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enactment of, bills and joint resolutions shall, in its consideration of all bills agmd joint resolutions of a public character within its jurisdiction, endeavor to insure that— (1) all continuing programs of the Federal Government and of the government of the District of Columbia, within the jurisdiction of such committee or joint committee, are designed; and (2) all continuing activities of Federal agencies, within the jurisdiction of such committee or joint committee, are carried on; so that, to the extent consistent with the nature, requirements, and objectives of those programs and activities, appropriations therefor will be made annually. (b) Each committee of the Senate (except the Committee on continuing proAppropriations), and each joint committee of the two Houses of len^re Ind^jrin7 Congress, which is authorized to receive, report, and recommend the committees. enactment of, bills and joint resolutions with respect to any continuing program within its jurisdiction for which appropriations are not made annually, shall review such program, from time to time, in order to ascertain whether such program could be modified so that appropriations therefor would be made annually. (c) Clause 28 of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: " (d) Each standing committee of the House shall, in its consideration of all bills and joint resolutions of a public character within its jurisdiction, endeavor to insure that— "(1) all continuing programs of the Federal Government, and of the government of the District of Columbia, within the jurisdiction of that committee, are designed; and "(2) all continuing activities of Government agencies, within the jurisdiction of that committee, are carried on; so that, to the extent consistent with the nature, recjuirements, and objectives of those programs and activities, appropriations therefor will be made annually. For the purposes of this paragraph, a Government agency includes the organizational units of government listed in paragraph (d) of clause 7 of Rule X III. "(e) Each standing committee of the House shall review, from time c oReview eby House mmitte s. to time, each continuing program within its jurisdiction for which appropriations are not made annually in order to ascertain whether such program could be modified so that appropriations therefor would be made annually.". TITLE III—SOURCES OF INFORMATION PART 1—STAFFS or SENATE AND HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEES INCREASE I N PROFESSIONAL STAFFS OF S E N A T E STANDING COMMITTEE S; S E N A T E M I N O R I T Y PROFESSIONAL A N D CLERICAL S T A F F S; F A I R TREATM E N T FOR S E N A T E M I N O R I T Y STAFFS

SEC. 301. (a) Section 202(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 7 2 a (a)), is amended to read as follows: " (a) Each standing committee of the Senate (other than the Committee on Appropriations) is authorized to appoint, by majority vote of the committee, not more than six professional staff members in addition to the clerical staffs. Such professional staff members shall be assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority member of such committee as the committee may deem advisable, except that whenever a majority of the minority members of such committee so request, two of such professional staff members may be selected for appoint47-348 O - 72 - 78 (Pt. 1)

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ment by majority vote of the minority members and the committee shall appoint any staff members so selected. A staff member or members appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of the committee shall be assigned to such committee business as such minority members deem advisable. Services of professional staff members appointed by majority vote of the committee may be terminated by a majority vote of the committee and services of professional staff members appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of the committee shall be terminated by the committee when a majority of such minority members so request. Professional staff members authorized by this subsection shall be appointed on a permanent basis, without regard to political affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of their respective positions. Such professional staff members shall not engage in any work other than committee business and no other duties may be assigned to them.". (b) Section 202(c) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 72a (c)), is amended to read as follows: "(c) The clerical staff of each standing committee of the Senate (other than the Committee on Appropriations), which shall be appointed by a majority vote of the committee, shall consist of not more than six clerks to be attached to the office of the chairman, to the ranking minority member, and to the professional staff, as the committee may deem advisable, except that whenever a majority of the minority members of such committee so requests, one of the members of the clerical staff may be selected for appointment by majority vote of such minority members and the committee shall appoint any staff member so selected. The clerical staff shall handle committee correspondence and stenographic work, both for the committee staff and for the chairman and ranking minority member on matters related to committee work, except that if a member of the clerical staff is appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of the committee, such clerical staff member shall handle committee correspondence and stenographic work for the minority members of the committee and for any member's of the committee staff appointed under subsection (a) pursuant to request by such minority members, on matters related to committee work. Services of clerical staff members appointed by majority vote of the committee may be terminated by majority vote of the committee and services of clerical staff members appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of the committee shall be terminated by the committee when a majority of such minority members so request.". (c) Section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 72a), is amended by striking out subsection (h) and by adding after subsection (f) the following new subsections: " (g) I n any case in which a request for the appointment of a minority staff member under subsection (a) or subsection (c) is made at any time when no vacancy exists to which the appointment requested may be made, the person appointed pursuant to such lequest may serve in addition to any other staff members authorized by such subsections and may be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate until such time as such a vacancy occurs, at which time such person shall be considered to have been appointed to such vacancy. " (h) Staff members appointed pursuant to a request by minority members of a committee under subsection (a) or subsection (c), and staff members appointed to assist minority members of subcommittees pursuant to authority of Senate resolution, shall be accorded equitable treatment with respect to the fixing of salary rates, the assignment of facilities, and the accessibility of committee records.".

