An Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and for other purposes.
PL 94-440 (H.R.14238), enacted 10/01/1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-440—OCT. 1, 1976 
90 STAT. 1439 
Public Law 94-440 
94th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
Oct. 1, 1976 
September 30, 1977, and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 14238] 
Be it enacted hy 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- Branch 
wise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year end- 
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ing September 30, 1977, and for other purposes, namely: 
Act, 1977. 
TITLE I 
SENATE 
COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE or THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND LEADERS OP 
THE SENATE 
COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
2 USC 60a note. 
For compensation and mileage of the Vice President and Senators 
of the United States, $5,052,630. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY LEADERS 
For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $3,000; and Minority Leader of the Senate, 
$3,000; in all, $16,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and 
others as authorized by law, including agency contributions and 
longevity compensation as authorized, which shall be paid from this 
appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For clerical assistance to the Vice President, $615,015. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $251,540. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $195,260. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For office of the Chaplain, $31,800. 
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90 STAT. 1440 
PUBLIC LAW 94-440—OCT. 1, 1976 
OrriCE OF THE SECRETARY 
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For office of the Secretary, $3,323,290, including $151,370 required 
for the purpose specified and authorized by section 7413 of Title 2, 
United States Code: Provided^ That, effective October 1,1976, the Sec-
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retary may appoint and fix the compensation of a Bill Clerk at not 
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to exceed $25,440 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $19,080 per annum; 
an Assistant Bill Clerk at not to exceed $19,080 per annum in lieu of 
not to exceed $12,720 per annum; a Secretary at not to exceed $17,172 
per annum in lieu of a Eeceptionist at not to exceed $17,172 per annum; 
a Registrar at not to exceed $16,218 per annum in lieu of a Secretary to 
the Curator at not to exceed $16,218 per annum; a Clerk at not to 
exceed $10,812 per annum in lieu of an Assistant Messenger at not to 
exceed $10,812 per annum; an Historian at not to exceed $29,574 per 
annum; an Associate Historian at not to exceed $18,126 per annum; 
a Photo Historian at not to exceed $25,281 per annum; a Research 
Assistant to Historian at not to exceed $10,335 per annum; a Secretary 
to Historian at not to exceed $11,130 per annum; an Information Clerk, 
Digest, at not to exceed $10,017 per annum; and a Secretary, Station-
ery Room, at not to exceed $13,356 per annum: Provided further^ That, 
effective October 1, 1976, the allowance for clerical assistance and 
readjustment of salaries in the Disbursing Office is increased by 
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COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and 
the Select Committee on Small Business, $9,660,685. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority and the 
Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
Chairman of each such committee, $227,255 for each such committee; 
in all, $454,510. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistants to Senators, $48,190,355. 
LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE TO SENATORS 
For legislative assistance to Senators, $5,500,000. 
OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $15,579,010: 
Provided^ That, effective October 1, 1976, the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper may appoint and fix the compensation of an Administra-
tive Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper at not to 
exceed $36,729 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $35,298 per annum; 
a Superintendent, Service Department at not to exceed $35,457 per 
annum in lieu of not to exceed $31,482 per annum; a Director, Com-
puter Center at not to exceed $35,457 per annum in lieu of not to 
exceed $34,344 per annum; a Director, Recording Studio at not to 
exceed $35,457 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $34,662 per annum; 
a Telecommunications Adviser at not to exceed $29,574 per annum in 
lieu of not to exceed $27,348 per annum; a Chief Cabinetmaker at not 
to exceed $22,737 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $20,670 per 
annum; a Chief Janitor at not to exceed $19,557 per annum in lieu of 
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90 STAT. 1441 
not to exceed $17,808 per annum; an Assistant 
Superintendent, 
Service Department at not to exceed $22,578 per annum in lieu of not 
to exceed $20,988 per annum; a Night Supervisor, Service Depart-
ment at not to exceed $19,875 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $15,264 
per annum; a Supervisor, Printing Section at not to exceed $18,921 
per annum in lieu of a Foreman of Duplicating Department at not to 
exceed $17,808 per annum; a Supervisor, Folding Section at not to 
exceed $18,921 per annum in lieu of a Chief Machine Operator at not 
to exceed $15,582 per annum; a Supervisor, Addressograph Section 
at not to exceed $18,921 per annum in lieu of not to exceed ^14,628 per 
annum; two Audio Engineers at not to exceed $13,356 per annum 
each in lieu of an Audio Engineer at not to exceed $13,356 per annum; 
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a Micrographics Supervisor at not to exceed $21,147 per annum; an 
Assistant Micrograpiiics Supervisor at not to exceed $16,536 per 
annum; a Secretary-Receptionist at not to exceed $10,812 per annum; 
a Senior Folding Machine Operator at not to exceed $12,243 per 
annum; a Senior Addressograph Operator at not to exceed 5pl2,^43 
per annum; twenty Laborers, Service Department at not to exceed 
$9,222 per annum each in lieu of seventeen Laborers, Service Depart-
ment at not to exceed $9,222 per annum each; ten Office Systems 
Specialists at not to exceed $15,582 per annum each in lieu ox seven 
Office Systems Specialists at not to exceed $15,582 per annum each; 
ten Senior Programmer Analysts at not to exceed $25,122 per annum 
each in lieu of eight Senior Programmer Analysts at not to exceed 
$25,122 per annum each; three Network Technicians at not to exceed 
$20,352 per annum each in lieu of a Network Technician at not to 
exceed $20,352 per annum; two Secretary-Typists at not to exceed 
$12,402 per annum each; three Systems Supervisors at not to exceed 
$29,892 per annum each in lieu of a Systems Supervisor at not to 
exceed $29,892 per annum; an Operations Supervisor at not to exceed 
$20,988 per annum; eight Lead Operators at not to exceed $14,628 
per annum each in lieu of six Lead Operators at not to exceed $14,628 
per annum each; two Data Conversion Operators at not to exceed 
$10,017 per annum each in lieu of a Data Conversion Operator at not 
to exceed $10,017 per annum; a Training Specialist at not to exceed 
$20,034 per annum; five Printing Operators at not to excead $14,946 
per annum each; three Quality Controllers at not to exceed $14,94J 
per annum each; three Assistant Chief Telephone Operators at not to 
exceed $13,356 per annum each anel an Auditor at not to exceed 
$13,356 per annum in lieu of four Assistant Chief 
Telephone 
Operators at not to exceed $13,356 per annum each; twenty-one 
Telephone Operators at not to exceeel $10,494 per annum each, a 
Secretary at not to exceed $10,494 per annum, four Clerks at not to 
exceed $10,494 per annum each, and an Auditor at not to exceed 
$10,494 per annum in lieu of twenty-seven Telephone Operators at not 
to exceed $10,494 per annum each; a Chief Barber at not to exceed 
$12,084 per annum in lieu of a Foreman of Skilled Laborers at not to 
exceed $12,084 per annum; a Chief Barber at not to exceed $10,971 
per annum; two Barbers at not to exceed $11,130 per annum each in 
lieu of two Skilled Laborers at not to exceed $11,130 per annum eacii; 
three Barbers at not to exceeel $9,381 per annum each; forty-eight 
Laborers at not to exceeel $9,222 per annum each and a Barber Shop 
Attendant at not to exceed $9,222 per annum in lieu of forty-nine 
Laborers at not to exceed $9,222 per annum each; a Barber Sliop At-
tendant at not to exceed $4,134 per annum; seven Detecti\ es. Police 
Force at not to exceed $14,946 per annum each in lieu of not to exceed 
$13,992 per annum each; sixteen Technicians, Police Force at not to 
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exceed $13,992 per annum each in lieu of not to exceed $13,038 per 
annum each; eight Plainclothesmen, Police Force at not to exceed 
$13,992 per annum each in lieu of not to exceed $13,038 per annum 
each; and six K-9 Ofl&cers, Police Force at not to exceed $13,992 per 
annum each in lieu of not to exceed $13,038 per annum each: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $45,000 of this appropriation may be used 
to employ special deputies. 
