An Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.
PL 84-624 (H.R.11473), enacted 06/27/1956

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STAT. 
Public Law 624 
CHAPTER, 453 
June 27, 1956 
in. R. 11473] 
L e g i s l a t i v e 
Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1957, 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for tlie Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1957, and for other puriwses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ 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 end-
ing June 30, 1957, namely: 
SENATE 
SALARIES OP SENATORS, MILEAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND OP 
SENATORS, EXPENSE 
ALLOWANCE 
OF THE 
MAJORITY 
AND 
MINORITY 
LEADERS OF THE SENATE, AND SALARY AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF THE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of Senators, $2,166,240. 
For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $51,000. 
For expense allowance of the majority leader and the minority 
leader of the Senate, $2,000 each, in all, $4,000. 
For the compensation of the Vice President of the United States, 
$35,070. 
For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and 
others as authorized by law, as follows: 
OFFICE OP THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For clerical assistance to the Vice President, at rates of compensa-
tion to be fixed by him in multiples of $5 per month, $86,925; 
CHAPLAIN 
Chaplain of the Senate, $5,000; 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For office of the Secretary, $572,915: Provided^ That effective 
July 1,1956, the compensation of the chief clerk and parliamentarian 
of the Senate shall be $15,500 gross per annum each in lieu of $8,820 
basic per annum each; and the basic annual compensation of the 
following positions shall be: legislative clerk $7,620 in lieu of $7,260; 
journal clerk $7,620 in lieu of $7,260; assistant parliamentarian 
$7,620 in lieu of $7,260; keeper of stationery $6,060 in lieu of $5,580; 
librarian $6,060 in lieu of $5,580; superintendent, document room 
$6,060 in lieu of $5,580; secretary to parliamentarian $3,240 in lieu 
of $3,000; assistant journal clerk $3,240 in lieu of $3,060; assistant 
bill clerk $3,240 in lieu of $3,000; assistant executive clerk $3,240 in 
lieu of $3,000; and custodian of records $3,240 in lieu of $3,000; 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees, 
and the Select Committee on Small Business, $2,030,650; 
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CONFEBENCE COMMITTEES 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, 
$40,000; 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates 
of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, 
$40,000; 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistants and messenger service 
for Senators, $9,604,000; 
OFFICE OF T H E SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $1,755,770: Pro-
vided^ That effective July 1, 1966, the basic annual compensation of 
the following positions shall be: secretary $2,760 in lieu of $2,520; 
clerk $2,880 in lieu of secretary $2,460; chief telephone operator $3,180 
in lieu of $3,000; three assistant chief telephone operators at $2,580 
each in lieu of $2,460 each; tAventy-six pages at $1,800 each in lieu of 
twenty-four pages at $1,800 each; seventy-nine privates, police force, 
at $2,160 each in lieu of seventy-five privates, police force, at $2,160 
each; postmaster $6,060 in lieu of $5,580; chief clerk, post office $2,760 
in lieu of $2,660; thirty mail carriers at $2,100 each in lieu of twenty-
eight mail carriers at $2,100 each; superintendent, periodical press 
gallery at $4,740 in lieu of $4,320; clerk-stenographer, service depart-
ment at $2,160 in lieu of clerk-typist at $1,920; chief machine operator 
at $2,880 in lieu of $2,760; foreman of duplicating department at 
$3,180 in lieu of $2,880; two offset press operators at $2,580 each and 
one offset press operator at $2,340 in lieu of three offset press operators 
at $2,340 each; two messengers at pass door at $2,400 each; superin-
tendent of mails at $2,400; superintendent, press photographers gal-
lery at $4,020; night supervisor, service department at $2,700; senior 
addressograph operator at $2,400 and five addressograph operators 
at $2,160 each in lieu of four addressograph operators at $2,160 each; 
seven messengers at $1,740 each in lieu of six messengers at $1,740 each; 
five inserting machine operators at $1,980 each; two photostat operators 
at $2,400 each in lieu of one photostat operator at $2,400; four laborers 
at $1,620 each in lieu of three laborers at $1,620 ea^h; auditor $2,220; 
administrative assistant $7,320; director, recording studio, $7,020; 
director of photography $5,100; chief sound engineer $4,080; labora-
tory^ supervisor $4,020; cameraman $3,600; film and radio recording 
engineer $3,120; shipping and stock clerk $1,800; traffic manager 
$2,520; production assistant $3,420; editor and printer $3,000; admin-
istrative officer $3,780; and projectionist, film inspector $2,280; 
OFFICES o r TIIE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND T H E MINORITY 
For the offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary 
for the Minority, $94,950: Provided, That effective July 1, 1956, the 
gross compensation of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secre-
tary for the Minority shall be $15,500 per annum each; and the basic 
annual compensation of the assistant Secretary for the Majority and 
the assistant Secretary for the Minority shall be $6,300 each in lieu of 
$5,580 each; 
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OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For two clerical assistants, one for the majority whip and one for 
the minority whip, at not to exceed $5,580 basic per annum each, 
$20,045; 
In all $14,250,255, and the agency contribution for Federal Employ-
ees Group Life Insurance authorized to be paid from this appro-
68 stau^736.^^^ priatlou by Public Law 598, Eighty-third Congress, shall be paid 
without regard to the above limitations. 