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(d) Nothing in the amendments made by subsections (a) and (B) of this section shall be construed— (1) to require a reduction in— (A) the number of staff members authorized, prior to January 1, 1971, to be employed by any committee of the Senate, by statute or by annual or permanent resolution, or (B) the number of such staff members on such date assigned to, or authorized to be selected for appointment by or with the approval of, the minority members of any such committee; or (2) to authorize the selection for appointment of staff members by the minority members of a committee in any case in which two or more professional staff members or one or more clerical staff members, as the case may be, who are satisfactory to a majority of such minority members, are otherwise assigned to assist such minority members. (e) The additional professional staff members authorized to be employed by a committee by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be in addition to any other additional staff members authorized, prior to January 1, 1971, to be employed by any such committee. INCREASE I N PROFESSIONAL STAFFS OF H O U S E STANDING COMMITTEE S; H O U S E M I N O R I T Y PROFESSIONAL A N D CLERICAL STAFFS; FAIR T R E A T M E N T FOR H O U S E M I N O R I T Y STAFFS

SEC. 302. (a) This section is enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives, subject to and with full recognition of the power of the House of Representatives to enact or change any Rule of the House at any time in its exercise of its constitutional right to determine the rules of its proceedings. (b) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of clause 29 of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives are amended to read as follows: P°^^' P* ^'*'*0" "(a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) of this paragraph and paragraph (f) of this clause, each standing committee may appoint, by majority vote of the committee, not more than six professional staff members. Each professional staff member appointed under this subparagraph shall be assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority party member of such committee, as the committee considers advisable. "(2) Subject to paragraph (f) of this clause, whenever a majority of the minority party members of a standing committee (except the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct) so request, not more than two persons may be selected, by majority vote of the minority party members, for appointment by the committee as professional staff members from among the number authorized by subparagraph (1) of this paragraph. The committee shall appoint any persons so selected whose character and qualifications are acceptable to a majority of the committee. If the committee determines that the character and qualifications of any person so selected are unacceptable to the committee, a majoriy of the minority party mem'bers may select other persons for appointment by the committee to the professional staff until such appointment is made. Each professional staff member appointed under this subparagraph shall be assigned to such committee business as the minority party members of the committee consider advisable. "(3) The professional staff members of each standing committee— Appointments, " (A) shall be appointed on a permanent basis, without regard c o n d i t i o n s. to political affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of their respective positions; " (B) shall not engage in any work other than committee business; and

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" (C) shall not be assigned any duties other than those pertaining to committee business. "(4) Services of the professional staif members of each standing committee may be terminated by majority vote of the committee. "(5) The foregoing provisions of this paragraph do not apply to the Committee on Appropriations. "(b)(1) The clerical staff of each standing committee shall consist of not more than six clerks, to be attached to the office of the chairman, to the ranking minority party member, and to the professional staff, as the committee considers advisable. Subject to subparagraph (2) o i this paragraph and paragraph (f) of this clause, the clerical staff shall be appointed by majority vote of the committee. Except as provided by subparagraph (2) of this paragraph, the clerical staff shall handle committee correspondence and stenographic work both for the committee staff and for the chairman and the ranking minority party member on matters related to committee work. "(2) Subject to paragraph (f) of this clause, whenever a majority of the minority party members of a standing committee (except the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct) so request, one person may be selected, by majority vote of the minority party members, for appointment by the committee to a position on the clerical staff from among the number of clerks authorized by subparagraph (1) of this paragraph. The committee shall appoint to that position any person so selected whose character and qualifications are acceptable to a majority of the committee. If the committee determines that the character and qualifications of any person so selected q,re unacceptable to the committee, a majority of the minority party members may select other persons for appointment by the committee to that position on the clerical staff until such appointment is made. Each clerk appointed under this subparagraph shall handle committee correspondence and stenographic work for the minority party members of the committee and lor any members of the professional staff appointed under subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of this clause on matters related to committee work. "(3) Services of the clerical staff members of each standing committee may be terminated by majority vote of the committee. "(4) The foregoing provisions of this paragraph do not apply to the Committee on Appropriations.". (c) Clause 29 of JRule X I of the Eules of the House of Representatives, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end of such clause the following new paragraphs: "(f) If a request for the appointment of a minority professional staff member under paragraph (a), or a minority clerical staff member under paragraph (b), of this clause, is made when no vacancy exists to which that appointment may be made, the committee nevertheless shall appoint, under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), as applicable, the person selected by the minority and acceptable to the committee. The person so appointed shall serve as an additional member of the professional staff or the clerical staff, as the case may be, of the committee, and shall be paid from the contingent fund^ until such time as such a vacancy (other than a vacancy in the position of head of the professional staff, by whatever title designated) occurs, at which time that person shall be deemed to have been appointed to that vacancy. If such vacancy occurs on the professional staff when two persons have been so appointed who are eligible to fill that vacancy, a majority of the minority party members shall designate which of those persons shall fill that vacancy.

