An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other purposes
PL 91-145 (H.R.13763), enacted 12/12/1969

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Foreign credits 
31 u s e 724-
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
Interdepart-
mental boards. 
59 Stat, 134. 
Short title.-
SEC. 507. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 
(66 Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or 
owned by the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any 
purpose for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year 
(including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use 
of such credits), only when reimbursement therefor is made to the 
Treasury from applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: 
Provided^ That such credits received as exchange allowances or pro-
ceeds of sales of personal property may be used in whole or part pay-
ment for acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner 
authorized by iHiw, w^ithout reimbursement to the Treasury. 
SEC. 508. Xo part of any appropriation contained in this or any other 
Act, or of tlie funds available for expenditure by any corporation or 
agency, shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes designed 
to sui)poit or defeat legislation pending before Congress. 
>^rx',. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for ol)ligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 510. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act, shall be available to finance interdepartmental boards, com-
missions, councils, committees, or similar groups under section 214 of 
the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946 (31 U.S.C. 691) 
which do not have prior and specific congressional approval of such 
method of financial support. 
This Act may be cited as the "Public Works for Water, Pollution 
Control, and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commission 
Appropriation Act, 1970". 
Approved December 11, 1969. 
Public Law 91-145 
December 12, 1969 
AN 
A C T 
[H. R. 13763] 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1970, and for other puri>oses. 
Legislative 
Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1970. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1970, and for other purposes, namely: 
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SENATE 
COMPENSATION OP THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS, MILEAGE OF THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SENATORS, AND EXPENSE ALLOW-
ANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND LEADERS OF THE SENATE 
COMPENSATION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
For compensation of the Vice President and Senators of the United 
States, $4,685,530. 
MILEAGE OF PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND OF SENATORS 
For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $58,370. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND MAJORITY 
AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $3,000; and Minority Leader of the Senate, 
$3,000; in all, $16,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and 
others as authorized by law, including agency contributions and lon-
gevity compensation as authorized, which shall be paid from this 
appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For clerical assistance to the Vice President, $281,187. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For offices of the majority leader and the minority leader, $106,930: 
Provided^ That effective November 1, 1969, the respective leaders may 
each appoint and fix the compensation of an administrative assistant at 
not to exceed $31,317 per annum, a legislative assistant at not to exceed 
$28,908 per annum, an executive secretary at not to exceed $15,111 
per annum, and a clerical assistant at not to exceed $12,921 per annum 
in lieu of the positions heretofore authorized by Senate Resolution 158, 
agreed to December 9,1941, Public Law 86-30, approved May 20,1959, 
73 stat. 33. 
and Senate Resolution 240, agreed to January 24, 1952. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For offices of the majority and minority whips, $68,730: Provided^ 
That effective November 1, 1969, the whips may each appoint and fix 
the compensation of an administrative assistant at not to exceed 
$30,003 per annum, and an executive secretary at not to exceed $15,111 
per annum. 
the Senate. 
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OFFICE OF T H E 
CHAPLAIN 
For the office of the Chaplain, $17,185: Provided^ That effective 
Kovember 1, 1969, the compensation of the Chaplain shall be $10,074 
per annum and he shall be subject to election at the beginning of each 
Congress: Provided further^ That the Chaplain may appoint and fix 
the compensation of a secretary at not to exceed $8,541 per annum. 
OFFICE OF T H E 
SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $1,675,448, including $144,673 required 
for the purpose specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, 
60 Stat. 839. 
United States Code: Provided, That effective November 1, 1969, the 
Secretary may fix the compensation of the Assistant Secretary at not 
to exceed $11,826 per annum, employ and fix the compensation of a 
Special Assistant at not to exceed $10,293 per annum in lieu of an 
Assistant at $8,760 per annum, employ and fix the compensation of 
an Editor, Digest at not to exceed $21,024 per annum, an Assistant 
Editor, Digest at not to exceed $18,396 per annum, and a Clerk, Digest 
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at not to exceed $8,541 per annum: Provided further, That, effective 
November 1, 1969, the Secretary is authorized to appoint a Comp-
troller of the Senate at a salary of $35,259 per annum, and a Secretary 
to the Comptroller at a salary of not to exceed $12,921 per annum, and 
the allowance for clerical assistance and readjustment of salaries in 
the disbursing office is hereby made available for personnel at such 
titles and per annum rates as may be necessary, at no time exceeding 
an aggregate of $249,660. 
COMMITTEE 
EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and 
the Select Committee on Small Business, $4,017,014. 
CONFERENCE 
COMMITTEES 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates of 
compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $115,619. 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates of 
compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $115,619. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistants to Senators, $24,656,608: 
Provided. That the clerk hire allowance of each Senator from the State 
of Connecticut shall be increased to that allowed Senators from States 
having a population of three million, the population of said State 
having exceeded three million inhabitants: Provided further, 
That, 
effective November 1, 1969, paragraph (1) of section 105(d) of the 
Ivegislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended (2 U.S.C. 