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
Legislative reorganization: For salaries and expenses, legislative 
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reorganization, including the objects specified in Public Law 663, 
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Seventy-ninth Congress, $100,000. 
Senate policy committees: For salaries and expenses of the Majority 
Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $105,000 for 
each such committee; in all, $210,000. 
Joint Committee on the Economic Report: For salaries and expenses 
of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report, $135,560. 
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy: For salaries and expenses of 
the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, including the objects speci-
al Stat. 16. 
fied 
in Public Law 20, Eightieth Congress, including $825 for expenses 
of compiling and preparing year end Joint Committee reports, which 
sum, or any part thereof, may be paid as additional compensation to 
any employee of the United States, $222,775. 
Joint Committee on Printing: For salaries and expenses of the 
Joint Committee on Printing, at rates of compensation to be fixed 
by the committee, $59,085; for expenses of compiling, preparing, and 
indexing the Congressional Directory, $1,600; and for compiling, pre-
paring, and indexing material for the biographical directory, $2,500, 
said sum, or any part thereof, in the discretion of the chairman or 
vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, may be paid as 
additional compensation to any employee of the United States; in all, 
$63,185. 
Committee on Rules and Administration: For reimbursement to 
General Services Administration for space furnished the United 
States Senate, $27,515; and for expenses of compiling, preparing, and 
indexing material for the Senate Manual, $2,050, said sum, or any part 
thereof, in the discretion of the Chairman of the Committee on Rules 
and Administration, may be paid as additional compensation to any 
employee of the United States; in all, $29,565. 
Vice President's automobile: For purchase, exchange, driving, main-
tenance, and operation of an automobile for the Vice President, $8,785. 
Automobile for the President pro tempore: For purchase, exchange, 
driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate, $8,785. 
Automobiles for majority and minority leaders: For purchase, 
exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of two automobiles, 
one for the majority leader of the Senate, and one for the minority 
leader of the Senate, $17,570. 
Reporting Senate proceedings: For reporting the debates and pro-
ceedings of the Senate, payable in equal monthly installments, 
$170,250. 
Furniture: For services 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. 
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Inquiries and investigations: For expenses of inquiries and investi-
gations ordered by the Senate or conducted pursuant to section 134 (a) 
of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, including $400,000 for 
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the Committee on Appropriations, to be available also for the purposes 
mentioned in Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 
1943, and Public Law 20, Eightieth Congress, $2,000,000. 
Folding Documents: For the employment of personnel for folding 
speeches and pamphlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $1.61 per hour 
per person, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $29,000. 
Senate restaurants: For repairs, improvements, equipment, and 
supplies for Senate kitchens and restaurants, Capitol Building and 
Senate Office Building, including personal and other services, to be 
expended under the supervision of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration, LTnited States Senate, $55,000. 
Motor vehicles: For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor 
vehicles for carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the 
Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, $16,560. 
Miscellaneous items: For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, 
$1,370,000. 
Postage Stamps: For Office of the Secretary, $650; Office of the 
Sergeant at Arms, $225; Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority 
and the Minority, $100; and for air-mail and specialrdelivery stamps 
for Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, 
$38,800, in all, $39,775, and the maximum allowance per capita for 
air-mail and special-delivery stamps of $300 is increased to $400 for 
the fiscal year 1957, and thereafter. 
Stationery: For stationery for Senators and for the President of 
the Senate, including $12,900 for stationery for committees and officers 
of the Senate, $187,500. 
Communications: For an amount for communications which may 
be expended interchangeably for payment, in accordance with such 
limitations and restrictions as may oe prescribed by the Committee 
on Rules and Administration, of charges on official telegrams and long-
distance telephone calls made by or on behalf of Senators or the Presi-
dent of the Senate, such telephone calls to be in addition to those 
authorized by the provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1947 (60 Stat. 392; 2 U. S. C. 46c, 46d, 46e), as amended, 
and the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949 (63 Stat. 77; 2 
U . S . C . 4 6 d - l ) , $14,550. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, each Senator may 
fix the basic compensation of one employee in his office at a rate of not 
to exceed $8,040 per annum in addition to other positions authorized 
by law. 
The Sergeant at Arms hereafter is authorized and directed to secure 
office space in 
suitable office space in post office or other Federal buildings in the ^*'**'^ buildings. 
State of each Senator for the use of such Senator and in the city to be 
designated by him: Provided, That in the event suitable space is not 
available in such buildings and a Senator leases or rents office space 
elsewhere, the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to approve for pay-
ment, from the contingent fund of the Senate, vouchers covering bona 
fide statements of rentals due in an amount not exceeding $1,200 per 
annum for each Senator. 
The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate hereafter is authorized and 
of«ce expenses, 
directed to approve for payment from the contingent fund of the 
Senate to each Senator an amount not to exceed $150 quarterly, upon 
certification of each such Senator, for official office expenses incurred 
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60 Stat. 392; 
Stat. 321. 
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Insurance to pro-
tect funds* 
63 Stat. 166. 
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Re 1 m b ursement 
for mileage. 