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" (g) Each staff member appointed pursuant to a request by minority st^frappoimeS party members under paragraph (a) or (b) of this clause, and each equitable treatstaff member appointed to assist minority party members of a com- "'^"'* mittee pursuant to House resohition, shall be accorded equitable treatment with respect to the fixing of his rate of pay, the assignment to him of work facilities, and the accessibility to him of committee records. Ante, " (h) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this clause shall not be construed 1178. p p. 1177, to authorize the appointment of additional professional or clerical staff' members of a committee pursuant to request under either of such paragraphs by the minority party members of that committee if two or more professional staff members or one or more clerical staff members, provided for in paragraph (a)(1) or paragraph (b)(1) of this clause, as the case may be, who are satisfactory to a majority of the minority party members, are otherwise assigned to assist the minority party members.". (d) Nothing in the amendments made by this section shall be construed to require a reduction in— (1) the number of staff members otherwise authorized prior to January 1, 1971, to be employed by any committee of the House of Representatives by statute or by annual or permanent resolution, or (2) the number of such staff members on such date assigned to, or authorized to be selected for appointment by or with the approval of, the minority members of any such committee. (e) The additional professional staff members authorized to be Post, p. 1440. employed by a committee by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be in addition to any other additional staff members otherwise authorized, prior to January 1, 1971, to be employed by any such committee. P R O C U R E M E N T OF TEMPORARY OR I N T E R M I T T E N T SERVICES OF C O N S U L T A N T S FOR S E N A T E A N D H O U S E STANDING COMMITTEE S

SEC. 30'3. Section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a), as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (i)(1) Each standing committee of the Senate or House of Representatives is authorized, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration in the case of standing committees of the Senate, or the Committee on House Administration in the case of standing committees of the House of Representatives, within the limits of funds made available from the contingent funds of the respective Houses pursuant to resolutions, which shall specify the maximum amounts which may be used for such purpose, approved by such respective Houses, to procure the temporary services (not in excess of one year) or intermittent services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof, to make studies or advise the committee with respect to any matter within its jurisdiction. "(2) Such services in the case of individuals or organizations may be procured by contract as independent contractors, or in the case of individuals by employment at daily rates of compensation not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of comjDensation which may be paid to a regular employee of the committee. Such contracts shall not be subject to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) or any other provision of law requiring advertising.

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" (3) With respect to the standing committees of the Senate, any such consultant or organization shall be selected by the chairman and ranking minority member of the committee, acting jointly. With respect to the standing committees of the House of Representatives, the standing committee concerned shall select any such consultant or organization. Qualifications, The Committee shall submit to the Committee on Rules and Adminisllonai ^com^uteel. tration iu the case of standing committees of the Senate, and the Committee on House Administration in the case of standing committees of the House of Representatives, information bearing on the qualifications of each consultant whose services are procured pursuant to this subsection, including organizations, and such information shall be retained by that committee and shall be made available for public inspection upon request.". SPECIALIZED T R A I N I N G FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFFS OF S E N A T E A N D H O U S E STANDING COMMITTEE S