81 Stat. 142, 
61-1 (d)), is amended by increasing each of the amounts in the table 
therein relating to Senators' clerk hire allowances by $23,652, and 
paragraph (2) (i) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(i) 
the salary of two employees may be fixed at gross rates of not more 
than $23,652 per annum,"'. 
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OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $4,915,909: Pro-
cided^ That effect!\'e November 1,1969, the Sergeant at Arms is author-
ized to employ the following additional employees: A Systems 
Programer at $15,987 per annum, a Production Manager at $14,454 per 
annum, an Applications Programer at $13,797 per annum, an Opera-
tor at $10,074 per annum, an Operator at $9,417 per annum, and six 
plainclothesmen, Police Force, at $8,760 per annum each in lieu of six 
Privates at $8,322 per annum each. 
OFFICES OF T H E SECRETARIES FOR T H E MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For the offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary 
for the Minority, $196,612. 
OFFICE OF T H E LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF T H E SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of 
the Senate, $374,100. 
PAYMENT TO WIDOW OF DECEASED SENATOR 
For payment to Louella Dirksen, widow of Everett McKinley 
Dirksen, late a Senator from the State of Illinois, $49,500. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $236,720 for each such Committee; in all, 
$473,440. 
AUTOMOBILES AND MAINTENANCE 
For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of 
four automobiles, one for the Vice President, one for the President 
Pro Tempore, one for the Majority Leader, and one for the Minority 
Leader, $50,880. 
FURNITURE 
For service and materials in cleaning and repairing furniture, and 
for the purchase of furniture, $31,190: Provided^ That the furniture 
purchased is not available from other agencies of the Government. 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, 
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-
ninth Congress, including $431,775 for the Committee on Appropri- 
eo stat. 83i. 
ations, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Reso- 
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lution Nunibered 193, agreed to October 14,1943, $6,646,755, of which 
amount $6,000 is hereby made available for obligations incurred in 
fiscal year 1968. 
2 u s e 190b. 
75 Stat. 199. 
40 u s e 174J-4. 
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FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets 
at a gross rate of not exceeding $2.82 per hour per person, $46,355. 
MAIL 
TRANSPORTATION 
For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles for 
carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and 
Sergeant at Arms, $16,560. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For Miscellaneous Items, exclusive of labor, $5,708,986 including 
$497,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance 
section 4 of Public Law 87-82, approved July 6, 1961, and $15,000 for 
expenses of the Commission on Art and Antiquities of the Senate. 
For an additional amount for "Miscellaneous Items, fiscal year 
1969", $300,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation 
"Salaries, officers and employees. Senate, fiscal year 1969". 
POSTAGE STAMPS 
For postage stamps for the Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority 
and Minority, $240; and for air mail and special delivery stamps for 
the Office of the Secretary, $350; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $215; 
Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, 
$119,328: Provided^ That the maximum allowance per capita of $960 
is increased to $1,056 for the fiscal year 1970 and thereafter: Provided 
further. That Senators from States partially or wholly west of the 
Mississippi River shall be allowed an additional $264 each fiscal year; 
in all, $120,133. 
STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING 
FUND) 
For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, 
$363,600; and for stationery for Committees and officers of the Senate, 
$14,250; in all, $377,850: Provided, That effective with the fiscal year 
1970 and thereafter the allowance for stationery for each Senator and 
the President of the Senate shall be at the rate of $3,600 per annum: 
Provided further, That section 106 of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priation Act, 1969 (Public Law 90-417, approved July 23, 1968), is 
hereby made applicable to the President of the Senate. 
COMMUNICATIONS 
For an amount for communications which may be expended inter-
changeably, in accordance with such limitations and restrictions as 
may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration, 
for payment of charges on official telegrams and long-distance tele-
l)hone calls made by or on behalf of Senators or the President of the 
Senate, in addition to those otherwise authorized, $15,150. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Effective October 1, 1969, the third paragraph under the heading 
"Administrative Provisions" in the appropriations for the Senate 
in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957, as amended (2 
82 Stat. 413. 
2 u s e 46a-3. 
79 Stat. 269. 
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U.S.C. 53), is amended by striking out "$300" and inserting in lieu ^Jl^l\^%^f^' 
thereof "$400", and by inserting before the colon preceding the pro-
viso therein a comma and the following: "or incurred for subscrip-
tions to newspapers, magazines, periodicals, or clipping or similar 
services". 
Effective July 1, 1969, the third paragraph under the heading 
"Administrative Provisions" in the appropriations for the Senate in 
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1959, as amended (2 U.S.C. 