R e s t r i ction on 
compensation. 
in his State: Provided,, That in the case of the death of any Senator 
the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration may 
certify for such deceased Senator for any portion of such quarterly 
allowances already obligated but not certified to at the time of such 
Senator's death, and for an amount at the same quarterly rate which 
may be reasonably needed for the purpose of closing such deceased 
Senator's State office, for payment to the person or persons designated 
as entitled to such payment by said chairman. 
Effective July 1,1956, the paragraph relating to official long distance 
telephone calls to and from Washington, District of Columbia, under 
the heading "Contingent Expenses of the Senate" in Public Law 479, 
Seventy-ninth Congress (2 tJ. S. C. 46c), as amended, is amended by 
striking out the word "ninety" and inserting in lieu thereof "one 
hundred and twenty" and by striking out the words "four hundred 
and fifty" and inserting in lieu thereof "six hundred". 
The Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms hereafter 
are authorized and directed to protect the funds of their respective 
offices by purchasing insurance in an amount necessary to protect said 
funds against loss. Premiums on such insurance shall be paid out of 
the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the 
chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
Salaries or wages paid out of the foregoing items under "Contin-
gent Expenses of the Senate" shall be computed at basic rates, plus 
increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided 
by law. 
No part of the foregoing appropriations made under the heading 
"Contingent Expenses of the Senate" hereafter may be expended for 
per diem and subsistence expenses (as defined in the Travel Expense 
Act of 1949, as amended) at rates in excess of $12 per day; except that 
(1) higher rates may be established by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration for travel beyond the limits of the continental United 
States, and (2) in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, reimbursement for 
such expenses may be made on an actual expense basis of not to exceed 
$25 per day in the case of travel within the continental limits of the 
United States. 
Compensation for stenographic assistance of committees paid out 
of the foregoing items under "Contingent Expenses of the Senate" 
hereafter shall be computed at such rates and in accordance with such 
regulations as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration, notwithstanding, and without regard to any other 
provision of law. 
The contingent fund of the Senate is hereafter made available for 
reimbursement for mileage, at the rate of 10 cents per mile, for one 
round trip in each fiscal year by the nearest route usually traveled 
between Washington, District of Columbia, and a Senator's residence 
in his home State, to not to exceed two employees in each Senator's 
office, such reimbursement to be made upon vouchers approved by the 
Senator and containing a certification by him that such travel was 
performed in line of official duty. 
Unless otherwise specifically authorized by law, no part of any 
appropriation disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate shall be avail-
able for payment of compensation to any person holding any position, 
for any period for which such person received compensation for hold-
ing any other position, the compensation for which is disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate. 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES, MILEAGE FOB THE MEMBERS, AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF 
THE SPEAKER 
For compensation of Members (wherever used herein the term 
"Member" shall include Members of the House of Representatives, 
Delegates from Territories, and the Resident Commissioner from 
Puerto Rico), $9,897,000. 
For mileage of Members and expense allowance of the Speaker, as 
authorized by law, $200,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, 
as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER 
For the Office of the Speaker, $51,890. 
OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARIAN 
For the Office of the Parliamentarian, including $2,000 for prepar-
ing the Digest of the Rules, $58,325. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For the Office of the Chaplain, $7,450. 
OFFICE OF THE CLERK 
For the Office of the Clerk, $931,955. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For committee employees, including not to exceed $435,000 for the 
Committee on Appropriations, $2,136,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS 
For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including $7,500 for addi-
tional clerical assistants, $494,770. 
OFFICE OF THE. DOORKEEPER 
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For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $862,700. 
SPECIAL AND MINORITY EMPLOYEES 
For six minority employees, $70,935. 
For the office of the majority floor leader, including $2,000 for 
official expenses of the majority leader, $52,550. 
For the office of the minority floor leader, $39,800. 
For the office of the majority whip, $23,830. 
For the office of the minority whip, $23,830. 
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, $9,760. 
For a technical assistant m the office of the attending physician, 
to be appointed by the attending physician, subject to the approval 
of the Speaker, $7,790. 
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OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER 
For the Office of the Postmaster, including employment of sub-
stitute messengers, and extra services of regular employees when 
required at the basic salary rate of not to exceed $2,100 per annum 
each, $251,425. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES 
For official reporters of debates, $158,210. 
OFFICIAL REPORTERS TO COMMITTEES 
For official reporters to committees, $150,330. 
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of executive 
agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary per-
sonal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 
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^^^^^^^ ^^^ (^) °^ *^® Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and to 
be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$500,000. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For clerk hire, necessarily employed by each Member in the dis-
charge of his official and representative duties, $14,600,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
Furniture: For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, 
including labor, tools, and machinery for furniture repair shops, ancl 
for the purchase of packing boxes, $231,800. 
Miscellaneous items: For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries 
unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, including 
the sum of $130,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in 
accordance with section 208 of the Act, approved October 9, 1940 
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(Public Law 812); the exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair 
of the Clerk's motor vehicles; the exchange, operation, maintenance, 
and repair of the folding room motortruck; the exchange, mainte-
nance, operation, and repair of the postoffice motor vehicles for carry-
ing the mails; the sum of $600 for hire of automobile for the Sergeant 
at Arms; materials for folding; and for stationery for the use of com-
mittees, departments, and officers of the House; $1,065,000. 
