTEE EMrLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standino; committees and 
the Select Committee on Small Business. $7,745,665, including herein, 
from and after July 1, 1973, an additional clerical assistant for the 
Committee on Armed Services made permanent by Public Law 92-136, 
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approved October 11, 1971: Provided^ That effective July 1, 1973, the 
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Committee on Rules and Administration is authorized to employ an 
additional assistant chief clerk: Provided further. That the Committee 
on Rules and Administration may authorize its chairman to designate 
one committee employee to approve in his behalf, all vouchers making 
payments from the contingent fund of the Senate, such approval to be 
deemed and held to be approval by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration for all intents and purposes. 
CONFERENCE 
COMMITTEES 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, 
$153,070. 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, 
$153,070. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistants to Senators, $39,210,700. 
OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $9,577,985: 
Provided^ That effective July 1, 1973, the Sergeant at Arms may 
appoint and fix the compensation of a chief video engineer at not to 
exceed $27,744 per annum in lieu of a video engineer at not to exceed 
$24,480 per annum; a computer center manager at not to exceed $26,656 
per annum; four senior programer analysts at not to exceed $21,488 
per annum each in lieu of two senior programer analysts at not to 
exceed such rate; two senior programer supervisors at not to exceed 
$25,568 per annum each; a lead analyst at not to exceed $22,032 per 
annum; a technical writer at not to exceed $16,048 per annum; a 
system supervisor at not to exceed $23,936 per annum; three systems 
programers at not to exceed $19,856 per annum each in lieu of one sys-
tems programer at not to exceed such rate; four computer specialists 
at not to exceed $18,224 per annum each; three support operators at 
not to exceed $12,512 per annum each; a supervisor operator at not to 
exceed $15,232 per annum; a systems clerk at not to exceed $10,064 
per annum; four printing press operators at not to exceed $12,512 per 
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annum each; an assistant foreman, duplicating department at not to 
exceed $13,328 per annum; a senior pressman at not to exceed $12,512 
per annum; a cameraman, duplicating department at not to exceed 
$12,512 per annum; eight folding machine operators at not to exceed 
$9,520 per annum each; eleven inserting machine operators at not to 
exceed $8,976 per annum each in lieu of ten inserting machine operators 
at not to exceed such rate; an assistant night foreman, duplicating 
department at not to exceed $9,792 per annum; eleven addressograph 
operators at not to exceed $9,520 per annum each in lieu of eight 
addressograph operators at not to exceed such rate; seventeen laborers, 
service department at not to exceed $7,888 per annum each in lieu of 
eight laborers at not to exceed such rate; a night foreman at not to 
exceed $10,064 per annum; six automatic typewriter repairmen at not 
to exceed $12,512 per annum each in lieu of four automatic typewriter 
repairmen at not to exceed such rate; fifty-seven mail carriers at not 
to exceed $9,520 per annum each in lieu of fifty-two mail carriers at not 
to exceed such rate; two mail specialists at not to exceed $10,336 per 
annum each; two inspectoi-s, police force at not to exceed $22,304 per 
annum each, three additional captains, police force at not to exceed 
$19,312 per annum each, three additional lieutenants, police force at 
not to exceed $16,320 per annum each, fifteen additional sergeants, 
police force at not to exceed $13,600 per annum each, and four detec-
tives, police force at not to exceed $11,968 per annum each in lieu of 
twenty-seven privates, police force at not to exceed $10,336 per annum 
each; and the Sergeant at Arms may fix the per annum compensation 
of the superintendent, service department at not to exceed $26,928 in 
lieu of $25,568, the per annum compensation of the assistant super-
intendent, service department at not to exceed $17,952 in lieu of 
$16,864, the per annum compensation of the night supervisor, service 
department at not to exceed $13,056 in lieu of $11,696, the per annum 
compensation of the chief machine operator at not to exceed $13,328 in 
lieu of $12,512, the per annum compensation of the assistant chief 
machine operator at not to exceed $11,968 in lieu of $11,152, the per 
annum compensation of the supervisor, addressograph section at not 
to exceed $12,512 in lieu of $11,696, the per annum compensation of 
the foreman, duplicating department at not to exceed $15,232 in lieu 
of $13,872, the per annum compensation of the night foreman, duplicat-
ing department at not to exceed $13,328 in lieu of $12,784, and the per 
annum compensation of the foreman of warehouse, service department 
at not to exceed $12,512 in lieu of $11,424. 
