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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · June 30, 1936 · Public Law 201

Public Law 201.

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(/us/pl/74/200).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the followingLegislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1936. sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, namely: SENATESenate. salaries and mileage of senatorsSenators. For compensation of Senators, $960,000.Compensation.Mileage.Allowance to President of the Senate.
For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $51,000 and hereafter the President of the Senate shall be paid mileage at the same rate and in the same manner as now allowed by law to Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, and Delegates in Congress. For compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others:Officers, clerks, messengers, etc. office of the vice presidentVice President’s office. Salaries: Secretary to the Vice President, $4,620; clerk, $2,400;Secretary to, and clerks. assistant clerks—one $2,280, one $2,160; in all, $11,460. chaplainChaplain.
Chaplain of the Senate, $1,680. office of the secretarySecretary’s office. Salaries: Secretary of the Senate, including compensation asSecretary, assistants, clerks, etc. disbursing officer of salaries of Senators and of contingent fund of the Senate, $8,000; chief clerk, who shall perform the duties of reading 460clerk, $5,500 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; financial clerk, $5,000 and $2,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent;
Parliamentarian and Journal clerk.assistant financial clerk, $4,200; Parliamentarian and Journal clerk, $5,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; principal clerk, $3,600; legislative clerk, $4,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; enrolling clerk, $4,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; printing clerk, $3,540; chief bookkeeper, $3,600; librarian, $3,360; executive clerk, and assistant Journal clerk, at $3,180 each; first assistant librarian, and keeper of stationery, at $3,120 each; assistant librarian, and assistant keeper of stationery, at $2,400 each; clerks—one at $2,880 and $300 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent, four at $2,880 each, two at $2,640 each, one at $2,400, four at $2,040 each, two at $1,740 each; special officer, $2,460; two assistants in the library at $1,740 each; laborers—one at $1,620, five at $1,380 each, one in secretary’s office, $1,680; in all, $123,360.
Document Room.document room Superintendent, etc.Salaries: Superintendent, $3,960; first assistant, $3,360; second assistant, $2,400; four assistants, at $1,860 each; skilled laborer, $1,380; in all, $18,540. Committee employees.committee employees Clerks and messengers.Clerks and messengers to the following committees: Agriculture 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; assistant, clerk, $4,200; assistant clerk, $3,900; 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, $2,880; 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; two assistant clerks, at $2,220 each. Conference Majority of the Senate—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; 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 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, 461$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, $3,600; 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, $3,600; 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; two additional clerks at $1,800 each.
Judiciary—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220. Library—clerk, $3,900; two assistant clerks, at $2,400 each; 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; two additional clerks, at $1,800 each.
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; four assistant clerks at $2,220 each; additional clerk, $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 the Laws—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Rules— clerk, $3,900 and $200 toward 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 Affairs—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; two assistant clerks, at $2,220 each; assistant clerk, $2,000; additional clerk, $1,800; in all, $503,460. clerical assistance to senatorsClerical assistance to Senators. Clerical assistance to Senators who are not chairmen of theAllowance to Senators not chairmen of specified committees. committees specially provided for herein, as follows: Seventy clerks at $3,900 each; seventy assistant clerks at $2,400 each; and seventy assistant clerks at $2,220 each; such clerks and assistant clerks shallEx-officio committee clerks. be ex-officio clerks and assistant clerks of any committee of which their Senator is chairman; 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; in all, $724,200. office of sergeant at arms and doorkeeperOffice of Sergeant at Arms, etc.
Salaries: Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $8,000; two secretariesSergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, secretaries, etc. (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; Deputy Sergeant at Arms and storekeeper, $4,440; clerks—one, $2,640, one, $2,100, three at $1,800 each, one, to theClerks, messengers, etc. secretary for the majority, $1,800; messengers—one, $2,640, four (acting 462as assistant doorkeepers, including one for the minority), at $2,400 each, twenty-nine (including two for minority), at $1,740 each, four, at $1,620 each, one at card door, $2,400 and $240 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; two special messengers, at $1,800 each; cleric on journal work for Congressional Record to be selected by the Official Reporters, $3,360; upholsterer and lock-smith, $2,400; cabinetmaker, $2,040; three carpenters, at $2,040 each;
Laborers, etc.janitor, $2,040; five skilled laborers, $1,680 each; 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, thirteen, at $1,560 each; laborer in charge of Superintendent, press gallery.Senate toilet rooms in old library space, $1,200; press gallery—superintendent, $3,660; assistant superintendent, $2,520; messengers for service to press correspondents—one, $1,920, three at $1,440 each;
Pages.laborers—three, at $1,320 each; twenty-nine, at $1,260 each, three, at $480 each; special employees—seven, at $1,000 each; twenty-one pages for the Senate Chamber, at the rate of $4 per day each, during the session, $15,288; in all, $254,868. Police, Senate Office Building.Police force for Senate Office Building under the Sergeant at Arms: Lieutenant, $1,740; special officer, $1,740; thirty-one privates at $1,620 each; in all, $53,700. Post Office.post office Postmaster, assistants, etc.Salaries:
Postmaster, $3, [a-z]OO; assistant postmaster, $2,880; chief clerk, $2,460; wagon master, $2,040; twenty-six mail carriers, at $1,620 each; in all, $53,100. Folding Room.folding room Salaries.Salaries: Foreman, $2,460: assistant, $2,160; clerk, $1,740; folders—chief, $2,040, fourteen at $1,440 each; in all, $28,560. Legislative Pay Act of 1920 amended.Vol. 46, p. 32.[U. S. C., p. 8](/us/usc/p8).The provisions of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 are hereby amended so as to correspond with the changes made by this Act in the designations and rates of salary of certain positions under the Senate.
