Legislative Branch Appropriations Act
PL 95-391 (H.R.12935), enacted 09/30/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
92 STAT. 763 
Public Law 95-391 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Braneti for the fiscal year ending 
Sept. 30, 1978 
September 30, 1979, and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 129315] 
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 otherwise Branch 
appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending ^PP'^^Syg**"" 
September 30, 1979, and lor other purposes, namely: 
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T I T L E I — C O N G R E S S I O N A L O P E R A T I O N S 
Congressional 
Operations 
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S E N A T E 
Appropriation 
Act, 1979. 
COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS ^ ^^^ ^^* "*'**• 
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D EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE LEADERS, 
AND WHIPS OF THE SENATE 
COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
For compensation and mileage of the Vice President and Senators 
of the United States, $6,480,000. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
LEADERS AND MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; Majority 
Leader of the Senate $5,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $5,000 ; 
Majority Whip of the Senate, $2,500; and Minority Whip of the Sen-
ate, $2,500; in all, $25,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS A
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D EMPLOYEES 
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For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and 
others as authorized by law, including agency contributions and 
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longevity compensation as authorized, which shall be paid from this 
appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as follows: 
O F F I C E O F THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For clerical assistance to the Vice President, $767,000. 
For an additional amount for "Office of the Vice President", fiscal 
year 1978, $35,500. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For Office of the President Pro Tempore, $116,000. 
For an additional amount for "Office of the President Pro Tempore", 
fiscal year 1978, $4,900. 
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OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITT LEADERS 
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For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $411,000. 
For an additional amount for "Offices of the Majority and Minority 
Leaders", fiscal year 1978, $27,600. 
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FLOOR ASSISTANTS TO THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Floor Assistants to the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
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$103,000. 
For an additional amount for "Floor Assistants to the Majority and 
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Minority Leaders", fiscal year 1978, $100. 
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OFFICES o r THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
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For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $239,000. 
For an additional amount for "Offices of the Majority and Minority 
Whips", fiscal year 1978, $16,800. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY 
AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority and 
the Conference of the Minority, $132,000. 
For an additional amount for "Offices of the Secretaries of the Con-
ference of the Majority and the Conference of the Minority", fiscal 
year 1978, $4,700. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
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For Office of the Chaplain, $40,000. 
For an additional amount for "Office of the Chaplain", fiscal year 
1978, $3,200. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For office of the Secretary, $4,116,000, including $180,253 required 
for the purpose specified and authorized by section 74(b) of title 2, 
2 use 61b-la. 
United States Code: Provided, That, effective October 1, 1978, the 
Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation of a Staff Assistant 
at not to exceed $27,745 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $25,776 
per annum; an Assistant Reporter of Debates at not to exceed $33,115 
per annum in lieu of not to exceed $35,084 per annum; an Assistant 
Keeper of Stationery at not to exceed $30,072 per annum in lieu of not 
to exceed $27,566 per annum; a Chief Clerk, Stationery Room, at 
not to exceed $21,480 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $19,332 per 
annum; a Bookkeeper, Stationery Room, at not to exceed $19,690 
per annum in lieu of not to exceed $17,542 per annum; a Senior 
Counter Clerk, Stationery Room, at not to exceed $15,752 per annum 
in lieu of a Clerk at not to exceed $14,678 per annum; a Secretary to 
Parliamentarian at not to exceed $20,585 per annum in lieu of not 
to exceed $18,258 per annum; an Assistant Journal Clerk at not to 
exceed $34,368 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $21,480 per annum; 
a Counter Clerk, Stationery Room, at not to exceed $14,678 per annum 
in lieu of an Information Clerk, Digest, at not to exceed $11,277 per 
annum; a Counter Clerk, Stationery Room, at not to exceed $14,678 
per annum in lieu of a Clerk at not to exceed $13,962 per annum; an 
Associate Historian at not to exceed $26,671 per annum in lieu of not 
to exceed $23,628 per annum; a Photo Historian at not to exceed 
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$25,955 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $28,998 per annum; a Sec-
retary at not to exceed $20,585 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$21,'i80 per annum; a Journal Clerk at not to exceed $44,034 per 
annum in lieu of not to exceed $45,645 per annum; a Secretary at not 
to exceed $20,585 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $19,332 per 
annum; a Second Assistant Journal Clerk at not to exceed $27,566 
per annum in lieu of a Clerk of Enrolled Bills at not to exceed $25,776 
per annum; a Legislative Clerk at not to exceed $44,034 per annum 
in lieu of not to exceed $45,645 per annum; an Assistant Legislative 
Clerk at not to exceed $34,368 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$44,034 per annum; a Second Assistant Legislative Clerk at not to 
exceed $27,566 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $32,578 per annum; 
a Technical Advisor at not to exceed $32,041 per annum in lieu of 
not to exceed $35,084 per annum; a Bill Clerk at not to exceed $32,578 
per annum in lieu of not to exceed $29,177 per annum; an Assistant 
Bill Clerk at not to exceed $25,776 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$21,480 per annum; a Terminal Operator at not to exceed $12,351 per 
annum in lieu of a Clerk, Public Records Office, at not to exceed 
$16,110 per annum; a Messenger at not to exceed $12,172 per annum in 
lieu of a Reference Assistant at not to exceed $14,678 per annum; a 
Technical Services Specialist in the Library at not to exceed $20,406 
per annum; and in the Office of Classified National Security Informa-
tion : a Director at not to exceed $50,478 per annum; a Professional 
Staff Member at not to exceed $40,096 per annum; a Classified Docu-
ments Specialist at not to exceed $27,566 per annum; and two Secre-
taries at not to exceed $20,585 per annum each: Provided further^ That 
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the provisions of the preceding proviso shall not apply to the position 
of Legislative Clerk or Assistant Legislative Clerk so long as the 
position is held by an individual who has held the position continu-
ously since December 31,1977. 
For an. additional amount for "Office of the Secretary", fiscal year 
1978, $220,800. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and 
the Select Committee on Small Business, $10,528,000. 
For an additional amount for "committee employees", fiscal year 
1978, $243,300. 
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, $375,000 for each such com-
mittee; in all, $750,000. 
For an additional amount for "conference committees", fiscal year 
1978, $52,300. 
ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL, AND LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE TO SENATORS 
For administrative, clerical, and legislative assistance to Senators, 
$70,881,000. 
For an additional amount for "administrative and clerical assistants 
to Senators", fiscal year 1978, $4,464,100. 