SEC. 304. Section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 Ante, p. 1179. (2 U.S.C. 72a), as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (j)(1) Each standing committee of the Senate or House of Representatives is authorized, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration in the case of standing committees of the Senate, and the Committee on House Administration in the case of standing committees of the House of Representatives, and within the limits of funds made available from the contingent funds of the respective Houses pursuant to resolutions, which shall specify the maximum amounts which may be used for such purpose, approved by such respective Houses, to provide assistance for members of its professional staff in obtaining specialized training, whenever that committee determines that such training will aid the committee in the discharge of its responsibilities. Pay, tuition, etc. " (2) Such assistance may be in the form of continuance of pay durwhiie training. -^^ periods of training or grants of funds to pay tuition, fees, or such other expenses of training, or both, as may be approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration or the Committee on House Administration, as the case may be. Continued em"(3) A committee providing assistance under this subsection shall mJm?*" ^8'"®^" obtain from any employee receiving such assistance such agreement with respect to continued employment with the committee as the committee may deem necessary to assure that it will receive the benefits of such employee'services upon completion of his training. Service credit. "^4^ During any period for which an employee is separated from employment with a committee for the purpose of undergoing training under this subsection, such employee shall be considered to have performed service (in a nonpay status) as an employee of the committee at the rate of compensation received immediately prior to commencing such training (including any increases in compensation provided by law during the period of training) for the purposes of— " (A) subchapter III (relating to civil service retirement) of post ^p!*I96^"*.' chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, s^usc 833i! " (B) chapter 87 (relating to Federal employees group life 81 Stat. 219,646insurance) of title 5, United States Code, and " (C) chapter 89 (relating to Federal employees group health Ante, p. 869. insurance) of title 5, United States Code,". 5 USC 8901.

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SEC. 305. Subsections (e) and (f) of section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (81 Stat. 142-143; Public Law 90^ 57), as amended (2 U.S.C. 61-1), are amended to read as follows: " (e)(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), the profes- staumemb'J^l^ sional staff members of standing committees of the Senate shall receive gross annual compensation to be fixed by the chairman ranging from $18,328 to $32,712. "(2) The rates of gross compensation of the clerical staff of each clerical staff standing committee of the Senate shall be fixed by the chairman as '"^'"t'ers. follows: " (A) for each committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), one chief clerk and one assistant chief clerk at $7,888 to $32,712, and not to exceed four other clerical assistants at'$7,888 to $13,688; and " (B) for the Committee on Appropriations, one chief clerk and one assistant chief clerk and two assistant clerks at $20,416 to $32,712; such assistant clerks as may be necessary at $13,920 to $20,184; and such other clerical assistants as may be necessary at $7,888 to $13,688. " (3) No employee of any standing or select committee of the Senate Limitation, ex(including the majority and minority policy committees and the con- ^^^ ference majority and conference minority of the Senate), or of any joint committee the expenses of which are paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, shall be paid at a gross rate in excess of $32,712 per annum, except that— " (A) four employees of any such committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), who are otherwise authorized to be paid at such rate, may be paid at gross rates not in excess of $34,104 per annum, and two such employees may be paid at gross rates not in excess of $35,496 per annum; and " (B) sixteen employees of the Committee on Appropriations who are otherwise authorized to be paid at such rate, may be paid at gross rates not in excess of $34,104 per annum, and two such employees may be paid at gross rates not in excess of $35,496 per annum. For the purpose of this paragraph, an employee of a subcommittee shall be considered to be an employee of the full committee. "(f) No officer or employee whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate shall be paid gross compensation at a rate less than $1,160 or in excess of $35,496, unless expressly authorized by law.". PART 2—CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE IMPROVEMENT OF RESEARCH FACILITIES OF CONGRESS

SEC. 321. (a) Section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of Legislative Ref1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 166) is amended to read as follows: redesfgnaain!' 60 Stat. 8 3 6. CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH

SERVICE

"SEC. 203. (a) The Legislative Reference Service in the Library of Congress is hereby continued as a separate department in the Library of Congress and is redesignated the 'Congressional Research Service'. " (b) I t is the policy of Congress that— "(1) the Librarian of Congress shall, in every possible way. encourage, assist, and promote the Congressional Research Service in—

