An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes
PL 88-454 (H.R.10723), enacted 08/20/1964

78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
535 
Public Law 88-454 
AN A C T 
August 20, 1964 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
'- 
'. 
_!__ 
June 30,1965, 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 Br^nch^A^To ri-
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- atiorTAct, Igal. 
wise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1965, and for other purposes, namely: 
SENATE 
COMPENSATION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS, MILEAGE OF THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SENATORS, AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND LEADERS OF THE SENATE 
COMPENSATION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
For compensation of the Vice President and Senators of the 
United States, $2,471,140. 
MIIJilAGE OF P R E S I D E N T OF THE SENAIT. AND OF SENATORS 
For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $58,370. 
E X P E N S E A I X O W A N C E S OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY LEADERS 
For expense allowance of the Vice President, $1(),(XK); Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $2,000; and Minority Leader of the Senate, 
$2,000; in all, $14,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPIA)YEES 
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, at rates of compensa-
tion to be fixed by him in basic multiples of $5 per month, $136,710. 
CHAPLAIN 
Chaplain of the Senate, $9,430. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For office of the Secretary, $918,400, including $128,000 re(juired 
for the purposes specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, 
United States Code: Provided, That effective July 1, 1964, the Secre- 
^^ ^'^'- ^^e. 
tary may employ an assistant at $2,460 basic per annum, an assistant 
messenger at $1,980 basic per annum, an assistant messenger at $1,740 
basic per annum, and an assistant messenger at $1,500 basic per annum, 
in lieu of the positions authorized by S. Res. 419, agreed to January 28, 
1931, S. Res. 372, agreed to December 18, 1930, S. Res. 340, agreed to 
December 3, 1930, and S. Res. 204, agreed to June 16, 1938, which 
31-667 0-65—37 
536 
PUBLIC L
A
W 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
resolutions are hereby repealed; and the basic amount available for 
clerical assistance and readjustment of salaries in the disbursing 
office is increased by $720. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and 
the Select Committee on Small Business, $2,731,965. 
(X)NFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, 
$82,740. 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, 
$82,740. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistants and messenger service 
for Senators, $13,731,170. 
OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $2,757,350: Pro-
vided^ That effective July 1, 1964, the Sergeant at Arms may employ 
a messenger at $1,800 basic per annum, two messengers at $1,740 
basic per annum each, two laborers at $1,560 basic per annum each, 
and eight special employees at $1,000 basic per annum each, in lieu 
of the positions authorized by S. Res. 428, agreed to February 17, 
1931, S. Res. 62, agreed to December 15, 1931, S. Res. 83, agreed to 
December 17, 1931, S. Res. 453, agreed to February 26, 1931, S. Res. 
44, agreed to April 11, 1933, and S. Res. 212, agreed to February 15, 
1954, which resolutions are hereby repealed: Provided further, That! 
effective July 1, 1964, the Sergeant at Arms may also employ one 
additional addressograph operator at $2,160 basic per annum. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND THE MINORITY 
For the offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary 
for the Minority, $135,195. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For four clerical assistants, two for the Majority Whip and two for 
the Minority Whip, at rates of compensation to be fixed in basic 
multiples of $60 per annum by the respective Whips, $15,165 each; in 
all, $30,330. 
OFFIOtAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES 
For office of the Official Reporters of Debates, $240,760. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $252,530. 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC L
A
W 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
537 
(\)NTiN(jKNT E X P E N S E S O F T H E 
S E N A T E 
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and 
the Minority Policy Committee, $175,585 for each such committee; in 
all, $351,170. 
AUTOMOBILES AND MAINTENANCE 
For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of 
four automobiles, one for the Vice President, one for the President 
Pro Tempore, one for the Majority I-/eader, and one for the Minority 
Trader, $39,840. 
FURNITURE 
For service and materials in cleaning and repairing furniture, and 
for the purchase of furniture, $31,190: Provided^ That the furniture 
purchased is not available from other agencies of the Government. 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate 
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-
ninth Congress, including $380,000 for the Committee on Appropria- 
2°usc*'iS" 
tions, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Reso-
lution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $4,275,760. 
FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pam-
phlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $2.03 per hour per person, 
$36,700. 