OFFICE o r SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $19,803,000: 
Provided^ That, effective October 1, 1978, the Sergeant at Arms and 
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Doorkeeper may appoint and fix the compensation of an Auditor 
at not to exceed $15,752 per annum; two Teletype Operators at not 
to exceed $12,530 per annum each; two Assistant Cabinetmakers at 
not to exceed $15,573 per annum each; six Parking Attendants at 
not to exceed $4,475 per annum each; a Secretary at not to exceed 
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$15,036 per annum; a Layout Technician at not to exceed $13,962 
per annum; a Manager, Computer Operations at not to exceed 
$34,368 per annum in lieu of an Operations Manager at not to exceed 
$31,862 per annum; a Manager, Planning, Budget and Administra-
tion at not to exceed $34,368 per annum in lieu of a Systems Super-
visor at not to exceed $34,368 per annum; a Manager, Data Network 
at not to exceed $34,368 per annum in lieu of a Network Supervisor 
at not to exceed $34,368 per annum; a Manager, Systems Program-
ming at not to exceed $34,368 per annum in lieu of a Senior Pro-
grammer Supervisor at not to exceed $34,368 per annum; a Manager, 
Administrative Applications Development at not to exceed $34,368 
per annum in lieu of a Senior Programmer Supervisor at not to 
exceed $34,368 per annum; a Manager, Legislative Applications 
Development at not to exceed $34,368 per annum in lieu of a Systems 
Supervisor at not to exceed $34,368 per annum; a Manager, User 
Training and Liaison at not to exceed $34,368 per annum in lieu of a 
Systems Supervisor at not to exceed $34,368 per annum; an Office 
Manager at not to exceed $20,048 per annum in lieu of an Office 
Supervisor at not to exceed $19,332 per annum; two Senior Appli-
cations Analysts at not to exceed $32,220 per annum each in lieu of 
two Senior Computer Specialists at not to exceed $31,146 per annum 
each; two Senior Applications Analysts at not to exceed $31,146 per 
annum each in lieu of two Senior Programmer Analysts at not to 
exceed $28,819 per annum each; four Senior Computer Specialists 
at not to exceed $31,146 per annum each in lieu of four Senior Pro-
grammer Analysts at not to exceed $28,819 per annum each; a Senior 
Computer Specialist at not to exceed $32,220 per annum in lieu of a 
Lead Analyst at not to exceed $29,535 per annum; two Applications 
Analysts at not to exceed $28,819 per annum each in lieu of a Senior 
Programmer Analyst at not to exceed $28,819 per annum; four Com-
puter Specialists at not to exceed $28,819 per annum each in lieu 
of two Programmer Analysts at not to exceed $26,492 per annum 
each and a Programmer Analyst at not to exceed $26,134 per annum; 
ten Senior Programmer Analysts at not to exceed $26,492 per 
annum each in lieu of two Systems Programmers at not to exceed 
$26,492 per annum each, a Programmer Analyst at not to exceed 
$26,492 per annum, a Systems Analyst at not to exceed $26,492 per 
annum and a Computer Specialist at not to exceed $24,344 per annum; 
thirteen Senior Programmer Analysts at not to exceed $24,344 per 
annum each in lieu of seven Programmer Analysts at not to exceed 
$26,492 per annum each, a Systems Analyst at not to exceed $26,492 
per annum, a Systems Programmer at not to exceed $26,492 per 
annum, two Computer Specialists at not to exceed $24,344 per annum 
each, a Computer Specialist at not to exceed $23,270 per annum and 
a Programmer Analyst at not to exceed $21,838 per annum; six Pro-
grammer Analysts at not to exceed $21,838 per annum each in lieu 
of a Programmer Analyst at not to exceed $26,492 per annum, a 
Computer Specialist at not to exceed $24,344 per annum and a Com-
puter Specialist at not to exceed $23,270 per annum; four Program-
mer Analysts at not to exceed $18,974 per annum each in lieu of a 
Programmer Analyst at not to exceed $26,492 per annum and two 
Program Analysts at not to exceed $21,838 per annum each; a Text 
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Processing Specialist at not to exceed $19,332 per annum in lieu of 
an Office Systems Specialist at not to exceed $17,542 per annum; two 
Text Processing Specialists at not to exceed $17,542 per annum each 
in lieu of an Office Systems Specialist at not to exceed $17,542 per 
annum and a Liaison and Documentation Specialist at not to exceed 
$17,542 per annum; three Senior Systems Programmers at not to 
exceed $28,819 per annum each in lieu of three Senior Programmer 
Analysts at not to exceed $28,819 per annum each; a Junior Systems 
Programmer at not to exceed $23,270 per annum in lieu of a Com-
puter Specialist at not to exceed $23,270 per annum; a Data Base 
Systems Programmer at not to exceed $26,492 per annum in lieu of 
a Systems Ajnalyst at not to exceed $26,492 per annum; a Network 
Technical Control Supervisor at not to exceed $32,220 per annum 
in lieu of a Senior Computer Specialist at not to exceed $31,146 per 
annum; a Communications Software Specialist at not to exceed 
$32,220 per annum in lieu of a Senior Computer Specialist at not to 
exceed $31,146 per annum; a Communications System Specialist at 
not to exceed $29,535 per annum in lieu of a Programmer Analyst 
at not to exceed $26,492 per annum; a Communications Software 
Programmer Analyst at not to exceed $26,492 per annum in lieu of a 
Systems Programmer at not to exceed $26,492 per annum; a Network 
Equipment Supervisor at not to exceed $26,492 per annum in lieu 
of a Systems Analyst at not to exceed $26,492 per annum; two Net-
work Technicians at not to exceed $19,153 per annum each in lieu 
of not to exceed $23,270 per annum each; two Junior Netwoi-k Tech-
nicians at not to exceed $15,215 per annum each in lieu of two Com-
puter Terminal Installers at not to exceed $10,382 per annum each; 
three Computer Terminal Installers at not to exceed $12,888 per 
annum each in lieu of a Keypunch Operator at not to exceed $12,351 
per annum, a Data Conversion Operator at not to exceed $11,277 per 
annum and a Computer Terminal Installer at not to exceed $10,382 
per annum; an Office Systems Supervisor at not to exceed $28,819 per 
annum in lieu of a Training Specialist at not to exceed $26,492 per 
annum; a Technical Training Specialist at not to exceed $26,492 
per annum in lieu of a Systems Programmer at not to exceed $26,492 
per annum; an Office Systems Training Supervisor at not to exceed 
$26,492 per annum in lieu of a Training Specialist at not to exceed 
$26,492 per annum; seven Senior Office Systems Specialists at not 
to exceed $22,912 per annum each in lieu of two Training Specialists 
at not to exceed $22,912 per annum each and three Office Systems 
Specialists at not to exceed $17,542 per annum each; eight Office 
Systems Specialists at not to exceed $18,258 per annum each in lieu 
of a Training Specialist at not to exceed $22,912 per annum, four 
Office Systems Specialists at not to exceed $17,542 per annum each 
and a Printing Operator at not to exceed $16,826 per annum; nine 
Office Systems Specialists at not to exceed $16,647 per annum each 
in lieu of five Office Systems Specialists at not to exceed $17,542 per 
annum each, two Printing Operators at not to exceed $16,826 per 
annum each and a Quality Controller at not to exceed $16,826 
per annum; two Office Systems Specialists at not to exceed $15,036 
per annum each in lieu of an Office Systems Specialist at not to exceed 
$17,542 per annum; a Senior Training Specialist at not to exceed 
$22,912 per annum in lieu of a Training Specialist at not to 
exceed $22,912 per annum; three Training Specialists at not to exceed 
$18,258 per annum each in lieu of three Office Systems Specialists at 
not to exceed $17,542 per annum each; four Training Specialists 
at not to exceed $16,647 per annum each in lieu of an Office Systems 
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Specialist at not to exceed $17,542 per annvim and two Printing 