Reporting hearings: For stenographic reports of hearings of com-
mittees other than special and select committees, $125,000. 
Special and select committees: For salaries and expenses of special 
and select committees authorized by the House, $1,400,000. 
Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation: For the payment 
of the salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal 
Revenue Taxation, $220,000. 
Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy: For 
salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Immigration and 
Nationality Policy, $20,000. 
Office of the Coordinator of Information: For salaries and other 
expenses of the Office of the Coordinator of Information, $86,985. 
Telegraph and telephone: For telegraph and telephone service, 
exclusive of personal services, $975,000. 
Stationery (revolving fund) : For a stationery allowance for each 
Member, for the first session of the Eighty-fifth Congress, $525,600, 
to remain available until expended. 
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Attending physician's office: For medical supplies, equipment, and 
contingent expenses of the emergency room and for the attending 
physician and his assistants, including an allowance of $1,500 to be 
paid to the attending physician in equal monthly installments as 
authorized by the Act approved June 27, 1940 (54 Stat. 629), and 
including an allowance of $75 per month each to four assistants as 
provided by the House resolutions adopted July 1, 1930, January 20, 
1932, and November 18, 1940, and Public Law 242, Eighty-fourth 
69 stat. 499. 
Congress, $12,145. 
Postage stamps: Postmaster, $320; Clerk, $640; Sergeant at Arms, 
$480; Doorkeeper, $400; United States airmail and special-delivery 
postage stamps for each Member, the Speaker, the majority and 
minority leaders, the majority and minority whips, and to each stand-
ing committee, as authorized by law; $92,760. 
Folding documents: For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a gross 
rate not exceeding $2.15 per thousand or for the employment of per-
sonnel at a gross rate not exceeding $1.61 per hour per person, $165,000: 
Provided, That paragraph (2) oi subsection (g) of section 4 of Pub-
lic Law 94, Eighty-fourth Congress, relating to "Folding documents", 
l^x^schlll' 
is repealed effective July 1, 1956. 
Revision of laws: For preparation and editing of the laws as author-
ized by the Act approved May 29, 1928 (1 U. S. C. 59), $16,500, to be 
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expended under the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
Speaker's automobile: For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, main-
tenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the Speaker, 
$14,900. 
Automobile for the majority leader: For purchase, exchange, hire, 
driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the 
majority leader of the House, $6,500. 
Automobile for the minority leader: For purchase, exchange, hire, 
driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for 
the minority leader of the House, $13,500. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for the House of 
Representatives shall hereafter be computed at basic rates, plus in-
creased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by 
law. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
General expenses: For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the 
purchase, maintenance, and repair of police motor vehicles, including 
two-way police radio equipment; contingent expenses, including $25 
per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board 
by such member of the staff of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate 
or the House, as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board; 
$28,800. 
Capitol Police Board: To enable the Capitol Police Board to pro-
vide additional protection for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, 
including the Senate and House Office Buildings and the Capitol 
Power Plant, $83,095. Such sum shall be expended only for payment 
for salaries and other expenses of personnel detailed from the Metro-
politan Police of the District of Columbia, and the Commissioners of 
the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to make such 
details upon the request of the Board. 
Personnel so detailed shall, 
during the period of such detail, serve under the direction and instruc-
tions of the Board and is authorized to exercise the same authority 
as members of such Metropolitan Police and members of the Capitol 
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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 paragraph or under similar 
55 Stat. 456. 
authority in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, and the 
54 Stat, 629. 
gecoud Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan 
Police of the District of Columbia shall be deemed a member of such 
Metropolitan Police during the period or periods of any such detail 
for all purposes of rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and benefits to 
the same extent as though such detail had not been made, and at the 
termination thereof any such person who was a member of such police 
on July 1, 1940, shall have a status with respect to rank, pay, allow-
ances, privileges, and benefits which is not less than the status of such 
person in such police at the end of such detail: Provided further^ That 
the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are directed to pay 
the lieutenants detailed under the authority of this paragraph the 
same salary as that paid in fiscal year 1955 plus $625 each and such 
increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by 
law so long as these positions are held by the present incumbents and 
that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are directed to 
pay the deputy chief detailed under the authority of this paragraph 
the same salary as that paid in fiscal year 1956 plus $600 and such 
increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by 
law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent. 
Disburaement. 
The foregoiug amounts-Under "Capitol Police" shall be disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House. 
OFFICE OF T H E LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of maintenance of the Office of the Legis-
lative Counsel, as authorized by law, including increased and addi-
tional compensation as provided by law, $328,000, of which $165,000 
shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and $163,000 shall 
be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF NONESSENTIAL 
FEDERAL E X P E N D I T U R E S 
For an amount to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of Non-
essential Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon 
it by section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726), to remain 
available during the existence of the committee, $22,500, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
EDUCATION OF SENATE AND HOUSE PAGES 
For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
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^^^^*' pursuant to section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 
1946, $50,000, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the 
applicable appropriation of the District of Columbia, and the Board 
of Education of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to 
employ such personnel for the education of pages as may be required 
and to pay compensation for such services in accordance with such 
rates of compensation as the Board of Education may prescribe. 
