An Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes
PL 84-242 (H.R.7117), enacted 08/05/1955

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Public Law 242 
CHAPTER 568 
AN ACT 
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August 5, 1955 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal 
year ending 
[H. R. 7117] 
June 30, 1956, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America m Congress assembled, That the following ^l^o^^i»^ti<^ A&L, 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- i956. 
wise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30,1956, namely: 
SENATE 
SALARIES OF SENATORS, MILEAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND 
OF SENATORS, EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
LEADERS OF THE SENATE, AND SALARY AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF 
THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of Senators, including agency contribution for 
Federal employees group lif^ insurance, as authorized by Public Law 
598, Eighty-third Congress, $2,166,240. 
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For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $51,000. 
For expense allowance of the majority leader and the minority 
leader of the Senate, $2,000 each, in all, $4,000. 
For the compensation of the Vice President of the United States, 
including agency contributions for Federal employees group life 
insurance, as authorized by Public Law 598, Eighty-third Congress, 
$35,070. 
For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and 
others as authorized by law, 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 multiples of $5 per month, $64,745. 
CHAPLAIN 
Chaplain of the Senate, $5,000: Provided, That effective August 1, 
1955, the gross compensation of the chaplain of the Senate shall be 
$5,000 per annum. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $521,345: Provided, 
That effective 
August 1, 1955, the gross annual compensation of the Secretary of 
the Senate shall be $17,500; and the basic annual compensation of the 
following positions shall be: chief clerk $8,820 in lieu of $7,500; 
parliamentarian $8,820 in lieu of $14,297.50 and Public Law 253, 
Eighty-second Congress is hereby amended insofar as it applies to 
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the compensation of the parliamentarian of the Senate by deleting 
"so long as the position is held by the present incumbent"; assistant 
parliamentarian $7,260 in lieu of $7,000 and Public Law 470, Eighty-
third Congress is hereby amended insofar as it applies to the com- 
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pensation of the assistant parliamentarian by deleting "so long as 
the position is held by the present incumbent"; legislative clerk $7,260 
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in lieu of $7,000; journal clerk $7,260 in lieu of $7,000; financial clerk 
$8,820 in lieu of $7,320; executive clerk $4,500 in lieu of $4,380; 
secretary $4,500 in lieu of $4,100; assistant secretary $3,420 in lieu 
of $3,380; clerk of enrolled bills $4,500 in lieu of $3,900; secretary to 
parliamentarian $3,000 in lieu of $3,180; custodian of records $3,000 
in lieu of $3,180; assistant bill clerk $3,000 in lieu of journal index 
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clerk $2,460; bookkeeper $3,960 in lieu of clerk $3,960; retirement 
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clerk $3,420 in lieu of clerk $3,420; clerk $2,520 in lieu of stockroom 
clerk $2,460; assistant chief messenger $2,220 in lieu of clerk $2,220: 
reference assistant $2,520 in lieu of clerk $2,040; two assistants in 
document room at $2,520 each in lieu of two clerks at $1,980 each; 
superintendent, document room, $5,580 in lieu of $5,500; assistant 
superintendent, document room $4,380 in lieu of $4,000; first assist-
ant, document room, $3,180 in lieu of $3,420; second assistant, 
document room, $3,060 in lieu of $2,460; four assistants in document 
room at $2,520 each in lieu of $2,220 each; chief messenger in docu-
ment room $2,280 in lieu of $1,980; librarian $5,580 in lieu of $4,000; 
assistant librarian $4,380 in lieu of $3,120; secretary in library 
$3,060 in lieu of $2,220; legislative analyst $3,840 in lieu of $2,220; 
five reference assistants at $2,520 each in lieu of one reference assistant 
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at $2,700, one reference assistant at $2,640, one reference assistant 
at $2,460, one reference assistant at $1,980, and one reference assistant 
at $1,800; messenger $2,040 in lieu of chief of library stacks $1,860; 
chief messenger in library $2,280 in lieu of $1,740; keeper of stationery 
$5,580 in lieu of $4,000; assistant keeper of stationery $4,380 in lieu 
of $2,880; two clerks at $2,520 each in lieu of one clerk at $2,700 and 
one clerk at $2,040; special officer in disbursing office $2,700 in lieu 
of special officer $2,520; messenger $2,040 in lieu of special officer 
$2,520; chief clerk, stationery room, $3,180 in lieu of press liaison 
$2,880; bookkeeper, stationery room, $3,060 in lieu of assistant at 
the press door $2,160; chief messenger in secretary's office $2,460 in 
lieu of $2,400; chief messenger in disbursing office $2,280 in lieu of 
$1,920; assistant chief messenger $2,100 in lieu of aide to the Vice 
President $2,460; eight messengers at $2,040 each in lieu of five 
messengers at $1,980 each, one messenger at $1,800, and two mes-
sengers at $1,620 each; clerk $2,340; clerk $2,460; assistant to the 
majority $7,320 in lieu of $8,000; assistant to the minority $7,320 in 
lieu of $8,000; assistant journal clerk $3,060; messenger, disbursing 
office, $2,040; reference assistant $2,520; three messengers at $2,040 
each; and the basic amount available for clerical assistance and 
readjustment of salaries in the disbursing office is increased by $5,220. 
JOINT RECORDING FACILITY 
For compensation of employees of the joint recording facility ap-
pointed by the Secretary of the Senate and heretofore appropriated 
for under the heading "Office of the Secretary", $47,430: Provided^ 
That effective August 1, 1955, the basic annual compensation of the 
coordinator, joint recording facility, shall be $7,020 per annum in 
lieu of $6,660 per annum. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
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-p^j. professional and clerical assistance to standing committees, and 
the Select Committee on Small Business, $1,767,045. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, 
$40,000; 
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For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, 
$40,000; 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO 
SENATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistants and messenger service 
for Senators, including additional clerical assistants for each Senator 
from the State of Kentucky, as authorized by Public Law 3, Eighty-
fourth Congress, and providing for additional clerical assistants for 
each Senator from the State of Massachusetts, so that the allowance 
for administrative and clerical assistance for such Senators will be 
equal to that allowed other Senators from States having a population 
of over five million but less than ten million, the population of said 
State having exceeded five million inhabitants, $6,247,555. 
OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
P^or Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $1,436,230: Pro-
oided, That, effective August 1,1955, the gross annual compensation of 
the Sergeant at Arms shall be $17,500, and the basic ainiual compensa-
tion of the following positions shall be: secretary $2,520 in lieu of clerk 
$2,400; secretary $2,460 in lieu of clerk $2,160; three cabinetmakers at 
$2,640 each in lieu of $2,520 each; finisher $2,640 in lieu of $2,520; 
upholsterer $2,640 in lieu of $2,520; laborer in charge of private pas-
sage $2,460 in lieu of $2,400; two female attendants, ladies retiring room 
at $1,860 each in lieu of $1,800 each; three laborers at $1,980 each in 
lieu of $1,920 each; three skilled laborers at $1,920 each and one skilled 
laborer at $1,980 in lieu of four skilled laborers at $1,920 each; one 
laborer at $1,740, twenty-seven laborers at $1,680 each, and three 
laborers at $1,620 each in lieu of twenty-nine laborers at $1,620 each; 
assistant chief janitor $2,460 in lieu of $2,400: night foreman $1,980 
in lieu of $1,920; superintendent, press gallery $4,860 in lieu of $4,800; 
first assistant superintendent, press gallery $4,200 in lieu of assistant 
superintendent, press gallery $4,100; second assistant superintendent, 
press gallery $2,880 in lieu of assistant superintendent, press gallery 
$2,800; third assistant superintendent, press gallery $2,880 in lieu of 
assistant superintendent, j)ress gallery $2,800; fourth assistant super-
intendent, press gallery $2,280 in lieu of assistant superintendent, 
press gallery $2,200; secretary, press gallery $1,860 in lieu of clerk, 
press gallery $1,800; superintendent, radio press gallery $1,800 
in lieu of $4,700; first assistant superintendent, radio press gal-
lery $3,060 in lieu of assistant in radio press gallery $3,000; sec-
ond assistant superintendent, radio ])re3s gallery $2,940 in lieu of 
assistant in radio press gallery $2,850; third assistant superintend-
ent, radio press gallery $2,580 in lieu of assistant in radio ])ress 
gallery $2,500; superintendent, ])eriodical press gallery $4,200 in lieu 
of $4,100; superintendent, service department $4,800 in lieu of $4,380; 
assistant superintendent, service department $3,960 in lieu of $2,760; 
foreman of duplicating department $2,880 in lieu of $2,520; chief 
machine operator $2,760 in lieu of $2,700; foreman, repairman $2,760 
in lieu of clerk $2,460; three offset press operators at $2,340 each in lieu 
of $2,220 each; three mimeograph operators at $1,920 each in lieu of 
two mimeograph operators at $1,800 each; clerk typist $1,920, photo-
stat operator $2,400, photostat helper $1,920, four addressograph oper-
ators at $2,160 each, machine operator $1,860, file clerk $1,920, two 
messengers at $1,740 each, and a technical clerk $2,160 in lieu of twelve 
machine operators at $1,740 each; chief clerk, deputy sergeant at arms 
$3,240; assistant chief clerk, deputy sergeant at arms $2,220; two mail 
carriers at $2,100 each; secretary to superintendent, service depart-
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ment $2,760; supervisor, addressograph section $2,700; two offset press 
operators at $2,160 each; assistant chief machine operator $2,520; 
four messengers at $1,740 each; supervisor, supply section $2,700; 
repairman $2,580; repairman $2,520; file clerk $1,980; five warehouse-
men at $1,800 each; stockroom clerk $2,460; special officer $2,520; 
press liaison $2,880; assistant at the press door $2,160; messenger at 
card door $3,060; messenger $2,160; w^agonmaster $2,580 in lieu of 
$2,520; assistant wagonmaster $2,160 in lieu of $2,100, and the posi-
tions wagonmaster and assistant wagonmaster are hereby transferred 
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to the jurisdiction of the service department; postmaster $5,580 in 
lieu of $5,000; procurement officer, auditor, and deputy sergeant at 
arms $7,320 in lieu of $6,480; foreman of warehouse, service depart-
n^ent $2,640 in lieu of $2,580; three clerks at $2,220 each in lieu of 
$2,160 each; file clerk $2,040 in lieu of $1,980; clerk in service depart-
ment $2,040 in lieu of $1,980; and twenty-four pages at $1,800 each 
in lieu of twenty-eight pages at $1,800 each; clerk $4,440 in lieu of 
$4,260; 
OFFICES OF T H E SECRETARIES FOR T H E MAJORITY AND T H E MINORITY 
For the offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary 
for the Minority, $87,100: Provided, That effective August 1, 1955, 
the gross annual compensation of the Secretary for the Majority and 
the Secretary for the Minority shall be $14,800 per annum each; the 
basic annual compensation of the assistant Secretary for the Majority 
and the assistant Secretary for the Minority shall be $5,580 per annum 
each in lieu of $5,300 per annum each, and including two telephone 
pages for the majority and two telephone pages for the minority at 
$2,220 basic per annum each; 
OFFICES OF T H E MAJORITY AND MINORITY W H I P S 
For two clerical assistants, one for the majority whip and one for 
the minority whip, at $4,440 basic each, $16,405; 
In all $10,272,855, and the agency contribution for Federal Employ-
ees Group Insurance authorized to be paid from this appropriation 
suicfVoQi^note. ^^ Public LaAv 598, Eighty-third Congress, shall be paid without 
regard to the above limitations. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF T H E SENATE 
Legislative reorganization: For salaries and expenses, legislative 
reorganization, including the objects specified in Public Law 663, 
fyfsc'eo^}' 
Seventy-ninth Congress, $100,000. 
Senate policy committees: For salaries and expenses of the Majority 
Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $95,000 for 
each such committee; in all, $190,000; 
Joint Committee on the Economic Report: For salaries and expenses 
of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report, $124,575. 
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy: For salaries and expenses of 
the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, including the objects specified 
in Public Law 20, Eightieth Congress, $258,060. 
Joint Committee on Printing: For salaries for the Joint Committee 
on Printing at rates to be fixed by the committee, $49,585; for expenses 
of compiling, preparing, and indexing the Congressional Directory, 
$1,600; for compiling, preparing, and indexing material for the bio-
graphical directory, $1,910, said sum, or any part thereof, in the 
discretion of the chairman or vice chairman of the Joint Committee 
on Printing, may be paid as additional compensation to any employee 
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of the United States; and for travel and subsistence expenses at rates 
provided by law for Senate committees, $4,500; in all, $57,595, 
Vice President's automobile: For purchase, exchange, driving, 
maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Vice President, 
$8,460. 
Automobile for the President pro tempore: For purchase, exchange, 
driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate, $8,460. 
Automobiles for majority and minority leaders: For purchase, 
exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of two automobiles, 
one for the majority leader of the Senate, and one for the minority 
leader of the Senate, $16,920. 
Reporting Senate proceedings: For reporting the debates and pro-
ceedings of the Senate, payable in equal monthly installments, 
$146,210. 