Contingent expenses.contingent expenses of the senate Automobile for Vice President.For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Vice President, $4,000. Reporting debates, etc.For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, payable in equal monthly installments, $61,094, of which $754 shall be immediately available. Furniture; cleaning, repairing, etc.For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture. $2,000. Inquiries and Investigations.*Post*, p. 1597.For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers of committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding 25 cents per hundred *Provisos*.Salary restriction.words, $150,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for services, personal, professional, or otherwise, Per diem and subsistence.Vol 44, p. 688.[U.
S. C., p. 103](/us/usc/p103).in excess of the rate of $3,600 per annum: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for per diem and subsistence expenses except in accordance with the provisions of the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, approved June 3, 1926, as amended. Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation.One-half expenses.For payment of one-half of the salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation as authorized by law, $27,000.
Folding, etc.*Post*, p. 1272.For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand, $10,000. 463 For fuel, oil, cotton waste, and advertising, exclusive of labor,Fuel, oil, advertising, etc. $2,000. For repairs, improvements, equipment, and supplies for SenateSenate kitchens and restaurants. kitchens and restaurants, Capitol Building and Senate Office Building, including personal and other services, to be expended from the contingent fund of the Senate under the supervision of the Committee on Rules, United States Senate, $35,000: *Provided*, That said*Proviso*.Increase In prices authorized.
Committee on Rules is hereby authorized and directed hereafter to add a minimum of 10 per centum to each order in excess of 10 cents served in the said restaurants and 20 per centum to all ordersOutside service. served outside of said restaurants, and the proceeds accruing therefrom shall be placed in a fund to be used in the payment of any deficit incurred in the management of such kitchens and restaurants. For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles forMotor vehicles. carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, $7,960.
For materials for folding, $1,500.Materials for folding. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $200,000.Miscellaneous Items. For packing boxes, $970.Packing boxes. Postage stamps: For office of Secretary, $250; office of SergeantPostage stamps. at Arms, $100; in all, $350. For the purchase of furniture, $10,000, of which $5,000 shall beFurniture, purchase, etc. used in the place vacated by the Supreme Court. For materials for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor, $3,000.
For stationery for Senators and for the President of the Senate,Stationery. including $7,500 for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, $19,500. For rent of warehouse for storage of public documents, $2,000.Warehouse rent. Payments from the contingent fund of the Senate for materialsMaterials and supplies. and supplies (including fuel) hereafter purchased through thePayments by check In certain cases. Procurement Division of the Treasury Department shall be made by check upon vouchers approved by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESHouse of Representatives. salaries and mileage of membersMembers. For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives,Pay of Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners. Delegates from Territories, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and the Resident Commissioners from the Philippine Islands, $4,405,000. For mileage of Representatives, the Delegate from Hawaii,Mileage. and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and for expenses of the Delegate from Alaska and the Resident Commissioners from the Philippine Islands, $175,000.
For compensation of officers, clerks, and others:Officers, clerks, etc. office of the speakerSpeaker’s office. Salaries: Secretary to the Speaker, $4,620; clerk to Speaker,Secretary, etc.*Post*, p. 571. $2,400; clerk to Speaker, $1,440; messenger to Speaker, $1,680; in all, $10,140. the speaker’s tableSpeaker’s table. Salaries: Parliamentarian $4,500 and $1,500 additional so longParliamentarian, etc. as the position is held by the present incumbent, and for preparingPreparing Digest of Rules.
Digest of the Rules, $1,000 per annum; Assistant Parliamentarian, 464$2,760 and $750 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; messenger to Speaker’s Table, $1,740; in all, $12,250. Chaplain.chaplain Chaplain of the House of Representatives, $1,680. Clerk’s office. office of the clerk Clerk of the House, clerks, etc.Salaries: Clerk of the House of Representatives, including compensation 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; 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 at $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; telephone operators—assistant chief, $1,620, twenty-one at $1,560 each; substitute telephone operator, when required, at $4 per day, $1,464; property custodian and superintendent of furniture and re-pair 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; operation, maintenance, and repair of motor vehicles, $1,200; in all, $164,684.
Committee employees.committee employees Clerks, messengers, and janitors.Clerks, messengers, and janitors to the following committees: Accounts—clerk, $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 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 465clerk, $2,880; expert examiner, $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 Office 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; one, $1,260. World War Veterans’ Legislation—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; in all, $296,000. office of sergeant at armsOffice of Sergeant at Arms. Salaries: Sergeant at Arms,Sergeant at Arms, deputy, cashier, etc. $8,000; Deputy Sergeant at Arms, $3,180; cashier, $4,920; two bookkeepers at $3,360 each; Deputy Sergeant at Arms in charge of pairs, pair clerk and messenger, and assistant cashier, at $2,820 each; stenographer and typewriter, $600; skilled laborer, $1,380; hire of automobile, $600; in all, $33,860.