orriCES or THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $248,120. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND LONGEVITY 
COMPENSATION 
For agency contributions for employee benefits and longevity com-
l)ensation, as authorized by law, $3,000,000. 
OFFICE or THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the office of the Legislative Counsel of 
tlie Senate, $474,375. 
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CoxTixGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Cojiiiiiittee and 
the Minority Policy Committee, $310,215 for each such committee; 
in all, $620,430. 
AUTOMOBILES AND MAINTENANCE 
For purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operaition of 
vehicles, one for the Vice President, one for the President pro tem-
pore, one for the Majority Leader, one for the Minority Leader, one 
for the Majority Whip, one for the Minority Whip, for carrying the 
mails, and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant 
at Arms, $36,000. 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, 
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-
ninth Congress, including $513,710 for the Committee on Appropria- 
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tions, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Reso-
lution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $13,443,230, of 
which amount not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for obliga-
tions incurred in fiscal year 1973. 
FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets 
at a gross rate of not exceeding $3.51 per hour per person, $74,475. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $8,310,850. 
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. 
STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND) 
For stationery for the President of the Senate, $3,600; for Sen-
ators under authority of section 506(f) of Public Law 92-607, 
se stat. isov. 
approved October 31, 1972, $190; and for committees and officers of 
the Senate, $21,850; in all, $25,640. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Effective July 1, 1973, (1) the provisos contained in the paragraph 
Repeals. 
"Office of the President pro tempore" under the heading "SENATE" 
in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1971, and the second 
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proviso contained in the paragraph "Office of the Secretary" under 
the heading "SENATE" in the legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1970, insofar as it relates to the positions of Comptroller and 
8 3 stat. 34o. 
Secretary to the Comptroller, are repealed, and (2) section 6(c) of 
the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 40-603 (c)), 
^e stat. i424; 
is amended by striking out "Comptroller of the Senate,". 
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[87 STAT. 
The last full paragraph under the heading "Administrative Pro-
visions" in the appropriations for the Senate in the Legislative Branch 
85 Stat. 128. 
Appropriation Act, 1972, is amended by inserting immediately before 
"captams" the following: "inspectors,". 
The Secretary of the Senate is hereafter authorized to designate, in 
writing, employees of the Disbursing Office of the Senate to administer 
oaths and affirmations, with respect to matters relating to that Office, 
authorized or required by law or rules or orders of the Senate (includ-
ing the oath of office required by section 3331 of title 5, United States 
80 Stat. 424. 
Code). Duriug any period in which he is ,§o designated, any such 
employee may administer such oaths and affirmations. 
84 Stat. 1195. 
SubsBctiou (c) of sectiou 5533 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting in paragraph (1), immediately after "para-
graph (2)", the following "or (4)"; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(4) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to 
pay on a when-actually-employed basis received from more 
than one consultant or expert position if the pay is not 
received for the same day." 
Effective January 1,1973, and thereafter, section 506 of the Supple-
86 Stat. 1506. 
mental Appropriations Act, 1973, is amended (1) by inserting in sub-
section (a)(7), immediately after "subscriptions to", the following: 
"newspapers,", and (2) by inserting in subsection (h) (4), immedi-
ately before the semicolon at the end thereof, a comma and the fol-
lowing : "insofar as such section has application to Senators". 