Operators at not to exceed $16,826 per annum each; a Production 
Manager at not to exceed $25,060 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$23,986 per annum; a Hardware Manager at not to exceed $25,060 
per annum in lieu of an Operations Supervisor at not to exceed 
$23,986 per annum; two Computer Resource and Performance Ana-
lysts at not to exceed $22,912 per annum each in lieu of two Data 
Standards Specialists at not to exceed $22,912 per annum each; a 
Documentation Specialist at not to exceed $22,017 per annum in lieu 
of a Computer Performance Analyst at not to exceed $22,017 per 
annum; six Job Controllers at not to exceed $16,826 per annum each 
in lieu of six Lead Operators at not to exceed $16,468 per annum 
each; six Lead Operators at not to exceed $16,110 per annum each 
in lieu of not to exceed $16,468 per annum each; a Data Conversion 
Operator at not to exceed $11,277 j)er annum in lieu of a Computer 
Terminal Installer at not to exceed $10,382 per annum; a Secretary 
at not to exceed $21,122 per annum in lieu of a Technical Writer at 
not to exceed $21,122 per annum; a Secretary at not to exceed $14,857 
per annum in lieu of a Secretary Typist at not to exceed $13,962 per 
annum; a Secretary at not to exceed $14,141 per annum in lieu of a 
Junior Operator at not to exceed $14,678 per annum; three Secre-
taries at not to exceed $13,962 per annum each in lieu of a Secretary 
Receptionist at not to exceed $13,962 per annum, a Secretary Typist 
at not to exceed $13,962 per annum and a Secretary at not to exceed 
$12,888 per annum; a Secretary/Receptionist at not to exceed $13,604 
per annum in lieu of a Quality Controller at not to exceed $16,826 
per annum; a Secretary Typist at not to exceed $13,067 per annum 
in lieu of a Quality Controller at not to exceed $16,826 per annum; 
a Receptionist at not to exceed $12,172 per annum in lieu of an Oper-
ations Clerk at not to exceed $13,246 per annum; an Office Systems 
Supervisor at not to exceed $26,492 per annum; a Text Processing 
Specialist at not to exceed $14,678 per annum; two Senior Systems 
, 
Programmers at not to exceed $31,146 per annum each; a Data 
Resources Manager at not to exceed $25,060 per annum; a Secretary 
at not to exceed $14,320 per annum; two Senior Network Technicians 
at not to exceed $26,492 per annum each; a Technical User Liaison 
at not to exceed $16,468 per annum; a Special Projects Officer at not 
to exceed $32,220 per annum; a Receptionist at not to exceed $13,246 
per annum; two Captains, Police Force at not to exceed $25,776 per 
annum each; two Sergeants, Police Force at not to exceed $17,900 
per annum each; three Detectives, Police Force at not to exceed 
$16,826 per annum each; two Plainclothes Officers, Police Force at 
not to exceed $15,752 per annum each; a Clerk at not to exceed $13,962 
per annum in lieu of not to exceed $12,888 per annum; a Clerk at not 
to exceed $12,888 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $11,814 per 
annum; an Auditor at not to exceed $12,888 per annum in lieu 
of not to exceed $11,814 per annum; a Purchasing Clerk at not to 
exceed $15,036 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $13,962 per annum; 
a Clerk at not to exceed $12,530 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$11,456 per annum; a Supervisor of Door Attendants at not to 
exceed $19,153 per annum in lieu of a Messenger Acting as Assistant 
Doorkeeper at not to exceed $15,752 per annum; an Assistant Super-
visor of Door Attendants at not to exceed $17,184 per annum in lieu 
of a Messenger Acting as Assistant Doorkeeper at not to exceed 
$15,036 per annum; a Director, Service Department at not to exceed 
$41,170 per annum in lieu of a Superintendent, Service Department 
at not to exceed $41,170 per annum; an Assistant Director, Service 
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Department at not to exceed $28,640 per annum in lieu of an Assistant 
Superintendent, Service Department at not to exceed $25,776 per 
annum; a Technical Clerk at not to exceed $13,962 per annum in lieu 
of a Photostat Operator at not to exceed $13,962 per annum; a Secre-
tary to the Director, Service Department at not to exceed $16,468 
per annum in lieu of a Secretary to Superintendent, Service Depart-
ment at not to exceed $16,468 per annum; ten Inserting Machine 
Operators at not to exceed $12,888 per annum each, in lieu of not to 
exceed $11,814 per annum each; three Senior Press Operators at not 
to exceed $17,542 per annum each, in lieu of three Printing Press 
Operators at not to exceed $16,468 per annum each; eleven Printing 
Press Operators at not to exceed $16,468 per annum each, in lieu of 
eleven Offset Press Operators at not to exceed $15,394 per annum 
each; a Senior Pressman/Repairman at not to exceed $17,900 per 
annum in lieu of not to exceed $17,363 per annum; an Assistant Night 
Supervisor, Duplicating Section at not to exceed $18,079 per annum 
in lieu of not to exceed $17,363 per annum; eleven Addressograph 
Operators at not to exceed $13,425 per annum each, in lieu of not to 
exceed $12,530 per annum each; a Secretary at not to exceed $13,425 
per annum in lieu of not to exceed $12,530 per annum; a Secretary-
Receptionist at not to exceed $14,857 per annum in lieu of not to 
exceed $13,962 per annum; a Supervisor, Supply Section at not to 
exceed $16,289 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $15,394 per annum; 
a Technical Clerk at not to exceed $13,425 per annum in lieu of not 
to exceed $12,530 per annum; six Automatic Typewriter Repairmen 
at not to exceed $17,542 per annum each, in lieu of not to exceed 
$16,468 per annum each; three Repairmen at not to exceed $16,110 
per annum each, in lieu of not to exceed $15,036 per annum each; 
a Film and Video Cameraman at not to exceed $25,597 per annum 
in lieu of not to exceed $23,270 per annum; a Laboratory Supervisor 
at not to exceed $25,597 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $23,270 
per annum; an Audio Engineer at not to exceed $21,122 per annum 
in lieu of not to exceed $19,332 per annum; an Audio Engineer at ^ 
not to exceed $16,468 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $15,036 per 
annum; a Skilled Laborer at not to exceed $12,888 per annum in lieu 
of not to exceed $11,814 per annum; a Skilled Laborer at not to 
exceed $12,530 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $11,456 per annum; 
a Laborer at not to exceed $12,888 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$11,814 per annum; two Senior Door Attendants at not to exceed 
$15,036 per annum each, in lieu of two Messengers Acting as Assistant 
Doorkeeper at not to exceed $15,036 per annum each; twenty-five 
Door Attendants at not to exceed $12,530 per annum each, in lieu 
of twenty-five Messengers at not to exceed $12,530 per annum each; 
six Door Attendants at not to exceed $11,814 per annum each, in 
lieu of six Messengers at not to exceed $11,814 per annum each; a 
Door Attendant at not to exceed $10,740 per annum in lieu of a 
Messenger at not to exceed $10,740 per annum; a Door attendant at 
not to exceed $10,382 per annum in lieu of a Messenger at not to 
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exceed $10,382 per annum; a Chief Door Attendant for the Minority 
at not to exceed $13,962 per annum in lieu of a Chief Messenger for 
the Minority at not to exceed $13,962 per annum; three Door Attend-
ants for the Minority at not to exceed $12,530 per annum each, in 
lieu of three Messengers for the Minority at not to exceed $12,530 
per annum each; a Secretary/Receptionist at not to exceed $15,394 
per annum in lieu of a Receptionist at not to exceed $13,067 per 
annum: Provided further^ That, effective April 1, 1978, the Sergeant 
at Arms and Doorkeeper may appoint and fix the compensation of 
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an Executive Assistant at not to exceed $42,065 per annum in lieu 
of a Special Assistant at not to exceed $30,788 per annum. 