Police force, House Office Building, under the Sergeant at Arms:Police, House Office Building. Lieutenant, $1,740; sergeant, $1,680; thirty-seven privates at $1,620 each; in all, $63,360. office of doorkeeperDoorkeeper’s office. Salaries: Doorkeeper, $6,000; special employee, $2,820;Doorkeeper, special employee, etc. 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 $1,740Janitors, messengers, etc. each; laborers—seventeen at $1,260 each, two (cloakroom) at $1,380 each, one (cloakroom) $1,260, and seven (cloakroom) at $1,140 each; three female 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 toFolding room. 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 clerk, $1,740; two drivers at $1,380 each; two chief pages atPages. $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 m charge of telephones (one for the minority) at $2,100 each; forty-one pages, during the session, including ten pages for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, at $4 per day each, $29,848; press-gallery page, $1,920; superintendent of document roomDocument 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; maintenance and repair of folding room motor truck, $500; in all, $257,608. 466 Special and minority employees.special and minority employees Minority employees.For the minority employees authorized and named in the House Resolutions Numbered 51 and 53 of December 11, 1931:
Two at $5,000 each, four at $2,820 each; in all, $21,280. Special employees.Special employees: Assistant foreman of the folding room, authorized in the resolution of September 30, 1913, $1,980; laborer, authorized and named in the resolution of April 28, 1914, $1,380; laborer, $1,380; clerk, under the direction of the Clerk of the House, named in the resolution of February 13, 1923, $3,060; in all, $7,800. Appointment of successors.Successors to any of the employees provided for in the two preceding paragraphs may be named by the House of Representatives at any time.
Majority floor leader.Office of majority floor leader: Legislative clerk, $3,960; clerk, $3,180; assistant clerk, $2,100; for official expenses of the majority leader, as authorized by House Resolution Numbered 101, Seventy-first Congress, adopted December 18, 1929, $2,000; in all, $11,240. Conference minority.Conference minority: Clerk, $3,180; legislative clerk, $3,060; assist-ant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560; in all, $9,900. The foregoing employees to be appointed by the minority leader.
Caucus rooms, messengers.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; in all, $3,480. Post Office.post office Postmaster, assistant, etc.Salaries: Postmaster, $5,000; assistant postmaster, $2,880; registry and money-order clerk, $2,100; forty-one 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, $1,740; laborer, $1,260; in all, $84,320.
Motor vehicle.For the purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motor vehicle for carrying the mails, $2,500. official reporters of debates Official reporters, etc.Salaries: Six official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the House at $7,500 each; clerk, $3,360; six expert transcribers at $1,740 each; janitor, $1,440; in all, $60,240. committee stenographers Stenographers to committees, etc.Salaries: Four stenographers to committees, at $7,000 each; janitor. $1,440; in all, $29,440.
“During the session” construed.Whenever the words “during the session” occur in the foregoing paragraphs they shall be construed to mean the one hundred and eighty-two days from January 1 to June 30, 1936, both inclusive. Members, etc.clerk hire, members, and delegates Clerk hire, etc.For clerk hire necessarily employed by each Member, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner, in the discharge of his official and Vol. 40, p. 38.[U. S. C., p. 11](/us/usc/p11).representative duties, in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to fix the compensation of officers and employees of the legislative branch of the Government”, approved June 20, 1929, $2,200,000.
Contingent expenses.contingent expenses of the house Furniture, etc.For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, including not to exceed $27,500 for labor, tools, and machinery for furniture repair shops, $41,500. 467 For packing boxes, $3,500.Packing boxes. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specificallyMiscellaneous items. ordered by the House of Representatives, including reimbursement to the official stenographers to committees for the amounts actually paid out by them for transcribing hearings, and including materials for folding, $60,000: *Provided*, That no part of any appropriation*Proviso*.Restaurant operation, restriction. contained m this Act, except the appropriations available for heated and lighted space and janitor service and for equipment for restaurants and kitchens, shall be used for the operation of the House restaurant.
For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other thanReports of hearings. special and select committees, $25,000. For expenses of special and select committees authorized bySpecial and select committees.*Post*, p. 1287.*Proviso*.Salary restriction. the House, $100,000: *Provided*, That no person shall be employed under this appropriation at a rate of compensation in excess of $3,600 per annum. For payment of one-half of the salaries and other expenses of theJoint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation.One-half expenses.
Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation as authorized by law, $27,000. No part of the appropriations contained herein for the contingentExpenditures restricted. expenses of the House of Representatives shall be used to defray the expenses of any committee consisting of more than six persons (not more than four from the House and not more than two from the Senate), nor to defray the expenses of any other person exceptFuneral expenses limited. the Sergeant at Arms of the House or a representative of his office and except the widow or minor children or both of the deceased, to attend the funeral rites and burial of any person who at the time of his or her death is a Representative, a Delegate from a Territory, or a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico or the Philippine Islands.
For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services,Telegraph and telephone service. $90,000. For stationery for Representatives. Delegates, and ResidentStationery.*Post*, p. 1110. Commissioners, for the second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress, and for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House (not to exceed $5,000), $60,000. For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses forEmergency room. the emergency room and for the attending physician and his assistants including an allowance of not to exceed $30 per month each to three assistants as provided by the House resolutions adopted July 1, 1930, and January 20, 1932, $3,000.
Postage stamps: Postmaster, $250: Clerk, $450; Sergeant at Arms,Postage stamps. $300; Doorkeeper, $150; in all, $1,150. For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 perFolding. thousand, $11,000. For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized, by theUnited States Code, preparation, etc.Vol. 45. p. 1008; [U. S. C., p. 4](/us/usc/p4). Act approved May 29, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 1, sec. 59), $6,500, to be expended under the direction of the Committee on Revision of the Laws.