Section 105(e)(2)(B) of the Tjegislative Branch Appropriation 
81 Stat. 143. 
^\ct, 1968, as amended, and as modified by the Orders of the President 
pro tempore of the Senate (2 U.S.C. 61-1 (e) (2) (B)), is amended by 
striking out "$20,400" and inserting in lieu thereof "$18,224". 
Effective July 1, 1973, (1) the table contained in section 105(d) (1) 
8 5 Stat. 633. 
of the TjCgislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and 
modified, is amended to read as follows: 
"$352,240 if the population of his State is less than 2,000,000; 
"$362,848 if such population is 2,000,000 but less than 3,000,000; 
"$388,416 if such population is 3,000,000 but less than 4,000,000; 
"$421,328 if such population is 4,000,000 but less than 5,000,000; 
"$448,256 if such population is 5,000,000 but less than 7,000,000; 
"$476,544 if such population is 7,000,000 but less than 9,000,000; 
"$507,280 if such population is 9,000,000 but less than 
10,000,000; 
"$530,944 if such population is 10,000,000 but less than 
11,000,000; 
"$561,952 if such population is 11,000,000 but less than 
12,000,000; 
"$585,616 if such population is 12,000,000 but less than 
13,000,000; 
"$615,808 if such population is 13,000,000 but less than 
15,000,000; 
"$646,000 if such population is 15,000,000 but less than 
17,000,000; 
"$676,192 if such population is 17,000,000 or more." 
and (2) section 105(d)(2) of such Act is amended (A) by striking 
out clauses (i) and (ii), (B) by striking out "(iii)" and "two employ-
ees" in clause (iii) and inserting in lieu thereof " ( i ) " and "five 
employees", respectively, and (C) by striking out" (iv)" and inserting 
in lieu thereof " (ii)". 
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Effective January 1, 1974, section 105(d)(1) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended by the preceding para-
graph, is amended to read as follows: 
"(1) (A) Commencing January 1,1974, the aggregate of gross com-
pensation paid employees in the office of a Senator shall not exceed 
during each calendar year the following: 
"$352,240 if the population of his State is less than 2,000,000; 
"$362,848 if such population is 2,000,000 but less than 3,000,000; 
"$388,416 if such population is 3,000,000 but less than 4,000,000; 
"$421,328 if such population is 4,000,000 but less than 5,000,000; 
"$448,256 if such population is 5,000,000 but less than 7,000,000; 
"$476,544 if such population is 7,000,000 but less than 9,000,000; 
"$507,280 if such population is 9,000,000 but less than 
10,000,000; 
"$530,944 if such population is 10,000,000 but less than 
11,000,000; 
"$561,952 if such population is 11,000,000 but 
less than 
12,000,000; 
"$585,616 if such population is 12,000,000 but less than 
13,000,000; 
"$615,808 if such population is 13,000,000 but less than 
15,000,000; 
"$646,000 if such population is 15,000,000 but less than 
17,000,000; 
$676,192 if such population is 17,000,000 or more. 
In any calendar year in which a Senator does not hold the office of 
Senator at least part of each month of that year, the aggregate amount 
available for gross compensation of employees in the office of that 
Senator shall be the applicable amount contained in the table 
included in this subparagraph, divided by 12, and nmltiplied by the 
number of months the Senator holds such office during that calendar 
year, counting any fraction of a month as a full month. 
"(B) The aggi'egate of payments of gross compensation made to 
employees in the office of a Senator during each calendar year shall not 
exceed at any time dui'ing such calendar year one-twelfth of the 
applicable amount contained in the table included in subparagraph 
(A) of this paragraph multiplied by the number of months (counting 
a fraction of a month as a month) elapsing from the fii'st month in 
that calendar year in which the Senator holds the office of Senator 
through the end of the current month for which the payment of gross 
compensation is to be made." 