OFFICES o r THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $311,645. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND LONGEVITY COMPENSATION 
For agency contributions for employee benefits and longevity com-
pensation, as authorized by law, $5,500,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL or THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the office of the Legislative Counsel of 
the Senate, $629,700. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and 
the Minority Policy Committee, $422,855 for each such committee; in 
all, $845,710. 
AUTOMOBILES AND MAINTENANCE 
For purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operation of vehi-
cles, one for the Vice President, one for the President pro tempore, 
one for the Majority Leader, one for the Minority Leader, one for 
the Majority Whip, one for the Minority Whip, for carrying the mails, 
and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and the Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper, $45,000. 
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-
2 use 190b. 
ninth Congress, as amended, including $600,385 for the Committee 
on Appropriations, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in 
Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, and 
Senate Resolution Numbered 140, agreed to May 14,1^75, $21,854,485. 
FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pam-
phlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $4.07 per hour per person 
$90,905. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $19,098,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$736,000 shall be available for the lease and alteration of space for 
the Senate Computer Center if the Committee on Rules and Admin-
istration determines that such facility cannot be located in existing 
space available to the Senate or the House of Representatives. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-440—OCT. 1, 1976 
90 STAT. 1443 
POSTAGE STAMPS 
For postage stamps for the offices of the Secretaries for the Major-
ity and Minority, $420; Chaplain, $200; and for air mail and special 
delivery stamps for the office of the Secretary, $610; office of the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $240; and the President of the 
Senate, as authorized by law, $1,215; in all, $2,685. 
STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND) 
For stationery for the Presiident of the Senate, $4,500, and for com-
mittees and officers of the Senate, $27,150; in all, $31,650. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. (a) Effective October 1, 1976, section 105(d)(1) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and modi- 
2 USC 61-1. 
fied, is amended by striking out "calendar year" each place it appears 
and inserting in lieu thereof "fiscal year". 
(b) Subject to the provisions of section 105(d) (2) of the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and modified, the 
amount of accrued surplus available to any Senator under section 
105(d) (1) of such Act at the close of September 30, 1976, shall be 
available to that Senator during the period beginning on October 1, 
1976, and ending on December 31, 1976, for the purposes of fixing the 
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number and rates of compensation of employees in his office. 
SEC. 102. Section 108(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1976, is amended by inserting " (1)" after " ( c ) " and by add- 
2 USC 72a-lc. 
ing at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(2) If (A) a Senator's service on a committee terminates (other 
than by reason of his ceasing to be a Member of the Senate) or a 
Senator's status on a committee as the chairman or ranking minority 
member of such committee or a subcommittee thereof changes, and 
(B) the appointment of an employee appointed under this section and 
designated to such committee by such Senator would (but for this 
paragraph) thereby terminate, such employee shall, subject to the 
provisions of subsection (e), be continued as an employee appointed 
by such Senator under this section until whichever of the following 
first occurs: (1) the close of the tenth day following the day on which 
such Senator's service on such committee terminates or his status on 
such committee changes or (2) the effective date on which such 
Senator notifies the Secretary of the Senate, in writing, that such 
employee is no longer to be continued as an employee appointed under 
this section. An employee whose appointment is continued under this 
paragraph shall perform such duties as the Senator who appointed 
him may assign.". 
SEC. 103. Section 5533(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof "($10,540, 
in the case of pay disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate)". 
SEC. 104. (a) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to reimburse 
2 USC 60c-2a. 
any bank which clears items for the United States Senate for the costs 
incurred therein. Such reimbursements shall be made from the con-
tingent fund of the Senate. 
(b) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to prescribe such 
Check cashing 
regulations as he deems necessary to govern the cashing of personal 
regulations. 
cliecks by the Disbursing Office of the Senate. 
90 STAT. 1444 
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2 u s e 60a notes. 
Senate employees 
Barber Shop 
Revolving Fund, 
establishment. 
2 u s e 121a. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 60a-la. 
2 u s e 60a notes. 
(c) Whenever an employee whose compensation is disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate becomes indebted to the Senate and such 
employee fails to pay such indebtedness, the Secretary of the Senate is 
authorized to withhold the amount of the indebtedness from any 
amount which is disbursed by him and which is due to, or on behalf of, 
such employee. Whenever an amount is withheld under this section, 
the appropriate account shall be credited in an amount equal to the 
amount so withheld. 
SEC. 105. (a) Effective October 1,1976, except as provided in subsec-
tions (b) and (c), the maximum annual compensation of a mail carrier 
in the Senate post office shall not exceed $8,109. 