43b), is amended by striking out the portion thereof relating to pay- 
^^ stat. 443; 
ments from the Contingent Fund of the Senate and inserting in lieu ^^ *^'' ^^®' 
thereof the following: 
"The Contingent Fund of the Senate is hereafter made available for 
reimbursement of transportation expenses incurred by Senators in 
traveling, on official business, by the nearest usual route, between 
Washington, District of Columbia, and any point in their home States, 
for not to exceed twelve round trips (or the equivalent thereof in one-
way trips) in each fiscal year,". 
Section 6(c) of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925 (D.C. 
Code, sec. 40-603 (c)), is amended by inserting after "Senate and House 
46 stat. 1425. 
of Representatives," the words "Comptroller of the Senate,". 
The first sentence of the second paragraph under the heading 
"Administrative Provisions" in the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1962, as amended (2 U.S.C. 127), is amended to read as fol- _^i^*^*:/„23; 
lows: "The contingent fund of the Senate is hereafter made available 
for reimbursement of transportation expenses incurred in traveling 
by the nearest usual route between Washington, District of Columbia, 
and any point in the home State of the Senator involved, for not to 
exceed eight round trips made by employees in each Senator's office in 
any fiscal year, such payment to be made only upon vouchers approved 
by the Senator containing a certification by such Senator that such 
travel was performed in line of official duty." This provision shall take 
effect with respect to round trips commencing on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
No part of any appropriation disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate shall be available for payment of compensation to any person 
for any period for which such person is carried in a leave without pay 
status from a position in or under any department or agency of the 
Government. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
For payment to Pearle Jean Bates, widow of William H. Bates, late 
a Representative from the State of Massachusetts, $42,500. 
SALARIES, MILEAGE FOR THE MEMBERS, AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE or 
T H E 
S P E A K E R 
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS 
For compensation of Members, as authorized by law (wherever used 
herein the term "Member" shall include Members of the House of 
Representatives and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico), 
$20,074,000. 
MILEAGE OF MEMBERS AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF T H E 
SPEAKER 
For mileage of Members and expense allowance of the Speaker, as 
authorized by law, $180,000. 
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SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, as 
follows: 
OFFICE OF T H E 
SPEAKER 
For the Office of the Speaker, $151,850. 
OFFICE OF T H E 
PARLIAMENTARIAN 
For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $152,310, including the Par-
liamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of the Kules, as 
authorized by law. 
COMPILATION 
OF PRECEDENTS OF HOUSE 
OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
For compiling the precedents of the House of Representatives, as 
heretofore authorized, $13,210. 
OFFICE OF T H E 
CHAPLAIN 
For the Office of the Chaplain, $17,965. 
OFFICE OF T H E 
CLERK 
For the Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $192,190 for the 
House Recording Studio, $2,205,000. 
OFFICE OF T H E SERGEANT AT ARMS 
For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $2,950,000. 
OFFICE OF T H E DOORKEEPER 
For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $2,275,000. 
OFFICE OF T H E 
POSTMASTER 
For the Office of the Postmaster, including $12,420 for employment 
of substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees when 
required at the basic salary rate of not to exceed $2,100 per annum 
each, $625,870. 
COMMITTEE 
EMPLOYEES 
For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropria-
tions, $5,300,000. 
SPECIAL AND MINORITY 
EMPLOYEES 
For six minority employees, $182,885. 
For the House Democratic Steering Committee, $59,040. 
For the House Republican Conference, $59,040. 
For the office of the majority floor leader, including $3,000 for official 
expenses of the majority leader, $119,915. 
For the office of the minority floor leader, including $3,000 for 
official expenses of the minority leader, $111,295. 
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For the office of the majority whip, including $13,480 basic lump-
sum clerical assistance, $90,990. 
For the office of the minority whip, including $13,480 basic lump-
sum clerical assistance, $90,990. 
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, $18,745, to be equally divided. 
For a technical assistant in the office of the attending physician, to 
be appointed by the attending physician, subject to the approval of the 
Speaker, $16,845. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES 
For official reporters of debates, $324,410. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS TO COMMITTEES 
For official reporters to committees, $322,040. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of executive 
agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary per-
sonal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and to be 
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available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$890,000. 
OFFICE OF T H E LEGISLATIVE 
COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of 
the House, $465,595. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For clerk hire, necessarily employed by each Member in the dis-
charge of his official and representative duties, $47,000,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES or THE HOUSE 
FURNITURE 
For furniture, materials for furniture repairs, including tools and 
machinery for furniture repair shops, and for purchase of packing 
boxes and carpets, $240,000. 