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PENALTY MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary under section 2 of Public Law 286, Eighty- 
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third Congress, $2,076,000, to be available immediately. 
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the (^ommittees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the second session of the Eighty-fourth Congress, 
showing appropriations made, indefinite approj>riations, and contracts 
authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular 
appropriation bills as required by law, $10,000, to be paid to the 
persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 
the work. 
ARCHITECT OF T H E CAPITOL 
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL. 
Salaries: For the Architect of the Capitol, Assistant Architect of 
the Capitol, and Second Assistant Architect of the Capitol, at salary 
rates of $17,500, $14,800, and $2,500 additional so long as the position 
is held by the present incumbent, and $14,300 per annum, respectively, 
and other personal services at rates of pay provided by law; and the 
Assistant Architect of the Capitol shall act as Architect of the 
Capitol during the absence or disability of that official or whenever 
there is no Architect, and, in case of the absence or disability of the 
Assistant Architect, the Second Assistant Architect of the Capitol 
shall so act; $203,500. 
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 
shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to 
exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $3,000. 
Contingent expenses: To enable the Architect of the Capitol to 
make surveys and studies and to meet unforeseen expenses in con-
nection with activities under his care, $50,000. 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
Capitol Buildings: For necessary expenditures for the Capitol 
Building and electrical substations of the Senate and House Office 
Buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, 
including minor improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, 
supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, and appurtenances; furnishings 
and office equipment; special and protective clothing for workmen; 
personal and other services; cleaning and repairing works of art and 
procurement of a framed oil portrait of former Architect of the 
Capitol, David Lynn, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised 
'•* use s. 
Statutes, as amended; purchase or exchange, maintenance and opera-
tion of passenger motor vehicle; not to exceed $300 for the purchase 
of necessary reference books and periodicals; not to exceed $150 for 
expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect 
of the Capitol, at meetinj^s or conventions in connection with subjects 
related to work under the Architect of the Capitol; $743,200: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $60,000 of the amount made available under 
^
® ^tat. sis, 
this head for the fiscal year 1956 for the installation of two additional 
elevators in the Senate wing of the Capitol is hereby continued avail-
able until June 30, 1957. 
Extension of the Capitol: To enable the Architect of the Capitol, 
under the direction of the Commission for Extension of the United 
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[70 STAT. 
States Capitol, to continue to provide for the extension, reconstruction, 
and replacement of the central portion of the United States Capitol 
and other improvements authorized under the heading "Extension of 
40 use 166 note, the Capitol" in the Act of August 5, 1955 (69 Stat. 515, 516), as 
amended, $12,000,000. 
Capitol Grounds: For care and improvement of grounds surround-
ing the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings; Capitol Power 
Plant; personal and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizers; 
repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing 
apparel; maintenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire 
of men and equipment or under contract without compliance with 
41 use 5. 
section 3709 of the Eevised Statutes, as amended; $932,600, of which 
$650,000 shall be available for construction of a combined sanitary-
storm water sewer extending from the Additional Senate Office Build-
ing to the existing sewer crossing Constitution Avenue just west of 
New Jersey Avenue Northwest. 
Subway transportation, Capitol and Senate Office Buildings: For 
maintenance, repairs, and rebuilding of the subway transportation 
system connecting the Senate Office Building with the Capitol, includ-
ing personal and other services, $6,600. 
Senate Office Building: For maintenance, miscellaneous items and 
supplies, including furniture, furnishings, and equipment, and for 
labor and material incident thereto, and repairs thereof; for purchase 
of waterproof wearing apparel and for personal and other services; 
including five female attendants in charge of ladies' retiring rooms 
at $1,800 each, for the care and operation of the Senate Office Building; 
to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of 
the Capitol; in all, $1,248,600. 
ADDITIONAL OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE 
Construction and equipment of additional Senate Office Building: 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the 
Senate Office Building Commission, to continue to provide for the 
construction and equipment of a fireproof office building for the use 
of the United States Senate, in accordance with the provisions of 
the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948 (62 Stat. 1029), 
$5,250,000: Provided^ That no part of the funds herein appropriated 
shall be obligated or expended for construction of the rear center wing 
of said building, from the ground floor up, provided for under the 
building plans heretofore approved by such Commission. 
Legislative garage: For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal 
and other services, and all other necessary expenses, $38,500. 
House Office Buildings: For maintenance, including equipment, 
waterproof wearing apparel, miscellaneous items, and for all neces-
sary services, $1,149,900. 
Acquisition of property, construction and equipment. Additional 
House Office Building: To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under 
the direction of the House Office Building Commission, to continue 
to provide for the acquisition of property, construction and equipment 
of an additional fireproof office building for the use of the House of 
Representatives, and other changes and improvements, authorized by 
the Additional House Office Building Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 41, 42), 
$10,000,000. 
Capitol Power Plant: For lighting, heating, and power (including 
the purchase of electrical energy), for the Capitol, Senate and House 
Office Buildings, Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library 
Buildings, and the grounds about the same. Botanic Garden, legisla-
tive garage, and for air-conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 
40 u s e 175 note. 
