Chapter 33. To fix the compensation of officers and employees of the legislative branch of the Government
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CHAP. 33.— An Act To fix the compensation of officers and employees of the legislative branch of the Government. June 20, 1929.[[H. R. 3966](/us/bill/71/hr/3966).][[Public, No. 17](/us/pl/71/17).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Legislative Pay Act of 1929.Positions and pay for the legislative branch of the Government.Vol. 43, p. 146, amended. That the following positions and annual (except where specified otherwise) rates of compensation are hereby established:
Senate.SENATE Vice President’s office.office of the vice president Secretary, and clerks.Secretary to the Vice President, $4,620; clerk, $2,400; assistant clerks—one $2,280, one $2,160. chaplain Chaplain.Chaplain of the Senate, $1,680. office of the secretary Secretary of the Senate, assistant secretary, clerks, etc.Secretary of the Senate, including compensation as disbursing officer of salaries of Senators and of contingent fund of the Senate, $8,000; assistant secretary, Henry M.
Rose, $4,500; chief clerk, who shall perform the duties of reading clerk, $5,500 and 1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; financial clerk, $5,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant financial clerk, $4,200 and $600 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; minute and journal clerk, $4,500 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; principal clerk, $3,840; legislative clerk, enrolling clerk, and printing clerk at $3,540 each; chief bookkeeper, $3,600; librarian, $3,360; executive clerk, file clerk, and assistant journal clerk at $3,180 each; first assistant librarian, and keeper of stationery at $3,120 each; assistant librarian, $2,460; skilled laborer, $1,740; clerks—three at $3,180 each, one $2,880, one $2,760, two at $2,400 each, two at $2,040 each; two assistant keepers of stationery at $2,040 each; assistant in stationery room, $1,740; messenger in library, $1,560; special officer, $2,460; assistant in library, $2,040; laborers—two at $1,620 each, three at $1,380 each, one in stationery room, $1,680.
Document room.document room Superintendent, assistant, etc.Superintendent, $3,960; first assistant, $3,360; second assistant, $2,700; assistant, $2,040 in lieu of position authorized by Senate resolution 342 of the Seventieth Congress; two clerks at $2,040 each; skilled laborer, $1,740. 33 committee employeesCommittee employees. Clerks and messengers to the following committees: AgricultureClerks, assistant clerks, and messengers to designated committees. and Forestry—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800.
Appropriations—clerk, $7,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; two assistant clerks at $4,200 each; three assistant clerks at $3,000 each; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each; messenger, $1,800. To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Banking and Currency—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220.
Civil Service—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Claims—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each. Commerce—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220. Conference Majority of the Senate (in lieu of positions authorized by Senate Resolution Numbered 50 of the Seventy-first Congress)—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,8$t); two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220.
Conference Minority of the Senate—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220. District of Columbia—clerk, $3,900; two assistant clerks at $2,880 each; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Education and Labor—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Enrolled Bills—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Expenditures in the Executive Departments—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800.
Finance—clerk, $4,200; special assistant to the committee, $3,600; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,700; assistant clerk, $2,400; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each; two experts (one for the majority and one for the minority) at $3,600 each; messenger, $1,800. Foreign Relations—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800; messenger, $1,800. Immigration—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800.
Indian Affairs—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Interoceanic Canals—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Interstate Commerce—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220. Irrigation and Reclamation—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800.
Judiciary—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220. Library—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Manufactures—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Military Affairs—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,400; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each. Mines and Mining—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800.
Naval Affairs—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,400; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each. Patents—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Pensions—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; four assistant clerks at $2,220 each. Post Offices and Post Roads—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; three assistant clerks at $2,220 each; additional clerk, 34$1,800. Printing—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800.
Privileges and Elections—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Public Buildings and Grounds—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Public Lands and Surveys—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; two assistant clerks, at $2,220 each. Revision of Laws—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Rules—clerk, $3,900, to include Senate Manual.full compensation for the preparation biennially of the Senate Manual under the direction of the Committee on Rules; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800.
Territories and Insular Possessions—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Clerical assistance to Senators.clerical assistance to senators Clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of specified committees.Clerical assistance to Senators who are not chairmen of the committees specifically provided for herein, as follows: Seventy clerks at $3,900 each; severity assistant clerks at $2,400 each, and seventy assistant clerks at $2,220 each.