(b) In the case of a mail carrier in the Senate post office who was 
serving as such a mail carrier on September 30, 1976, the maximum 
annual rate of compensation shall not exceed $11,130, so long as his 
service as such a mail carrier remain continuous. 
(c) In the case of a mail carrier in the Senate post office (other than 
a mail carrier whose compensation is fixed under subsection (b)) whose 
regularly scheduled daily tour of duty begins on or before 6 a.m., the 
annual rate of compensation may be increased, in the discretion of the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, by not to exceed 10 percent. If 
such annual rate of compensation, as so increased, is not a multiple of 
the figure set forth in the applicable Order of the President pro tem-
pore of the Senate issued under authority of section 4 of the Federal 
Pay Comparability Act of 1970, such rate shall be adjusted to the next 
higher multiple of such figure. 
SEC. 106. (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 
United States a revolving fund within the contingent fund of the Sen-
ate to be known as the Senate Employees Barber Shop Revolving Fund 
(hereafter in this section referred to as the "revolvmg fund"). 
(b) All moneys received by the Senate employees barber shop from 
fees for services or from any other source shall be deposited to the 
credit of the revolving fund. Moneys in the revolving fund shall be 
available without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by the Sec-
retary of the Senate for additional compensation of personnel of the 
Senate employees barber shop, as determined by the Sergeant at Arms 
and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and for necessary supplies for the Senate 
employees barber shop. 
(c) On or before December 31 of each year, the Secretary of the 
Senate shall withdraw from the revolving fund and deposit in the 
Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts an amount 
equal to the amount in the revolving fund at the close of the preceding 
fiscal year, reduced by the amount of outlays from the revolving fund 
after the close of such year attributable to obligations incurred during 
such year. 
(d) Disbursements from the revolving fund shall be made upon 
vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. 
(e) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is author-
ized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this section. 
(f) This section shall take effect on October 1,1976. 
SEC. 107. No provision of this Act or of any Act hereafter enacted 
which specifies a rate of compensation (including a maximum rate) 
for any position or employee whose compensation is disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate shall, unless otherwise specifically provided 
therein, be construed to affect the applicability of section 4 of the Fed-
eral Pay Comparability Act of 1970 to such rate. 
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90 STAT. 1445 
SEC. 108. The second paragraph under the heading "Administrative 
Provisions" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1959 (72 
Stat. 442; 2 U.S.C. 65b), is amended by striking out "$2,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$4,000 during any fiscal year". 
SEC. 109. Section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22 
U.S.C. 1754(b)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after "Joint Committee on Congressional Oper-
ations" the following: "and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate"; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"In the case of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, 
such consolidated report may, in the discretion of the chairman of 
such select committee, omit such information as would identify 
the foreign countries in which members and employees of such 
select committee traveled.". 
SEC. 110. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law but 
subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), the Committee on Govern-
ment Operations is authorized, during the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1977, to employ one additional professional staff member at a 
per annum rate not to exceed the rate provided for the four profes-
sional staff members referred to in section 105(e) (3) (A) of the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968, as amended and modified. 
2 USC 61-1. 
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall cease to be effective when 
and if the individual who was a reemployed annuitant and was 
employed by such Committee at the per annum rate referred to in such 
paragraph on August 25, 1976, ceases to be so employed at such rate. 
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law but subject 
to the provisions of paragraph (2), the Committee on Commerce is 
authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, to pay 
one additional professional staff member at a per annum rate not to 
exceed the rate provided for the two professional staff members 
referred to in section 105 (e) (3) (A) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1968, as amended and modified. 
(2) The pro 
visions of paragraph (1) shall cease to be effective when 
and if any of the individuals who were paid by such Committee at the 
per annum rate referred to in such paragraph on August 25, 1976, 
cease to be paid at such rate. 
SEC. 111. Amounts required to be deposited in the Treasury of the 
United States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disa-
bility Fund under section 8344 of title 5, United States Code, with 
respect to any officer or employee of the Senate, including an employee 
in the office of a Senator, shall be paid from the contingent fund of 
the Senate during the fiscal year ending September 30,1977. 
T I T L E I I 
H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S 
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS or DECEASED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
For payment to Phyllis Macdonald, widow of Torbert H. Mac-
donald, late a Representative from the State of Massachusetts, $44,600. 
For payment to Charles and Mildred Litton, father and mother of 
Jerry L. Litton, late a Representative from the State of Missouri, 
$44,600. 
90 STAT. 1446 
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COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE FOR THE MEMBERS 
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS 
For compensation of Members, as authorized by law (wherever used 
herein the term "Member" shall include Members of the House of 
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), $21,543,800: Provided, That 
none of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to increase salaries 
of Members of the House of Representatives pursuant to section 204a 
2 use 31. 
of Public Law 94^82 in excess of the salary rate in effect on Septem-
2 use 356a. 
ber 30, 1976, for such position or officer. No part of the funds appro-
priated in this Act or any other Act shall be used to pay the salary 
of an individual in a position or office referred to in section 225(f) of 
the Federal Salary Act of 1967, as amended (2 U.S.C. 356), including 
a Delegate to the House of Representatives, at a rate which exceeds the 
salary rate in effect on September 30, 1976, for such position or office 
except increases submitted by the President pursuant to section 225 of 
the Federal Salary Act of 1967. 
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MILEAGE o r MEMBERS 
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For mileage of Members, as authorized by law, $210,000. 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFEICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $1,568,500, includ-
ing: Office of the Speaker, $460,500 including $10,000 for official 
expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $292,700, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Minority 
Floor Leader, $292,700, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority Leader; Majority Whip, $261,300, including not to exceed 
$46,432 for the Chief Deputy Majority Whip; Minority Whip, 
$261,300, including not to exceed $46,432 for the Chief Deputy Minority 
Whip. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as author-
ized by law, $20,420,100, including: Office of the Clerk, $4,672,000; 
Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $8,456,000; Office of the Doorkeeper, 
$3,537,400; Office of the Postmaster, $1,073,000; including $18,657 for 
employment of substitute messengers and extra services of regular 
employees when required at the salary rate of not to exceed, $10,039 
per annum each; Office of the Chaplain, $19.800; Office of the Parlia-
mentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing 
the Digest of the Rules, $228,000; for compiling the precedents of the 
House of Representatives, $255,000; Official Reporters of Debates, 
$188,000; Official Reporters to Committees, $560,800; two printing 
clerks, one for the majority appointed by the majority leader and one 
for the minority appointed by the minority leader, $30,000 to be 
equally divided; a technical assistant in the Office of the Attending 
Physician, to be appointed by the Attending Physician subject to the 
approval of the Speaker, $27,000; the House Democratic Steering 
Committee, $357,200; the House Democratic Caucus, $69,300; the 
House Republican Conference, $426,500; and six minority employees, 
$220,100. 