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367 
plants in anjr of such buildings; for heating the Government Printing 
Office, Washington City Post Office, and Folger Shakespeare Library, 
reimbursement for which shall be made and covered into the Treasury; 
personal and other services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing 
apparel, and all other necessary expenses in connection with the main-
tenance and operation of the plant, $1,304,300. 
Changes and improvements, Capitol Power Plant: Toward carry-
ing out the changes and improvements authorized by the Act of Octo-
ber 26, 1949 (Public Law 413, Eighty-first Congress), $1,196,000, to 
" stat. 933. 
be expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of 
the House Office Building Commission, and the authorized limit of 
cost fixed by Public Law 413 is hereby increased by $730,000. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
Structural and mechanical care: For the necessary expenditures 
for mechanical and structural maintenance, including minor improve-
ments, equipment, supplies, waterproof wearing apparel, and personal 
and other services, $800,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be 
available for expenditure without regard to section 3709 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended. 
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Furniture and furnishings: 
For furniture, partitions, screens, 
shelving, and electrical work pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, 
office and library equipment, apparatus, and labor-saving devices, 
$75,000. 
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 (including not to 
exceed $3,000 for temporary labor without regard to the Classification 
Act of 1949, as amended) ; waterproof wearin;w apparel; not to exceed 
luicfVofilicite. 
$25 for emergency medical supplies; traveling expenses including 
streetcar fares, not to exceed $275; the prevention and eradication of 
insect and other pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and 
procurement of personal services by contract without regard to the 
provisions of any other Act; purchase and exchange of motor trucks; 
purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a 
passenger motor vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, 
and books of reference, not to exceed $100; repairs and improvements 
to Director's residence; all under the direction of the Joint Committee 
on the Library; $253,600: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation 
shall be used for the distribution, by congressional allotment, of trees, 
plants, shrubs, or other nursery stock. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Library of 
Congress, not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance 
of the Library Buildings; special clothing; purchase of one passenger 
motor vehicle for replacement only; and expenses of the Library of 
Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income 
of any trust fund held by the Board; $5,310,593. 
PUBLIC LAW 624-JUNE 27, 1956 
[70 STAT. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Copyright 
Office, including publication of the decisions of the United States 
courts involving copyrights, $1,287,547. 
LEGISLATIVJ: REFERENCE SERVICE 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
2°us1r lie"and ^s amended (2 U. S. C. 166), $1,067,387: Provided, That no part of 
note. 
this appropriation may be used to pay any salary or expense m con-
nection 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 Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration. 
*; 
DISTRIBUTION OF CATALOG CARDS 
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the preparation 
and distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the 
Library, $1,487,100. 
INCREASE OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
General increase of the Library: For expenses (except personal 
services) necessary for acquisition of books, periodicals and news-
papers, and all other material for the increase of the Library, $300,-
000, to continue available during the next succeeding fiscal year. 
Increase of the law library: For expenses (except personal serv-
ices) necessary for acquisition of books, legal periodicals, and all 
other material for the increase of the law library, $90,000, to con-
tinue available during the next succeeding fiscal year. 
Books for the Supreme Court: For the purchase of books and 
periodicals for the Supreme Court, to be a part of the Library of Con-
gress, and purchased by the Librarian of the Supreme Court, under 
the direction of the Chief Justice, $27,500. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND 
For salaries and other expenses necessary^ to carry out the pro-
visions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide books for the blind", 
46 Stat. 1487. 
approved March 3, 1931 (2 IT. S. C. 135a), as amended, $1,067,481. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress 
for salaries shall be available for expenses of investigating the loy-
alty of Library employees; special and temporary services (including 
employees engaged by the day or hour or in piecework) ; and serv-
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
60 Stat. 810. 
U. S. C.55a). 
Not to exceed ten positions in the Library of Congress may be 
exempt from the provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the 
employment of aliens during the current fiscal year, but the Librarian 
shall not make any appointment to any such position until he has 
ascertained that he cannot secure for such appointments a person in 
any of the categories specified in such provisions who possesses the 
special qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise 
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369 
meets the general requirements for employment in the Library of 
Congress. 
Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress shall 
be available, in an amount not to exceed $11,000, when specifically 
authorized by the Librarian, for expenses of attendance at meetings 
concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation is 
made. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
PRINTING AND BINDING 
F"or authorized printing and binding for the Congress; not to 
exceed $7,500 for printing and binding for the Architect of the 
Capitol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and 
session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 
U. S. C. 182); printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal Reg-
ister (including the Code of Federal Regulations), as authorized by 
law (44 U. S. C. 309, 311, 311a); and printing and binding of Gov-
ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed without 
charge to the recipients; $9,200,000; and in addition, $400,000, to be 
immediately available: 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). 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Office of 
Superintendent of Documents, including personal services in accord-
ance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and compensa-
tion of employees who shall be subject to the provisions of the Act 
entitled "An Act to regulate*and fix rates of pay for employees and 
officers of the Government Printing Office", approved June 7,1924 (44 
U. S. C. 40); traveling expenses (not to exceed $1,500); price lists and 
bibliographies; repairs to buildings, elevators, and machinery; and 
supplying books to depository libraries; $2,990,400. Hereafter, appro-
priations available for the Office of Superintendent of Documents 
shall not be used to supply depository libraries any documents, books, 
or other printed matter not requested by such libraries, and the 
requests therefor shall be subject to approval by the Superintendent 
of Documents. 