For an additional amount for "Office of Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper", fiscal year 1978, $1,219,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the INIinority, $411,000. 
For an additional amount for "Offices of the Secretaries for the 
Majority and Minority", fiscal year 1978, $20,700. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND LONGEVITY COMPENSATION 
For agency contributions for employee benefits and longevity com-
pensation, as authorized by law, $7,785,000. 
For an additional amount for "agency contributions and longevity 
compensation", fiscal year 1978, $785,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL or THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $815,000. 
For an additional amount for "Office of the Legislative Counsel of 
the Senate", fiscal year 1978, $33,300. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $694,000 for each such committee; in all 
$1,388,000. 
For an additional amount for "Senate Policy Committees", fiscal 
year 1978, $93,500. 
AUTOMOBILES AND MAINTENANCE 
For purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operation of 
vehicles, 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, $58,000. 
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 $740,881 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 14,1975, $30,625,000. 
For an additional amount for "Inquiries and Investigations", fiscal 
year 1978, $1,553,800. 
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FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pam-
phlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $4.57 per hour per person, 
$103,000. 
For an additional amount for "Folding Documents", fiscal year 
1978, $7,600. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $29,443,000. 
For an additional amount for "Miscellaneous Items", fiscal year 
1978, $4,015,500. 
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 postage for the office of the Secretary, $3,925; office of the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $240; and the President of the 
Senate, as authorized by law, $1,215; in all, $6,000. 
STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING FUND) 
For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500, and for com-
mittees and officers of the Senate, $34,500; in all, $39,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Any funds appropriated under the heading "Senate" in 
any appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, 
and any funds made available for obligation through September 30, 
1978, by section 109 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977, 
shall remain available for obligation through September 30, 1979, for 
the same purposes for which appropriated or made available. 
SEC. 102. Effective October 1, 1978, the number of employees in the 
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate who may be designated 
as, and receive the compensation of, a Senior Counsel is increased to 
five. 
SEC. 103. Effective on the first day of the first month following the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Senate may 
appoint and 
fix 
the compensation of two Senior Assistants, Document 
Room at not to exceed $14,678 per annum each in lieu of two Assist-
ants in Document Room at not to exceed $14,678 per annum each; a 
Senior Assistant, Document Room at not to exceed $14,678 per annum 
in lieu of an Assistant at not to exceed $13,246 per annum; a Senior 
Assistant, Document Room at not to exceed $14,678 per annum in lieu 
of an Assistant at not to exceed $12,530 per annum; two Senior Assist-
ants, Document Room at not to exceed $14,678 per annum each in lieu 
of two Assistants at not to exceed $12,172 per annum each; an Assist-
ant, Document Room at not to exceed $12,530 per annum in lieu of a 
Reference Assistant at not to exceed $14,678 per annum; three Assist-
ants, Document Room at not to exceed $12,530 per annum each in lieu of 
three Assistants in Document Room at not to exceed $14,678 per annum 
each; a Chief Messenger, Library at not to exceed $13,962 per annum 
in lieu of a Chief Messenger in Library at not to exceed $13,246 per 
annum; a ISIessenger, Library at not to exceed $13,246 per annum in 
lieu of a Messenger at not to exceed $13,962 per annum; and three 
Counter Clerks, Stationery Room at not to exceed $14,678 per annum 
each in lieu of three Clerks at not to exceed $14,678 per annum each: 
91 Stat. 85. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 274 note. 
92 STAT. 772 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
Clerk-hire 
allowance of 
Georgia Senators. 
2 u s e 61-1 note. 
Office of 
Classified 
National Security 
Information. 
Establishment. 
2 u s e 72a note. 
rrt^vH 
Transfer of 
records. 
Repeal. 
Travel expenses 
of Sergeant of 
Arms and 
Doorkeeper of 
the Senate. 
Provided^ That an employee serving as an Assistant in Document 
Room at not to exceed $14,678 per annum on the last day of the month 
in which this Act is enacted and who continues to serve as an Assist-
ant, Document Room, after such last day may be paid compensation 
at not to exceed $14,678 per annum so long as such employee continu-
ously serves in such position. 
SEC. 104, (a) Effective April 1, 1978, the clerk-hire allowance of 
each Senator from the State of Georgia is increased to that allowed 
Senators from States having a population of five million but less than 
seven million, the population of said State having exceeded five million 
inhabitants. 
(b) Effective April 1,1978, the table contained in section 105(d) (1) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and 
modified (2 U.S.C. 61-1 (d) (1)), is amended by striking out 
"$644,937 if such population is 7,000,000 but less than 9,000,000;" 
and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$644,937 if such population is 7,000,000 but less than 8,000,000; 
"$664,627 if such population is 8,000,000 but less than 
9,000,000;". 
SEC. 105 (a) For the period beginning on October 1, 1978, and 
ending on December 31, 1980, there is established within the Office of 
the Secretary of the Senate an office to be known as the "Office of 
Classified National Security Information" (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the "Office"). The Office shall be under the policy direc-
tion of the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, and the chairman 
of the committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and shall 
be under the administrative direction and supervision of the Secretary 
of the Senate. The Office shall have the responsibility for safeguarding 
such restricted data and such other classified information as any 
committee of the Senate may from time to time assign to it. 
(b) The Office shall have authority— 
(1) upon application of any committee of the Senate, to per-
form the administrative functions necessary to classify and declas-
sify information relating to the national security considerations of 
nuclear technology in accordance with guidelines developed for 
restricted data by the responsible executive agencies; 
(2) to provide appropriate facilities for hearings of commit-
tees of the Senate at which restricted data or other classified 
information is to be presented or discussed; and 
(3) to establish and operate a central repository in the United 
States Capitol for the safeguarding of restricted data and other 
classified information for which such Office is responsible. 
(c) All records, documents, and data in the custody of the Office of 
Classified National Security Information established by section 2 of 
Senate Resolution Numbered 252, Ninetj^-fifth Congress, are trans-
ferred to the Office established by subsection (a). 
(d) As an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, section 2 
of Senate Resolution Numbered 252, Ninety-fifth 
Congress, is 
repealed effective October 1,1978. 
SEC. 106. Section 117 of the Second Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1976 (2 U.S.C. 61f-la), is amended by striking out "$10,000" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$25,000". 
SEC. 107. During the fiscal year ending September 30,1979, amounts 
required to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the 
credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 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 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
92 STAT. 773 
Senator) shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate. 