MAIL TRANSPORTATION 
For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles for 
carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary 
and Sergeant at Arms, $16,560. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $2,660,790, including 
$85,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with 
section 4 of Public Law 87-82, approved July 6, 1961. 
75 stat. 1
9
9 
' 
^^ 
"^ ' 
40 use 174J-4. 
POSTAGE STAMPS 
For postage stamps for the Offices of the Secretaries for the Major-
ity and Minority, $140; and for airmail and special-delivery stamps for 
Office of the Secretary, $160; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $125; 
Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, 
$61,610; in all, $62,035. 
STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND) 
For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, 
$242,400; and for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, 
$13,200; in all, $256,600, to remain available until expended. 
538 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
COMMUNICATIONS 
For an amount for communications which may be expended inter-
changeably for payment, in accordance with such limitations and re-
strictions as may be prescribed by the Committee on Kules and Ad-
ministration, of charges on official telegrams and long-distance tele-
phone calls made by or on behalf of Senators or the President of the 
Senate, such telephone calls to be in addition to those authorized by 
the provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 
,77 Stat. 863; 
(gQ Stat. 392; 2 U.S.C. 46c, 46d, 46e), as amended, and the First De-
72 Stat. 442. 
ficiency 
Appropriation Act, 1949 (63 Stat. 77; 2 U.S.C. 46d-l), $15,150. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
The table contained in section 4(f) of the Federal Employees' Sal-
ary Increase Act of 1955 (Public Law 94, Eighty-fourth Congress, 
73^stat^*4o\^^' 
approved June 28, 1955), as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
2 u s e 60f 
Amount of 
note. 
States having a population of— 
increase 
Less than 3,000,000 
$10, 740. 
3,000,000 but less than 4,000,000 
13, 740. 
4,000,000 but less than 5,000,000 
16, 740. 
5,000,000 but less than 7,000,000 
19, 740. 
7,000,000 but less than 9,000,000 
22, 740. 
9,000,000 but less than 10,000,000 
25, 740. 
10,000,000 but less than 11,000,000 
28, 740. 
11,000,000 but less than 12,000,000 
31, 740. 
12,000,000 but less than 13,000,000 
34, 740. 
13,000,000 but less than 15,000,000 
37, 740. 
15,000,000 but less than 17,000,000 
40, 740. 
17,000,000 or more 
43, 740. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES, MILEAGE FOR THE MEMBERS, AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF 
THE S P E A K E R 
C O M P E N S A T I O N O F MEMBERS 
For compensation of Members (wherever used herein the term 
"Member" shall include Members of the House of Representatives 
and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico), $10,622,500. 
M I L E A G E O F MEMBERS AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF THE SPEAKER 
For mileage of Members and expense allowance of the Speaker, 
as authorized by law, $200,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, 
as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER 
For the Office of the Speaker, $94,875. 
OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARIAN 
For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $75,380, including the Parlia-
mentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of the Rules, as 
authorized by law. 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC L
A
W 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
539 
OFFICE OF TJIE CHAPLAIN 
For the Office of the Chaplain, $9,430. 
OFFICE OF THE CLERK 
For the Office of the Clerk, includmg $127,330 for the House 
Recording Studio, $1,240,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropria-
tions, $3,180,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS 
For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including $8,000 for addi-
tional clerical assistants, $955,000, of which $294,175 shall be available 
only upon adoption by the House of House Resolution 648, Eighty-
eighth Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER 
•' 
For the Office of Doorkeeper, $1,174,000. 
SPECIAL AND MINORITY EMPLOYEES 
For six minority employees, $94,595. 
For the office of the majority floor leader, including $2,000 for 
official expenses of the majority leader, $77,760. 
For the office of the minority floor leader, including $2,000 for 
official expenses of the minority leader, $60,100. 
For the office of the majority whip, including $8,100 basic lump-sum 
(clerical assistance, $40,100. 
For the office of the minority whip, including $8,100 basic lump-sum 
clerical assistance, $40,100. 
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, $14,515. 
For a technical assistant in the office of the attending physician, 
to be appointed by the attending physician, subject to the approval of 
the Speaker, $12,345. 