The Clerk of the House is authorized and directed to transfer to the library o
f 
Library of Congress, without exchange of funds, such office furniture '^°"^''^^^" 
and equipment as the Clerk shall have determined to be excess to the 
needs of the House and the Librarian of Congress deems necessary and 
suitable to the needs of the Library. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically 
ordered by the House of Representatives, including the sum of 
$159,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance 
with section 208 of the Act approved Octdber 9, 1940 (Public Law 
812) ; exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Clerk's 
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motor vehicles, the publications and distribution service motortruck, 
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and the post office motor vehicles for carrying the mails; not to exceed 
$5,000 for the purposes authorized by section 1 of House Resolution 348, 
approved June 29,1961; the sum of $600 for hire of automobile for the 
Sergeant at Arms; materials for folding; and for stationery for the 
use of committees, departments, and officers of the House; $4,960,000. 
Student con- 
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f ^j^g Contingent fund herein appropriated shall be avail-
terns. 
able for the purposes of House Resolution 416 of the Eighty-ninth 
Congress relating to the hire of student congressional interns. 
GOVERNMENT 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
For contributions to employees life insurance fund, retirement fund, 
and health benefits fund, as authorized by law, $3,240,000, and in addi-
tion, such amount as may be necessary may be transferred from the 
immediately preceding appropriation for "miscellaneous items". 
REPORTING 
HEARINGS 
For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than 
special and select committees, $325,000. 
SPECIAL x\ND SELECT COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees author-
ized by the House, $6,800,000. 
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE 
For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, 
$3,650,000. 
STATIONERY 
(REVOLVING 
F U N D ) 
For a stationery allowance for each Member for the second session 
of the Ninety-first Congress, as authorized by law, $1,308,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
POSTAGE STAMP ALLOWANCES 
Postage stamp allowances for the second session of the Ninety-first 
Congress, as follows: Clerk, $1,120; Sergeant at Arms, $840; Door-
keeper, $700; Postmaster, $560, 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 com-
mittee, as authorized by law; $320,390. 
REVISION OF LAWS 
For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.C. 
202, 203, 213, $38,000, to be expended under the direction of the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary. 
LEADERSHIP AUTOMOBILES 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $14,250. 
For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, 
$14,250. 
61 Stat. 637. 
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For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, 
$14,250. 
NEW EDITION OF THE UNITED STATES CODE 
For preparation of a new edition of the United States Code, $150,000, 
to remain available until expended, and to be expended under the direc-
tion of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
V 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Except as provided by the House Employees Position Classification 
Act (2 U.S.C. 291 and following) or by any other provision of law 
to the contrary, salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for 
the House of Representatives shall be computed at basic rates, plus 
increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided 
by law. 
HOUSE B E A U T Y 
S H O P 
The management of the House Beauty Shop and all matters con-
nected therewith shall be under the direction of a select committee to 
be composed of three Members of the House of Representatives to be 
appointed by the Speaker, one of whom shall be designated as Chair-
man. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee shall 
be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. 
The committee is authorized to issue such rules and regulations as it 
may deem necessary for the operation and the employment of neces-
sary assistance for the conduct of said Beauty Shop by such business 
methods as may produce the best results consistent with economical 
and modem management. 
Effective the first of the month following approval of this Act, there 
is established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund 
for the Hovise Beauty Shop. The revolving fund shall be self-sustain-
ing. The net assets of the Shop on the effective date of this section shall 
constitute the capital of the fund and the existing liabilities shall be 
paid from the fund. All moneys thereafter received by the House 
Beauty Shop from fees for services or from any other source shall be 
deposited in such fund; and moneys in such fund shall be available 
without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives for all expenses of the Shop, including but 
not limited to the care, maintenance, and operation of the Shop, pro-
curement of supplies and equipment, and compensation of personnel. 
An adequate system of accounts for the revolving fund shall be main-
tained and financial reports prepared on the basis of such accounts. 
The activities of the Shop shall be subject to audit by the General 
Accounting Office at such times as the select committee may direct, and 
reports of such audits shall be furnished to the Speaker of the House, 
to the select committee, and to the Clerk of the House. The Comp-
troller General, or any of his duly authorized representatives, shall 
have access for the purposes of audit and examination to such books, 
documents, papers, records, personnel, and facilities of the Shop as he 
may deem necessary. 
The net profit established by the General Accounting Office audit, 
after restoring any impairment of capital and providing for replace-
ment of equipment, shall be transferred to the general fund of the 
Treasurj^ 
78 Stat. 1079; 
81 Stat. 636. 
Revolving fund. 
GAG audit. 
Reports to 
Congress. 
79 Stat. 1026. 
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JOINT ITEMS 
For joint committees, as follows: 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON KEDUCTION OF FEDERAL EXPENDITURES 
For an amount to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of 
Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon it by 
section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726), to remain avail-
able during the existence of the Committee, $55,000, to be disbursed by 
the Secretary of the Senate. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$468,165. 
J O I N T 
COMMITTEE 
ON ATOMIC 
ENERGY 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic En-
ergy, $400,595. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$212,855. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Reve-
nue Taxation, $597,650. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE PRODUCTION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Pro-
duction as authorized by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
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For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the attending physician and his assistants, 
including (1) an allowance of one thousand dollars per month to the 
attending physician; (2) an allowance of one hundred fifty dollars 
per month each to three medical officers while on duty in the attend-
ing physician's office; and (3) an allowance of one hundred fifty 
dollars per month each to not to exceed eight assistants on the basis 
heretofore provided for such assistants, $70,800. 