For assistants in compiling lists of reports to be made toClerical assistance to Clerk of House.Specified objects, etc. Congress by public officials; compiling copy and revising proofs for the House portion of the Official Register; preparing and indexing the statistical reports of the Clerk of the House; compiling the telephone and Members’ directories; preparing and indexing the daily calendar’s of business; preparing the official statement of Members’ voting records; preparing lists of congressional nominees and statistical summary of elections; preparing and indexing questions of order printed in the Appendix to the Journal pursuant toPolitical committees, etc., recording of statements.
House Rule III; for recording and filing statements of political 468committees and candidates for election to the House of Representatives pursuant to the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925 Vol. 43, p. 1070.[U. S. C., p. 21](/us/usc/p21).(U. S. C., title 2, secs. 241–256); and for such other assistance as the Clerk of the House may deem necessary and proper in the *Proviso*.Use restricted.conduct of the business of his office, $5,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to augment the annual salary of any employee of the House of Representatives.
Automobile for Speaker.For exchange, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $4,000, to be immediately available. Henry T. Rainey; portrait.For the purchase of a portrait of Honorable Henry T. Rainey, late Speaker of the House of Representatives, $2,500, to be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of the Committee on the Library. Capitol Police.CAPITOL POLICE Salaries.Salaries: Captain, $2,460; three lieutenants, at $1,740 each; two special officers, at $1,740 each; three sergeants, $1,680 each; fifty-two privates, at $1,620 each; one-half of said privates to be selected by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and one-half by the Sergeant *Proviso*.Standards prescribed.at Arms of the House; in all, $100,440: *Provided*, That 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 (including those for the Senate and House Office Buildings) who does not meet the standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police Board.
Uniforms, etc.For purchasing and supplying uniforms, for maintenance and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and for contingent expenses, $10,210, of which $500 shall be immediately available for the exchange of one such vehicle. Division of disbursement.One-half of the foregoing amounts under “Capitol police” shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House. Joint Committee on Printing.JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING Clerk, assistant, etc.Vol. 28, p. 603.[U.
S. C., p. 1932](/us/usc/p1932).Salaries: Clerk, $4,000 and $800 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; inspector under section 20 of the Act approved January 12, 1895 (U. S. C., title 44, sec. 49). $2,820; assistant clerk and stenographer, $2,400; for expenses of compiling, Congressional Directory.preparing, and indexing the Congressional Directory, $1,600; in all, $11,620, one-half to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House.
Office of Legislative Counsel.OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Salaries, etc.For salaries and expenses of maintenance of the office of Legislative Counsel as authorized by law, $75,000, of which $37,500 shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and $37,500 by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Statement of Appropriations.STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS Preparing, first session of Seventy-fourth Congress.For preparation, under the direction of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives of the statements for the first session of the Seventy-fourth Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation bills, as required by law, $4,000, to lie paid to the persons designated by the chairman of such committees to do the work. 469 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOLArchitect of the Capitol. office of the architect of the capitol Salaries:
For the Architect of the Capitol, Assistant ArchitectArchitect, assistant, and office personnel. of the Capitol, 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; $47,500. capitol buildings and groundsCapitol Buildings and grounds. Capitol Buildings: For necessary expenditures for the CapitolMaintenance, repair, etc.
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; personal and other services; cleaning and repairing works of art; purchase or exchange (not to exceed $1,000), maintenance, and driving of motor-propelled passenger-carrying office vehicle; not exceeding $300 for the purchase of technical and necessary reference books, periodicals, and city directory; and pay of superintendent of meters, and $300 additional for the maintenance of an automobile for his use, who shall inspect all gas and electric meters of the Government in the District of Columbia without additional compensation, and in his absence, disability, or when there is no superintendent of meters, these duties shall be performed by any other employee designated by the Architect of the Capitol; $316,599, of which sum $28,000 shall be immediately available.
For repairs, improvements, and equipment for the space to beSpace vacated by Supremo Court.Improvements, equipment, etc. vacated in the Capitol Building by the Supreme Court of the United States, including furnishings for the Office of the Financial Clerk of the Senate, and for personal and other services and for all necessary expenses in connection therewith, to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of the Committee on Rules[U. S. C., p. 1780](/us/usc/p1780). of United States Senate (U.
S. C., title 40, sec. 166), $36,850. Enlargement of accommodations for the press: For alterationsPress gallery, enlargement. in the gallery area of the Senate wing of the Capitol for the accommodation of the press and construction changes incident thereto, in accordance with plans prepared by the Architect of the Capitol, to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of the Committee on Rules of the United States Senate, $8,000: *Provided*, That said alterations shall not include any permanent *Proviso*.Alterations restricted.construction work in corridor areas or alter the existing walls of the Capitol.
Pedestals for busts of Vice Presidents: To enable the ArchitectPedestals for busts. of the Capitol to provide four marble pedestals for busts of Vice Presidents in the Capitol Building, $1,400. Pedestals for busts: To enable the Architect of the Capitol to provide a marble pedestal for the bust of Speaker Longsworth 11 So in original., $350. Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the CapitolTravel allowance. shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $1,750.
Capitol Grounds: For care and improvement of groundsImproving Capitol grounds.*Post*, p. 1599. surrounding 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; purchase 470[R. S., secs. 3700, 3744, pp. 733, 738](/us/rs/s3700/3744/pp733/738).[U. S. C., pp. 1803, 1805](/us/usc/pp1803/1805).of waterproof wearing apparel; maintenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men and equipment or under contract without compliance with sections 3709 (U, S.