\ • 
OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER 
"
'
- 
f'" 
For the Office of the Postmaster, including $9,700 for employment 
of substitute messengers, and extra services of regular employees 
when required at the basic salai*y rate of not to exceed $2,100 per 
annum each, $380,000. 
;,; ^ ^;: 
_,': 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES 
For official reporters of debates, $217,120. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS TO COMMITTEES 
For official reporters to committees, $219,345. 
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 
540 
PUBLIC L
A
W 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
60 Stat. 834. 
2 u s e 72a. 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and to 
be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$700,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISI^TIVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of 
the House, $252,530. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For clerk hire, necessarily employed by each Member in the dis-
charge of his official and representative duties, $21,500,000. 
(.^)NTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE 
H o u S E 
FURNITURE 
For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, including labor, 
tools, and machinery for furniture repair shops, and for the purchase 
of packing boxes, $340,000. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically 
ordered by the House of Representatives, including the sum of $90,000 
for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with section 
4
0 S c mk.* 
208 of the Act approved October 9, 1940 (Public Law 812); the 
exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Clerk's motor 
vehicles; the exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the 
folding room motortruck; the exchange, maintenance, operation, and 
repair of the post office motor vehicles for carrying the mails; not 
to exceed $5,000 for the purposes authorized by section 1 of House 
Resolution 348, approved June 29, 1961; the sum of $600 for hire 
of automobile for the Sergeant at Arms; materials for folding; and 
for stationery for the use of committees, departments, and officers of 
the House; $3,725,000. 
REPORTING HEARINGS 
For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than 
special and select committees, $223,000, of which such amount as may 
be necessary may be transferred to the appropriation under this head-
ing for the fiscal year 1964. 
SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMrniiES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees author-
ized by the House, $3,965,500, of which such amount as may be neces-
sary may be transferred to the appropriation under this heading for 
the fiscal year 1964. 
OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR OF INFORMATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Coordinator of 
Information, $117,890. 
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE 
For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, 
$2,400,000. 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1%4 
541 
STATIONERY (REVOLVING TUND) 
For a stationery allowance for each Member for the first session of 
the Eighty-ninth Congress, as authorized by law, $1,046,400, to remain 
available until expended. 
ATTENDING P H Y S I C I A N ' S OFFICE 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency room and for the attending physician and his assistants, 
including an allowance of $1,500 to be j)aid to the attending physician 
in equal monthly installments as authorized by the Act approved June 
27, 1940 (54 Stat. 629), and including an allowance of $75 per month 
each to five assistants as provided by the House resolutions adopted 
July 1,1930, January 20,1932, November 18, 1940, and May 21,1959, 
and Public Law 242, Eighty-fourth Congress, $16,545. 
^9 stat. sii. 
POSTAGE STAMP ALLOWANCES 
Postage stamp allowances for the first session of the Eighty-ninth 
Congress, as follows: Postmaster, $400; Clerk, $800; Sergeant at Arms, 
$600; Doorkeeper, $500; airmail and special-delivery postage stamps 
for each Member, the Speaker, the majority and minority leaders, the 
majority and minority whips, and to each standing committee, as 
authorized by law; $228,550. 
FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a gross rate not exceeding 
$2.72 per thousand or for the employment of personnel at a gross rate 
not exceeding $2.04 per hour per person, $251,300. 
REVISION OF LAWS 
For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.C. 
202, 203, 213, $20,765, to be expended under the direction of the Com- 
^^^'^'- "^^64o. 
mittee on the Judiciary. 
S P E A K E R ' S AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $11,100. 
MAJORITY L E A D E R ' S AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and oper-
ation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, $11,100. 
MINORITY L E A D E R ' S AUTOMOBILE 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, 
$11,100. 
NEW EDITION OF THE UNITED STATES CODE 
For preparation of a new edition of the United States Code, $150,000, 
to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, 
and to be expended under the direction of the Committee on the 
Judiciary. 