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90 STAT. 1447 
Such amounts as deemed necessary for the payment of salaries of 
officers and employees within this appropriation may be transferred 
among offices upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Eepresentatives. 
CoMMiTTEK E M P L O Y E E S 
For professional and clerical employees of standing committees, 
including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the 
Budget, $21,805,000. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS) 
For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of executive 
agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary per-
sonal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and to be 2 USC 72a. 
available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$2,608,000. 
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES) 
For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee on the Budget, 
and temporary personal services for such committee to be expended in 
accordance with sections 101 (c), 606, 703, and 901 (e), of the Congres- 88 Stat. 300; 31 
sional Budget Act of 1974, and to be available for reimbursement to USC lib, 1303; 
agencies for services performed, $329,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE LAW REVISION COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel 
of the House, $357,000. 
OFFICE or THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of 
the House, $1,293,000. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For staff emj)loyed by each Member in the discharge of his official 
and representative duties, $96,566,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
ALLOWANCES AND E X P E N S E S 
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For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $48,137,450, including: Computer and related services for Mem-
bers, $3,500,000; constituent communication expenses, $2,195,000; 
equipment (purchase, lease, and maintenance), $5,150,000; district 
office expenses, $865,000; postage stamps for official special delivery 
and overseas mail for the first session of the Ninety-fifth Congress to 
be procured and furnished by the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives (1) to each Representative, the Resident Commissioner of Puerto 
Rico, and the Delegates from the District of Columbia, Guam, and the 
Virgin Islands, upon request by such person, in an amount not exceed-
ing $290, (2) to the Speaker, the majority and minority leaders, and 
majority and minority whips of the House of Representatives, upon 
request by such person, in an amount not exceeding $260, (3) to each 
standing committee of the House of Representatives, upon request of 
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the chairman thereof, in an amount not exceeding $170, and (4) to 
each of the following officers of the House of Representatives, upon 
request of such person, in an amount not exceeding $370 for the Clerk 
of the House, $270 for the Sergeant at Arms, $230 for the Doorkeeper, 
$180 for the Postmaster, and $50 for the Chaplain, in all, $133,450; 
rental of district office space, $6,220,000; transportation for Members, 
$2,350,000; transportation for staff, $900,000; telegraph and telephone, 
$9,383,000; supplies and materials, $1,512,000; furniture and furnish-
ings, $1,500,000; reporting hearings for stenographic reports of hear-
ings of committees, including special and select committees, $1,525,000; 
salaries authorized by House resolutions, $1,680,000; Government con-
tributions to employees' life insurance fund, retirement fund, and 
health benefits fund, $10,141,300; miscellaneous items including, but 
not limited to, purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, 
and operation of House motor vehicles, and not to exceed $5,000 for the 
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purposes authorized by section 1 of House Resolution 348, approved 
June 29,1961, $1,082,700. 
Such amounts as deemed necessary for the payment of allowances 
and expenses within this appropriation may be transferred among 
accounts upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
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STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND) 
For a stationery allowance for each Member for the first session of 
the Ninety-fifth Congress, as authorized by law, $2,853,500, to remain 
available until expended. 
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SFECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees authorized 
by the House, $23,993,000. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 101. The provisions of House Resolution 698, Ninety-fourth 
Congress, authorizing the payment of overtime compensation to 
employees of the Publication Distribution Service of the House of 
2 use 60e-la, 
Representatives; House Resolution 732, Ninety-fourth Congress, 
60e-lb. 
authorizing the voluntary withholding of State income taxes of Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives and employees whose compensa-
tion is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives; House 
Resolution 1368, Ninety-fourth Congress, establishing a Commission 
on Administrative Review in the House of Representatives; and 
2 use 57a. 
House Resolution 1372, Ninety-fourth Congress, limiting the authority 
- 
of the Committee on House Administration to fix and adjust allow-
ances, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
TITLE III 
JOINT ITEMS 
f 
For joint committees, as follows: 
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
JOINT ECONOMIC 
COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee 
$1,423,476. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-440—OCT. 1, 1976 
90 STAT. 1449 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic 
Energy, $663,600. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$478,325. 
AMERICAN INDIAN POLICY REVIEW COMMISSION 
For salaries and expenses of the American Indian Policy Review 
Commission necessary to carry out the provisions of Public Law 
93-580, $263,000: Provided, That, not to exceed $100,000 of the funds 25 USC174 note, 
appropriated under this heading for fiscal year 1976 and for the 
period ending September 30, 1976, shall remain available until 
June 30, 1977. 
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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 Reve-
nue Taxation, $1,636,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE PRODUCTION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Pro-
duction, $168,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL 
OPERATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Congressional 
Operations, including the Office of Placement and Office Manage-
ment, $661,500. 
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 $1,000 per month to the Attending 
Physician; (2) an allowance of $600 per month to one senior medical 
officer while on duty in the Attending Physician's office; (3) an allow-
ance of $200 per month each to two medical officers while on duty in 
the Attending Physician's office; (4) an allowance of $200 per month 
each to not exceed eight assistants on the basis heretofore provided for 
such assistance; and (5) $262,073 for reimbursement to the Depart-
ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment 
assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, such amount shall 
be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or appro-
priations from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are 
payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, $387,800. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, mainte-
nance, and repair of police motor vehicles, including two-way police 
radio equipment; contingent expenses, including advance payment for 
travel for training or other purposes, and expenses associated with 
90 STAT. 1450 
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the relocation of instructor personnel to and from the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center as approved by the Chairman of the 
Capitol Police Board, and including $40 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 desig-
nated by the Chairman of the Board, $702,000. 