C., title 41, sec. 5) and 3744 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 16) of the Revised Statutes; $89,740. Legislative garage.Legislative garage: For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, and all necessary incidental expenses, $9,040. Subway, Capitol and Senate Office Buildings.Subway transportation, Capitol and Senate Office Buildings: For repairs, rebuilding, and maintenance of the subway cars connecting the Senate Office Building with the Senate wing of the United States Capitol and for personal and other services, including maintenance of the track and electrical equipment connected therewith. $2,000.
Senate Office Building.Maintenance, etc.Senate Office Building: For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including furniture, furnishings, and equipment and for labor and material incident thereto and repairs thereof; and for personal and other services for the care and operation of the Senate Office Building, including increase for personal services, $11,754; indirect lighting system for the Senate Office Building, $12,000; equipment for and replacement, air conditioning, $2,300; new elevator replacement parts, $2,000; rugs, $5,000; four lavoratories11So in original. for the Senate Office Building, $2,000; floor-scrubbing machine, $1,200; under the direction and supervision of the Senate Committee on Rules, acting through the Architect of the Capitol, who shall be its executive agent; in all, $266,569.
House Office Buildings.Maintenance, etc.House Office Buildings: For maintenance, including equipment, miscellaneous items, and all necessary services, $347,894, of which sum $8,200 shall be immediately available. Capitol power plant.Maintenance, etc.*Post*, p. 1599.Capitol power plant: For lighting, heating, and power for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library Buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Legislative garage, folding and storage rooms of the Senate, Government Printing Office, and Washington City post office; personal and other services, engineering instruments, fuel, oil, materials, labor, advertising, and purchase of waterproof wearing apparel in connection with the maintenance and operation of the heating, lighting, and power plant, $572,560, of which sum $102,000 shall be immediately available.
Purchases independent of Procurement Division. Treasury Department.Vol. 36, p. 531.[U. S. C., p. 1804](/us/usc/p1804).The appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol may be expended without reference to section 4 of the Act approved June 17, 1910 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 7), concerning purchases for executive departments. Reimbursement for current to designated buildings.The Government Printing Office and the Washington City post office shall reimburse the Capitol power plant for heat, light, and power furnished during the fiscal year 1936 and the amounts so reimbursed shall be covered into the Treasury.
Library building and grounds.library building and grounds Salaries.Salaries: For chief engineer and all personal services at rates of pay provided by law, $46,720. Trees, etc.For trees, shrubs, plants, fertilizers, and skilled labor for the grounds of Library of Congress, $1,500. Maintenance, repair, etc.For necessary expenditures for the Library Building under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including minor improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, appurtenances, installation, replacement, and reconditioning of elevators, and personal and other services in connection with the mechanical 471and structural maintenance of such building, $139,900; and in addition thereto the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $30,300, contained in the “Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934”,Vol. 48, p. 1025.*Post*, p. 1225. for elevator work in the Library Building, is reappropriated and made available.
For furniture, including partitions, screens, shelving, and electricalFurniture, etc. work pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, $14,000. BOTANIC GARDENBotanic Garden. Salaries: For the director and other personal services, $86,262; allDirector, and personnel. under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library. Maintenance, operation, repairs, and improvements: For allMaintenance, repairs, etc. necessary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden, and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and equipment pertaining thereto, including procuring fertilizers, soils, tools, trees, shrubs, plants, and seeds; materials and miscellaneous supplies, including rubber boots and aprons when required for use by employees in connection with their work; not to exceed $25 for emergency medical supplies; disposition of waste; traveling expenses of the director and his assistants not to exceed $600; street-car fares not exceeding $25; office equipment and contingent expenses; 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; repair, maintenance, operation, purchase, and exchange, of motor trucks and a passenger motor vehicle (the cost of such passenger vehicle not to exceed $750, including the amount allowed on any vehicle given in part payment therefor); purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of reference, not to exceed $100; repairs and improvements to director’s residence; and all other necessary expenses; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library; $28,725.
The sum of $300 may be expended at any one time by the BotanicMinor purchases without advertising.[R. S., sec, 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733); [U. S. C., p. 1803](/us/usc/p1803). Garden for the purchase of plants, trees, shrubs, and other nursery stock, without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5). No part of the appropriations contained herein for the BotanicDistribution of shrubbery, etc. Garden shall be used for the distribution, by congressional allotment, of trees, plants, shrubs, or other nursery stock.
Hereafter plant material exchanges may be made with botanicExchange of plant material with other gardens, etc. gardens, institutions, municipal parks, and gardens. LIBRARY OF CONGRESSLibrary of Congress. salaries For the Librarian, Chief Assistant Librarian, and other personalLibrarian, and personnel. services, $888,245. For the Register of Copyrights, assistant register, and otherRegister of Copyrights, etc. personal services, $249,620. legislative reference serviceLegislative Reference Service.
To enable the Librarian of Congress to employ competent personsPersonnel. to gather, classify, and make available, in translations, indexes, digests, compilations, and bulletins, and otherwise, data for or bearing upon legislation, and to render such data serviceable to Congress and committees and Members thereof, including not to exceed $5,700 for employees engaged on piecework and work by the day or hour at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $87,990. 472 Card indexes.distribution of card indexes Distribution, etc.For the distribution of card indexes and other publications of the Library, including personal services, freight charges (not exceeding $500), expressage, postage, traveling expenses connected with such distribution, expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian, and including not to exceed $58,500, for employees engaged in piecework and work by the day or hour and for extra special services of regular employees at rates to be fixed by the Librarian; in all, $181,830. temporary services Temporary services.For special and temporary service, including extra special services of regular employees, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $3,000.