542 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
NEW EDITION OF THE DISTRICT OF CX)LUMBIA CODE 
For preparation of a new edition of the District of Columbia Code, 
$100,000, to remain available until expended, and to be expended 
under the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for the House of 
Representatives shall hereafter be computed at basic rates, plus 
increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided 
by law. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For joint committees, as follows: 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF NONESSENTIAL FEDERAL 
EXPENDITURES 
For an amount to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of 
Nonessential Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed 
upon it by section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726), to 
remain available during the existence of the Committee, $29,750, 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, 
$235,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic 
Energy, $311,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$131,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
JOINT C O M M I T T E E ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal 
Revenue Taxation, $344,440. 
JOINT C O M M I T T E E ON IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY POLICY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Immigration 
and Nationality Policy, $20,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE PRODUCTION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense 
so use 1^^' 
Production as authorized by the Defense Production Act of 1950, 
2061. 
^^^' 
as amended, $65,000. 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
543 
For other joint items, as follows: 
(\\PIT()L PoucK 
(iENERAL 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 mem-
ber of the statf of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House, as 
may be designated by the Chairman of the Board; $36,700. 
CAPITOL POLICE B
O
A
R
D 
To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protection 
for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and 
House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $330,600. 
Such sum shall be expended only for payment of salaries and other 
expenses of personnel detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the 
District of Columbia, and the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia are authorized and directed to make such details upon the 
request of the Board. 
Personnel so detailed shall, during the period 
detailed per-
of such detail, serve under the direction and instructions of the Board 
and are authorized to exercise the same authority as members of such 
Metropolitan Police and members of the Capitol Police and to per-
form such other duties as may be assigned by the Board. 
Reimburse- 
Reimbursement 
ment for salaries and other expenses of such detail personnel shall ment. ' ^°^^ "' 
be made to the government of the District of Columbia, and any sums 
so reimbursed shall be credited to the appropriation or appropriations 
from which such salaries and expenses are payable and shall be avail-
able for all the purposes thereof: Provided, That any person detailed 
under the authority of this paragraph or under similar authority in 
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, and the Second 6o^statr*408^^' 
Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan Police of 
4o use 213a 
the District of Columbia shall be deemed a member of such Metro- ^"f."°*^.-
politan Police during the period or periods of any such detail for 
all purposes of rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and benefits to the 
same extent as though such detail had not been made, and at the 
termination thereof any such person who was a member of such police 
on July 1, 1940, shall have a status with respect to rank, pay, 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 Commissioners of the District of Columbia are directed to 
pay the detective captain detailed under the authority of this para-
graph his salary as a detective 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 and that the Com-
missioners of the District of Columbia are directed to pay the 
uniformed lieutenant detailed under the authority of this paragraph 
and serving as acting captain a salary of the rank of captain and such 
increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by 
law and that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are 
directed to pay the acting deputy chief of police detailed under the 
authority of this paragraph the salary of the rank of deputy chief of 
police plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be 
subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the 
present incumbent. 
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid 
as compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, as an 
54 Stat. 629. 
544 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
officer or member of the Capitol Police wlio does not meet the standards 
to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police Board: 
Provided, That the Capitol Police Board is hereW authorized to detail 
police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol Buildings for 
police duty on the Capitol Grounds. 
EDUCATION OF PAGES 
For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
Court, pursuant to section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 
f^ic\ir' 
^^^^'. $<95925, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the 
applicable appropriation of the District of Columbia, and the Board 
of Education of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to 
employ such personnel for the education of pages as may be required 
and to pay compensation for such services in accordance with such 
rates of compensation as the Board of Education may prescribe. 
PENALTY MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary under section 2 of Public Law 286, Eighty-
74^sta\!*66T' 
^^^^^ Cougrcss, $4,723,000, to be available immediately. 
39 use 4167 
The foregoing amounts under "other joint items" shall be disbursed 
and note. 
jjy ^j^g Clerk of thc Housc. 
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the second session of the Eighty-eighth Congress, 
showing 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 chairmen of such committees to supervise the work. 
ARCHITECT OF T H E CAPITOL 
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT or 
THE CAPITOL 
SALARIES 
For the Architect of the Capitol, Assistant Architect of the Capitol, 
and Second Assistant Architect of the Capitol, at salary rates of 
$20,700, $19,000, and $17,500 per annum, respectively^ and other per-
sonal services at rates of pay provided by law, $507,800: Provided, 
Ante, p. 400. 