Such clerks and assistant clerks shall be ex officio clerks and assistant clerks of any committee of which their Senator is chairman. Additional.Seventy additional clerks at $1,800 each, one for each Senator having no more than one clerk and two assistant clerks for himself or for the committee of which he is chairman; messenger, $1,800. Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper.office of sergeant at arms and doorkeeper Sergeant at Arms, secretaries, messengers, and other employees.Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $8,000; two secretaries (one for the majority and one for the minority) at $5,400 each; two assistant secretaries (one for the majority and one for the minority) at $4,320 each; messengers—five (acting as assistant doorkeepers, including one for minority) at $2,400 each, thirty-seven including one for minority) at $2,040 each, one at $1,560, one at card door, $2,880; clerk on journal work for Congressional Record, to be selected by the official reporters, $3,360;
Deputy Sergeant at Arms and storekeeper, $4,440; clerk, $2,460; stenographer in charge of furniture accounts and records, $1,740; upholsterer and locksmith, $2,400; cabinetmaker, $2,040; three carpenters at $2,040 each; janitor, $2,040; skilled laborers—four at $1,680 each, one at $1,560; laborer in charge of private passage, $1,680; three female attendants in charge of ladies’ retiring rooms at $1,500 each; three attendants to women’s toilet rooms, Senate Office Building, at $1,500 each; telephone operators—chief, $2,460, seven at $1,560 each; night operator, $1,380; telephone page, $1,260; laborer in charge of Senate toilet rooms in old library space, $1,200; press gallery—superintendent, $3,660, assistant superintendent, $2,520, messenger for service to press correspondents, $1,740; laborers—three at $1,320 Pages.each, thirty-four at $1,260 each; twenty-one pages for the Senate Chamber, at the rate of $4 per day each, during the session.
Police, Senate Office Building.Police force for Senate Office Building under the Sergeant at Arms: Special officer, $1,740; sixteen privates at $1,620 each. Post office.post office Postmaster and other employees.Postmaster, $3,060; chief clerk, $2,460; wagon master, $2,040; seven mail carriers at $1,740 each; two riding pages at $1,440 each. 35 folding roomFolding room. Foreman, $2,460; assistant, $2,160; clerk, $1,740; folders—chief,Foreman and other employees. $2,040, seven at $1,560 each, seven at $1,380 each.
CAPITOL POLICECapitol Police. Captain, $2,460; three lieutenants at $1,740 each; two specialCaptain, lieutenants, etc. officers at $1,740 each; three sergeants at $1,680 each; forty-four privates at $1,620 each. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTINGJoint Committee on Printing. Clerk, $4,000 and $800 additional so long as the position is heldClerk, inspector, etc.Vol. 28, p. 603.[U. S. C., p. 1418](/us/usc/p1418). by the present incumbent; inspector under section 20 of the Act approved January 12, 1895 (United States Code, title 44, section 49), $2,820; assistant clerk and stenographer, $2,400; chief indexer, $3,480; cataloguers—one $3,180, two at $2,460 each.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESHouse of Representatives. office of the speakerSpeaker’s office. Secretary to the Speaker, $4,620; parliamentarian, $4,500, and forSecretary, parliamentarian, etc.Digest of the Rules.preparing Digest of the Rules, $1,000 per annum; assistant parliamentarian,$2,760; clerk to Speaker, $2,400; clerk to Speaker, $1,440;messenger to Speaker’s table, $1,740; messenger to Speaker, $1,680. chaplain Chaplain of the House of Representatives, $1,680.Chaplain. office of the clerk Clerk of the House of Representatives, including compensationClerk of the House, journal clerk, and other employees. as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, $8,000; journal clerk, two reading clerks, and tally clerk, at $5,000 each; enrolling clerk, $4,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; disbursing clerk, $3,960; file clerk, $3,780, chief bill clerk, $3,540; assistant enrolling clerk, $3,180; assistant to disbursing clerk, $3,120; stationery clerk, $2,880; librarian, $2,760; assistant librarian, and assistant file clerk, at $2,520 each; assistant journal clerk, and assistant librarian, at $2,460 each; clerks—one $2,460, three at $2,340 each; bookkeeper, and assistant in disbursing office, at $2,160 each; four assistants to chief bill clerk at $2,100 each; stenographer to the Clerk, $1,980; assistant in stationery room, $1,740; three messengers at $1,680 each; stenographer to journal clerk, $1,560; laborers—three at $1,440 each, nine at $1,260 each; fifteen telephone operators at $1,560 each; substitute telephone operator when required, at $4 per day; property custodian and superintendent of furniture and repair shop, who shall be a skilled cabinetmaker or upholsterer and experienced in the construction and purchase of furniture, $3,960; two assistant custodians at $3,360 each; locksmith and typewriter repairer, $1,860; messenger and clock repairer, $1,740. officer of sergeant at arms Sergeant at Arms, $8,000;