State legislation.index to state legislation Preparing index and digest of.To enable the Librarian of Congress to prepare an index to the legislation of the several States, together with a supplemental digest of the more important legislation, as authorized and directed by the Act entitled “An Act providing for the preparation of a biennial index Vol. 44, p. 1066.[U. S. C., p. 19](/us/usc/p19).to State legislation”, approved February 10, 1927 (U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 2, secs. 164, 165), including personal and other services Temporary services.within and without the District of Columbia, including not to exceed $2,500 for special and temporary service at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, travel, necessary material and apparatus, and for printing and binding the indexes and digests of State legislation for official distribution only, and other printing and binding incident to the work of compilation, stationery, and incidentals, $39,700. sunday opening Sunday, etc., opening, expenses.To enable the Library of Congress to be kept open for reference use on Sundays and on holidays within the discretion of the Librarian, including the extra services of employees and the services of additional employees under the Librarian, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $19,000.
Union Catalogues.union catalogues Development, maintenance, etc.To continue the development and maintenance of the Union Catalogues, including personal services within and without the District of Columbia (and not to exceed $1,400 for special and temporary service, including extra special services of regular employees, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian), travel, necessary material and apparatus, stationery, photostat supplies, and incidentals, $22,000. Increase of the Library.increase of the library Purchase of books, etc.For purchase of books, miscellaneous periodicals and newspapers, and all other material for the increase of the Library, including payment in advance for subscription books and society publications, and for freight, commissions, and traveling expenses, including expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian in the interest of collections, and all other expenses incidental to the acquisition of books, miscellaneous periodicals and newspapers, and all other material for the increase of the Library, by purchase, gift, bequest, or exchange, to continue available during the fiscal year 1937, $115,000.
Law books, etc.For the purchase of books and for periodicals for the law library, including payment for legal society publications and for freight, 473commissions, and all other expenses incidental to the acquisition of law books, $90,000, to continue available during the fiscal year 1937. For the purchase of new books of reference for the Supreme Court,Reference books for Supreme Court. to be a part of the Library of Congress, and purchased by the Marshal of the Supreme Court, under the direction of the Chief Justice, $2,500.
To enable the Librarian of Congress to carry out the provisionsBooks for adult blind.Vol. 46, p. 1487.[U. S. C., p. 16](/us/usc/p16). of the Act entitled “An Act to provide books for the adult blind”, approved March 3, 1931 (U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 2, sec. 135a), $100,000, including not exceeding $500 for necessary traveling expenses connected with such service and for expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian. printing and binding For miscellaneous printing and binding for the Library ofPrinting and binding.
Congress, including the Copyright Office, and the binding, rebinding, and repairing of library books, and for the Library Building, $258,500. For the publication of the Catalogue of Title Entries of theCatalogue of Title Entries. Copyright Office, $47,000. For the printing of catalogue cards, $125,000.Catalogue cards. contingent expenses of the library For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, stationery, officeContingent expenses. supplies, stock, and materials directly purchased, miscellaneous traveling expenses, postage, transportation, incidental expenses connected with the administration of the Library and Copyright Office,Attendance at meetings. including not exceeding $500 for expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian, $9,000.
For paper, chemicals, and miscellaneous supplies necessary forPhotoduplicating expenses. the operation of the photoduplicating machines of the Library and the making of photoduplicate prints, $5,000. library buildingLibrary building. Salaries: For the superintendent, disbursing officer, and otherSalaries. personal services, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, $163,262. For extra services of employees and additional employees underSunday, etc., opening. the Librarian to provide for the opening of the Library Building on Sundays and on legal holidays, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $5,000.
For special and temporary services in connection with the custody,Special and temporary services. care, and maintenance of the Library Building, including extra special services of regular employees at the discretion of the Librarian, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $500. For mail, delivery, and telephone services, rubber boots, rubberIncidentals, etc. coats, and other special clothing for workmen, uniforms for guards and elevator conductors, medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses for the emergency room, stationery, miscellaneous supplies, and ail other incidental expenses in connection with the custody and maintenance of the Library Building, $7,000.