That wherevcr H.R. 11049, 88th Congress, as enacted into law estab-
lishes a specific rate of compensation for any position different from 
the rate specifically enumerated in this Act for such position, the rate 
in said H.R. 11049 shall prevail. 
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 
shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to 
exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000. 
CONTINGENT 
EXPENSES 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies 
and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under his 
care, $50,000. 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
545 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
CAPITOL B U I L D I N G S 
For necessary expenditures for the Capitol Building and electrical 
substations of the Senate and House Office Buildings, under the 
jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including improvements, 
maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, 
and appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment; special and 
protective clothing for workmen; uniforms or allowances therefor as 
authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
2131); personal and other services; cleaning and repairing works of 
art, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas-
senger motor vehicle; purchase of necessary reference books and 
Periodicals; for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized 
y the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connec-
tion with subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, 
$1,624,300: Provided^ That the unobligated balance of the appropria-
tion under this head for the fiscal year 1964 is hereby continued avail-
able until June 30, 1965. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
41 use 5. 
77 Stat. 812. 
EXTENSION OF THE CAPITOL 
For an additional amount for "Extension of the Capitol", $125,000. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, 
the Senate and House Office Buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant; 
personal and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizers; repairs 
to pavements, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing apparel; 
mamtenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men 
and equipment or under contract without regard to section 3709 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended; $740,000. 
LEGISLATIVE GARAGE 
For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, 
and all other necessary expenses, $52,000. 
The second proviso under the caption "Capitol garages" contained 
in Public Law 212, 72d Congress, approved June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 
391) is hereby amended to read as follows: '-''Provided further^ That, 
'*° ^^^ ^^^^* 
effective July 1, 1965, the underground space in the north extension 
of the Capitol Grounds, known as the Legislative Garage shall here-
after be known as the Senate Garage and shall be under the jurisdic-
tion and control of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to such regu-
lations respecting the use thereof as may be promulgated by the Senate 
Committee on Rules and Administration: Provided further^ That such 
regulations shall provide for the continued assignment of space and 
the continued furnishing of service in such garage for official motor 
vehicles of the House and the Senate and the Architect of the Capitol 
and Capitol Grounds maintenance equipment." 
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 ap-
parel, and for personal and other services; including eight attendants 
40 u s e 175 
note. 
546 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
at $1,800 each; for the care and operation of the Senate Office Build-
ings, including the subway and subway transportation systems con-
necting the Senate Office Buildings with the Capitol; uniforms or 
allowances therefor as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as 
68 Stat. 1114. 
amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol; in all, $2,414,500: 
Provided, 
That the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for 
the fiscal year 1964 is hereby continued available until June 30,1965, 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For 
maintenance, 
including 
equipment; 
waterproof 
wearing 
apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the Act of 
September 1,1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131) ; prevention and eradi-
cation of insect and other pests without regard to section 3709 of the 
41 use 5. 
Revised Statutes, as amended; miscellaneous items; and for all neces-
sary services; $3,230,000. 
ACQUISITION o r PROPERTY, CONSTRUCTION, AND EQUIPMENT, ADDITIONAL 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the 
House Office Building Commission, to continue to provide for the 
acquisition of property, construction, furnishing and equipment of an 
additional fireproof office building for the use of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and other changes and improvements, authorized by the 
Additional House Office Building Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 41, 42), as 
amended, $8,000,000. 
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, legislative 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 operation 
of the plant; $2,665,000. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural main-
tenance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof 
w^earing apparel, and personal and other services, $2,382,200, of 
which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available for expenditure without 
regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and of 
which $1,180,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, 
That the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head 
for the fiscal year 1964 is hereby continued available until June 30, 
1965. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For furniture, partitions, screens, shelving, and electrical work 
pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, office and library equipment, 
apparatus, and labor-saving devices, $220,000. 
77 Stat. 814. 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
547 
BOTANIC 
GARDEN 
SAI^RIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses incident to maintaining?, operating, 
repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
buildings, 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 eradica-
tion of msect 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 reference, not to exceed $100; all under the 
direction of the Joint Committee on the Library; $500,000. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union 
Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Buildings; 
special clothing; purchase of a medium sedan for replacement at not 
to exceed $4,000; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund 
Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held 
by the Board, $10,626,000, together with $168,000 to be derived by 
transfer from the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, National 
Science Foundation", of which $18,000 shall be retransferred to the 
appropriation "Distribution of catalog cards, salaries and expenses." 