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CAPITOL POLICE BOARD 
To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protection 
for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and 
Detailed 
House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $1,618,860. Such 
personnel. 
gQj^ ghall be expended only for payment of salaries and other expenses 
of personnel detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the District of 
D.C. Code 
Columbia, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized 
9-126a. 
j^j^(j 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 Metropolitan 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 to the Govern-
ment of the District of Columbia, and any sums so reimbursed shall 
be credited to the appropriation or appropriations from which such 
salaries and expenses are payable and shall be available for 
all the purposes thereof: Provided, That any person detailed 
under the authority of this paragraph or under similar authority 
55 Stat. 456. 
in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, and the 
54 Stat. 629. 
Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan 
Police of the District of Columbia shall be deemed a member of such 
Metropolitan Police during the period or periods of any such detail 
for all purposes of rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and benefits to 
the same extent as though such detail had not been made, and at the 
termination thereof any such person shall have a status with respect 
to rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and benefits which is not less than 
the status of such person in such police at the end of such detail: 
Provided further, That the Mayor of the District of Columbia is 
directed (1) to pay the assistant chief detailed under the authority 
of this paragraph and serving as Chief of the Capitol Police, the 
salary of assistant chief plus $2,000 and such increases in basic com-
pensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this 
position is held by the present incumbent, (2) to pay the two deputy 
chiefs detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as 
assistants to the Chief of the Capitol Police the salary of deputy chief 
and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently 
provided by law so long as these positions are held by the present 
. incumbents, (3) to pay the inspector detailed under the authority of 
this paragraph the salary of inspector 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 pay the captain 
detailed under the authority of this paragraph the,salary of captain 
and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently 
provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incum-
bent, (5) to pay the captain detailed under the authority of this 
paragraph the salary of captain plus $1,625 and such increases in basic 
compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this 
position is held by the present incumbent, (6) to pay the lieutenant 
detailed under the authority of this paragraph the salary of lieutenant 
PUBLIC LAW 94-440—OCT. 1, 1976 
90 STAT. 1451 
and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently 
provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incum-
bent, (7) to elevate and pay the sergeant detailed under the authority 
of this paragraph the rank and salary of lieutenant and such increases 
in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long 
as this position is held by the present incumbent, (8) to pay the three 
detective sergeants detailed under the authority of this paragraph the 
salary of detective sergeant and such increases in basic compensation 
as may be subsequently pro\ided by law so long as these positions are 
held by the present incumbents, (9) to elevate and pay the detective, 
grade 2, detailed under the authority of this paragraph the rank and 
salary of detective sergeant and such increases in basic compensation 
as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held 
by the present incumbent, and (10) to pay the three sergeants of the 
uniform force detailed under the authority of this paragraph the 
salary of sergeant and such incr-eases in basic compensation as may be 
subsequently provided by law so long as these positions are held by the 
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present incumbents: Provided 
further^ That $109,230 of this amount 
is provided to cover the costs of a 6 percent salary increase, approved 
retroactive to October 1, 1975, for the purpose of reimbursing the 
District of Columbia government for the costs of that salary increase 
from October 1,1975, through September 30,1976. 
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: Pro- 
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vided^ That the Capitol Police Board is hereby authorized to detail 
police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol Buildings for 
police duty on the Capitol Grounds and on the Library of Congress 
Grounds. 
EDUCATION OF PAGES 
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For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
Court, pursuant to part 9 of title IV of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act, 1970, and section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 
2 USC88b-l and 
1946, $180,200, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the 
"ote; 40 USC 
applicable appropriation of the District of Columbia, and the Board 
« rl'cr oo 
of Education of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to 
n r r j 
employ such personnel for the education of pages as may be required 
3i_i21 
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, $46,904,000, to be available immediately on 
enactment of this Act. 
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The foregoing amounts under "other joint items" shall be disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House. 
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, $389,100, 
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. 
90 STAT. 1452 
PUBLIC LAW 94-440~OCT. 1, 1976 
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Kepresentatives, of the 
statements for the second session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, 
showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and con-
tracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular 
appropriation bills as required by law, $13,000, to be paid to the per-
sons designated by the chairman of such committees to supervise the 
work. 
TITLE IV 
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
2 use 471 note, of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92r484), 
$6,624,000. 
TITLE V 
CONGEESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
31 use 1301 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), $9,319,-
note. 
200: Provided^ That none of these funds shall be available for the 
purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further^ 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or 
expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget Office in excess 
2 use 604. 
of 208 staff employees: Provided further^ That the Congressional 
Budget Office shall have the authority to contract without regard 
to section 5 of title 41 of the United States Code (section 3709 of 
the Eevised Statutes, as amended). 
TITLE VI 
AECHITECT OF THE 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, $1,770,100. 
40 use 166a. 
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, 
to incur expenses authorized by the Act of December 13, 1973 (87 
40 use 166d, 
Stat. 704), and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activi-
I66e. 
ties under his care $120,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-440~OCT. 1, 1976 
90 STAT. 1453 
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 jur-
isdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including improvements, 
maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, 
and appurtenances; security installations authorized by H. Con. Kes. 
550, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to September 19, 1972, the cost 
limitation of which is hereby further increased by $800,000; furnish-
ings and office equipment; special and protective clothing for work-
men; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902); personal and other services; cleaning and repairing 
works of art and prevention and eradication of insect and other pests 
without regard to section 3709 of the Kevised Statutes, as amended; 41 USC 5. 
preservation of historic drawings through use of document conserva-
tion laboratory facilities of the Library of Congress on a reimbursable 
basis; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas-
senger motor vehicle; purchase of necessary reference books and peri-
odicals; 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, 
$5,853,900. 
Not to exceed $15,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropria-
tion under this head for the fiscal year 1976 is hereby continued 
available until September 30, 1977. 
Not to exceed $193,500 of the unobligated balance of that part of 
the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1975, continued 
available until June 30, 1976, is hereby continued available until 
September 30, 1977. 
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; fertilizer; repairs 
to pavements, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing apparel; 
maintenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men 
and equipment or under contract without regard to section 3709 of 
the Kevised Statutes, as amended, $1,832,800: Promded, That here- 40 USC 223. 
after, funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
the purchase or rental, maintenance and operation of passenger motor 
vehicles to provide shuttle service for Members and employees of 
Congress to and from the buildings in the Legislative group. 