Furniture: For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing fur-
niture, $3,190. 
Furniture: For materials for furniture and repairs of same, and 
for the purchase of furniture, $19,000: Provided^ That the furniture 
is not available from other agencies of the Government. 
Inquiries and investigations: For expenses of inquiries and investi-
gations ordered by the Senate or conducted pursuant to section 134 
(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, including $400,000 
^o stat. 831. 
for the Committee on Appropriations, to be available also for the pur-
poses mentioned in Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to 
October 14, 1943, and Public Law 20, Eightieth Congress, $1,224,120. 
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Folding documents: For the employment of personnel for folding 
speeches and pamphlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $1.61 per hour 
per person, $27,000. 
Materials for folding: For materials for folding, $1,500. 
Fuel and so forth: For fuel, oil, cotton Avaste, and advertising, 
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exclusive of labor, $2,000. 
Senate restaurants: For repairs, improvements, equipment, and 
supplies for Senate kitchens and restaurants, Capitol Building and 
Senate Office Building, including personal and other services, to be 
expended under the supervision of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration, United States Senate, $55,000. 
Motor vehicles: 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, $9,560. 
Miscellaneous Items: For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, 
including $1,600 for the Committee on Rules and Administration to 
be available for expenses of compiling, preparing, and indexing 
material for the Senate Manual, and including $16,104 to be available 
for reimbursement to General Services Administration for space fur-
nished the United States Senate as approved by the Senate Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration, and Senate Resolution 230, 
agreed to March 16, 1942 and Senate Resolution 175, agreed to July 
7, 1943 are repealed effective August 1, 1955, $1,290,680. 
Packing boxes: For packing boxes, $4,000. 
Postage stamps: For office of the Secretary, $650; office of the 
Sergeant at Arms, $1,225; offices of the secretaries for the majority 
and the minority, $100; in all $1,975. 
Airmail and special-delivery stamps: For airmail and special-
delivery stamps for Senators and the President of the Senate, as 
authorized by law, $29,100, and the maximum allowance per capita 
of $200 is increased to $300 for the fiscal year 1956 and thereafter. 
Stationery: For stationery for Senators and for the President of 
the Senate, including $10,000 for stationery for committees and officers 
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68 Stat. 399. 
Office space in 
Federal buildings. 
Office expenses. 
Insurance to pro-
tect funds. 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 use 835 note. 
R e imbursement 
for mileage. 
of the Senate, $184,600: Provided^ That commencing with the fiscal 
year 1956 and thereafter the allowance for stationery for each Senator 
and for the President of the Senate shall be at the rate of $1,800 per 
annum. 
Communications: For an amount for communications which may 
be expended interchangeably for payment, in accordance with such 
limitations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the Committee 
on Rules and Administration, of charges on official telegrams and 
long-distance telephone 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 Appro-
priation Act, 1947 (60 Stat. 392; 2 U. S. C. 46c, 46d, 46e), the First 
Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949 (63 Stat. 77; 2 U. S. C. 46d-l), 
Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, Public Law 254, 
Eighty-second Congress, Public Law 178, Eighty-third Congress, and 
Public Law 470, Eighty-third Congress, $14,550. 
The Sergeant at xVrms is authorized and directed to secure suitable 
office space in post office or other Federal buildings in the State of each 
Senator for the use of such Senator and in the city to be designated 
by him: Provided^ That in the event suitable space is not available 
in such buildings and a Senator leases or rents office space elsewhere, 
the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to approve for payment, from 
the contingent fund of the Senate, vouchers covering bona fide state-
ments of rentals due in an amount not exceeding $900 per annum for 
each Senator. 
The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate is authorized and directed to 
approve for payment from the contingent fund of the Senate to each 
Senator an amount not to exceed $150 quarterly, upon certification of 
each such Senator, for official office expenses incurred in his State. 
The Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms are author-
ized and directed to protect the funds of their respective offices by 
purchasing insurance in an amount necessary to protect said funds 
against loss. Premiums on such insurance shall be paid out of the 
contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the chair-
man of the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
Salaries or wages paid out of the foregoing items under "Contingent 
expenses of the Senate" shall be computed at basic rates, plus increased 
and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by law. 
No part of the foregoing appropriations made under the heading 
"Contingent expenses of the Senate" may be expended for per diem 
and subsistence expenses (as defined in the Travel Expense Act of 
1949, as amended) at rates in excess of $12 per day; except that (1) 
higher rates may be established by the Committee on Rules and Ad-
ministration for travel beyond the limits of the continental United 
States, and (2) in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, reimbursement for 
such expenses may be made on an actual expense basis of not to exceed 
$25 per day in the case of travel within the continental limits of the 
United States. 
Compensation for stenographic assistance of committees paid out 
of the foregoing items under "Contingent expenses of the Senate" shall 
be computed at such rates and in accordance with such regulations 
as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration, 
notwithstanding, and without regard to, any other provision of law. 
The contingent fund of the Senate is hereby made available for 
reimbursement for mileage, at the rate of 10 cents per mile, for one 
round trip in each fiscal year by the nearest route usually traveled 
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between Washington, District of Columbia, and a Senator's residence 
in his home State, to not to exceed two employees in each Senator's 
office, such reimbursement to be made upon vouchers approved by the 
Senator and containing a certification by him that such travel was 
performed in line of official duty. 
The basic compensation of any employee of any joint committee of 
the Senate and House of Representatives whose basic compensation 
is paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, of any select committee 
of the Senate (including the conference majority and conference minor-
ity of the Senate), or of any subcommittee of a standing or select 
committee of the Senate, shall not exceed $8,000 per annum. 
Not-
withstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph and the 
provisions of section 202 (e) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946, as amended (2 U. S. C. 72a (e)), the joint resolution entitled 
^^ stat. 835. 
"Joint resolution providing for a more effective staff organization for 
standing committees of the Senate", approved February 19, 1947, as 
amended (2 U. S. C. 72a-l), and the paragraph under the heading 
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"Senate Policy Committee" in the First Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1947, the basic compensation of one employee of each standing 
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or select committee of the Senate (including the majority and minor-
ity policy committees and the majority conference of the Senate and 
the minority conference of the Senate), and each joint committee of 
the two Houses, the expenses of which are paid from the contingent 
fund of the Senate, whose basic compensation may be fixed under such 
provisions at a rate of $8,000 per annum, may be fixed at any rate not 
in excess of $8,820 per annum and, the basic compensation of one 
employee of each such committee may be fixed at any rate not in excess 
of $8,460 per annum. For the purpose of this paragraph, an employee 
of a subcommittee shall be considered to be an employee of the full 
committee. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
The following changes are made with respect to positions under the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives: 
(1) The title of each position shown below in the first column shall 
be that shown in the second column and, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the basic per annum salary of such position shall be 
the amount shown in the third column. 