.; 
. 
. : K 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including publica-
tion of the decisions of the United States courts involving copyrights, 
$1,828,000. 
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE 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 (2 U.S.C. 
166), $2,245,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation may be 
^o ^*^*- ^36. 
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. 
DISTRIBUTION OF CATAIXXS CARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of 
catalog cards and other publications oi the Library, $3,554,800. 
46 Stat. 1487; 
71 Stat. 630. 
548 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, Distribution 
of Catalog Cards", $149,000, to remain available until June 30, 1965. 
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, $670,000, to remain available until expended. 
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, $110,000, to remain available until expended. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3,1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $2,446,000. 
ORGANIZING AND MICROFILMING THE PAPERS or THE PRESIDENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
Vvsc'Jt"^' 
August 16, 1957 (71 Stat. 368), $112,800, to remain available until 
note. 
expended. 
PRESERVATION OF MOTION PICTURES 
For expenses necessary for the conversion of motion pictures now 
in the custody of the Library from nitrate film to safety base film, 
$50,000. 
COLLECTION 
AND 
DISTRIBUTION 
or 
LIBRARY 
MATERIALS 
(SPECIAL 
FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 
104(n) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
72 Stat. 1790. 
1954^ as amended (7 U.S.C. I704(n)), to remain available until 
expended, $1,541,500, of which $1,417,000 shall be available for pay-
ments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall 
determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available to reim-
burse the Department of State for medical services rendered to 
employees of the Library of Congress stationed abroad. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress for 
salaries shall be available for expenses of investigating the loyalty of 
Library employees; special and temporary services 
(including 
employees engaged by the day or hour or in piecework) ; and services 
60 Stat. 810. 
ag authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
Not to exceed ten positions in the Library of Congress may be 
exempt from the provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the 
employment of aliens during the current fiscal year, but the Librarian 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
549 
shall not make any appointment to any such j)osition 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. 
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 
Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 182); printing, binding, and 
49 stat. 1546. 
distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal 
Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 309, 311, 311a); and g/staS^^ass^^' 
printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law 77 stat! 343; 
to be distributed without charge to the recipients; $18,000,000: Pro- se stat. 1045. 
vided^ That this appropriation shall not be available for printing and 
binding part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture 
(known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) : Provided further^ That this 
appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations 
incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal 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 Act entitled "An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for em-
ployees and officers of the Government Printing Office", approved June 
7, 1924 (44 U.S.C. 40); travel expenses (not to exceed $1,500); price 
^3 stat. ess. 
lists and bibliographies; repairs toDuildings, elevators, and machinery; 
and supplying books to depository libraries; $5,562,000: 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), with the approval of the Public Printer, only to the extent neces-
sary 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. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
During the current fiscal year the Government Printing Office re-
volving fund shall be available for the hire of one passenger motor 
vehicle. 
S E L E C T I O N O F S I T E A N D G E N E R A L P L A N S A N D DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenses, for site selection and general plans and de-
signs of buildings for the Government Printing Office, pursuant to 
the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 602 et seq.), $2,500,000, 73 stat. 479. 
to be available for transfer to the General Services Administration: 
Provided, That the selection of a site must be approved by the Joint 
Committee on Printing. 
550 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFKJE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessaiy expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
rental or lease of office space in foreign countries without regard to 
the provisions of section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended 
(31 U.S.C. 529), and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act 
60 Stat. 810. 
of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $46,900,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 102. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Whenever any office or position not specifically estab-
2\rs*c*6o\^*note ^J^hed by the Legislative Fay 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 desig-
nation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided herein, 
shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided^ That the 
provisions herein for the various items of official expenses of Mem-
bers, officers, and committees of the Senate and House, and clerk 
hire for Senators and Members shall be the permanent law with 
respect thereto: Provided 
further^ That the provisions relating to 
positions and salaries thereof carried in House Resolutions 393, 646, 
and 647 of the Eighty-eighth Congress shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto: Provided further. That the provisions of House 
Resolutions 291, 531, 532, and 533 of the Eighty-eighth Congress 
shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
Capitol Police. 
gj,^^ ]
^
Q
4 ^^^^ 'pj^g ^^Xj^ of basic compensation of sergeants of the 
Capitol Police shall be $2,520 per annum, and the rate of basic com-
pensation of lieutenants and special officers of the Capitol Police 
shall be $2,820 per annum. 