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" (A) rendering to Congress the most effective and efficient service, " (B) responding most expeditiously, effectively, and efficiently to the special needs of Congress, and " (C) discharging its responsibilities to Congress; and "(2) the Librarian of Congress shall grant and accord to the Congressional Research Service complete research independence and the maximum practicable administrative independence consistent with these objectives. Director, ap-^ ' ' (c)(1) After consultation with the Joint Committee on the pen"^ion'. ^°^' Library, the Librarian of Congress shall appoint the Director of the Congressional Research Service. The basic pay of the Director shall be at a per annum rate equal to the rate of basic pay provided for level V of the Executive Schedule contained in section 5316 of title 5, United 83 Stat, 863. gtates Code. Deputy Director. u^2) The Librarian of Congress, upon the recommendation of the Director, shall appoint a Deputy Director of the Congressional Research Service and all other necessary personnel thereof. The basic pay of the Deputy Director shall be fixed in accordance with chapter 80 Stat. 443, ^ 5^^ (relating to classification) and subchapter III (relating to General 1. ' " ®' P* " Schedule pay rates) of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, but 5 USC 5101, without regard to section 5108(a) of such title. The basic pay of all ^^pi'st, p. 1955. other necessary personnel of the Congressional Research Service shall be fixed in accordance with chapter 51 (relating to classification) and subchapter III (relating to General Schedule pay rates) of chapter 53 Exceptions. of title 5, United States Code, cxccpt that— " (A) the grade of Senior Specialist in each field within the purview of subsection (e) of this section shall not be less than the highest grade in the executive branch of the Government to which research analysts and consultants, without supervisory responsibility, are currently assigned; and " (B) the positions of Specialist and Senior Specialist in the Congressional Research Service may be placed in GS-16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, without regard to section 5108(a) of such title, subject to the prior approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, of the placement of each such position in any of such grades. "(3) Each appointment made under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection and subsection (e) of this section shall be without regard to the civil service laws, without regard to political affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the position, congressional u r^^ j ^ gj^^^jj ^ie the duty of the Congressional Research Service, committees, asWithout partisan bias— sistance "(1) upon request, to advise and assist any committee of the Senate or House of Representatives and any joint committee of Congress in the analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of legislative proposals within that committee's jurisdiction, or of recommendations submitted to Congress, by the President or any executive agency, so as to assist the committee in— " (A) determining the advisability of enacting such proposals; " (B) estimating the probable results of such proposals and alternatives thereto; and

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" (C) evaluating alternative methods for accomplishing those results; and, by providing such other research and analytical services as the committee considers appropriate for these purposes, otherwise to assist in furnishing a basis for the proper evaluation and determination of legislative proposals and recommendations generally; and in the performance of this duty the Service shall have authority, when so authorized by a committee and acting as the agent of that committee, to request of any department or agency of the United States the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents as the Service considers necessary, and such department or agency of the United States shall comply with such request; and, further, in the performance of this and any other relevant duty, the Service shall maintain continuous liaison with all committees; "(2) to make available to each committee of the Senate and House of Representatives and each joint committee of the two Houses, at the opening of a new Congress, a list of programs and activities being carried out under existing law scheduled to terminate during the current Congress, which are within the jurisdiction of the committee; "(3) to make available to each committee of the Senate and House of Representatives and each joint committee of the two Houses, at the opening of a new Congress, a list of subjects and policy areas which the committee might profitably analyze in depth; (4) upon request, or upon its own initiative in anticipation of requests, to collect, classify, and analyze in the form of studies, reports, compilations, digests, bulletins, indexes, translations, and otherwise, data having a bearing on legislation, and to make such data available and serviceable to committees and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives and joint committees of Congress; "(5) upon request, or upon its own initiative in anticipation of requests, to prepare and provide information, research, and representatives and services to committees and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives and joint committees of Congress to assist them m their legislative and representative functions; "(6) to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives; "(7) upon request made by any committee or Member of the Congress, to prepare and transmit to such committee or Member a concise memorandum with respect to one or more legislative measures upon which hearings by any committee of the Congress have been announced, which memorandum shall contain a statement of the purpose and effect of each such measure, a description of other relevant measures of similar purpose or effect previously introduced in the Congress, and a recitation of all action taken theretofore by or within the Congress with respect to each such other measure; and "(8) to develop and maintain an information and research capability, to include Senior Specialists, Specialists, other employees, and consultants, as necessary, to perform the functions provided for in this subsection.