Effective October 1, 1979, amounts required to be so deposited with 
respect to any individual who is an officer or employee of the Senate 
(including an employee in the office of a Senator) on September 30, 
1979, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate so long as 
the individual serves continuously as an officer or employee of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 506 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1973 (2 U.S.C. 58), is amended by redesignating subsections (h) 
through (j) as subsections (i) through (k), respectively, and by 
inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection: 
"(h)(1) For purposes of subsections (a) and (e), an individual 
who is selected by a Senator to serve on a panel or other body to make 
recommendations for nominees to one or more Federal judgeships 
or to one or more service academies shall be considered to be an 
employee in the office of that Senator with respect to travel and official 
expenses incurred in performing duties as a member of such panel 
or other body, and shall be reimbursed (A) for actual transportation 
expenses and per diem expenses (but not exceeding actual travel 
expenses) incurred while traveling in performing such duties within 
the Senator's home State or between that State and Washington, 
District of Columbia, and each of the service academies, (B) for 
official expenses incurred in performing such duties. For purposes 
of this subsection and subsection (a), 'official expenses' means expenses 
of the type for which reimbursement may be made under subsection 
(a) (9) when such expenses are incurred by or on behalf of a Senator, 
and, for accounting purposes, such expenses shall be treated as 
expenses for which reimbursement may be made under subsection 
(a)(6). 
_ 
" (2) The amount of official expenses incurred by individuals selected 
by a Senator for which reimbursement may be made under this sub-
section shall not exceed $500 each calendar year, and the total amount 
of expenses incurred by such individuals for which reimbursement 
may be made under this subsection shall not exceed $3,000 each 
calendar year.". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 
January 1,1978. 
SEC. 109. (a) Effective with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 
1978, and each fiscal year thereafter, the appropriations for "OFFICE 
OF THE SECRETARY" and "OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER" 
under the heading "SALARIES, OFFICERS, and EMPLOYEES" shall be avail-
able for the payment of additional annual compensation (hereinafter 
referred to as "merit compensation") to employees rated as outstand-
ing and exceptional by the Secretary of the Senate and Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper, respectively. 
(b) Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d), each fiscal 
year, the Secretary of the Senate may authorize merit compensation 
for not to exceed 8 employees of his Office and the Sergeant at Arms 
and Doorkeeper may authorize merit compensation for not to exceed 
18 employees of his Office. Each such authorization shall continue in 
effect until it is terminated or changed by the Secretary of the Senate 
or the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, as the case may be. 
(c) No employee shall be eligible to receive merit compensation 
unless such employee has occupied the same position for at least two 
years and is being compensated at the maximum annual salary for the 
position so occupied, except that, in the discretion of the Secretary 
of the Senate or the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, as the case 
Travel and 
official expenses, 
reimbursement. 
"Official 
expenses. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 58 note,. 
Merit 
compensation. 
2 u s e 60J-3. 
(^1% 
'.yc\:l 
Vih 
92 STAT. 774 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
Reports to Senate 
Committee on 
Appropriations. 
may be, an employee who is receiving merit compensation and is trans-
ferred to another position in which he is compensated at the maxi-
mum annual salary shall be eligible to receive merit compensation 
while occupying such other position. 
(d) (1) The amount of merit compensation which may be paid to 
an employee (as authorized by the Secretary of the Senate or the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, as the case may be) shall not 
exceed an amount equal to ten percent of the maximum annual rate 
of compensation of the position occupied by such employee rounded 
to the next highest multiple contained in section 1(a) of the applicable 
Order of the President pro tempore of the Senate issued under author-
2 use 60a-l. 
ity of Section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970. 
(2) The amount of merit compensation which may be paid to an 
employee, when added to his regular annual compensation and his 
longevity compensation, shall not exceed the maximum annual com-
pensation which may be paid to Senate employees generally as pre-
scribed by law or orders of the President pro tempore issued under 
authority of section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970. 
(e) Within thirty days following the end of each fiscal year, the 
Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
shall file reports with the Senate Committee on Appropriations detail-
ing the use and implementation of the authority contained in this 
^ 
section. Such reports shall include the names of all employees receiv-
• '
^ 
ing merit compensation under authority of this section at the end of 
the fiscal year, the positions occupied by them, and the date when each 
such employee first began to receive merit compensation. 
Longevity 
SEC. 110. (a) Subsection (a) and (b) of section 106 of the Legis-
compensation. 
lative Branch Appropriations Act, 1963 (2 U.S.C. 60]), are amended 
to read as follows: 
"SEC. 106. (a) This section shall apply to— 
"(1) each employee of the Senate whose compensa,tion is paid 
from the appropriation for Salaries, Officers and Employees under 
the following headings: 
"(A) Office of the Secretary, including 
individuals 
employed under authority of section 244 of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 74b); 
"(B) Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
except employees designated as 'special employees'; and 
"(C) Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and the 
Minority; 
"(2) each employee of the Senate authorized by Senate resolu-
tion to be appointed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Sergeant 
at Arms and Doorkeeper, except employees designated as 'special 
employees'; and 
''(3) each employee of the Capitol Guide Service established 
40 use 851. 
under section 441 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. 
" (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an employee to whom 
this section applies shall be paid, during any period of continuous 
creditable service, additional annual compensation 
(hereinafter 
referred to as 'longevity compensation') at the rate of two times the 
multiple contained in section 1(a) of the applicable Order of the 
President pro tempore of the Senate issued under authority of section 4 
2 use 60a-l. 
of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 for (A) "each year of 
creditable service performed for the first five years and (B) each 
two years of creditable service performed during the twenty-year 
period following the first five years. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
92 STAT. 775 
"(2) The amount of longevity compensation which may be paid to 
an employee, when added to his regular annual compensation, shall 
not exceed the maximum annual compensation which may be paid to 
Senate employees generally as prescribed by law or orders of the 
President pro tempore issued under authority of section 4 of the 
Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970. 
' 
2 USC 60a-l. 
" (3) For purposes of this section— 
"(A) creditable service includes (i) service performed as an 
employee described in subsection (a), (ii) service performed as a 
member of the Capitol Police or as an employee of the United 
States Capitol Telephone Exchange while compensation therefor 
is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and (iii) 
service which is creditable for purposes of this section as in effect 
on the last day of the month in which the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1979, is enacted; 
"(B) in computing length of continuous creditable service, only 
creditable service performed subsequent to August 31, 1957, shall 
be taken into account, except that, in the case of service as an 
employee employed undei" authority of section 244 of the Legisla-
tive Reorganization Act of 1946, only creditable service performed 2 USC 74b. 
subsequent to January 2,1971, shall be taken into account; and 
"(C) continuity of creditable service shall not be deemed to be 
broken by separations from service of not more than thirty days, 
by the performance of service as an employee (other than an 
employee subject to the provisions of this section) whose compen-
sation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of 
the House of Representatives, or by the performance of active 
military service in the armed forces of the United States, but 
periods of such separations and service shall not be creditable 
service. 
"(4) Longevity compensation shall be payable on and after the first 
day of the first month following completion of each period of credita-
ble service upon which such compensation is based.". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the Effective date, 
first day of the first month which begins after the date of the enactment 2 USC 60j note, 
of this Act. The gross compensation of employees entitled to longevity 
compensation on such first day under section 106 of the legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1963, shall be adjusted in accordance with Ante, p. 774. 
the provisions of such section as amended by subsection (a). No 
increase in compensation by reason of such amendment sliall take 
effect for any pay period beginning before such first day, and .no 
monetary benefit by reason of such amendment shall accrue for any 
period before such first day. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
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COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE FOR THE MEMBERS 
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS 
For compensation of Members, as authorized by law (wherever used "Member, 
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), $27,699,300. 