^6 Stat! 695 
(^) '^^^ secoud scutence of section 106(d) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1963, is repealed. 
(c) Any member of the Capitol Police who by reason of the pro-
vision repealed by subsection (b) was receiving immediately prior to 
the effective date of this section, longevity compensation provided by 
72 Stat. 453. 
sectiou 105 of the I^egislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1959, sh^-ll, 
on and after such effective date, receive in lieu thereof a longevity 
increase under section 106(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1963, in addition to any other such increases (not to exceed three) 
to which he may otherwise be entitled under such section. In com-
puting the length of service of such member for the purpose of such 
other increases, only service performed subsequent to the date on 
which he began receiving longevity compensation in accordance with 
such section 105 shall be counted. 
(d) This section shall become effective on the first day of the month 
following the date of enactment of this Act. 
^^^°Ill *° 
^^^' 1^^- (^) Commencing with the semiannual period beginning 
on July 1, 1964, and ending on December 31,1964, and for each semi-
annual period thereafter, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives shall compile, and, not later than 
sixty days following the close of the semiannual period, submit to the 
Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and make available 
to the public, in lieu of the reports and information required by sec-
tions 60 to 63, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, as amended (2 U.S.C. 
102, 103, 104), and S. Res. 139, Eighty-sixth Congress, a report con-
taining a detailed statement, by items, of the manner in Avhich appro-
Congress. 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-454-AUG. 20, 1964 
551 
priations and other funds available for disbursement by the Secretary 
of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case 
may be, have been expended during the semiannual period covered by 
the report, including (1) the name of every person to whom any part 
of such appropriation has been paid, (2) if for anything furnished, 
the quantity and price thereof, (3) if for services rendered, the nature 
of the services, the time employed, and the name, title, and specific 
amount paid to each person, and (4) a complete statement of all 
amounts appropriated, received, or expended, and any unexpended 
balances. 
Such reports shall include the information contained in 
statements of accountability and supporting vouchers submitted to the 
General Accounting Office pursuant to the provisions of section 117 (a) 
of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 
67(a)). 
Reports required to be submitted to the Senate and the House 
^
"
^ ^*^*- ^37. 
of Representatives under this section shall be printed as Senate and 
House documents, respectively. 
Section 117 of the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 
837,31 U.S.C. 67) is amended as follows: 
By adding after the words "executive agency" in both places where 
it is used in subsection (b) the words "or the Architect of the Capitol" 
and by adding after the word "legislative" in the proviso the words 
"(other than the Architect of the Capitol)". 
By adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) The Comptroller General in auditing the financial trans- 
Audits. 
actions of the Architect of the Capitol shall make such audits at 
such times as he may deem appropriate. 
For the purpose of con-
ducting such audits, the provisions of section 313 of the Budget and 
Accounting Act (42 Stat. 26; 31 U.S.C. 54) shall be applicable to 
the Architect of the Capitol. 
The Comptroller General shall report C(^^^es*s^ *° 
to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives the results of each such audit. 
All such reports shall 
be printed as Senate documents." 
(b) Commencing with the semiannual period beginning January 1, 
Reports to 
1965 and for each semiannual period thereafter, the Architect of the 
°"^'^^^-
Capitol shall compile and, not later than sixty days following the 
close of the semiannual period, submit to the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report of all expenditures made from monies 
appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol, based on payrolls and 
other vouchers transmitted during such period to the Treasury 
Department for disbursement, such report to include (1) the name, 
title, and gross salary payment to each employee; (2) a list of govern-
ment contributions to retirement, health, insurance, and other similar 
funds; and (3) name of payee, brief description of service rendered 
or items furnished under contract, purchase order or other agreement. 
Such report shall be printed as a Senate document. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
^^°''^ ""*• 
Act, 1965". 
Approved August 20, 1964. 
31-667 0-65—38