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specialists and "(e) The Librarian of Congress is authorized to appoint in the appolnt^ment?"^*^' Congressional Research Service, upon the recommendation of the Director, Specialists and Senior Specialists in the following broad fields: "(1) agriculture; American government and public administration; American public law; conservation; education; engineering and public works; "(7) housing; "(8) industrial organization and corporation finance; "(9) intemationalaffairs; "(10) international trade and economic geography; "(11) labor and employment; "(12) mineral economics; "(13) money and banking; "(14) national defense; " f 15) price economics; "(16) science; " (17) social welfare; "(18) taxation and fiscal policy; "(19) technology; " (20) transportation and communications; "(21) urban affairs; "(22) veterans' affairs; and "(23) such other broad fields as the Director may consider appropriate. Such Specialists and Senior Specialists, together with such other employees of the Congressional Research Service as may be necessary, shall be available for special work with the committees and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives and the joint committees of Congress for any of the purposes of subsection (d) of this section. Director.duties. «(f) xiie Dlrcctor is authorizcd— "(1) to classify, organize, arrange, group, and divide, from time to time, as he considers advisable, the requests for advice, assistance, and other services submitted to the Congressional Research Service by committees and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives and joint committees of Congress, into such classes and categories as he considers necessary to— " (A) expedite and facilitate the handling of the individual requests submitted by Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, " (B) promote efficiency in the performance of services for committees of the Senate and House of Representatives and joint committees of Congress, and " (C) provide a basis for the efficient performance by the Congressional Research Service of it^ legislative research and related functions generally, and Organizational «^2) to establish and change, from time to time, as he con^nt.' *^ ° ^ " siders advisable, within the Congressional Research Service, such research and reference divisions or other organizational units, or both, as he considers necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. Budget esti" (g) I n Order to facilitate the study, consideration, evaluation, and '"°*^^* determination by the Congress of the budget requirements of the Congressional Research Service for each fiscal year, the Librarian of Congress shall receive from the Director and submit, for inclusion in the Budget of the United States Government, the budget estimates

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of the Congressional Research Service which shall be prepared separately by the Director in detail for each fiscal year as a separate item of the budget estimates of the Library of Congress for such fiscal year. " (h)(1) The Director of the Congressional Research Service may procure the temporary or intermittent assistance of individual experts or consultants (including stenographic reporters) and of persons learned in particular or specialized fields of knowledge— " (A) by nonpersonal service contract, without regard to any provision of law requiring advertising for contract bids, with the individual expert, consultant, or other person concerned, as an independent contractor, for the furnishing by him to the Congressional Research Service of a written study, treatise, theme, discourse, dissertation, thesis, summary, advisory opinion, or other end product; or " (B) by employment (for a period of not more than one year) in the Congressional Research Service of the individual expert, consultant, or other person concerned, by personal service contract or otherwise, without regard to the position classification laws, at a rate of pay not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest rate of basic pay then currently in effect for the General Schedule of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, including payment of such rate for necessary travel time. "(2) The Director of the Congressional Research Service may procure by contract, without regard to any provision of law requiring advertising for contract bids, the temporary (for respective periods not in excess of one year) or intermittent assistance of educational, research, or other organizations of experts and consultants (including stenographic reporters) and of educational, research, and other organizations of persons learned in particular or specialized fields of knowledge. "(i) The Director of the Congressional Research Service shall prepare and file with the Joint Committee on the Library at the beginning of each regular session of Congress a separate and special report covering, in summary and in detail, all phases of activity of the Congressional Research Service for the immediately preceding fiscal year. "(j) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Congressional Research Service each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry on the work of the Service.". (b) Title II of the table of contents of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 813) is amended by striking out—

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Experts or consultants, contracts.

Ante, p. 198-1.

Special report to Joint Committee on the Library,

Appropriation.

"Sec. 203. Legislative Reference Service."

and inserting in lieu thereof— "Sec. 203. Congressional Research Service.". REPEAL o r OBSOLETE LAW RELATING TO THE ABOLISHED OFFICE OF COORDINATOR OF INFORMATION

SEC. 322. House Resolution 183, Eightieth Congress, relating to the OiSce of the Coordinator of Information of the House of Representatives, as enacted into permanent law by section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1948 (61 Stat. 377; Public Law 197, Eightieth Congress), is repealed.

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PART 3—PARLIAMENTARY PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PERIODIC COMPILATION OF PARLIAMENTARY PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Personnel, pointment.