Effective October 1, 1973, any rate of compensation inci'eased or 
established under the headings "Office of the Chaplain", "Office of the 
Secretary", and "Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper", and 
any new dollar limitation contained in amendments made by the sixth 
and seventh full 
unnumbered paragraphs under this heading 
"ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS", are increased in accordance 
with the Order of the President pro tempore of the Senate of Octo-
ber 4, 1973. Effective January 1,1974, the dollar limitations contained 
in the amendment made by the eighth full unnumbered paragraph 
under this heading "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS" are 
increased in accordance with the applicable dollar limitations con-
tained in such order. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
PAYMENTS TO W m O W S AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
For payment to Norma Lea Mills, widow of William O. Mills, late a 
Representative from the State of Maryland, $42,500. 
Ante, 
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SALARIES, MILEAGK FOR THE MEM^BERS, AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF THE 
SPEAKER 
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS 
For compensation of Members, as authorized by law (wherever 
used herein the term "Member" shall include Members of the House 
of Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the 
Delegate from the District of Columbia, the Delegate from Guam, and 
the Delegate from the Virgin Islands), $20,365,720. 
MILEAGE o r MEMBERS AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF T H E SPEAKER 
For mileage of Members and expense allowance of the Speaker, as 
authorized by law, $220,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, 
as follows: 
O F F I C E OF THE S P E A K E R 
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For the Office of the Speaker, $243,145. 
OFFICE OF T H E PARLIAMENTARIAN 
For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $182,020, including the Parli-
amentarian 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, 
$25,000. 
OITIGE OF T H E CHAPLAIN 
For the Office of the Chaplain, $19,770. 
OFFICE OF T H E CLERK 
For the Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $265,572 for the 
House Recording Studio, $3,264,730. 
OFFICE OF T H E SERGEANT AT ARMS 
For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $6,166,935. 
OFFICE OF T H E DOORKEEPER 
For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $2,793,565. 
OFFICE OF T H E POSTMASTER 
For the Office of the Postmaster, including $14,490 for employment 
of substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees when 
required at the salary rate of not to exceed $7,919 per annum each, 
$857,535. 
COMMITTEE 
EMPLOYEES 
For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropria-
tions, $8,125,000. 
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SPECIAL AND MINORITY 
EMPLOYEES 
For six minority employees, $205,725. 
For the House Democratic Steering Committee, $66,440. 
For the House Republican Conference, $66,440. 
For the office of the majority floor leader, inckiding $3,000 for official 
expenses of the majority leader, $149,805. 
For the office of the minority floor leader, including $3,000 for official 
expenses of the minority leader, $133,190. 
For the office of the majority whip, $107,810. 
For the office of the minority whip, $107,810. 
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, $24,455, to be equally divided. 
For a technical assistant in the office of the attending physician, to 
be appointed by the attending physician, subject to the ap[)roval of the 
Speaker, $21,975. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES 
For official reporters of debates, $415,455. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS TO COMMITTEES 
For official reporters to committees, $502,425. 
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 2°us'c*72^a^ 
available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$1,612,000. 
OFFICE o r T H E LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $958,000. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of his official 
and representative duties, $63,262,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
FURNITURE 
For purchase and repair of furniture, carpets and draperies, 
including supplies, tools and equipment for repair shops; and for 
purchase of packing boxes, $733,000. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically 
ordered by the House of Representatives, including such amounts for 
transfer to the House of Representatives Restaurant Fund as may be 
necessary for the purposes authorized by section 2 of House Resolu-
tion 317, Ninety-second Congress; purchase, exchange, operation, 
maintenance, and repair of the Clerk's motor vehicles, the publications 
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[87 STAT. 
and distribution service motor truck, and the post office motor vehicles 
for carrying the mails; the sum of $850 for hire of automobile for the 
Serjeant at Arms; not to exceed $5,000 for the purposes authorized by 
section 1 of House Eesolution 348, approved June 29,1961; purposes 
authorized by House Eesolution 416, Eighty-ninth Congress; materials 
for folding; and for stationery for the use of committees, departments, 
and officers of the House; $8,500,000. 