Not to exceed $94,500 of the unobligated balance of the appropria-
tion under this head for the fiscal year 1976 is hereby continued 
available until September 30, 1977. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including fur-
niture, furnishings, and equipment, and for labor and material inci-
dent thereto, and repairs thereof; for purchase of waterproof wearing 
apparel, and for personal and other services; for the care and opera-
tion of the Senate Office Buildings; including the subway and subway 
transportation systems connecting the Senate Office Buildings with 
the Capitol; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902), prevention and eradication of insect and other 
90 STAT. 1454 
PUBLIC LAW 94-440—OCT. 1, 1976 
pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes as 
41 use 5. 
amended; to be expended under the control and supervision of the 
Architect of the Capitol in all $10,408,000, of which $980,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
Not to exceed $120,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropri-
ation under this head for the fiscal year 1975, continued available until 
June 30, 1976, is hereby continued available until September 30,1977. 
SENATE GARAGE 
For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, 
and all other necessary expenses, $139,500. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
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For maintenance, including equipment; waterproof 
wearing 
apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 
TJ.S.C. 5901-5902); prevention and eradication of insect and other 
pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended; miscellaneous items; and for all necessary services, includ-
ing the position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by law, 
$14,448,000, of which $2,065,000 shall remain available until expended. 
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 
operation of the plant, $11,172,000. 
MODIFICATIONS 
AND 
ENLARGEMENT, 
CAPITOL 
POWER 
PLANT 
f:gv 
For an additional amount for "Modifications and Enlargement, 
Capitol Power Plant", $12,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
and the limit of cost authorized by Public Law 93-50 (87 Stat. 109-
110) for such project is increased by such additional amount. 
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, $2,241,200, of which 
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$150,000 shall remain available until expended. 
Not to exceed $71,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropria-
tion under this head for the fiscal year 1976 is hereby continued 
available until September 30,1977. 
AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR OPERATORS 
No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be used 
for the payment of compensation for more than forty-six elevator 
PUBLIC LAW 94-440—OCT. 1, 1976 
90 STAT. 1455 
operator positions under the heading "Architect of the Capitol, 
Capitol Buildings"; sixteen elevator operator positions under the 
heading "Architect of the Capitol, Senate Office Buildings"; and 
twenty-eight elevator operator positions under the heading "Architect 
of the Capitol, House Office Buildings": Provided, 
That such provi-
sion shall not be applicable to present incumbents of elevator operator 
positions. 
T I T L E V I I 
BOTANIC G A R D E N 
SALARIES 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, includ-
ing 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 reference, not to exceed $100; all under the direction 
of the Joint Committee on the Library, $1,164,900. 
T I T L E V I I I 
L I B E A R Y O F CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union 
Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Buildings; 
special clothing; cleaning, laundering, and repair of uniforms; pres-
ervation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; for the 
National Program for Acquisition and Cataloging of Library mate-
rial ; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the 
Board, $66,978,000. 
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, 
$9,408,300: Provided, 
That $1,683,000 of this appropriation shall be 
available only upon enactment into law of S. 22 or equivalent 
Post, p. 2541. 
legislation. 
17 USC 101 
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON NEW TECHNOLOGICAL USES 
OF COPYRIGHTED WORKS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Commission on New Tech-
nological Uses of Copyrighted Works, $559,500. 
et seq. 
90 STAT. 1456 
PUBLIC LAW 94-440—OCT. 1, 1976 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended by section 
321 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 166), 
$19,293,200: Provided, That no part of this appropriation may be 
used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public 
General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such 
publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on 
House Administration or the Senate Committee on Rules and 
Administration. 
DISTRIBUTION or CATALOG CARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of 
catalog cards and other publications of the Library, $11,993,000. 
BOOKS FOR THE GENERAL COLLECTIONS 
For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition 
of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other material for the 
increase of the Library, $1,760,000, to remain available until expended, 
including $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when spe-
cifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials 
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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, $286,000, to remain available until expended. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES A N D 
EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $21,729,000. 
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 
Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), to remain available until 
expended, $2,910,200, of which $2,680,200 shall be available only for 
payments in any foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United 
States which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess 
to the normal requirements of the United States. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, $2,942,000, of which 
$1,729,000 shall be available until expended only for the purchase and 
PUBLIC LAW 94-440—OCT. 1, 1976 
90 STAT. 1457 
supply of furniture, book stacks, shelving, furnishings, and related 
costs necessary for the initial outfitting of the James Madison 
Memorial Library Building. 
KEVISION or ANNOTATED CONSTITUTION 
Aliens, 
employment. 
2 use 169. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Librarian to revise and extend 
the Annotated Constitution of the United States of America, $36,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress for salaries shall be available for expenses of personnel 
security and suitability investigations 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. 
SEC. 802. 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 pos-
sesses the special qualifications for the particular position and also 
otherwise meets the general requirements for employment in the 
Library of Congress. 
SEC. 803. Funds available to the Library of Congress may be 2 USC 143a, 
expended to reimburse the Department of State for medical services 
rendered to employees of the Library of Congress stationed abroad 
and for contracting 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 payment of travel, storage and transportation of house-
hold goods, and transportation and per diem expenses for families en 
route (not to exceed twenty-four); for benefits comparable to those 
payable under sections 911(9), 911(11), and 941 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 1136(11), and 
1156, respectively); and travel benefits comparable with those which 
are now or hereafter may be granted single employees of the Agency 
for International Development, including single Foreign Service per-
sonnel 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 
87-196, 22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); subject to such rules and regulations as 
may be issued by the Librarian of Congress. 
SEC. 804. Payments in advance for subscriptions or other charges 
for bibliographical 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. 
SEC. 805. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $92,000, when 
specifically authorized by the Librarian, for expenses of attendance 
Advance 
payments. 
90 STAT. 1458 
PUBLIC LAW 94-440—OCT. 1, 1976 
at meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the 
appropriation is made. 
SEC. 806. Funds available to the Library of Congress may be 
expended to provide additional parking facilities for Library of 
Congress employees in an area or areas m the District of Columbia 
outside the limits of the Library of Congress grounds, and to provide 
for transportation of such employees to and from such area or areas 
and the Library of Congress grounds w ithout regard to the limitations 
imposed by 31 U.S.C. 638a(c)(2). 
SEC. 807. Funds available to the Library of Congress may be 
expended to purchase, lease, maintain, and otherwise acquire auto-
malic data processing equipment without regard to the provisions of 
40 U.S.C. 759. 
SEC. 808. The Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress is 
authorized to disburse funds appropriated for the Congressional 
Budget Office, and the Library of Congress shall provide financial 
management support to the Congressional Budget Office as may be 
required and mutually agreed to by the Librarian of Congress and 
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. 