92 STAT. 776 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
MILEAGE OF MEMBERS 
" 
' 
For mileage of Members, as authorized by law, $210,000. 
'' 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $2,147,100, includ-
ing: Office of the Speaker, $545,300, including $10,000 for official 
expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $384,100, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of 
the Minority Floor Leader, $479,100, including $5,000 for official 
expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, 
$416,800, including not to exceed $100,655 for the Chief Deputy Major-
ity Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, $321,800, including not to 
exceed $53,155 for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as author-
;.. ... 
ized by law, $26,407,700, including: Office of the Clerk, $7,541,600; 
Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including overtime, as authorized by 
law, $10,889,900; Office of the Doorkeeper, including overtime, as 
authorized by law, $4,343,000; Office of the Postmaster, $1,177,100, 
including $20,954 for employment of substitute messengers and extra 
, 
services of regular employees when required at the salary rate of not 
to exceed $11,266 per annum each; Office of the Chaplain, $23,700; 
Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of the Rules, $250,000; for compiling 
the precedents of the House of Representatives, $295,000; a technical 
assistant in the Office of the Attending Physician, to be appointed by 
the Attending Physician subject to the approval of the Speaker, 
$30,700; the House Democratic Steering Committee, $308,900; the 
House Democratic Caucus, $83,600; the House Republican Confer-
ence, $542,500; six minority employees, $272,500; and L.B.J. Interns 
^, . 
and Former Speakers' staff, $649,200. 
Such amounts as are deemed necessary for the payment of salaries 
of officers and employees under this head may be transferred between 
., 
. 
the various offices and activities within this appropriation, "Salaries, 
officers and employees", upon the approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical employees of standing committees, 
including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the 
Budget, $24,705,000. 
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COMMITTEE ON AUPPROPRIATIONS (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 
2 use 72a. 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and to be 
available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$2,895,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES) 
92 STAT. 777 
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-
sional Budget Act of 1974, and to be available for reimbursement to 88 Stet. 300. 
agencies for services performed, $261,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LAW KEVISION COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel 
of the House, $435,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $1,879,000. 
MEMBERS' CLERK H I R E 
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of his official 
and representative duties, $112,648,300. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $59,967,000, including: Official Expenses of Members, $38,367,989; 
supplies, materials and administrative costs, $2,578,511; furniture and 
furnishings, $1,085,000; reporting hearings for stenographic reports 
of hearings of committees, including special and select committees, 
$1,501,000; reemployed annuitants reimbursement, $2,099,700; Govern-
ment contributions to employees' life insurance fund, retirement fund, 
and health benefits fund, $14,000,000; and miscellaneous items includ-
ing, but not limited to, purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, 
repair and operation of House motor vehicles, and not to exceed $56,000 
for the purposes authorized by section 1 of House Resolution 348, 
approved June 29, 1961, as amended by House Resolutions 434 and 
1047, Ninety-fifth Congress, $334,800. 
Such amounts as are deemed necessary for the payment of allowances 
and expenses under this head m a j be transferred between the various 
categories within this appropriation, "Allowances and expenses", 
upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees authorized 
by the House, $46,762,000. 
31 use lib. 
31 use 1303. 
88 Stat. 330. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 111. The 
provisions 
of 
House 
Resolution 
12, 
approved 
August 5,1977, relating to employees contributions to certain charita-
ble organizations; the first section and section 4 of House Resolution 
315, approved JSTovember 1, 1977, relating to House Beauty Shop 
employees compensation classification system; House Resolution 661, 
approved July 29, 1977, providing two additional positions for the 
2 use 60e-lc, 
60e-ld. 
40 use 206a-4, 
206a-5. 
92 STAT. 778 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
2 use 84-2. 
Capitol Police Force and section 3 relating to the compensation of the 
2 use 122, 122 
Chaplain of the House of Eepresentatives; House Resolution 687, 
note, 122b-122g. approved September 20,1977, relating to district office space for Mem-
2 use 130, 130 
bers; and House Resolution 1047, approved April 4, 1978, which 
note, 130-1. 
increases available funds for interparliamentary receptions, shall be 
the permanent law with respect thereto. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds appropriated on pages 2 through 6 of 
the House passed version of this Act shall be made available for obli-
gation unless such funds are subject to audit by the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States in accordance with the provisions of title 31, 
section 67 of the U.S.C.A. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For joint committees, as follows: 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
JOINT ECONOMIC 
COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$1,800,000. 
To enable the Joint Economic Committee to carry out the investiga-
tion of past and prospective changes in the United States and world 
economies and the impact of such changes on the economies of the 
United States and other nations, pursuant to House Concurrent 
Resolution 248, Ninety-fifth Congress, $553,000, such sum to become 
available for obligation on January 1, 1979, and to remain available 
for obligation through December 31,1980. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$656,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
Vr-?tdO'' 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$2,375,200, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. 
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 $200 per month each to two medical 
officers while on duty in the Attending Physician's office; (3) an allow-
ance of $200 per month each to not to exceed eight assistants on the 
basis heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4) $253,475 for 
reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred 
for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Phy-
sician, such amount shall be advanced and credited to the applicable 
appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, 
and other expenses are payable and shall be available for all the pur-
poses thereof, $465,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
92 STAT. 779 
: 
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. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For purchasing and supplying uniforms; tlie purchase, maintenance, 
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 the relo-
cation of instructor personnel to and from the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center as approved by the Chairman of the Capitol 
Police Board, and including $40 per month for extra services per-
formed 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, $750,100, to be disbursed by the Clerk 
of the House. 
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD 
To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protec-
tion for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate 
and House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $1,421,000, 
to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. Such sum shall be Detailed 
expended only for payment of salaries and other expenses of personnel personnel, 
detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, D-C. Code 
and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed 9-126a. 
to make such details upon the request of the Board. Personnel so 
detailed shall, during the period of such detail, serve under the direc-
tion 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 Government of the Dis-
trict 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 in the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1942, and the Second Deficiency Appropriation 55 Stat. 456. 
Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia ^4 Stat. 629. 
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 assist-
ant 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 compensation as may be subsequently pro-
vided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent, 
(2) to pay the inspector detailed under the authority of this para-
graph 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, (3) to pay the two lieutenants detailed 
under the authority of this paragraph the salary of lieutenant and such 
increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by 
law so long as these positions are held by the present incumbents, (4) 
to pay the two detective sergeants detailed under the authority of 
39-194 O—80—pt. 1 
53 : QL3 
92 STAT. 780 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
2 use 88b-l and 
note, 40 USC 
184a, 2 USC 88a. 
D.C. Code 
31-121. 
Limitation. 
Contracts. 
this paragraph the salary of detective sergeant and such increases in 
basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long 
as these positions are held by the present incumbents, and (5) to pay 
the three sergeants of the uniform force detailed under the authority 
of this paragraph the salary of sergeant and such increases in basic 
compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as these 
positions are held by the present incumbents. 
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 Capital Grounds and on the Library of Congress 
Grounds. 