GOVERNMENT 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
For contributions to employees life insurance fund, retirement fund, 
and health benefits fund, as authorized by law, $5,770,000, and in 
addition, such amount as may be necessary may be transferred from 
the preceding appropriation for "miscellaneous items". 
REPORTING 
HEARINGS 
For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than spe-
cial and select committees, $422,500. 
SPECIAL AND SELECT 
COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees author-
ized by the House, $12,675,000. 
TELEGRAPH AND 
TELEPHONE 
For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, 
$4,500,000. 
STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING 
FUND) 
For a stationery allowance for each Member for the second session 
of the Ninety-third Congress, as authorized by law, $1,865,750, to 
remain available until expended. 
POSTAGE STAMP ALLOWANCES 
Postage stamp allowances for the second session of the Ninety-third 
Congress, as follows: Clerk, $1,460; Sergeant at Arms, $1,090; Door-
keeper, $910; Postmaster, $730; each Member, the Speaker, the 
majority and minority leaders, the majority and minority whips, and 
each standing committee, as authorized by law; $419,330. 
REVISION OF LAWS 
For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.C. 
61 Stat. 637. 
202, 203, 213, $39,980, to be expended under the direction of the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary. 
LEADERSHIP AUTOMOBILES 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $18,780. 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, 
$18,780. 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, 
$18,780. 
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XEW EDITION o r THE UNITED STATES CODE 
For preparation of a new edition of the United States 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 13, Ninety-third Congress, 
relating to compensation for the employment of one additional official 
reporter of debates, House of Representatives, shall be the permanent 
law with respect thereto. 
The provisions of House Resolution 92, Ninety-third Congress, 
relating to the appointment, compensation and expenses of special 
counsel to represent the Clerk and the interests of the House, 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 
Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon it by 
section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726), to remain avail- 
^9 stat. 1026. 
able during the existence of the Committee, $72,760, to be disbursed 
by the Secretary of the Senate. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES or THE SENATE 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$768,415. 
For an amount (to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate 
on vouchers signed by the chairman or vice chairman and the chair-
man of the subcommittee) additional to amounts heretofore appro-
priated to enable the Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy, under authority 
of the Employment Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 23, sec. 5), to undertake a 
^J l'^^- ^^^^^ 
study to develop reliable, comprehensive, and factual information 
concerning welfare programs and needs in the United States, $50,000; 
and in addition not to exceed $135,000 of the unobligated balance of 
the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1971, continued 
available until June 30, 1973, is hereby continued available until 
June 30, 1974. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 
$499,410. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$300,620. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES, 19 7 3 
For expenses of the Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, 
1973, $10,000, to remain available through September 30, 1973. 
538 
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(\)XTiXGEXT E X P E N S E S O F T H E H o r s E 
[87 
STAT. 
64 Stat. 798. 
50 u s e app. 
2061. 
J O I N T 
COMMITTEE 
ON INTERNAL 
KEVENUE 
TAXATION" 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Rev-
enue Taxation, $937,720. 
J O I N T 
COMMITTEE 
ON DEFENSE 
PRODUCTION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Pro-
duction as authorized by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, $139,980. 
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. 
$530,000. 
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; (4) an allowance of two hundred dollars per month each to not 
exceed eight assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
ants; and (5) an allowance of $12,000 to be available for a medical 
consultant, $97,700. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
Detailed per-
ionnel. 
Reimbursement. 
GENERAL 
EXPENSES 
For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, maintenance, 
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; $304,295. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
BOARD 
To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protec-
tion for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate 
and 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 Columbia, and the Commissioner of the District of Colum-