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Basic 
Former title 
Title 
salary 
Assistant reading clerk 
Reading clerk No. 3 
$6,000 
Stenographer to the Clerk 
Secretary to the Clerk 
3, 000 
Chief bill clerk 
Bill clerk 
5,000 
1 Assistant to chief bill clerk 
Assistant to bill clerk 
2,100 
2 Assistant to chief bill clerk 
Assistant to enrolling clerk 
2,500 
3 Assistant to chief bill clerk 
Assistant to bill clerk 
2,100 
Retirement expert House disbursing 
Assistant in disbursing office 
office. 
(retirement) 
5,000 
1 Administrative assistant to Clerk 
Administrative 
assistant 
to 
Clerk (retirement) 
5,000 
1 Assistant to disbursing clerk 
Personnel clerk 
3, 600 
Bookkeeper in disbursing office 
Assistant in disbursing office 
3, 000 
Bookkeeper and cashier 
Bookkeeper and billing clerk 
(stationery room) 
3,000 
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Bookkeeper and voucher clerk 
Bookkeeper and voucher clerk 
(stationery room) 
2,800 
2 Assistant property custodian 
Assistant to property custodian 
(electrical and mechanical 
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office equipment) 
3,360 
3 Assistant property custodian 
Assistant to property custodian 
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(manual 
typewriter 
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ment) 
2,800 
Locksmith and typewriter repairer 
Assistant to property custodian 
(manual 
typewriter 
equip-
ment) 
2,700 
Messenger and clock repairer 
Assistant to property custodian 
(electrical and mechanical 
office equipment) 
2, 700 
Assistant in stationery room 
Clerk-typist 
2,160 
Messenger in stationery room 
Clerk (stationery room) 
2,160 
4 Laborer 
Clerk (stationery room) 
2,160 
7 Laborer 
Clerk (stationery room) 
2,160 
Assistant property custodian 
Administrative assistant 
3,800 
(2) The position of "reading clerk No. 3" set forth in the table in 
paragraph (1) of this section shall terminate whenever a vacancy 
occurs in a position of "reading clerk". 
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the basic salary 
for the position shown below in the first column shall be the amount 
shown in the second column. 
Title 
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Basic salary 
1 clerk 
$3, 000 
2 clerk 
3,200 
File clerk 
4, 000 
Assistant file clerk 
3, 000 
Librarian 
3,000 
2 Assistant in disbursing office 
3, 000 
3 Assistant in disbursing office 
3, 000 
Stationery clerk 
4, 000 
Assistant stationery clerk 
3, 000 
Secretary (Joint Recording Facility) 
2,250 
Messenger (payroll numbers 1, 2, and 3) 
1,740 
Laborer (payroll numbers 1, 2, 3, and 1 through 10) 
1, 650 
(4) The title of one position of "assistant clerk, house administra-
tion" is changed to "assistant in disbursing office" and the basic salary 
for such position shall be $3,000 per annum. Such position shall be 
under the Clerk of the House oi Representatives on and after the 
effective date of this section. 
(5) The position of "administrative assistant (Joint Recording 
Facility)" is created at the basic salary of $4,800 per annum. 
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under the Sergeant at Arms: 
(1) The title of each position shown below in the first column shall 
be that shown in the second column and, notw^ithstanding any other 
provision of law, the basic per annum salary of such position shall be 
the amount shown in the third column. 
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Basic 
Former title 
Title 
salary 
Pair clerk and messenger 
Stenographer 
$2, 820 
1 Bookkeeper 
Assistant bookkeeper 
3, 480 
2 Bookkeeper 
Assistant bookkeeper 
3, 480 
Stenographer 
Bookkeeper 
4, 000 
Skilled laborer 
Clerk-messenger 
2,160 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the basic salary 
for the position shown below in the first column shall be the amount 
shown in the second column. 
Title 
Basic salary 
Deputy Sergeant at Arms in charge of pairs 
$5, 000 
Deputy Sergeant at Arms (charge of mace) 
4,000 
Special assistant Sergeant at Arms 
3,500 
1 Assistant cashier 
5,000 
2 Assistant cashier 
5,000 
SEC. 3. The following changes are made wath respect to positions 
under the Doorkeeper: 
(1) The title of each position shown below in the first column shall 
be that shown in the second column and, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the basic per annum salary of such position shall be 
the amount shown in the third column. 
Basic 
Former title 
Title 
salary 
Stenographer 
Secretary to Doorkeeper 
$3,000 
Chief messenger 
Chief doorman. House gallery 
2,500 
Messenger (payroll numbers 1 through 
Doorman 
1,900 
5 and 7 through 16). 
Messenger 
(soldiers' roll) 
(payroll 
Doorman 
1,900 
numbers 1 through 14). 
Chief clerk (folding room) 
Assistant superintendent, fold-
ing room 
3,500 
2 Laborer (folding room) 
Baling machine operator, fold-
ing room 
1, 650 
20 Folder 
Janitor-Messenger 
1,650 
6 Messenger 
Chief doorman. House 
floor 
2, 500 
12 Folder 
Checkroom 
attendant. 
House 
gallery 
1,650 
15 Folder 
Supervisor, speech section, fold-
ing room 
2,460 
27 Folder 
Speech clerk, folding room 
2,460 
Shipping clerk 
Supervisor 
of 
mail, 
folding 
room 
2,160 
11 Folder 
Secretary, folding room 
1,800 
7 Folder 
Maintenance mechanic (folding 
room) 
2,160 
22 Folder 
Messenger, folding room 
1,740 
(2) The title of four positions of "laborer (cloakroom.)" (payroll 
numbers 1 through 4), at the basic per annum salary for each such 
position of $1,380, is changed to "cloakroom attendant". The title of 
the position of "1 laborer" is changed to "chief barber, Capitol" and 
the basic salary of such position shall be $1,500 per annum. The title 
of the position of "laborer (cloakroom)" is changed to "chief barber, 
Old House Office Building" and the basic salary of such position 
shall be $1,500 per annum. 
The title of six positions of "laborer 
(cloakroom)" (payroll numbers 1 through 6) is changed to "barber" 
and the basic salary for each such position shall be $1,400 per annum. 
The title of three positions of "clerk" (folding room) (payroll num-
bers 1 through 3) is changed to "ledger clerk, folding room" and the 
basic salary for each such position shall be $2,4(>0 per annum. 
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the basic salary 
for the position shown below in the first column shall be the amount 
shown in the second column. 