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 
64 Stat. 798. 
50 u s e app. 
nel. 
54 Stat. 629. 
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services performed for the Capitol Police Board by such member of 
llie staff of tlie Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House, as may 
be designated by the Chairman of the Board; $134,000. 
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD 
To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protection 
for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and 
House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $900,000. Such 
sum shall be expended only for payment of salaries and other expenses 
of personnel detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the District of 
Columbia, and the Commissioner of the District of Columbia is author-
ized and directed to make such details upon the request of the Board. 
Personnel so detailed shall, during the period of such detail, serve 
Detail person-
under the direction and instructions of the Board and are authorized 
to exercise the same authority as members of such Metropolitan Police 
and members of the Capitol Police and to perform such other duties 
as may be assigned by the Board. Reimbursement for salaries and other 
expenses of such detail personnel shall be made to the 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 para-
graph or under similar authority in the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1942, and the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, 
ss stat. 456. 
from the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia shall be 
deemed a member of such Metropolitan Police during the period or 
periods of any such detail for all purposes of rank, pay, allowances, 
privileges, and benefits to the same extent as though such detail had 
not been made, and at the termination thereof any such person 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: Pro-
vided further^ That the Commissioner of the District of Columbia 
is directed (1) to pay the deputy chief of police detailed under the 
authority of this paragraph and serving as Chief of the Capitol Police, 
the salary of the rank of deputy chief plus $4,000 and such increases 
in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long 
as this position is held by the present incumbent, (2) to pay the two 
acting inspectors detailed under the authority of this paragraph and 
serving as assistants to the Chief of the Capitol Police, the salary of 
the rank of inspector plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compen-
sation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as these posi-
tions are held by the present incumbents, (3) to pay the two detective 
sergeants detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving 
as acting lieutenants the salary of the rank of lieutenant plus $1,625 
and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently pro-
vided by law so long as these positions are held by the present incum-
bents, (4) to pay the three detectives permanently detailed under the 
authority of this paragraph and serving as acting detective sergeants 
the salary of the rank of detective sergeant and such increases in basic 
compensation as may be subsequently provided by law, and (5) to pay 
the acting sergeant of the uniform force regularly assigned as such 
the salary of the rank of sergeant and such increases in basic compen-
sation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position 
is held by the present incumbent. 
60 Stat. 839. 
2 u s e 88a. 
82 Stat. 278. 
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[83 STAT. 
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid 
as compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, as an 
officer or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the standards 
to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police Board: Pro-
vided^ That the Capitol Police Board is hereby authorized to detail 
police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol buildings for 
police duty on the Capitol Grounds and on the Library of Congress 
Grounds. 
EDUCATION OF PAGES 
For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
Court, pursuant to section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 
1946, $112,307, 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 em-
ploy 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. 
OrnciAL, MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs pursuant to title 39, 
74 stat^_663; 
U.S.C., sectloii 4167, $10,161,000, to be available immediately. 
The foregoing amounts under "other joint items" shall be disibursed 
by the Clerk of the House. 
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the state-
ments for the first session of the Ninety-first Congress, showing appro-
priations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, 
together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation 
bills as recjuired by law, $13,000, to be paid to the persons designated 
by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work. 
ARCHITECT O F 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 and other personal 
services at rates of pay provided by law, $825,000. 
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 
shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to exceed 
in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000. 
C O N T I N G E N T EXPENSES 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies 
and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under his 
care, $50,000. 
83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-145-DEC. 12, 1969 
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 protec-
tive clothing for workmen; uniforms or allowances therefor as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) ; personal and other services; 
cleaning and repairing works of art, without regard to section 3709 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended; purchase or exchange, maintenance 
and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of necessary 
reference books and periodicals; for expenses of attendance, when 
specifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or 
conventions in connection with subjects related to Avork under the 
Architect of the Capitol, $2,127,400. 
EXTENSION OF T H E 
CAPITOL 
For an additional amount for "Extension of the Capitol", $2,275,000, 
to be expended under the direction of the Commission for Extension 
of the United States Capitol as authorized by law: Provided, That 
such portion of the foregoing appropriation as may be necessary shall 
be used for emergency shoring and repairs of, and related work on, 
the west central front of the Capitol: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $250,000 of the foregoing appropriation shall be used for the 
employment of independent nongovernmental engineering and other 
necessary services for studying and reporting (within six months 
after the date of the employment contract) on the feasibility and cost 
of restoring such west central front under such terms and conditions 
us the Conmiission may determine: Provided, however, That pending 
the completion and consideration of such study and report, no further 
Avork toward extension of such west central front shall be carried on: 
Provided further. 