bia 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 
authorized to exercise the same authority as members of such Metro-
politan Police and members of the Capitol Police and to perform 
such other duties as may be assigned by the Board. Reimbursement 
for salaries and other expenses of such detail personnel shall be made 
55 Stat. 456. 
54 Stat. 629. 
87 STAT. ] 
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539 
to the government of the District of Cohimbia, and any sums so reim-
bursed 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, and the Second Defi-
ciency 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 elevate and pay the deputy chief detailed under the authority of 
this paragraph and serving as Chief of the Capitol Police, to the rank 
and salary of assistant chief plus $2,000 and such increases in basic 
compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as 
this position is held by the present incumbent, (2) to elevate and pay 
the two acting inspectors detailed under the authority of this para-
graph and serving as assistants to the Chief of the Capitol Police to 
the rank and salary of deputy chief 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, (3) to elevate and pay 
the captain detailed under the authority of this paragraph to the 
rank and salary of inspector 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, (4) to elevate and pay the 
lieutenant detailed under the authority of this Act and supervising 
the plainclothes officers, the rank and salary of captain plus $1,625 
per annum 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, (5) to pay the lieutenant detailed under the authority of 
this Act the salary of lieutenant plus $1,625 and such increases in 
basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by laAv so long 
as this position is held by the present incumbent, (6) to pay the four 
detective sergeants serving under the authority of this Act the salary 
of the rank of detective sergeant and such increases in basic com-
pensation as may be provided by law so long as these positions are 
held by the present incumbents, (7) to pay the two sergeants of the 
uniform force serving under the authority of this Act, the salary of 
sergeants and such increases in basic compensation as may be sub-
sequently provided by law so long as these two positions are held by 
the present incumbents, and (8) to elevate and pay the acting desk 
sergeant permanently detailed under the authority of this Act, the 
salary of the ranlc of sergeant and such increases in basic compensa-
tion as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position 
is held by the present incumbent. 
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid 
as compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, as an 
officer or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the standards 
to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police Board: 
Provided, That the Capitol Police Board is herebv 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. 
84 Stat. 754; 
!5 Stat. 132. 
540 
PUBLIC LAW 93-145-NOV. 1, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
EDUCATION OF PAGES 
For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
Court, pursuant to part 9 of title IV of the Legislative Keorganization 
84 Stat. 1198. 
^ct, 1970, and section 243 of the Legislative Keorganization Act, 1946, 
n
o
^
t
e
T
^
4
o usc"^ ^""^ $161,100, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the appli-
184a'. 
cable appropriation of the District of Columbia, and the Board of 
2°us*c*88\^.^* 
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, $30,500,000, 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 Capital Guide Service $320,225, 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 first session of the Ninety-third Congress, showing 
appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts author-
ized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation 
bills as required by law, $13,000, to be paid to the persons designated 
by the chairman of such committees to supervise the work. 
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
86 Stat. 797. 
of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-484), 
2 u s e 471 note. 
(^2,000,000. 
ARCHITECT OF T H E CAPITOL 
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF 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, $1,250,000. 
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 
shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to 
exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000. 
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, $75,000. 
87 STAT. J 
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541 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenditures for the Capitol Building and electrical 
substations of the Senate and House Office I^uiklinos, under the juris-
diction 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 law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) ; personal and other services; 
so stat. sos; 
cleaning and repairing works of art without regard to section 3709 
of the Revised Statutes, as amended; purchase or exchange, mainte- 
4i use s. 
nance and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of neces-
sary reference books and periodicals; for expenses of attendance, when 
specifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or 
conventions in connection with subjects related to work under the 
Architect of the Capitol, $4,535,000. 
Not to exceed $10,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation 
under this head for the fiscal year 1973 is hereby continued available 
until June 30,1974. 
Not to exceed $105,000 of the unobligated balance of that part ol 
^ 
the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1971, contiilued 
available until June 30, 1973, is hereby continued available until 
June 30,1974. 
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 w^earing 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 Eeyised Statutes, as amended; $1,337,000 of which $250,000 shall 
be available for modifications to and replacement of existing traffic 
signals and installation of additional traffic signals and all items 
appurtenant thereto in the Capitol Grounds and also at street inter-
sections in the vicinity of such grounds and buildings under the juris-
diction of the Architect of the Capitol deemed necessary for proper 
coordination of traffic control, conforming to similar installations 
planned by the District government for other areas of the District of 
Columbia designed in accordance with the 1971 edition of the Manual 
on Uniform Control Devices for Streets and Highways approved by 
the Federal Highway Administrator under title 23, United States 
C o d e . 