2 use 142e. 
All vouchers certified for payment by duly authorized certifying 
officers of the Library of Congress shall be supported with a certifi-
cation by an officer or employee of the Congressional Budget Office 
duly authorized in writing by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office to certify payments from appropriations of the Con-
gressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office certifying 
officers shall (1) be held responsible for the existence and correctness 
of the facts recited in the certificate or otherwise stated on the voucher 
, , ,p 
or its supporting paper and the legality of the proposed payment 
under the appropriation or fund involved, (2) be held responsible and 
accountable for the correctness of the computations of certifications 
made, and (3) be held accountable for and required to make good 
to the United States the amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect 
payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate 
made by him, as well as for any payment prohibited by law which 
did not represent a legal obligation under the appropriation or fund 
involved: Provided, That the Comptroller General of the United 
States may, at his discretion, relieve such certifying officer or employee 
of liability for any payment otherwise proper whenever he finds (1) 
that the certification w^as based on official records and that such certi-
fying officer or employee did not know, and by reasonable diligence 
and inquiry could not have ascertained the actual facts, or (2) that 
the obligation was incurred in good faith, that the payment was not 
contrary to any statutory provision specifically prohibiting payments 
of the character involved, and the United States has received value 
for such payment: Provided further, That the Comptroller General 
shall relieve such certifying officer or employee of liability for an 
overpayment for transportation services made to any common carrier 
covered by section 66 of title 49, whenever he finds that the overpay-
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ment occurred solely because the administrative examination made 
prior to payment of the transportation bill did not include a verifica-
tion of transportation rates, freight classifications, or land grant 
deduction. (Public Law 85-53, paragraph 3, June 13, 1957, 71 Stat. 
81.) 
The Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress shall not be held 
accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper, or incorrect pay-
ment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate, 
the responsibility for which is imposed upon a certifying officer or 
employee of the Congressional Budget Office. 
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90 STAT. 1459 
TITLE IX 
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Commission, 
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$268,000, which shall be available only upon enactment into law of 
S. 22 or equivalent legislation. 
TITLE X 
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. 902); printing, binding, and 
distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal 
Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 1509,1510); and print-
ing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be 
distributed without charge to the recipient, $93,639,000: Provided, 
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 appro-
priation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred 
under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal 
years. 
Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, appropria- 44 USC 728 note, 
tions for the automatic distribution to Senators and Representatives 
(including Delegates to Congress and the Resident Commissioner 
from Puerto Rico) of copies of the United States Statutes at Large 
shall not be available with respect to any Senator or Representative 
unless such Senator or Representative specifically, in writing, requests 
that he receive copies of such document. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu-
ments, including compensation of all employees in accordance with the 
provisions of 44 U.S.C. 305; travel expenses (not to exceed $88,300) : 
Provided, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the 
Depository Library Council to the Public Printer shall be deemed 
necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 19 of title 44, United 
States Code; price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, 44 USC 1901 
elevators, and machinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; 
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$47,188,400: Provided, That $300,000 of this appropriation shall be 
apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), with the approval of the Public Printer, 
only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding perma-
nent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated in the 
budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal 
budgetary adjustments. 
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING F U N D 
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with 
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
31 use 849. 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for the "Government Printing Office revolving fund": 
Provided^ That not to exceed $3,500 may be expended on the certifica-
tion of the Public Printer in connection with special studies of govern-
mental printing, binding, and distribution practices and procedures: 
Provided 
further, 
That during the current fiscal year the revolving 
fund shall be available for the hire of two passenger motor vehicles 
and the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle: Provided 
further^ 
That funds available to the Government Printing Office may be 
expended to purchase, lease, maintain and otherwise acquire automatic 
data processing equipment without regard to the provisions of 40 
U.S.C. 759: Provided further, That funds available to the Government 
Printing Office may be expended to maintain, repair, purchase, lease, 
and otherwise acquire any motor vehicle without regard to the provi-
sion of 31 U.S.C. 638a. 
T I T L E X I 
G E N E R A L ACCOUNTING O F F I C E 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not to exceed $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the Comp-
troller General of the United States in connection with special studies 
of governmental 
financial 
practices and procedures; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
5 use 5332 note, 
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 
regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United 
States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries and travel bene-
fits comparable with those which are now or hereafter may be granted 
single employees of the Agency for International 
Development, 
including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to A.I.D. projects, 
by the Administrator of the Agency for International Development— 
or his designee—under the authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-195, 22 U.S.C. 2396(b)), 
$150,580,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation and appropriations 
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for administrative expenses of any other department or agency which 
is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro-
gram ( J F M I P ) shall be available to finance an appropriate share of 
J F M I P costs as determined by the J F M I P , including but not limited 
to the salary of the Executive Secretary and secretarial support: 
Provided 
further, 
That this appropriation and appropriations for 
administrative expenses of any other department or agency which is 
a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 
Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance 
an appropriate share of Forum costs as determined by the Forum, 
including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 
participants. 
Payments hereunder to either the Forum or the J F M I P may be 
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90 STAT. 1461 
credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs 
involved are initially financed. 
TITLE XII 
COST-ACCOUNTING STANDAEDS 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), $1,700,000. 
TITLE XIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
50 u s e app. 
2168. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
SEC. 1301. 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 
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued 
by the Committee on House Administration. 
SEC. 1302. Whenever any office or position not specifically estab-
lished by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein 46 Stat. 32. 
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. 
SEC. 1303. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 1304. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 
the funds in this Act shall be used to pay Pages of the House of 
Representatives at a gross annual maximum rate of compensation 
in excess of that in effect on June 30, 1975. Effective October 1, 1976, 
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the gross annual maximum rate of compensation of Pages of the 
Senate shall be $9,063, and such rate shall not be adjusted under any 
Order of the President pro tempore of the Senate issued under 
authority of section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970, 2 USC 60a notes, 
except to the multiple specified in any such Order which is nearest 
to but not less than $9,060. 