That after submission of such study and report 
and consideration thereof by the Commission, the Commission shall 
direct the preparation of final plans for extending such Avest central 
front in accord Avith Plan 2 (which said Commission has approved), 
unless such restoration study report establishes to the satisfaction of 
the Commission: 
(1) That through restoration, such west central front can, Avith-
lout undue hazard to safety of the structure and persons, be made 
safe, sound, durable, and beautiful for the foreseeable future; 
(2) That restoration can be accomplished with no more vaca-
tion of Avest central front space in the building proper (excluding 
the terrace structure) than would be required by the proposed 
extension Plan 2; 
(3) That the method or methods of accomplishing restoration 
can be so described or specified as to form the basis for perform-
ance of the restoration work by competitive, lumpsum, fixed price 
construction bid or bids; 
(4) That the cost of restoration would not exceed $15,000,000; 
and 
351 
80 Stat. SOS 
SI Stat. 206. 
41 use 5. 
Feasibility and 
cost studies of 
restoration. 
352 
PUBLIC LAW 91-145-DEC. 12, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
(5) That the time schedule for accomplishing the restoration 
work will not exceed that heretofore projected for accomplishing 
the Plan 2 extension work: Provided fuHher^ That after considera-
tion of the restoration study report, if the Commission concludes 
that all five of the conditions hereinbefore specified are met, the 
Commission shall then make recommendations to the Congress on 
the question of whether to extend or restore the west central front 
of the Capitol. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, 
the Senate and House Office Buildings, and the Capitol Power 
Plant; personal and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizers; 
repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing 
apparel; 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; $874,100. 
41 use 5. 
SENATE OrriCE 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; including eight attend-
ants at $1,800 each; for the care and operation of the Senate 
Office Buildings; including the subway and subway transportation 
systems connecting the Senate Office Buildings with the Capitol; uni-
forms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
i^stat^'206*'*' 
5902), to be expended under the control and supervision of the 
Architect of the Capitol; in all $3,310,000, of which not to exceed 
$35,000 shall be available for expenditure without regard to section 
3709 of the Eevised Statutes as amended. 
EXTENSION o r ADDITIONAL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING SITE 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the 
Senate Office Building Commission, to acquire on behalf of the United 
States, in addition to the real property heretofore acquired as a site 
for an additional office building for the United States Senate under 
the provisions of the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948, 
approved June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 1028) and Public Law 85-591, ap-
proved August 6,1958 (72 Stat. 495-496), by purchase, condemnation, 
transfer, or otherwise, for purposes of extension of such site, all pub-
licly or privately owned property contained in lots 863, 864, 892, 893, 
894, and 905 in Square 725 in the District of Columbia, and all alleys 
or parts of alleys and streets contained within the curblines surround-
ing said squares, as such square appears on the records in the office 
of the surveyor of the District of Columbia as of the date of the 
approval of this Act: Provided, That any proceeding for condemna-
tion brought under this Act shall be conducted in accordance with 
77 Stat. 577. 
^jjp ^^^ ^f December 23, 1963 (16 D.C. Code, sees. 1351-1368) : Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
real property owned by the United States and any alleys or parts of 
alleys and streets contained within the curblines surrounding Square 
83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-145-DEC. 12, 1969 
353 
725 shall, upon request of the Architect of the Capitol, made with the 
approval of the Senate Office Building Commission, be transferred 
to the jurisdiction and control of the Architect of the Capitol, and 
any alleys or parts of alleys or streets contained within the curblines 
of said square shall be closed and vacated by the Commissioner of the 
District of Columbia, appointed pursuant to Part I I I of Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 3 of 1967, in accordance with any request therefor 
D^C* code ^i le 
made by the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of such Com- i app. 
mission: Provided further^ That, upon acquisition of any real property 
pursuant to this Act, the Architect of the Capitol, when directed by 
the Senate Office Building Commission to so act, is authorized to 
provide for the demolition and/or removal of any buildings or other 
structures on, or constituting a part of, such property and, pending 
demolition, to use the property for Government purposes or to lease 
any or all of such property for such periods and under such terms and 
conditions as he may deem most advantageous to the United States 
and to incur any necessary expenses in connection therewith : Provided 
further^ That the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police shall extend over 
any real property acquired under this Act and such property shall 
become a part of the United States Capitol Grounds; and the Archi-
tect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office Building 
Commission, is authorized to enter into contracts and to make such 
expenditures, including expenditures for personal and other services, 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this appropriation; 
$1,250,000, to remam available until expended. 
Contract 
authority. 
SENATE GARAGE 
For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, 
and all other necessary expenses, $76,600. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
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 
so stat. sos; 
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, 
$5,479,000. 