72 Stat. 885. 
23 u s e lOl et 
seq. 
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 operation 
of the Senate Office Buildings; including the subway and subway trans-
portation systems connecting the Senate Office JBuildings 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, $6,460,200. 
542 
PUBLIC LAW 93-145-NOV. 1, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL. SENATE OFFICE BUILDING SITE 
The unobligated balance of $174,000 on June 30,1973, of the appro-
priation under this head in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 
83 Stat. 352. 
1970, Unavailable for obligation beyond such date under the provisions 
86 Stat. 432. 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1973, is hereby con-
tinued available until expended. 
SENATE GARAGE 
For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other sei-vices, 
and all other necessary expenses, $97,000. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUIIJ)INGS 
For 
maintenance, including equipment; 
waterproof 
wearing 
apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 
80 Stat. 508; 
U.S.C. 5901-5902); prevention and eradication of insect and other 
^^rusc 5^' 
pests without regard to section 3709 of the Kevised Statutes, as 
amended; miscellaneous items; and for all necessary services, includ-
ing the position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by law, 
$8,828,700. 
From and after April 1, 1973, the compensation of the Superin-
tendent of Garages shall be at the gross annual rate of $25,000 subject 
84 Stat. 1950. 
^Q ^lic further increases authorized under 5 U.S.C. 5307(a)(1)(B) 
relating to the implementation of salary comparability policy. 
Not to exceed $100,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropria-
tion under this head for the fiscal year 1972, continued available 
until June 30, 1973, is hereby continued available until June 30, 
1974. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For lighting, heating, and power (including the purchase of elec-
trical energy) for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, 
Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library Buildings, and the 
grounds about the same. Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and for air-
conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such 
buildings; for heating the Government Printing Office, Washington 
City Post Office, and Folger Shakespeare Library, reimbursement for 
which shall be made and covered into the Treasury; personal and other 
services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing apparel, and all other 
necessary expenses in connection with the maintenance and opera-
tion of the plant; $5,206,700. 
Not to exceed $80,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropria-
tion under this head for the fiscal year 1972, continued available until 
June 30, 1973, is hereby continued available until June 30,1974. 
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, $1,593,800. 
Not to exceed $196,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropri-
ation under this head for the fiscal year 1973 is hereby continued 
available until June 30, 1974. 
87 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-145~NOV. 1, 1973 
543 
BOTANIC GARDEJ^ 
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; $860,200. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union 
Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Buildings; 
special clothing; cleaning, laundering, and repair of uniforms; preser-
vation 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 
properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the 
Board, $39,458,000, including $397,000 to be available for reimburse-
ment to the General Services Administration for rental of suitable 
space in the District of Columbia or its immediate environs for the 
Library of Congress. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICB 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including publica-
tion of the decisions of the United States courts involving copyrights, 
$5,139,000. 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessai'y 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 ot 1970, (2 U.S.C. 166), 
84 stat. iisi,, 
$10,927,000: 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 (excejpt the Digest of Public General 
Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication 
has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House Admin-
istration or the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. 
544 
PUBLIC LAW 93-145-NOV. 1, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
DISTRIBUTION OF CATALOG CARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of cata-
log cards and other publications of the Library, $10,343,000: 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 
m 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 acc^^uisition of 
books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other material for the 
increase of the Library, $1,194,650, 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, $208,500, 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 
80 Stat. 330. 
ftpproved 
March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $9,805,000. 
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 
80 Stat. 1528. 
Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), to remain available'until 
expended, $2,267,000, of which $1,971,400 shall be available only for 
payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall 
determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, $2,868,000, of which 
$2,325,000 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. 