EDUCATION OF PAGES 
For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
Court, pursuant to part 9 of title IV of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act, 1970, and section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, 
$205,800, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House, which amount shall 
be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the Board of Education of the District of 
Columbia is hereby authorized to employ such personnel for the edu-
cation of pages as may be required and to pay compensation for such 
services in accordance with such rates of compensation as the Board 
of Education may prescribe. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
' 
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For expenses necessary for official mail costs pursuant to title 39, 
U.S.C, section 3216, $64,944,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the 
House, to be available immediately on enactment of this Act. 
CAPITOL GTJIDE SERVICE 
N 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, $544,000, 
to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, 
That none 
of these funds shall be used to employ more than twenty-eight individ-
uals : Provided 
further, 
That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, 
during emergencies, to employ not more than two additional individ-
uals for not more than one hundred twenty days each, and not more 
than ten additional individuals for not more than six months each, 
for the Capitol Guide Service. 
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the second session of the Ninetj^-fifth Congress, show-
ing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
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. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
92 STAT. 781 
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-484), includ- 2 USC 471 note, 
ing rental of space in the District of Columbia, $9,700,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or 
expenses of any employee of the Office of Technology Assessment in 
excess of 130 staff employees, except that any reduction in total 
employment necessary to meet this limitation on emploj^ment is to be 
accomplished by attrition: Provided further, That this limitation shall 
not prevent staff appointments necessary to maintain an operating 
balance between professional staff skills and support staff or prevent 
the position of Director or Deputy Director from being filled should it 
become vacant. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), 31 USC 1301 
$11,368,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for note, 
the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided fwr-ther. 
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 
of 218 staff employees. 
ARCHITECT 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, $2,382,000. 
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 40 USC 166a. 
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. Studies, 
to incur expenses authorized by the Act of December 13, 1973 (87 
Stat. 704), and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activ- 40 USC 166d. 
ities under his care, $210,000, which shall remain available until 
expended. 
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 juris-
diction of the Architect of the Capitol, including improvements, main-
tenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, and 
appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment; special and pro-
92 STAT. 782 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
tective clothing for workmen; 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 Revised 
41 use 5. 
Statutes, as amended; preservation of historic drawings through use 
of document conservation laboratory facilities of the Library of Con-
gress on a reimbursable basis; purchase or exchange, maintenance and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of necessary refer-
ence books and periodicals; for expenses of attendance, when specifi-
cally authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or 
conventions in connection with subjects related to work under the 
Architect of the Capitol, $6,157,000, of which $125,000 shall remain 
available until expended. 
>' 
• 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 Revised Statutes, as amended, $2,565,000. 
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 
pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes as 
amended; to be expended under the control and supervision of the 
Architect of the Capitol in all $10,328,600, of which $210,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
'^ 
SENATE GARAGE 
For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, 
and all other necessary expenses, $164,000. 
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HOUSE OFFICE BUILMNGS 
.
H 
icll ftfi 
For maintenance, including equipment; waterproof 
wearing 
apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902); prevention and eradication of insect and other 
pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended; miscellaneous items; and for all necessary services, includ-
ing the position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by law, 
$21,065,000, of which $6,813,000 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, 
Congressional Library Buildings, and the grounds about the same, 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
92 STAT. 783 
Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and for air conditioning refrigeration 
not supplied from plants in any of such buildings; for heating the 
Government Printing Office and Washington City Post Office and 
heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 
Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which 
shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the 
Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 
to the credit of this appropriation; 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, $13,635,000, of which $730,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That not to exceed $1,750,000 of the funds cred-
ited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall 
be available for obligation during fiscal year 1979. 
MODIFICATIONS AND ENLARGEMENT, CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
The 
appropriation 
"Modifications 
and 
Enlargement, 
Capitol 
Power Plant" shall be available for necessary furniture and furnish-
ings in addition to the purposes heretofore authorized for such project 
under Public Law 93-50 (87 Stat. 109-110). 
L I B R A R Y O F CONGRESS 
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) and to 
revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of 
America, $25,553,000: Provided, 
That no part of this appropriation 
may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any 
publication, or preparation of material therefor (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. 
GOVERNMENT P R I N T I N G O F F I C E 
CONGRESSIONAL 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); and printing and bind-
ing of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to 
Members of Congress, $73,961,000: 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 appropriation shall be avail-
able for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years. 
Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, appropria-
tions for the automatic distribution to Senators and Representatives 
(including Delegates to Congress and the Resident Commissioner 
92 STAT. 784 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
from Puerto Rico) of the bound and biweekly Congressional Records 
shall not be available with respect to any Senator or Representative 
unless such Senator or Representative specifically, in writing, requests 
that he or she receive copies of such Records. 
Citation of title. 
This title may be cited as the "Congressional Operations Appropri-
ation Act, 1979". 
TITLE 
II—RELATED 
AGENCIES 
. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
• '' 
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; emergency 
medical supplies; traveling expenses, including bus fares, not to 
exceed $275; the prevention and eradication of insect and other pests 
and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement of per-
sonal services by contract without regard to the provisions of any 
other Act; purchase and exchange of motor trucks; purchase and 
exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of refer-
ence ; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, 
$1,392,000. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
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S A L A R I E S A N D E X P E N S E S 
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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; operation and maintenance of the American Folklife Center 
and the American Television and Radio Archives in the Library; 
preparation and distribution of catalog cards and other publications 
of the Library; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund 
Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held 
by the Board, $92,249,000, of which $4,474,000, including $346,275 
for the law library, is to remain available until expended for acquisi-
tion of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other material 
including subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library and 
the law library, including $40,000 to be available solely for the pur-
chase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 
unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided, That 
not to exceed $6,500,000 of the funds credited to this appropriation 
during fiscal year 1979 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (2 U.S.C. 
150) shall be available for obligation during such fiscal year. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
92 STAT. 785 
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, 
$8,560,500: Provided, 
That not to exceed $4,600,000 of the funds 
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1979 under section 
708(c) of Title 17, United States Code, shall be available for obliga- 17 USCapp. 708. 
tion during such fiscal year. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
, >. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $36,729,700. 
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, $3,860,100, of which $3,603,500 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, $7,694,000, of 
which 
$6,354,000 shall be available until expended only for the purchase 
and supply of furniture, book stacks, shelving, furnishings, and related 
costs necessary for the initial outfitting of the James Madison Memo-
rial Library Building, 
ill {>>;:; •; 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Library of 
Congress for salaries shall be available for expenses of personnel Congress, 
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. 202. Not to exceed fifteen positions in the Library of Congress Aliens, 
may be exempt from the provisions of appropriation acts concerning employment, 
the employment of aliens during the current fiscal year, but the ^ ^SC 169. 
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. 
SEC. 203. Funds available to the Library of Congress may be 2 USC 143a. 
expended 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, 
92 STAT. 786 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
Advance 
payments. 
Congressional 
Research Service. 
2 u s e 142e. 
17 u s e 805 note. 
as amended (22 U.S.C. 889(a)); 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 
87-195, 22 U.S.C. 2396(b)) ; subject to such rules and regulations as 
may be issued by the Librarian of Congress, 
SEC. 204. 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. 205. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $126,500, of 
which $47,000 is for the Congressional Research Service, when specif-
ically authorized by the Librarian, for expenses of attendance at 
meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the 
appropriation is made. 