SEC. 1305. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate 
and Sergeant at Arms or the House may (1) designate as a private, 
first class, any private of the Capitol Police whose pay is disbursed by 
the Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of the House who has served 
satisfactorily as a member of the Capitol Police for thirty months or 
more, and (2) fix the compensation of any such private, first class, 
at not to exceed $13,038 per annum: Provided, That the Sergeant at 
Arms of the House may fix the compensation of seven Detectives, 
Police Force at not to exceed $14,946 per annum each in lieu of not 
to exceed $13,992 per annum each; nineteen Technicians, Police Force 
at not to exceed $13,992 per annum each in lieu of not to exceed $13,038 
per annum each; eight Plainclothesmen, Police Force at not to exceed 
$13,992 per annum each in lieu of not to exceed $13,038 per annum 
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. each; and six K-9 Officers, Police Force at not to exceed $13,992 per 
annum each in lieu of not to exceed $13,038 per annum each. 
Effective date. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1976. Any desig-
nation of a private of the Capitol Police as a private, first class, shall 
be made effective on the first day of a month, and no such designation 
may be effective before the first day of the first month which begins 
after the day on which such private has served satisfactorily as a 
member of the Capitol Police for thirty months. 
Effective date. 
5 u s e 8340 note. 
Effective date. 
5 u s e 8340 note. 
COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS 
SEC. 1306. (a) Section 8340(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out "1 percent plus". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any 
increase in annuities after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) (1) Section 8340(b) of title 5, United States Code, as amended 
by subsection (a), is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) (1) The Commission shall— 
"(A) on January 1 of each year, or within a reasonable time 
thereafter, determine the percent change in the price index pub-
lished for December of the preceding year over the price index 
published for June of the preceding year, and 
" (B) on July 1 of each year, or within a reasonable time there-
after, determine the percent change in the price index published 
for June of such year over the price index published for December 
of the preceding year, 
"(2) If in any year the percent change determined under either 
paragraph (1)(A) or (1) (B) indicates a rise in the price index, 
then— 
"(A) effective March 1 of such year, in the case of an increase 
under paragraph (1) (A), each annuity payable from the Fund 
having a commencing date not later than such March 1 shall be 
increased by the percent change computed under such paragraph, 
adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent, or 
"(B) effective September 1 of such year, in the case of an 
increase under paragraph (1) (B), each annuity payable from the 
Fund having a commencing date not later than such September 1 
shall be increased by the percent change computed under such 
paragraph, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent.". 
(2) The amendment made by subsection (1) shall apply to any 
increase in annuities after the date of enactment of this Act, except 
that with respect to the first date after the date of enactment of this 
Act on which the Commission is to determine a percent change, such 
percent change shall be determined by computing the change in the 
price index published for the month immediately preceding such first 
date over the price index for the last month prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act for Avhich the price index showed a percent rise form-
ing the basis for a cost-of-living annuity increase under section 
8340(b) of title 5, United States Code, as in effect immediately prior 
to the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) (1) Section 1401a (b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(b) (1) The Secretary of Defense shall— 
"(A) on January 1 of each year, or within a reasonable time 
thereafter, determine the percent change in the index published 
for December of the preceding year over the index published for 
June of the preceding year; and 
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90 STAT. 1463 
"(B) on July 1 of each year, or within a reasonable time there-
after, determine the percent change in the index published for 
June of such year over the index published for December of the 
previous year. 
"(2) If in any year the percent change determined under either 
paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) indicates a rise in the index, then— 
"(A) effective March 1 of such year, in the case of an increase 
under paragraph (1)(A), the retired pay and retainer pay of 
members and former members of the armed forces who become 
entitled to that pay before such March 1 shall be increased by 
the percent change computed under such paragraph, adjusted to 
the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent; and 
"(B) effective September 1 of such year, in the case of an 
increase under paragraph (1) (B), the retired pay and retainer 
pay of members and former members of the armed forces who 
become entitled to that pay before such September 1 shall be 
increased by the percent change computed under such paragraph, 
adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent.". 
(2) The amendment made by subsection (1) shall apply to any 
increase in retired pay or retainer pay after the date of enactment of 
this Act, except that with respect to the first date after the date of 
enactment of this Act on which the Secretary of Defense is to deter-
mine a percent change, such percent change shall be determined by 
computing the change in the index published for the month immedi-
ately preceding such first date over the index for the last month 
preceding the date of enactment of this Act used as the basis for the 
most recent adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay under section 
1401a (b) of title 10, United States Code, as in effect immediately prior 
to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(e) (1) Section 882(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 
1121 (b)), is amended to read as follows: 
" (b) (1) The Secretary shall— 
"(A) on January 1 of each year, or within a reasonable time 
thereafter, determine the percent change in the price index 
published for December of the preceding year over the price index 
published for June of the preceding year, and 
"(B) on July 1 of each year, or within a reasonable time there-
after, determine the percent change in the price index published 
for June of such year over the price index published for Decem-
ber of the preceding year. 
"(2) If in any year the percent change determined under either 
paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) indicates a rise in the price index, 
then— 
"(A) effective March 1 of such year, in the case of an increase 
under paragraph (1) (A), each annuity payable from the Fund 
having a commencing date not later than such March 1 shall be 
increased by the percent change computed under such paragraph, 
adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent, or 
"(B) effective September 1 of such year, in the case of an 
increase under paragraph (1)(B), each annuity payable from 
the Fund having a commencing date not later than such Septem-
ber 1 shall be increased by the percent change computed under 
such paragraph adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent.". 
(2) The amendment made by subsection (1) shall apply to any 
increase in annuities after the date of enactment of this Act, except 
that with respect to the first date after the date of enactment of this 
Act on which the Secretary is to determine a percent change, such 
percent change shall be determined by computing the change in the 
Effective date. 
10 use 1401a 
note. 
Effective date. 
22 use 1121 
note. 
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S
lice index published for the month immediately preceding such first 
ate over the price index for the last month prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act for which the price index showed a percent rise 
forming the basis for a cost-of-living increase under section 882(b) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1121 (b)), as in effect 
immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 
Short title. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1977". 
Approved October 1, 1976. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-1225 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 94-1559 (Coram. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-1201 (Coram, on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): 
Sept. 1, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 7, 8, considered and passed Senate, araended. 
Sept. 22, House agreed to conference report; concurred in certain Senate 
amendraents with amendraents. Senate agreed to conference report; concurred 
in House araendraents. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 12, No. 40: 
Oct. 1, Presidential stateraent.