REVOLVING FUND 
The paragraph in the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1954 (67 
Stat. 330), establishing the Government Printing Office Revolving 
Fund is hereby amended by striking out the words "purchase of uni-
forms for guards;" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 
1954 (68 Stat. 1114), as amended". 
The paragraph in the Legislative Appropriation Act 1954 (67 Stat. 
330), establishing the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund 
is hereby amended by striking out the words "(except buildings and 
land)", where they occur, and inserting in lieu thereof "and building 
appurtenances (except building structures and land)". 
The Public Printer is authorized to provide for the improvement 
of electrical facilities and extension of air conditioning as necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Government Printing Office. 
The operation shall be financed from the revolving fund in accordance 
with provisions of law (44 U. S. C. 63; 63 Stat. 301, August 1,1955). 
28 Stat. 603. 
49 S t a t . 502; (>3 
Stat. 381; 56 StaU 
1045. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 nobs. 
43 Stat. 658. 
44 u s e 63. 
5 u s e 2131 note. 
67 S t a t . 330; 69 
Stat. 519. 
69225 O -57 -28 (Vol. 70) 
370 
P r i v a t e 
v e h i -
cles. 
46 Stat. 32. 
2 u s e 60a. 
Capitol Police. 
House and Sen-
a t e 
R e c o r d i n g 
Studio s. 
Studio operators. 
Pri c e fixing of 
recordings, etc. 
PUBLIC LAW 624-JUNE 27, 1956 
GENEEAL PROVISIONS 
[70 ST A T . 
SEC. 102. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Whenever any office or position not specifically estab-
lished by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein 
or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position 
appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established 
for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the desig-
nation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided herein, 
shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the 
provisions herein for the various items of official expenses of Members, 
Officers, and Committees of the House, and Clerk Hire for Members 
shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided 
further, 
That the provisions relating to positions and salaries thereof carried 
in H. Res. 297, 336, 339, 342, 374, 424, 446, 448, 468, 486, and 494 of 
the Eighty-fourth Congress shall be the permanent law wdth respect 
thereto: Provided further, That the provisions of H. Res. 465 of the 
Eighty-fourth Congress shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto. 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be paid as compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, 
as an officer or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the 
standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police 
Board: Provided, That the Capitol Police Board is hereby author-
ized to detail police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol 
Buildings for police duty on the Capitol Grounds. 
SEC. 105. (a) There is hereby established a House Recording Studio 
and a Senate Recording Studio. 
(b) The House Recording Studio shall assist Members of the 
House of Representatives in making disk, film, and tape recordings, 
and in performing such other functions and duties in connection with 
the making of such recordings as may be necessary. 
The Senate 
Recording Studio shall assist Members of the Senate and committees 
of the Senate in making disk, film, and tape recordings, and in per-
forming such other functions and duties in connection with the making 
of such recordings as may be necessary. The House Recording Studio 
shall be for the exclusive use of Members of the House of Representa-
tives (including the Delegates and the Resident Commissioner from 
Puerto Rico) ; the Senate Recording Studio shall be for the exclusive 
use of Members of the Senate, the Vice President, and committees of 
the Senate. 
(c) The House Recording Studio shall be operated by the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives under the direction and control of a 
committee which is hereby created (hereinafter referred to as the 
committee) composed of three Members of the House. Two members 
of the committee shall be from the majority party and one member 
shall be from the minority party, to be appointed by the Speaker. 
The committee is authorized to issue such rules and regulations relat-
ing to operation of the House Recording Studio as it may deem 
necessary. 
The Senate Recording Studio shall be operated by the Sergeant 
at Arms of the Senate under the direction and control of the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. The Committee 
on Rules and Administration is authorized to issue such rules and 
regulations relating to operation of the Senate Recording Studio as 
it may deem necessary. 
(d) The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall, subject to 
the approval of the committee, set the price of making disk, film, and 
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PUBLIC LAW 6 2 4 - J U N E 27, 1956 
371 
tape recordings, and collect all moneys owed the House Recording 
Studio. The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate 
shall set the price of making disk, film, and tape recordings and all 
moneys owed the Senate Recording Studio shall be collected by the 
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate. 
(e) No moneys shall be expended or obligated for the House Re- gt^'^f"^*"'®^'"•*" 
cording Studio except as shall be pursuant to such regulations as 
"'^ 
the committee may approve. No moneys shall be expended or obli-
gated by the Director of the Senate Recording Studio until approval 
therefor has been obtained from the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate. 
(f) The Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized, sub- 
Appointments; 
rject to the approval of the committee, to appoint and fix the com- '^*""P*"^° *
*
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• 
pensation of a Director of the House Recording Studio and such other 
employees as are deemed necessary to the operation of the House 
Recording Studio. 