ACQUISITION o r PROPERTY, CONSTRUCTION, AND EQUIPMENT, 
ADDITIONAL HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING 
For an additional amount for "Acquisition of property, construc-
tion, and equipment, additional House Office building", to enable the 
Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the House Office Build-
ing Commission, to provide additional construction and equipment and 
other changes and improvements, authorized by the Additional House 
Office Building Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 41, 42), as amended, $107,000. 
^o use 175 
note. 
354 
PUBLIC LAW 91-145-DEC. 12, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For lighting, heating, and power (including the purchase of electri-
cal energy) for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, 
Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library Buildings, and the 
grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and for air-
conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such 
buildings; for heating the Government Printing Office, Washington 
Cit^ Post Office, and Folger Shakespeare Library, reimbursement for 
which shall be made and covered into the Treasury; personal and other 
services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing apparel, and all other 
necessary expenses in connection with the maintenance and operation 
of the plant; $3,512,000, of which $225,000 shall remain available until 
June 30, 1971. 
EXPANSION o r FACILITIES, CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For an additional amount for "Expansion of facilities, Capitol 
power plant", $300,000, to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol 
under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, in 
accordance with the provisions of the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 
Stat. 1714-1716). 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural mainte-
nance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof wear-
ing apparel, and personal and other services, $1,047,000, of which not 
to exceed $10,000 shall be available for expenditure without regard to 
section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. 
Not to exceed $60,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation 
under this head for the fiscal year 1969 is hereby continued available 
until June 30, 1970. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For furniture, partitions, screens, shelving, and electrical work per-
taining thereto and repairs thereof, office and library equipment, 
apparatus, and labor-saving devices, $350,000. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL BUILDING 
For an additional amount for "Library of Congress James Madison 
Memorial Building", $2,800,000, authorized by the Act of October 19, 
^J^usc 141 
1965 (79 Stat. 986-987) : Provided, That availability of these funds for 
obligation shall be contingent upon enactment of legislation adjusting 
the limit of cost of the project (fixed by Section 3 of such Act) to 
reflect projected escalated construction costs required to complete the 
project on the basis of the preliminary plans heretofore approved by 
the Committee and Commissions designated in such Act. 
41 use 5. 
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PUBLIC LAW 91-145-DEC. 12, 1969 
355 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, repair-
ing, and improving the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildmgs, 
grounds, collections, and equipment pertaining thereto, including per-
sonal services; waterproof wearing apparel; not to exceed $26 for 
emergency medical supplies; traveling expenses, including bus fares, 
not to exceed $275; the prevention and eradication of insect and other 
pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement of 
personal services hj contract without regard to the provisions of any 
other Act; purchase and exchange of motor trucks; purchase and 
exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of refer-
ence, not to exceed $100; all under the direction of the Joint Committee 
on the Library; $599,800. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union 
Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Buildings; 
special clothing; cleaning, laundering, and repair of uniforms; preser-
vation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; and expenses 
of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable 
to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $19,061,500, includ-
ing $998,000 to be available for reimbursement to the General Services 
Administration for rental of suitable space in the District of Columbia 
or its immediate environs for the Library of Congress. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright OiRce, including publica-
tion of the decisions of the United States courts involving copyrights, 
$3,124,000. 
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 
166), $4,135,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation may be 
^o stat, 836. 
used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public Gen-
eral Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such pub-
lication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 
Administration or the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. 
356 
PUBLIC LAW 91-145-DEC. 12, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
DISTRIBUTION OF CATALOG CARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of 
catalog cards and other publications of the Library, $7,728,000: Pro-
vided^ That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for 
use pursuant to section 3679 of the Eevised Statutes, as amended (31 
U.S.C. 665), only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses 
(excluding permanent personal services) for workload increases not 
anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for 
by normal budgetary adjustments. 
BOOKS FOR THE GENERAL COLLECTIONS 
For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition of 
books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other material for the 
increase of the Library, $750,000, to remain available until expended, 
including $25,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifi-
cally approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for 
additions to the collections. 
BOOKS FOR THE LAW LIBRARY 
For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition of 
books, legal periodicals, and all other material for the increase of the 
law library, $140,000, to remain available until expended. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $6,997,000. 
ORGANIZING AND MICROFILMING THE PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
August 16, 1957 (71 Stat. 368), as amended by the Act of April 27, 
2 use 131 
1964 (78 gtat. 183), $118,800, to remain available until expended. 
80 Stat. 330. 
note 
COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION or LIBRARY MATERIALS 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 
104(b)(5) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
80 Stat. 1528. 
^^^ ^f ^954^ ^s amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), to remain available until 
expended, $1,802,000, of which $1,603,000 shall be available only for 
payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall 
determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. 
83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-145-DEC. 12, 1969 
357 
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 (includingemploy-
ees engaged by the day or hour or in piecework) ; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
^ 
so stat. 4i6. 