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Title 
Basic salary 
1 Floor manager of telephones, majority 
$5, 500 
2 Floor manager of telephones, minority 
5, 500 
1 Chief page (majority) 
5,000 
2 Chief page (minority) 
5,000 
Assistant superintendent (document room) 
3,700 
Clerk (document room) 
3,100 
Assistant clerk (document room) 
2,660 
Assistant (document room) (payroll numbers 1 through 7) 
2, 200 
Janitor (document room) 
1,650 
Chief janitor 
4,000 
Foreman of laborers 
2, 000 
Laborer (janitor's force) (jmyroU numbers 1 through 24) 
1,650 
Superintendent (folding room) 
4,000 
Foreman (folding room) 
3,100 
Assistant foreman (folding room) 
. 
2,600 
Folder (24 positions) 
1,740 
Driver (folding room) (payroll numbers 1 and 2) 
1,650 
1 Laborer (folding room) 
1,650 
Janitor (folding room) 
1,650 
(4) The title of the position of "8 assistant" (document room) 
under the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, is changed 
to "clerk, clerk's document room" and the basic salary of such posi-
tion shall be $2,400 per annum. 
Such position shall be under the 
(?lerk of the House of Representatives, on and after the effective 
date of this section. 
SEC. 4. The following changes are made with respect to positions 
under the Postmaster: 
(1) The title of the position of "clerk in charge (b. p. o. C.) is 
changed to "registry and money order clerk (Capitol)" and the basic 
salary of such position shall be $2,300 per annum. The title of one 
position of "messenger" is changed to "registry and money order clerk 
(Library of Congress)" and the basic salary of such position shall 
be $2,300 per annum. The title of one position of "messenger" is 
changed to "superintendent of day mail" and the basic salary of such 
position shall be $2,200 per annum. 
The title of one position of 
"messenger" is changed to "superintendent of night mail" and the 
basic salary of such position shall be $2,200 per annum. The title of 
forty-one positions of "messenger" is changed to "mail clerk" and 
the basic salary for each such position shall be $2,100 per annum. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the basic salary 
for the position show^n below in the first column shall be the amount 
shown in the second column. 
Title 
. 
. _ , 
. , 
Basic salary 
Assistant postmaster 
$3, 380 
Laborer 
1, 650 
Secretary to postmaster 
2, 300 
SEC. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual rate 
of compensation of the Postmaster of the House of Representatives 
shall be $12,150. 
SEC. 6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law^, the basic salary 
for the position shown below in the first column shall be the amount 
shown in the second column. 
Title 
Basic salary 
Chaplain 
$4,000 
Technical assistant (attending physician) 
4,200 
Expert transcriber (oflScial committee reporters) 
(Payroll numbers 1 
through 8) 
2, 500 
Expert transcriber (oflScial reporters of debates) 
(Payroll numbers 1 
through 7) 
2, 500 
Clerk (official committee reporters) 
4,500 
Printing clerk (majority) 
2,500 
Printing clerk (minority) 
2,500 
5 Minority employee (pair clerk) 
5,000 
6 Minority employee 
4, 500 
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SEC. 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the monthly 
allowance for each enlisted man of the United States Navy assigned 
to the attending physician shall be $75. 
SEC. 8. The following changes are made with respect to positions in 
the House Press, Kadio Press, and Periodical Press Galleries: 
(1) House Press Gallery: 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the basic 
salary for the position shown below in the first column shall be 
the amount shown in the second column. 
Title 
Basic salary 
Superintendent 
$5, 300 
First assistant superintendent 
4, 700 
Second assistant superintendent 
3, 800 
Third assistant superintendent 
3,300 
Fourtli assistant superintendent 
2, 580 
(2) Radio Press Gallery: 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the basic 
salary for the position shown below in the first column shall be 
the amount shown in the second column. 
Title 
Basic salary 
Superintendent 
$5,200 
First assistant superintendent 
4,000 
Second assistant superintendent 
3, 500 
(3) Periodical Press Gallery: 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the basic 
salary of the position of "Superintendent of the Periodical Press 
Gallery" shall be $4,300 per annum. 
SEC. 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual 
rate of compensation of the legislative Counsel of the House of Rep-
resentatives and of the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on 
Internal Revenue Taxation shall be an amount which is equal to 
$15,000, increased by an amount which is the same percentage of 
$15,000 as the percentage set forth in section 4 (c) of the Federal 
Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955. 
A^te, p. ne. 
SEC, 10. Whenever a section under this heading refers to a position 
by its existing title (for example, stenographer to the clerk), or by 
its existing title and a number (for example, 1 assistant to chief bill 
clerk), the reference is to the position having that title, or that title 
and that number, on the payroll in the various offices of the House of 
Representatives, as prepared by the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives for the month of June 1955. 
SEC. 11. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the clerk 
cierk hire, 
hire of each Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from 
a Territory, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico shall 
be at the basic rate of $17,500 per annum. No person shall be paid 
from such clerk hire at a basic rate in excess of $7,000 per annum, and 
not more than one person shall be paid at a basic rate of $7,000 per 
annum from such clerk hire at any one time. 
(b) The joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for 
pay to clerks to Members of Congress and Delegates" approved Janu-
ary 25, 1923, as amended (2 U. S. C , sec. 92), is amended by striking 
53 stat. loso. 
out "to one, two, or three persons" and inserting in lieu thereof "to 
those persons, not to exceed eight in number,". 
SEC. 12. Subsection (e) of section 202 of the Legislative Reorgan-
ization Act of 1946, as amended (2 V. S. C., sec. 72a (e)), is 
eo stat. 835. 
amended (1) by striking out "$8,000" where it first appears in such 
subsection and inserting in lieu thereof "$8,820", and (2) by striking 
out "$8,000" at the second place where it appears in such subsection 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$8,820". 
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SEC. 13. (a) This section is enacted as an exercise of the rule-making 
power of the House of Representatives with full recognition of the 
constitutional right of the House of Representatives to change the 
rule amended by this section at any time, in the same manner, and to 
the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the House of 
Representatives. 
(b) Clause 27 (c) of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended (1) by striking out "$8,000" where it first appears in stich 
clause and inserting in lieu thereof "$8,820", and (2) by striking out 
"$8,000" at the second place where it appears in such clause and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "$8,820". 
Effective date. 
g^c. 14. The forcgoiug provisions under "House of Representa-
tives" shall take effect August 1,1955. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
^ Avaiiabmty_^of 
'pjig appropriations, authorizations, and authority with respect 
etc.' 