Deputy Sergeant at Arms, $3,180,Sergeant at Arms, deputy, and other employees. cashier, $4,920; two bookkeepers at $3,360 each; Deputy Sergeant at Arms in charge of pairs, pair clerk and messenger, and assistant 36cashier, at $2,820 each; stenographer and typewriter, $600; skilled laborer, $1,380. Police, House Office Building,Police Force, House Office Building, under the Sergeant at Arms: Lieutenant, $1,740; nineteen privates at $1,620 each. office of the doorkeeper Doorkeeper, special employee, messengers, and other employees.Doorkeeper, $6,000; special employee, $2,820; superintendent of House press gallery, $3,660; assistant to the superintendent of the House press gallery, $2,520; chief janitor, $2,700; messengers—seventeen at $1,740 each, fourteen on soldiers’ roll at $1,740 each; laborers—seventeen at $1,260 each, two (cloakroom) at $1,380 each, one (cloak-room) $1,260, and seven (cloakroom) at $1,140 each; three female Folding room employees.attendants in ladies’ retiring rooms at $1,680 each; attendant for the ladies’ reception room, $1,440; superintendent of folding room, $3,180; foreman of folding room, $2,640; chief clerk to superintendent of folding room, $2,460; three clerks at $2,160 each; janitor, $1,260; laborer, $1,260; thirty-one folders at $1,440 each; shipping Pages, etc.clerk, $1,740; two drivers at $1,380 each; two chief pages at $1,980 each; two telephone pages at $1,680 each; two floor managers of telephones (one for the minority), at $3,180 each; two assistant floor managers in charge of telephones (one for the minority), at $2,100 each; forty-one pages, during the session at $4 per day each; press-gallery Document room employees.page, $1,920; superintendent of document room (Elmer A.
Lewis), $3,960; assistant superintendent of document room, $2,760 and $420 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; clerk, $2,320; assistant clerk, $2,160; eight assistants at $1,860 each; janitor, $1,440; messenger to pressroom, $1,560. Special and minority employees.special and minority employees Minority employees.For the minority employees authorized and named in the resolution of April 15, 1929—one at $3,180 (J. J. Sinnott), five at $2,820 each.
Assistant in folding room.Assistant foreman of the folding room, authorized in the resolution of September 30, 1913, $1,980. Laborers.Laborer, authorized and named in the resolution of April 28, 1914, $1,380. Laborer, authorized and named in the resolution of December 19, 1901, $1,380. Clerk under Clerk of the House.Clerk, under the direction of the Clerk of the House, named in the resolution of February 13, 1923, $3,060. Appointment of successors.Successors to any of the employees provided for in the five preceding paragraphs may be named by the House of Representatives at any time.
Majority floor leader.Clerks, etc.Office of majority floor leader: Legislative clerk, $3,960; clerk, $3,180; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560. Conference minority.Clerks, etc.Conference minority: Clerk, $3,180; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560. The foregoing employees to be appointed by the minority leader. Messengers, caucus rooms.Two messengers, one in the majority caucus room and one in the minority caucus room, to be appointed by the majority and minority whips, respectively, at $1,740 each.
Post office.post office Postmaster, assistant and other employees.Postmaster, $5,000; assistant postmaster, $2,880; registry and money-order clerk, $2,100; thirty-four messengers (including one to superintend transportation of mails) at $1,740 each; substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees, when required, at the rate of not to exceed $145 per month each; laborer, $1,260. 37 official reporters of debates Six official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the HouseOfficial reporters of debates, etc. at $7,500 each; assistant (John J.
Cameron), $3,000; clerk, $3,360; six expert transcribers at $1,740 each; janitor, $1,440. committee stenographers Four stenographers to committees, at $7,000 each; janitor, $1,440.Stenographers to committees. committee employeesCommittee employees. Clerks, messengers, and janitors to the following committees: Accounts—clerk,Clerks, janitors, and messengers to designated committees. $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,560. Agriculture—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,560.
Appropriations—clerk, $7,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant clerk, $5,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; three assistant clerks at $3,900 each; assistant clerk, $3,600; two assistant clerks at $3,300 each; messenger, $1,680. Banking and Currency—clerk, $2,760; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Census—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Civil Service—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260.
Claims—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Coinage, Weights, and Measures—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Disposition of Useless Executive Papers—clerk, $2,760. District of Columbia—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,260. Education—clerk, $2,760. Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress—clerk, $2,760. Elections Numbered 1—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Elections Numbered 2—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Elections Numbered 3—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260.