Not to exceed ten positions in the Library of Congress may be 
Employment o
f 
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 ascer-
tained that he cannot secure for such appointments a person in any of 
the categories specified in such provisions v^'ho possesses the special 
qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise meets the 
general requirements for employment in the Library of Congress. 
Funds available to the Library of Congress may be expended to reim-
burse the Department of State for medical services rendered to 
employees of the Library of Congress stationed abroad and for con-
tracting on behalf of and hiring alien employees for the Library of 
Congress under compensation plans comparable to those authorized by 
section 444 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
889(a)); for purchase or hire of passenger motor vehicles; for pay- 
74 stat. 831. 
ment of travel, storage and transportation of household goods, and 
transportation and per diem expenses for families en route (not to 
exceed twenty-four); for benefits comparable to those payable under 
sections 911(9), 911(11), and 941 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 1136(11), and 1156, respectively); and ^^^l,^^,%\^..^' 
travel benefits comparable with those which are now^ or hereafter may 70 stat! 705!! 
be granted single employees of the Agency for International Develop-
ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to A.I.D. 
projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for International 
Development—or his designee—under the authority of section 636(b) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, Public Law 87-195, 22 U.S.C. 
2396(b) ; subject to such rules and regulations as may be issued by the 
^s stat. 4=8. 
Librarian of Congress. 
Payments in advance for subscriptions or other charges for biblio- 
Advance pay-
graphical data, publications, materials in any other form, and services ™
*
" ^" 
may be made by the Librarian of Congress whenever he determines it 
to be more prompt, efficient, or economical to do so in the interest of 
carrying out required Library programs. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
PRINTING AND BINDING 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress; for printing 
and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for 
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional 
Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902) ; printing, binding, and 
^2 stat. use. 
distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal 
Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 1509,1510); and print-
358 
PUBLIC LAW 91-145-DEC. 12, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
ing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be 
distributed without charge to the recipients; $30,300,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall not be available for printing and binding 
part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known 
as the Yearbook of Agriculture) : Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred 
under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal 
years. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
82 Stat. 1240. 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 u s e 849. 
80 Stat. 416. 
5 u s e 5332 
note. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu-
ments, including compensation of all employees in accordance with 
the Act entitled "An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employ-
ees and officers of the Government Printing Office'', approved June 7, 
1924 (44 U.S.C. 305) ; travel expenses (not to exceed $10,000); price 
lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, elevators and machin-
ery; and supplying books to depository lioraries; $9,650,000: Pro-
vided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for 
use pursuant to section 3679 of the Kevised Statutes, as amended (31 
U.iS.C. 665), with the approval of the Public Printer, only to the 
extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding permanent per-
sonal services) for workload increases not anticipated in the budget 
estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary 
adjustments. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE EEVOLVING FUND 
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 
out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for the "Government Printing Office revolving fund": 
Provided, That during the current fiscal year the revolving fund shall 
be available for the hire of one passenger motor vehicle and the pur-
chase of one passenger motor vehicle (station wagon). 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not to exceed $2,000 to be expended on the certification of the Comp-
troller General of the United States in connection with special studies 
of governmental financial practices and procedures; services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for grade GS-18; advance pay-
ments in foreign countries notwithstanding section 3648, Revised 
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 
671. 
83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-146-DEC. 16, 1969 
359 
Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 1136(11) and 
1157(a), respectively); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp- g/statf' ^^'^' 
troller General of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
eign countries and travel benefits comparable with those which are 
now or hereafter maj' be granted single employees of the Agency for 
International Development, including single Foreign Service person-
nel 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)), $63,000,000. 
75 Stat. 458, 
Short title. 
GENEKAL PKOVISIONS 
SEC. 102. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the mamtenance or care of private vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Whenever any office or position not specifically established 
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein or when- 
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ever the rate oi compensation or designation oi any position appropri-
ated for herein is different from that specifically established for such 
position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation of 
the position, or either, appropriated for or provided herein, shall be 
the ;permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions 
herem for the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, 
and committees of the Senate and House, and clerk hire for Senators 
and Members shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions relating to positions and salaries 
thereof carried in House Resolutions 995 and 1211, Ninetieth Congress, 
and House Resolutions 357, 441, and 502, Ninety-first Congress, shall 
be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1970". 
Approved December 12, 1969. 
Public Law 91-146 
AN A C T 
December 16, 1969 
To authorize the appropriation of funds for Fort Donelson National Battlefield 
[H. R. 13767] 
in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled, That, notwith- 
Fort ooneison 
standing any^>ther provision of law, there are hereby authorized to be ^^IV'"^^ Battie-
appropriated such sums as .may be necessary to satisfy the final net 'judgmen"'funds. 
judgments rendered against the United States in civil actions num-
bered 3371 and 3397 in the United States District Court for the 
Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, for the acquisition of 
lands for the Fort Donelson National Battlefield, totaling $12,721.25, 
plus interest as provided by law. 
Approved December 16, 1969.