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, $29,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
ployment. 
87 STAT. ] 
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545 
R?:vjsi()x OF HixDs' AND CAXXOX'S PRECEDEXTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Librarian to assist the Parlia-
mentarian of the House of Representatives to revise and update Hinds' 
and Cannon's Precedents, $132,000, 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress for 
salaries shall be available for expenses of investigating the loyality of 
Library employees; special and temporary services 
(including 
employees engaged by day or hour or in piecework); and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
sostat. 4i6. 
Not to exceed fifteen 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. 
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; for pay-
ment 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); g/stat^e?!^^' 
and travel benefits comparable with those which are now or hereafter 70 stat. 706.' 
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 
^^ ^*®'' *^^' 
the Librarian of Congress. 
Payments in advance for subscriptions or other charges for biblio- ^^'Is^"'^^ ^"^ 
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 $50,000, when specifically 
authorized by the Librarian, for expenses of attendance at meetings 
concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation is 
made. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
PRINTING AND BINDING 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress; for printing 
and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for 
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional 
74 Stat. 831, 
546 
PUBLIC LAW 93-145-NOV. 1, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
82 Stat. 1256. 
Kecord, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902) ; printing, binding, and 
distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal 
82 Stat. 1277. 
Kcgulatious) 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; $64,000,000: 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 
years. 
Hereafter, appropriations for authorized printing and binding for 
(Congress shall not be available under the authority of the Act of 
82 Stat. 1256; 
Qctober 22, 1968 (44 IT.S.C. 906) for the printing, publication, and 
84 Stat. 303. 
distribution of more than one copy of the bound permanent editions 
of the Congressional Record for the Vice President and each Member 
of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF SUPKRINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the OiSce of Superintendent of Docu-
ments, including compensation of all employees in accordance with 
82 Stat. 1240; 
the provisious of 44 U.S.C. 305; travel expenses (not to exceed 
84 Stat. 693. 
$88,300); price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, ele-
vatoi"s, and machinerv; and supplying books to depository libraries; 
$36,471,000: Provided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be 
apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), Avith the approval of the Public Printer, 
only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding perma-
nent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated in the 
budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal 
budgetary adjustments. 
ACQUISITION OF SITE 
For necessary expenses for acquisition of site for the Government 
Printing Office, $4,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the ''Government Printing Office revolving fund"; 
$7,400,000, to remain available until expended, for improving electri-
cal and air-conditioning systems, and building structures. 
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 Govern-
31 u*sc*8^49* 
nient 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 
certification of the Public Printer in connection with special studies of 
governmental printing, binding, and distribution practices and pro-
cedures: Provided further, 
That during the current fiscal year the 
revolving fund shall be available for the hire of two passenger motor 
A'ehicles and the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle. 
87 STAT. ] 
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547 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not to exceed $3,500 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 of one 
passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries not-
withstanding 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 reg-
ulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 
rental of living quarters in foreign countries and travel benefits com-
parable 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)), 
$103,850,000. 
COST-ACCOUNTING 
STANDARDS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Cost-Accounting Standards Board necessary 
to carry out the provisions of section 719 of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950, as amended (Public Law 91-379, approved August 15, 
1970), $1,500,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
80 Stat. 416. 
5 u s e 5332 
note. 
75 Stat. 464; 
!1 Stat. 671. 
75 Stat. 457. 
84 Stat. 796. 
50 u s e app. 2168. 
SEC. 102. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emer-
gency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations 
issued by the House of Representatives Select Committee To Regu-
late Parking on the House Side of the Capitol. 
SEC. 103. Whenever any office or position not specifically estab-
lished by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein 
or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position 
appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established 
for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the 
designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided 
herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided^ 
That the provisions herein for the various items of official expenses 
of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House, and 
clerk hire for Senators and Members shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto. 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1974". 
Approved November 1, 1973. 
46 Stat. 32. 
2 u s e 60a note. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Short title.