For any expense of the Library of Congress Trust Fund BoardTrust Fund Board, expenses. not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the board, $500. 474 Government Printing Office.GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Printing and binding.*Post*, p. 1699.To provide the Public Printer with a working capital for the following purposes for the execution of printing, binding, lithographing, mapping, engraving, and other authorized work of the Government Printing Office for the various branches of the Government:
Public Printer, Deputy, etc.For salaries of Public Printer and Deputy Public Printer; for salaries, compensation, or wages of all necessary officers and employees additional to those herein appropriated for, including employees necessary to handle waste paper and condemned material for sale; to enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of law Leaves of absence, etc.granting holidays and half holidays and Executive orders granting holidays and half holidays with pay to employees; to enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of law granting annual leave to employees with pay, said pay to be at the rate for their regular positions at the time the leave is granted; rental of buildings and equipment, fuel, gas, heat, electric current, Vehicles.gas and electric fixtures; bicycles, motor-propelled vehicles for the carriage of printing and printing supplies, and the maintenance, repair, and operation of the same, to be used only for official purposes, including operation, repair, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and the purchase or exchange of two such passenger vehicles (at a cost, including the allowance on any vehicle given in part payment therefor, of not to exceed $1,000 and $750, respectively), for official use of the officers of the Government Printing Office when in writing ordered by the Public Printer; freight, expressage, telegraph and telephone service, furniture, type-writers, and carpets; traveling expenses; stationery, postage, and advertising; directories, technical books, newspapers and magazines, and books of reference (not exceeding $500); adding and numbering machines, time stamps, and other machines of similar character;
Machinery, etc.rubber boots, coats, and gloves; machinery (not exceeding $300,000); equipment, and for repairs to machinery, implements, and buildings, and for minor alterations to buildings; necessary equipment, maintenance, and supplies for the emergency room for the use of all employees in the Government Printing Office who may be taken suddenly ill or receive injury while on duty; other necessary contingent and miscellaneous items authorized by the Public Printer; for expenses authorized in writing by the Joint Committee on Printing for the inspection of printing and binding equipment, material, and supplies and Government printing plants in the District Indexes, Congressional Record.of Columbia or elsewhere (not exceeding $1,000); for salaries and expenses of preparing the semimonthly and session indexes of the Congressional Record under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing (chief indexer at $3,480, one cataloguer at $3,180, two cataloguers at $2,460 each, and one cataloguer at $2,100); and for all the necessary labor, paper, materials, and equipment needed in the prosecution and delivery and mailing of the work; in all, $3,700,000; to which sum shall be charged the printing and binding authorized to be done for Congress including supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations, the printing and binding for use of the Government Printing Office, and printing and binding (not exceeding $2,000) for official use of the Architect of the Capitol upon requisition of the Secretary of the Senate, in all to an amount not *Proviso*.Working capital, portion of, covered in.exceeding $2,700,000: *Provided*, That not less than $1,000,000 of such working capital shall be returned to the Treasury as an unexpended balance not later than six months after the close of the fiscal year 1936. 475 Section 12 of the Printing Act, approved January 12, 1895 (U.
S. C., Purchases of materials by Government offices.Vol. 28, p. 602; [U. S. C., p. 1930](/us/usc/p1930).*Post*, p. 1392.title 44, sec. 14), is hereby amended to read as follows: "“The Joint Committee on Printing may permit the Public Printer to authorize any executive department or independent office or establishment of the Government to purchase direct for its use such printing, binding, and blank-book work, otherwise authorized by law, as the Government Printing Office is not able or suitably equipped to execute or as may be more economically or in the better interest of the Government executed elsewhere; and such Joint Committee also may authorize (he Public Printer to procure services, materials, and supplies for use of the Government Printing Office without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised[R.
S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733); [U. S. C., p. 1803](/us/usc/p1803). Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) whenever the aggregate amount involved is less than $50.”" Printing and binding for Congress chargeable to the foregoingCongressional work. appropriation, when recommended to be done by the Committee on Printing of either House, shall be so recommended in a report containing an approximate estimate of the cost thereof, together with a statement from the Public Printer of estimated approximate cost of work previously ordered by Congress within the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made.
During the fiscal year 1936 any executive department orPayment for work ordered by departments, etc. independent establishment of the Government ordering printing and binding from the Government Printing Office shall pay promptly by check to the Public Printer upon his written request, either in advance or upon completion of the work, all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof, as the case may be, and bills rendered by the Public Printer in accordance herewith shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Adjustments of accounts. proper adjustments on the basis of the actual cost of delivered work paid for in advance shall be made monthly or quarterly and as may be agreed upon by the Public Printer and the department or establishment concerned.
All sums paid to the Public Printer for workSums paid for work to be credited to working capital. that he is authorized by law to do shall be deposited to the credit, on the books of the Treasury Department, of the appropriation made for the working capital of the Government Printing Office, for the year in which the work is done, and be subject to requisition by the Public Printer. All amounts in the Budget for the fiscal year 1937 for printingEstimates for departments, etc., to be incorporated in a single item. and binding for any department or establishment, so far as the Bureau of the Budget may deem practicable, shall be incorporated in a single item for printing and binding for such department or establishment and be eliminated as a part of any estimate for any other purpose.
And if any amounts for printing and binding are included as a part of any estimates for any other purposes, such amounts shall be set forth in detail in a note immediately following the general estimate for printing and binding: *Provided*, That the*Proviso*.Engraving and Printing Bureau excepted. foregoing requirements shall not apply to work to he executed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. No part of any money appropriated in this Act shall be paid toRestriction on paying detailed employees. any person employed in the Government Printing Office while detailed for or performing service in the executive branch of the public service of the United States unless such detail be authorized by law. office of superintendent of documentsOffice of Superintendent of Documents.
For the Superintendent of Documents, assistant superintendent,Superintendent and personnel.Vol. 46, p. 1003.[U. S. C., p. 85](/us/usc/p85). and other personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and compensation of employees paid by the 476Vol. 43, p. 658.[U. S. C., p. 1931](/us/usc/p1931).hour 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 (U.
S. C., *Proviso*.Item a separate unit.title 44, sec. 40), $585,000: *Provided*, That for the purpose of conforming to section 3 of this Act this appropriation shall be considered a separate appropriation unit. Contingent expenses.For furniture and fixtures, typewriters, carpets, labor-saving machines and accessories, time stamps, adding and numbering machines, awnings, curtains, books of reference; directories, books, miscellaneous office and desk supplies, paper, twine, glue, envelops, postage, car fares, soap, towels, disinfectants, and ice; drayage, express, freight, telephone and telegraph service; traveling expenses (not to exceed $200); repairs to buildings, elevators, and machinery; preserving sanitary condition of building; light, heat, and power; stationery and office printing, including blanks, price lists, and bibliographies, $100,000; for catalogues and indexes, not exceeding $30,000; for supplying books to depository libraries, $85,000; in all, *Proviso*.Supplying depository libraries restricted.$215,000: *Provided*, That no part of this sum shall be used to supply to 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.