' thereto in this Act shall be available from July 1, 1955, unless other-
wise provided, for the purposes provided in such appropriations, 
authorizations, and authority. All obligations incurred during the 
period between June 30, 1955, and the date of enactment of this Act 
in anticipation of such appropriations, authorizations, and authority 
are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms 
hereof. 
SENATE 
No officer or employee, whose compensation is disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate shall be paid basic compensation at a rate in 
excess of $8,820 per annum, or gross compensation at a rate in excess of 
$14,800 per annum, unless otherwise expressly authorized by this Act. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
•' 
• 
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SALARIES, MILEAGE, AND EXPENSES OF MEMBERS 
For compensation of Members (wherever used herein the term 
"Member" shall include Members of the House of Representatives, 
Delegates from Territories, and the Resident Commissioner from 
Puerto Rico), $9,896,000. 
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, $47,285. 
,, 
, , , 
iv. 
OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARIAN 
For the Office of the Parliamentarian, including $2,000 for preparing 
the Digest of the Rules, $44,920. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For the Office of the Chaplain, $4,200. 
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OFFICE OF T H E CliERK 
For the Office of the Clerk, $767,500. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For committee employees, including not to exceed $375,000 for the 
Committee on Appropriations; $1,950,510. 
OFFICE 01^ THE SERGEANT AT ARMS 
For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $384,045. 
OFFICE o r 
T H E DOORKEEPER 
For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $704,275. 
SPECIAL AND 
MINORITY EMPLOYEES 
For six minority employees, $54,685. 
For the office of the majority floor leader, including $2,000 for 
official expenses of the majority leader, $48,000. 
For the office of the minority floor leader, $36,000. 
For the office of the majority whip, $21,150. 
For the office of the minority whip, $21,150, 
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, $7,485. 
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, $6,295. 
OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER 
For the Office of the Postmaster, including employment of substitute 
messengers, and extra services of regular employees when required at 
the basic salary rate of not to exceed $1,940, per annum each, 
$198,775. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES 
For official reporters of debates, $124,435. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS TO COMMITTEES 
For official reporters to committees, $133,855. 
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 
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 
f°ul*c*V2^a^.'*' 
available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$500,000. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For clerk hire, necessarily employed by each Member in the dis-
charge of his official and representative duties, which shall be at the 
basic rate of $15,000 per annum: Provided, That no salary shall be fixed 
hereunder at a basic rate in excess of $6,000 per annum; $11,500,000. 
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[69 STAT. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
Furniture: For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, in-
cluding labor, tools, and machinery for furniture repair shops, and 
for the purchase of packing boxes, $245,000. 
Miscellaneous items: For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries 
unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, including 
the sum of $30,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in 
accordance with section 208 of the Act, approved October 9, 1940 
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(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, mainte-
nance, operation, and repair of the postoffice motor vehicles for carry-
ing the mails; 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; $865,000. 
Reporting hearings: For stenographic reports of hearings of com-
mittees other than special and select committees, $125,000. 
Special and select committees: For salaries and expenses of special 
and select committees authorized by the House, $1,250,000. 
Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation: For the payment 
of the salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal 
Revenue Taxation, $200,000. 
Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy: For 
salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Immigration and 
Nationality Policy, $20,000. 
Office of the Coordinator of Information: For salaries and other 
expenses of the Office of the Coordinator of Information, $82,825. 
Telegraph and telephone: For telegraph and telephone service, 
exclusive of personal services, $800,000. 
Stationery (revolving fund) : For a stationery allowance for each 
Member, for the second session of the Eighty-fourth Congress, 
$525,600, to remain available until expended. 
Attending physician'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 
paid 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 not to exceed $30 per month each to four 
assistants as provided by the House resolutions adopted July 1, 1930, 
January 20, 1932, and November 18, 1940, $8,985. 
Postage stamps: Postmaster, $320; Clerk, $640; Sergeant at Arms, 
$480; Doorkeeper, $400; United States 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; $92,760. 
Folding documents: For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a gross 
rate not exceeding $2 per thousand or for the employment of person-
nel at a gross rate not exceeding $1.50 per hour per person, $125,000. 
Revision of law^s: For preparation and editing of the laws as author-
45 Stat. 1008. 
ized by the Act approved May 29, 1928 (1 U. S. C. 59), $13,700, to be 
expended under the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
Speaker's automobile: For purchase, exchange, driving, main-
tenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the Speaker, 
$7,200. 
Automobile for the majority leader: For purchase, exchange, driv-
ing, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the 
majority leader of the House, $5,835. 
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513 
Automobile for the minority leader: For purchase, exchange, driv-
ing, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the 
minority leader of the House, $6,835. 
Preparation of the new edition of U. S. Code, $100,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for the House of 
Representatives shall hereafter be computed at basic rates, plus in-
creased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by 
law. 
The Clerk of the House is hereafter authorized and directed to reim-
burse each Member from the contingent fund in an amount not to 
exceed $150 quarterly, upon certification of the Member, for official 
office expenses incurred in his congressional district. 
The Sergeant at Arms of the House is hereafter authorized and 
directed to make such arrangements as may be necessary for any com-
mittee appointed to attend the funeral of a deceased Member, and there 
shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House, under such rules 
and regulations as the Committee on House Administration may pre-
scribe, such sums as may be necessary toward defraying the funeral 
expenses of the deceased; and to defray the expenses of any such 
committee consisting of not more than six members (not more than 
four from the House and two from the Senate), the Sergeant at Arms 
of the House or a representative of his office, the widow or widower 
and/or minor children of the deceased, incurred in attending the 
funeral rites and burial of such Member. 
NotAvithstanding the provisions of section 5 (b) of the Federal Em-
ployees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, the Clerk of the House is 
hereafter authorized to pay, from the contingent fund of the House, 
with respect to all House employees Avho are insured under such Act, 
the amounts which, under the terms of such section 5 (b), otherwise 
would be contributed from the appropriations or funds specified 
therein. As used in this paragraph the term "House employees" means 
employees in the Legislative Branch whose salaries, wages, or other 
compensation are disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
General expenses: For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the 
purchase, maintenance, and repair of police motor vehicles, including 
two-way police radio equipment; contingent expenses, including $25 
per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board 
by such member of the staff of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or 
the House, as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board; 
$17,900. 
Capitol Police Board: To enable the Capitol Police Board to pro-
vide additional protection for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, 
including the Senate and House Office Buildings and the Capitol 
Power Plant, $76,940. Such sum shall be expended only for payment 
for salaries and other expenses of personnel detailed from the Metro-
politan 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 of such detail, serve under the direction and instruc-
tions of the Board and is 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 
Office expenses. 
Funeral e x p e n-
ses. 