Enrolled Bills—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Expenditures in Executive Departments—clerk, $3,300; janitor, $1,260. Flood Control—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Foreign Affairs—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,260. Immigration and Naturalization—clerk, $3,300; janitor, $1,260. Indian Affairs—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,260. Insular Affairs—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Interstate and Foreign Commerce—clerk, $3,900; additional clerk, $2,640; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560.
Irrigation and Reclamation—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Invalid Pensions—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,880; expert examiner (Norman E. Ives), $2,700; stenographer, $2,640; janitor, $1,500. Judiciary—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,160; assistant clerk, $1,980; janitor, $1,500. Labor—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Library—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Merchant Marine and Fisheries—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Military Affairs—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560.
Mines and Mining—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Naval Affairs— clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560. Patents—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Pensions—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,160; janitor, $1,260. Post Offices and Post Roads—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560. Printing—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,560. Public Buildings and Grounds—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Public Lands—clerk, $2,760; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260.
Revision of the Laws—clerk, $3,300; janitor, $1,260. Rivers and Harbors—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,560. Roads—clerk, $2,760; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Rules—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,260. Territories—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. War Claims— clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Ways and Means—clerk, $4,620; assistant clerk and stenographer, $2,640; assistant clerk, $2,580; clerk for minority, $3,180; janitors—one, $1,560, 38one $1,260.
World War Veterans’ Legislation—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460. Offices, positions, and rates in lieu of provisions for fiscal year 1930.Vol. 45, p. 1387.Appropriations available therefor.The offices, positions, and rates of compensation hereinbefore specified shall be in lieu of those enumerated under the same captions in the Legislative Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1930, approved February 28, 1929, and the appropriations contained in such Act for the compensation of the officers and employees of Congress are hereby made available toward the payment of the compensation of the officers and employees of Congress at the rates and in the numbers specified in this section.
Pages.Appropriations available.*Ante*, p. 1.The indefinite appropriations for the compensation of pages for the Senate and House of Representatives, contained in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for certain expenses of the legislative branch incident to the first session of the Seventy-first Congress,” approved April 26, 1929, are hereby made available for the compensation of such pages at the per diem rates specified herein. Congressional Record.Chief indexer and cataloguers.Vol. 45, p. 1401.New rates.*Ante*, p. 35.The appropriation for “Public Printing and Binding,” contained in the Legislative Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1930, is hereby made available for the compensation of the chief indexer and cataloguers of the Congressional Record at the rates specified herein in lieu of the rates specified in such appropriation. clerk hire, members, delegates, and resident commissioners Sec. 2.
Clerk hire, Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners.Vol. 42, p. 1217.[U. S. C., p. 8](/us/usc/p8).*Proviso*.Salary limit. The clerk hire for each Member, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner shall be at the rate of $5,000 per annum and shall be paid in accordance with the Act of January 25, 1923 (United States Code, title 2, section 92): *Provided*, That no person shall receive a salary from such clerk hire at a rate in excess of $3,900 per annum. Vol. 45, p. 1387.The appropriation for “Clerk hire, Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners,” contained in the Legislative Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1930, is hereby made available toward the payment of clerk hire as provided in this section.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOLArchitect of the Capitol. Sec. 3. Classification Act.Office of Architect, included in compensation schedules.Vol. 42, p. 1488, amended.[U. S. C., p. 65](/us/usc/p65). Section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the classification of civilian positions within the District of Columbia and in the field services,” approved March 4, 1923 (United States Code, title 5, section 662), is hereby amended so as to include within the definition of the term “department,” contained in the second paragraph of such section, the office of the Architect of the Capitol: *Proviso*.No pay reductions, etc. *Provided*, That this section shall not operate to reduce the compensation of the present incumbent in any position nor to prevent the Architect of the Capitol from employing professional and technical services in connection with construction projects at such rates of compensation as he may deem necessary in the public interest.
Appropriations for 1930, made available.Vol. 45, p. 1395.The appropriations under the office of the Architect of the Capitol, contained in the Legislative Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1930, are hereby made available toward giving effect to the provisions of this section. Sec. 4. Additional pay to details from Pensions Bureau, limited.*Post*, p. 1016. Hereafter employees detailed from the Bureau of Pensions to duty with committees of Congress having jurisdiction of pension legislation shall not receive additional compensation while on such detail at a rate in excess of $50 per month each.
Sec. 5. Title of Act. The short title of this Act shall be the “Legislative Pay Act of 1929,” 39 Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1929, and the ActEffective July 1, 1929.Former Act repealed.Vol. 43, p. 146, repealed. entitled “An Act to fix the compensation of officers and employees of the legislative branch of the Government,” approved May 24, 1924, is hereby repealed after June 30, 1929. Approved, June 20, 1929.