SEC. 331. (a) The Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, at the beginning of the fifth fiscal year following the completion and publication of me parliamentary precedents of the House authorized by the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (79 Stat. 270; Pulblic Law 89-90), and at the beginning of each fifth fiscal year thereafter, shall commence the compilation and preparation for printing of the parliamentary precedents of the House of Representatives, together with such other materials as may be useful in connection therewith, and an index digest of such precedents and other materials. Each such compilation and preparation for printing of the parliamentary precedents of the House shall be completed by the close of the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which such work is commenced. (b) As so compiled and prepared, such precedents and other materials and index digest shall be printed on pages of such size, and in such type and format, as the Parliamentarian may determine and shall be printed in such numbers and for such distribution as may be provided by law enacted prior to printing. (c) For the purpose of carrying out each such compilation and preparation, the Parliamentarian may— (1) subject to the approval of the Speaker, appoint (as employees of the House of Representatives) clerical and other personnel and fix their respective rates of pay; and (2) utilize the services of personnel of the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office. PERIODIC PREPARATION BY HOUSE PARLIAMENTARIAN OF CONDENSED AND SIMPLIFIED VERSIONS OF HOUSE PRECEDENTS

Copies to Memb e r s of C o n g r e s s and R e s i d e n t Commissioner from Puerto R i c o.

SEC. 332. The Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives shall prepare, compile, and maintain on a current basis and in cumulative form, for each Congress commencing with the Ninety-third Congress a condensed and, insofar as practicable, up-to-date version of all of the parliamentary precedents of the House of Representatives which have current use and application in the House, together with informative text prepared by the Parliamentarian and other useful related material in summary form. The Parliamentarian shall have such matter printed for each Congress on pages of such size and in such type and format as he considers advisable to promote the usefulness of such matter to the Memibers of the House and shall provide a printed copy thereof to each Member in each Congress, including the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and may make such other distribution of such printed copies as he considers advisable. I n carrying out this section, the Parliamentarian may appoint and fix the pay of personnel and utilize the services of personnel of the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office.

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TITLE IV—CONGKESS AS AN INSTITUTION PART 1—JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

SEC. 401. (a) There is hereby created a Joint Committee on Congressional Operations (hereafter in this Part referred to as the "Joint Committee"). (b) The Joint Committee shall be composed of ten members as Membership. follows: (1) five Members of the Senate, appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, three from the majority party and two from the minority party; and (2) five Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, three from the majority party and two from the minority party. (c) Vacancies in the membership of the Joint Committee shall not vacancies. affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the Joint Committee and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original appointment. (d) The Joint Committee shall select a chairman and a vice chair- chairman and man from among its members at the beginning of each Congress. The le'iecUiTn.'"^"' vice chairman shall act in the place and stead of the chairman in the absence of the chairman. The chairmanship and the vice chairmanship shall alternate between the Senate and the House of Representatives with each Congress. The chairman during each even-numbered Congress shall be selected by the Members of the House of Representatives on the Joint Committee from among their number and the chairman during each odd-numbered Congress shall be selected by the Members of the Senate on the Joint Committee from among their number. The vice chairman during each Congress shall be chosen in the same manner from that House of Congress other than the House of Congress of which the chairman is a Member. DUTIES OF JOINT COMMITTEE

SEC. 402. (a) The Joint Committee shall— (1) make a continuing study of the organization and operation of the Congress of the United States and shall recommend improvements in such organization and operation with a view toward strengthening Congress, simplifying its operations, improving its relationships with other branches of the United States Government, and enabling it better to meet its responsibilities under the Constitution of the United States; and (2) identify any court proceeding or action which, in the opinion of the Joint Committee, is of vital interest to the Congress, or to either House of the Congress, as a constitutionally established institution of the Federal Government and call such proceeding or action to the attention of that House of the Congress which is specifically concerned or to both Houses of the Congress if both Houses are concerned. (b) The Joint Committee shall exercise all functions vested in it by section 406 of this Part. (c) The Joint Committee shall report, from time to time, to the Senate and the House of Representatives their recommendations with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee.

congressional '^udrand^llommendations.

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(d) Nothing in this Part shall be construed to authorize the Joint Committee to make any recommendations with respect to the rules, parliamentary procedure, practices, or precedents of either House or the consideration of any matter on the floor of either House. POWERS OP JOINT COMMITTEE

Rule making.

Subpenas,issuance.

Oaths.