Printing reports of departments.In order to Keep the expenditures for printing and binding for the fiscal year 1936 within or under the appropriations for such fiscal year, the heads of the various executive departments and independent establishments are authorized to discontinue the printing of annual or special reports under their respective jurisdictions: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Originals to be kept.That where the printing of such reports is discontinued the original copy thereof shall be kept on file in the offices of the heads of the respective departments or independent establishments for public inspection.
Purchases independent of Procurement Division, Treasury Department.Vol. 28, p. 601; Vol. 36. p. 631.[U. S. C., p. 1804](/us/usc/p1804).Purchases may be made from the foregoing appropriation under the “Government Printing Office”, as provided for in the Printing Act approved January 12, 1895, and without reference to section 4 of the Act approved June 17, 1910 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 7), concerning purchases for executive departments. Sec. 2. Private vehicle restriction. No part of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles.
Sec. 3. Average salaries in designated offices not to be exceeded.Vol. 42, p. 1488.[U. S. C., p. 85](/us/usc/p85). In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in the Botanic Garden, the Library of Congress, or the Government Printing Office, shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade, advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade, but not more often than once in any fiscal year, and then *Proviso*.Not applicable to clerical-mechanical service.Vol. 42, p. 1490.[U.
S. C., p. 86](/us/usc/p86).only to the next higher rate: *Provided*, That this restriction shall not apply
(1)to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service,
(2)to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules Transfer to another position without reduction.of section 6 of such Act,
(3)to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit,
(4)to prevent the payment of a salary 477under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of theHigher salary rates allowed. grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law, orIf only one position in a grade.
(5)to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated. Sec. 4. The appropriations and authority with respect toAvailability of appropriations since June 30, 1935. appropriations contained herein shall be available from and including July 1, 1935, for the purposes respectively provided in such appropriations and authority. All obligations incurred during the period between June 30, 1935, and the date of the enactment of this Act in anticipation of such appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms thereof. Sec. 5. This Act may be cited as the “ Legislative BranchShort title. Appropriation Act, 1936 ”. Approved, July 8, 1935. To create a National Park Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes. 1935-07-10 49 Stat. 477 375 Chapter 74 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 375.] AN ACT To create a National Park Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes. July 10, 1935.[[S. 2074](/us/bill/74/s/2074).][[Public, No. 201](/us/pl/74/201).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That a board isNational Park Trust Fund Board, created.Membership, terms of office, quorum, etc. hereby created and established, to be known as the National Park Trust Fund Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board), which shall consist of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior, the Director of the National Park Service, and two persons appointed by the President for a term of five years each (the first appointments being for three and five years, respectively). Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the Board shall have an official seal, which shall beSeal. judicially noticed. The Board may adopt rules and regulations inProcedural rules and regulations. regard to its procedure and the conduct of its business. No compensation shall be paid to the members of the Board forCompensation; expenses of members. their services as such members, but they shall be reimbursed for the expenses necessarily incurred by them, out of the income from the fund or funds in connection with which such expenses are incurred. Sec. 2. The Board is hereby authorized to accept, receive, hold,Acceptance, etc., of gifts. and administer such gifts or bequests of personal property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the National Park Service, its activities, or its service, as may be approved by the Board, but no such gift or bequest which entails any expenditure not to be met out of the gift, bequest or the income thereof shall be accepted without the consent of Congress. The moneys or securities composing the trust funds given orInvestment of trust funds. bequeathed to the Board shall be receipted for by the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall invest, reinvest, or retain investments as the Board may from time to time determine. The income, as andAccount designated as “National Park Trust Fund.” when collected, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States in a trust fund account to be known as the “National Park Trust Fund” subject to disbursement by the Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department, for the purposes in each case specified: *Provided, however*, That the Board is not authorized to engage in*Proviso*.Restriction on investments. any business, nor shall the Secretary of the Treasury make any investment for account of the Board that may not lawfully be made by a trust company in the District of Columbia, except that the Secretary may make any investments directly authorized by the instrument of gift, and may retain any investments accepted by the Board. 478 Sec. 3. Powers of Board. The Board shall have perpetual succession, with all the usual powers and obligations of a trustee, including the power to sell, except as herein limited, in respect of all property, moneys, or securities which shall be conveyed, transferred, assigned, bequeathed, delivered or paid over to it for the purposes above specified. The Board may be sued in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, which is hereby given jurisdiction of such suits, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of any trust accepted by it. Sec. 4. Gifts for immediate disbursement, etc. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting the Secretary of the Interior from accepting, in the name of the United States, gifts or bequests of money for immediate disbursement or other property in the interest of the National Park Service, its activities, or its service, as heretofore authorized by law. Sec. 5. Tax exemption. Gifts or bequests to or for the benefit of the National Park Service, including those to the Board, and the income therefrom, shall be exempt from all Federal taxes. Sec. 6. Report to Congress. The Board shall submit to the Congress an annual report of the moneys or securities received and held by it and of its operations. Approved, July 10, 1935. To provide means by which certain Filipinos can emigrate from the United States. 1935-07-10 49 Stat. 478 376 Chapter 74 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 376.] AN ACT To provide means by which certain Filipinos can emigrate from the United States. July 10, 1935.[[H. R. 6464](/us/bill/74/hr/6464).][
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