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[69 STAT. 
personnel shall 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 available for all the purposes thereof: Provided^ That 
any person detailed under the authority of this paragraph or under 
55 Stat. 456. 
similar authority in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, 
54 Stat. 629. 
and the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metro-
politan 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 bene-
fits 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, 
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 Commissioners of the District of Columbia are directed to 
pay the lieutenants detailed under the authority of this paragraph the 
same salary as that paid in fiscal year 1955 plus $625 each and such 
increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by 
law so long as these positions are held by tl e present incumbents. 
Disbursement. 
xhe foregoiug auiouuts Under "Capitol Police" shall be disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of maintenance of the Office of the Legis-
lative Counsel, as authorized by law, including increased and addi-
tional compensation as provided by law, $290,000, of which $153,000 
shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and $137,000 shall 
be disbursed by the Clerk of the House: Provided^ That effective 
August 1, 1955, the gross annual compensation of the Legislative 
Counsel of the Senate shall be $15,500 per annum. 
J O I N T 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, $22,500, 
to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
EDUCATION 
OF 
SENATE 
AND 
HOUSE PAGES 
For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
Court, pursuant to section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 
2°us*c**88i^^' 
^^^^'. $47,280, 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-
39 vie tlt'c. 
third Congress, $1,978,000, to be available immediately. 
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515 
STATEMENT OF APPROPKIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the first session of the Eighty-fourth Congress, show-
ing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appro-
priation bills as required by law, $8,000, 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 OF 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 $17,500, $14,800, and $2,500 additional so long as the position 
is held by the present incumbent, and $14,300 per annum, respectively, 
and other personal services at rates of pay provided by law; and the 
Assistant Architect of the Capitol shall act as Architect of the Capitol 
during the absence or disability of that official or whenever there is 
no Architect, and, in case of the absence or disability of the Assistant 
Architect, the Second Assistant Architect of the Capitol shall so act; 
and the Architect of the Capitol is authorized hereafter to delegate to 
the Assistant Architect and other assistants such authority of the 
Architect as he may deem proper; $186,200. 
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 $3,000. 
Contingent expenses: To enable the Architect of the Capitol to 
make surveys and studies and to meet unforeseen expenses in connec-
tion with activities under his care, $50,000. 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
Capitol Buildings: For necessary expenditures for the Capitol 
Building and electrical substations of the Senate and House Office 
Buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, 
including minor improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, sup-
plies, material, fuel, oil, waste, and appurtenances; furnishings and 
office equipment; special and protective clothing for workmen; per-
sonal 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 passenger motor vehicle; 
not to exceed $300 for the purchase of necessary reference books and 
periodicals; not to exceed $150 for expenses of attendance, when spe-
cifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or con-
ventions in connection with subjects related to work under the Archi-
tect of the Capitol; $1,140,000 of which $285,000 shall be available for 
the installation of two additional elevators in the Senate wing of the 
Capitol, to be located adjacent to and east of the existing elevators at 
the main east front entrance to the Senate wing. 
Extension of the Capitol: The Architect of the Capitol is hereby 
authorized, under the direction of a Commission for Extension of 
the United States Capitol, to be composed of the President of the 
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority 
leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Architect of the Capitol, to provide for the extension, 
reconstruction, and replacement of the central portion of the United 
Ante, p. 300. 
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States Capitol in substantial accordance with scheme B of the archi-
tectural plan submitted by a joint commission of Congress and 
reported to Congress on March 3, 1905 (House Document numbered 
385, Fifty-eighth Congress), but with such modifications and addi-
tion's, including provisions for restaurant facilities, and such other 
facilities in the Capitol Grounds, together with utilities, equipment, 
approaches, and other appurtenant or necessary items, as may be 
approved by said Commission, and for such purposes there is hereby 
appropriated $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided^ That the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of said 
Commission and without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended, is authorized to enter into contracts 
and to make such other expenditures, including expenditures for 
personal and other services, as may be necessary to carry out the 
purposes of this Act and to obligate the additional sums herein 
authorized prior to the actual appropriation thereof. 
Capitol Grounds: For care and improvement of grounds surround-
ing the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings; Capitol Power 
Plant; personal and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizers; 
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 compliance with 
section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended: $280,000. 
Subway transportation, Capitol and Senate Office Buildings: For 
maintenance, repairs, and rebuilding of the subway transportation 
system connecting the Senate Office Building with the-Capitol, includ-
ing personal and other services, $3,500. 
Senate Office Building: For maintenance, miscellaneous items and 
supplies, including furniture, furnishings, and equipment, and for 
labor and material incident thereto, and repairs thereof; for pur-
chase of waterproof wearing apparel and for personal and other 
services; including five female attendants in charge of ladies' retir-
ing rooms at $1,800 each, for the care and operation of the Senate 
Office Building; to be expended under the control and supervision of 
the Architect of the Capitol, in all, $960,690. 
ADDITIONAL OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE 
Construction and equipment of additional Senate Office Building:. 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the 
Senate Office Building Commission, to continue to provide for the 
construction and equipment of a fireproof office building for the use 
of the United States Senate, in accordance with the provisions of the 
Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948 (62 Stat. 1029), $8,500,000: 
Provided, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be 
obligated or expended for construction of the rear center wing of 
said building, from the ground floor up, provided for under the build-
ing plans heretofore approved by such Commission. 
Legislative garage: For maintenance, repairs, alterations, per-
sonal and other services, and all other necessary expenses, $38,500. 
House Office Buildings: For maintenance, including equipment, 
waterproof wearing apparel, miscellaneous items, and for all neces-
sary services, $1,125,000, 
Capitol Power Plant: For lighting, heating, and powder (including 
the purchase of electrical energy), for the Capitol, Senate and House 
Office Buildings, Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library 
Buildings, and the grounds about the same. Botanic Garden, legis-
lative garage, and for air-conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 
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517 
plants in any of such buildings; for heating the Government Print-
ing 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, water-
proof wearing apparel, and all other necessary expenses in connec-
tion with the maintenance and operation of the plant, $1,279,500. 
Changes and improvements, Capitol Power Plant: Toward carry-
ing out the changes and improvements authorized by the Act of 
October 26, 1949 (Public Law 413, Eighty-first Congress), $1,800,000, 
" stat. 933. 
to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of 
the House Office Building Commission. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
Structural and mechanical care: For the necessary expenditures for 
mechanical and structural maintenance, including minor improve-
ments, equipment, supplies, waterproof wearing apparel, and per-
sonal and other services, $732,500. 
Furniture and furnishings: For furniture, partitions, screens, shelv-
ing, and electrical work pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, office 
and library equipment, apparatus, and labor-saving devices, $68,000. 