SEC. 206. Funds available to the Library of Congress may be 
expended to provide additional parking facilities for Library of Con-
gress employees in an area or areas in the District of Columbia out-
side 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 without regard to the limitations 
imposed by 31 U.S.C. 638a (c) (2). 
SEC. 207. The Library of Congress is authorized to compute and 
disburse the basic pay of all personnel of the Congressional Budget 
Office pursuant to the provisions of section 5504 of Title 5 of the 
United States Code, except the Director, who as head of an agency, 
shall have pay computed and disbursed pursuant to the provisions of 
section 5505 of Title 5 of the United States Code. 
SEC. 208. The Library of Congress is authorized to compute and dis-
burse basic pay of all personnel of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal 
pursuant to the provisions of section 5504 of title 5 of the United 
States Code. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
L I B R A R Y BuiiJiiNGS AND G R O U N D S 
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural main-
tenance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof 
wearing apparel, and personal and other services, $2,776,000, of which 
$200,000 shall remain available until expended. 
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, $805,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
92 STAT. 787 
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r - GOVERNMENT P R I N T I N G O F F I C E 
PRINTING AND BINDING 
For authorized 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 printing and binding of Govern-
ment publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge 
to the recipient, $11,476,000: 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 Agricul-
ture) : Provided 
further^ That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for 
similar purposes for preceding fiscal years. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu-
ments, including compensation of all employees in accordance with the 
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 et 
elevators, and machinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; *^9-
$23,200,000: Provided 
further. 
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 permanent personal services) for workload increases not 
anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided 
for by normal budgetary adjustments. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING 
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 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying 31 USC 849. 
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 $5,000 may be expended on the certifi-
cation of the Public Printer in connection with special studies of 
^ 
governmental iprinting, binding, and distribution practices and proce-
dures: Pro-y^oec? 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. 
. ; 
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 
92 STAT. 788 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
of governmental jfinancial practices and procedures; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to 
5 use 5332 note, exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for grade GS-18; hire 
of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 
notwithstanding section 3648, Kevised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 
529); benefits comparable to those payable under sections 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 benefits 
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)), 
$185,756,000: Provided^ That this appropriation and appropriations 
for administrative expenses of any other department or agency which 
is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro-
gram (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate share of 
JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, including but not limited 
to the salary of the Executive Director and secretarial support: PTO-
vided further, That this appropriation and appropriations for admin-
istrative 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. Pay-
ments hereunder to either the Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as 
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are 
initially financed. 
COST-ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD 
50 u s e app. 
2168. 
Regulations. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
D.C. Code 
40-603C. 
Salary or pay for 
government 
positions. 
5 u s e 5318 note. 
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), $1,850,000. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency 
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. 302. 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. 303. Hereafter, each Senator, Member of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and other individual who is authorized by law to be issued 
a congressional tag for his automobile shall, upon application therefor, 
be entitled to be issued a duplicate tag bearing the same number. 
SEC. 304. (a) No part of the funds appropriated for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1979, by this Act or any other Act may be used 
to pay the salary or pay of any individual in any office or position in 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
92 STAT. 789 
the legislative, executive, or judicial branch, or in the government of 
the District of Columbia, at a rate which exceeds the rate (or maxi-
mum rate, if higher) of salary or basic pay payable for such office or 
position for September 30, 1978, if the rate of salary or basic pay for 
for such office or position is— 
(1) fixed at a rate which is equal to or greater than the rate of 
basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 
5316 of title 6, United States Code, or 
(2) limited to a maximum rate which is equal to or greater than 
the rate of basic pay for such level V (or to a percentage of such 
a maximum rate) by reason of section 5308 of title 5, United States 
Code, or any other provision of law or congressional resolution. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the rate or maximum rate (as the 
case may be) of salary or basic pay payable for September 30, 1978, 
for any office or position which was not in existence on such date shall 
be deemed to be the rate or maximum rate (as the case may be) of salary 
or basic pay payable to individuals in comparable offices or positions 
for such date, as determined under regulations prescribed— 
(1) by the President, in the case of any office or position within 
the executive branch or in the government of the District of 
Columbia; 
(2) jointly by the Speaker of the House and the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, in the case of any office or position within 
the legislative branch; or 
(3) by the Chief Justice of the United States, in the case of any 
office or position within the judicial branch. 
(c) For purposes of administering any provision of law, rule, or 
regulation which provides retirement, life insurance, or other employee 
benefit, which requires any deduction or contribution, or which imposes 
any requirement or limitation, on the basis of a rate of salary or basic 
pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this 
section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
SEC. 305. The provisions of sections 491 (c) and 49l'(d) of the Legis-
lative Keorganization Act of 1970, as amended (2 U.S.C. 88b-l), shall 
not apply to the pay of pages of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives during the period between the recess or adjournment of the second 
session of the Ninety-fifth Congress and the convening of the first ses-
sion of the Ninety-sixth Congress. The pay of Senate and House pages 
shall continue during such period of recess or adjournment. 
SEC. 306. No funds in this bill may be used to implement a system 
for televising and broadcasting the proceedings of the House pursuant 
to House Resolution 866, Ninety-fifth Congress, under which the TV 
cameras in the Chamber purchased by the House are controlled and 
operated by persons not in the employ of the House. 
SEC. 307. Effective December 1, 1978, none of the funds appropri-
ated by this Act may be used to provide or maintain any utility or 
custodial service for any office premises of the House of Representa-
tives if such premises is occupied by any organization which was, 
during 1977, requested by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
to vacate such premises. 
SEC. 308. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able in this Act for the House of Representatives or for any other 
agency shall be used to provide legal representation for any employee 
without the specific authorization of the Congress. 
SEC. 309. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to 
provide House "Wall Calendars, U.S. Historical Society Calendars, 
Agriculture Yearbooks, plants from the U.S. Botanic Garden, and 
Regulations. 
Congressional 
pages, pay. 
2 use 88b-l 
note. 
Televising and 
broadcasting 
proceedings. 
Utility or 
custodial service. 
Legal 
representation for 
employees. 
92 STAT. 790 
PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 
Longevity 
compensation. 
2 u s e 60J-2. 
2 u s e 60j. 
Short title. 
shipping trunks, to Members of the House of Representatives, without 
reimbursement for such items from Member's official Office Expenses 
Allowances. 
SEC. 310. (a) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of section 
106 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963 (as amended 
by section 110 of this Act), shall apply to telephone operators (includ-
ing the chief operator and assistant chief operators) on the United 
States Capitol telephone exchange and members of the Capitol Police 
whose compensation is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives in the same manner and to the same extent as such provisions 
apply to individuals whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate. For purposes of so applying such subsections, creditable 
service shall include service performed as an employee of the United 
States Capitol telephone exchange or a member of the Capitol Police 
whether compensation therefor is disbursed by the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate. 
SEC. 311. Of the total budget authority provided in this Act, for pay-
ments not required by law, five per centum shall be withheld from 
obligation and expenditure. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1979". 
Approved September 30, 1978. 
vmi 1 o 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-1254 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 95-1457 (Comm. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-1024 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, VoL 124 (1978): 
June 15, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 4, 7, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Aug. 17, House agreed to conference report; concurred in Senate amendments. 
Aug. 19, Senate agreed to conference report. 
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