(g) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United 
House and sen-
States, a revolving fund within the contingent fund of the House funds/*""* ^^"^ 
of Representatives for the House Recording Studio for the purposes 
of administering the duties of that studio. There is also established 
in the Treasury of the United States, a revolving fund within the 
contingent fund of the Senate for the Senate Recording Studio for 
the purposes of administering the duties of that studio. 
(h) All moneys received by the House Recording Studio from 
Members of the House of Representatives for disk, film, or tape record-
ings, or from any other source, shall be deposited by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives in the revolving fund established for the 
House Recording Studio by the preceding paragraph; moneys in such 
fund shall be available for disbursement therefrom by the Clerk of 
the House of Representatives for the care, maintenance, operation, 
and other expenses of the studio upon vouchers signed and approved 
in such manner as the committee shall prescribe. 
All moneys received 
by the Senate Recording Studio for disk, film, or tape recordings or 
from any other source, shall be deposited in the revolving fund estab-
lished for the Senate Recording Studio by the preceding paragraph; 
moneys in such fund shall be available for disbursement therefrom 
upon vouchers signed and approved by the Sergeant at Arms for the 
care, maintenance, operation, and other expenses of the Senate Record-
ing Studio. 
(i) (1) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this 
Distribution of 
Act but no later than September 30,1956, the equity of the Joint Sen- *'*'" ^' 
ate and House Recording Facility Revolving Fund shall be distributed 
equally to the Senate and House of Representatives on the basis of an 
audit to be made by the General Accounting Office, 
(2) The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives shall, subject to the approval of the committees 
mentioned in subsection (c) hereof, determine the assignment of exist-
ing studio facilities to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
and also the existing equipment, materials and supplies to be trans-
ferred to the respective studios. 
The evaluation of equipment, ma-
terials and supplies transferred to each studio shall be on the basis 
of market value. 
Any other equipment, materials and supplies deter-
mined to be obsolete or not needed for the operation of the respective 
studios shall be disposed of to the best interest of the Government 
and the proceeds thereof deposited in the Joint Senate and House 
Recording Facility Revolving Fund. 
(3) Accounts receivable, which on the effective date of liquidation. 
Transfer of ae-
are due from Members and committees of the Senate shall be trans- °°""*°* 
ferred to the Senate Studio, and those due from Members and com-
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S T A T . 
Reserve funda 
Balance, distri-
bution. 
Services and fa-
c i l i t i e s , availa-
bility. 
Employment, re-
stricUons. 
61 Stat. 361. 
67 Stat. 439. 
Bonds and sure-
ties. 
^propriations. 
Short title. 
mittees of the House of Representatives shall be transferred to the 
House Studio. 
(4) A sufficient reserve shall be set aside from the Joint Senate and 
House Recording Facility Revolving Fund to liquidate any outstand-
ing accounts payable. 
(5) After appropriate adjustments for the value of assets assigned 
or transferred to the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, the balance in the Joint Senate and House Recording Facility 
Revolving Fund shall be distributed equally to the Senate and House 
of Representatives for deposit to the respective revolving funds 
authorized by this section. 
(j) Pending acquisition of the stock, supplies, materials, and equip-
ment necessary to properly equip both studios, the present services 
and facilities shall be made available to both studios in order that 
each studio may carry out its duty. 
(k) No person shall be an officer or employee of the House or 
Senate Recording Studio while he is engaged in any other business, 
profession, occupation, or employment which involves the perform-
ance of duties which are similar to those which would be performed 
by him as such an officer or employee of such studio unless approved 
in writing by the committee in the case of the House Recording Studio 
Jind the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration in the case 
of the Senate Recording Studio. 
(1) The Joint Recording Facility positions and salaries established 
pursuant to the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1948, and all 
subsequent Acts are hereby abolished. 
(m) Effective with the completion of the transfer provided for by 
subsection (i) hereof the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution 
establishing in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund 
within the contingent fund of the House of Representatives", approved 
August 7,1953 (2 U. S. C , sec. 123), is repealed. 
(n) The Director of the House Recording Studio shall give bond 
to the Clerk of the House of Representatives with one or more sureties 
in the penal sum of $20,000, with condition for the faithful perform-
ance of his duties and the preservation and security of all property in 
his care. The Director of the Senate Recording Studio shall give bond 
to the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate with one or more sureties in the 
penal sum of $20,000, with condition for the faithful performance of 
his duties and the preservation and security of all property in his care. 
(o) Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this section are hereby authorized to be appropriated. 
SEC. 106. This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch x\ppro-
priation Act, 1957". 
Approved June 27, 1956. 
June 29, 1956 
[S. 3778] 
Public Law 625 
CHAPTER 460 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act for the protection of walruses. 
Alaska. 
Walruses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1 of 
the Act of August 18, 1941 (ch. 368, 55 Stat. 632; 48 U. S. C. 248), 
is amended by changing the colon at the end of the first proviso to a 
comma and by inserting thereafter: "and said skins or hides may be 
exported from the Territory subject to such limitations on numbers 
and sizes of skins or hides exported as the Secretary of the Interior 
may prescribe for the purpose of protecting and conserving the walrus 
herds:".