BOTANIC GAKDEN 
Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses incident to main-
taining, operating, repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden and 
the nurseries, buildings, grounds, collections, and equipment pertain-
ing thereto, including personal services (including not to exceed $3,000 
for temporary labor without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, 
5ul^Voyi'^Aote. 
as amended); waterproof wearing apparel; not to exceed $25 for 
emergency medical supplies; traveling expenses including streetcar 
fares, not to exceed $275; the prevention and eradication of insect and 
other pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procure-
ment 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; repairs and improvements to Director's 
residence; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the 
Library; $246,000: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall 
be used for the distribution, by congressional allotment, of trees, plants, 
shrubs, or other nursery stock. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Library of 
Congress not otherwise provided for, including compensation of the 
Librarian Emeritus, as authorized by law; development and main-
tenance of the Union Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance of the 
Library Buildings; special clothing; and expenses of the Library of 
Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income 
of any trust fund held by the Board; $4,860,000. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Copyright 
Office, including publication of the decisions of the United States 
courts involving copyrights, $1,158,060. 
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[69 STAT. 
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
^°usc*i66^*and ^^ ^- ^' ^- 1^6), $984,877: Pwvw/ec?, That no part of this appropria-
note. 
^" 
tion 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 OF CATALOG CARDS 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the preparation 
and distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the Lib-
rary, $1,350,000. 
INCREASE OF THE LIBRARY OP CONGRESS 
General increase of the Library: For expenses (except personal 
services) necessary for acquisition of books, periodicals and news-
papers, and all other material for the increase of the Library, $300,000, 
to continue available during the next succeeding fiscal year. 
Increase of the law library: For expenses (except personal services) 
necessary for acquisition of books, legal periodicals, and all other mate-
rial for the increase of the law library, $90,000, to continue available 
during the next succeeding fiscal year. 
Books for the Supreme Court: For the purchase of books and 
periodicals for the Supreme Court, to be a part of the Library of Con-
gress, and purchased by the Librarian of the Supreme Court, under 
the direction of the Chief Justice, $25,000. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND 
For salaries and other expenses necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide books for the blind", 
approved March 3,1931 (2 U. S. C. 135a), as amended, $1,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress for 
salaries shall be available for expenses of investigating the loyalty of 
Library employees; special and temporary services (including employ-
ees engaged by the day or hour or in piecework); and services as 
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 
shall not make any appointment to any such position until he has 
ascertained that he cannot secure for such appointments a person in 
any of the categories specified in such provisions who possesses the 
special qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise 
meets the general requirements for employment in the Library of 
Congress. 
Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress 
shall De available, in an amount not to exceed $10,000, when specifi-
cally authorized by the Librarian, for expenses of attendance at meet-
ings concerned with the function or activity for which the appropria-
tion is made. 
46 Stat. 1487. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
PRINTING AND BINDING 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress; not to 
exceed $7,500 for printing and binding for the Architect of the 
Capitol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and ses-
sion index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 
U. S. C. 182); printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal 
Register (including the Code of Federal Regulations), as authorized 
by law (44 U. S. C. 309, 311, 311a) ; and printing and binding of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without 
charge to the recipients; $8,800,000: Provided^ That this appropria-
tion shall not be available for printing and binding part 2 of the 
annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Year-
book of Agriculture). 
519 
28 Stat. 603. 
49 Stat. 502; 63 
Stat. 381; 56 Stat. 
1045. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
43 Stat. 658. 
REVOLVING r U N D 
The paragraph in the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1954 (67 
Stat. 330), establishing the Government Printing Office Revolving 
Fund is hereby amended by striking out the words "expenses of 
attendance at meetings, when authorized by the Joint Committee on 
Printing" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "expenses of attend-
ance at meetings not to exceed $3,000 in any fiscal year". 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of 
Superintendent of Documents, including personal services in accord-
ance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and compensa-
tion of employees who shall be subject to the provisions of the Act 
entitled "An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees and 
officers of the Government Printing Office", approved June 7, 1924 
(44 U. S. C. 40); traveling expenses (not to exceed $1,500); price 
lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, elevators, and ma-
chinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; $2,850,000: 
Provided^ That no part of this sum shall be used to supply to deposi-
tory libraries any documents, books, or other printed matter not 
requested by such libraries, and the requests therefor shall be subject 
to approval by the Superintendent of Documents. 
THEODORE ROOSEVELT CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Com-
mission, $10,000, to remain available until October 27,1959: Provided^ 
That this paragraph shall be effective only upon enactment into law 
of H. J. Res. 273, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session. 
COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT SECURITY 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Commission 
^°**' P- '^^^' 
on Government Security, including expenses of attendance at meet-
ings concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, $50,000. 
WOODROW WILSON CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 
COMMISSION 
For an additional amount for "Woodrow Wilson Centennial Cele- 
^"'®' P* ^^^• 
bration Commission", $41,500, to remain available until June 30,1957. 
Ante, p. 383. 
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[69 S T A T , 
P r i v a t e vehi-
cles. 
46 Stat. 32. 
2 u s e 60a. 
Capitol police. 
Strikes o r over-
throw of Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
Short tiUe. 
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 oiRce or position not specifically established 
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein or 
whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position 
appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established 
for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the 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 Members, 
Officers, and Committees of the House, and Clerk Hire for Members 
shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided 
further^ 
That the provisions relating to positions and salaries thereof carried 
in H. Res. 714 of the Eighty-third Congress and H. Res. 73, 74, 75, 
81, 82, 140, 163, and 195 of the Eighty-fourth Congress shall be the 
permanent law with respect thereto. 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be paid as compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, 
as an officer or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the 
standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police 
Board: Provided^ That the Capitol Police Board is hereby authorized 
to detail police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol 
Buildings for police duty on the Capitol Grounds. 
SEC. 105. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike 
against the Government of the United States or who is a member of 
an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, 
or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the 
Government of the United States by force or violence: Provided^ That 
for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered prima facie 
evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the 
provisions of this section, engaged in a strike against the Government 
of the United States, is not a member of an organization of Govern-
ment employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government 
of the United States, or that such person does not advocate, and is not 
a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the 
Government of the United States by force or violence: 
Provided 
further, That any person who engages in a strike against the Govern-
ment of the United States or who is a member of an organization of 
Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the 
Government of the United States, or who advocates, or who is a mem-
ber of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Govern-
ment of the United States by force or violence, and accepts employment 
the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation or fund 
contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, 
shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 
one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penalty clause 
shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions 
of existing law. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Appropriation Act, 1956". 
Approved August 5, 1955.