SEC. 403. The Joint Committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such places and times during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of Congress, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths and affirmations, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The Joint Committee may make such rules respecting its organization and procedures as it deems necessary, except that no recommendation shall be reported from the Joint Committee unless a majority of the Joint Committee assent. Subpenas may be issued over the signature of the chairman of the Joint Committee or of any member designated by him or by the Joint Committee, and may be served by such person or persons as may be designated by such chairman or member. The chairman of the Joint Committee or any member thereof may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses. STAFF OF JOINT COMMITTEE

Professional and clerical staff members, appointment.

Pay.

Ante, p. 198-1.

Government facilities, personnel, etc., utilization.

SEC. 404. (a) I n carrying out its functions under subsections (a) and (c) of section 402 of this Part, the Joint Committee is authorized, by record vote of a majority of the members of the Joint Committee— (1) to appoint, on a permanent basis, without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform their duties, not more than six professional staff members and not more than six clerical staff members; ^ 2) to prescribe their duties and responsibilities; (3) to fix their pay at respective per annum gross rates not in excess of the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, of the General Schedule of section 5332(a) of title 5, United States Code; and (4) to terminate their employment as the Joint Committee may deem appropriate. (b) In carrying out any of its functions under this Part, the Joint Committee is authorized to utilize the services, information, facilities, and personnel of the departments and establishments of the Government, and to procure the temporary (not to exceed one year) or intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof by contract at rates of pay not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest rate of basic pay set forth in the General Schedule of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, including payment of such rates for necessary traveltime. RECORDS OF JOINT COMMITTEE

SEC. 405. The Joint Committee shall keep a complete record of all Joint Committee actions, including a record of the votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded. All records, data, charts, and files of the Joint Committee shall be the property of the Joint Committee and shall be kept in the offices of the Joint Committee or such other places as the Joint Committee may direct.

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SEC. 406. (a) There is hereby established for the Congress an Office of Placement and Office Management which shall be subject to the supervision and control of the Joint Committee. The Joint Committee is authorized, by record vote of a majority of the members of the Joint Committee— (1) to appoint, on a permanent basis, without regard to politi- Director and cal affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform his a^ppoimmen"?*^' duties, a Director of the Office of Placement and Office Management to serve as the head of the staff of the Office and such personnel as the Joint Committee deems necessary; (2) to prescribe their duties and responsibilities; (3) to fix their pay at respective per annum gross rates not in ^^y. excess of the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, of the General Schedule of section 5332(a) of title 5, United States Code; and ^"'«' P- ^^s-i. (4) to terminate their employment, as the Joint Committee may deem appropriate. (b) I t shall be the duty of the Office, upon request, to assist Mem- Duties. bers, committees, and officers of the Senate and House of Representatives seeking competent personnel with specified qualifications and to furnish advice and information with respect to office management procedures. (c) Nothing in this section shall be held or considered to require the use of the facilities of the Office by any Member, committee, or officer of the Senate or House of Representatives, if, in the opinion of such Member, committee, or officer, the use of such facilities is inappropriate. EXPENSES

SEC. 407. The expenses of the Joint Committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, from funds appropriated for the Joint Committee, upon vouchers approved by the chairman.

Payment.

PART 2—ABOLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY POLICY ABOLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY POLICY

SEC. 421. The Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy established by section 401(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 274; Public Law 414, Eighty-second Congress; 8 U.S.C. 1106 (a)) is hereby abolished. CONFORMING CHANGES I N EXISTING LAW

SEC. 422. (a) Section 401 of the Immigration and Nationality Act Repeal. (66 Stat. 274; Public Law 414, Eighty-second Congress; 8 U.S.C. 1106) is hereby repealed. (b) Title IV of the table of contents of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 166; Public Law 414, Eighty-second Congress) is amended by striking out— "Sec. 401. Joint Congressional Committee.".

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PART 3—^AUTHORITY or OrncERS or THE CONGRESS OVER CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES AUTHORITY OVER CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES

"Officer of Congress."

SEC. 431. (a) Each officer of the Congress having responsibility for the supervision of employees, including employees appointed upon recommendation of Members of Congress, shall have authority— (1) to determine, before the appointment of any individual as an employee under the supervision of that officer of the Congress, vrhether that individual possesses the qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the duties and responsibilities to be assigned to him; and (2) to remove or otherwise discipline any employee under his supervision. (b) As used in this section, the term "officer of the Congress" means— (1) an elected officer of the Senate or House of Representatives who is not a Member of the Senate or House; and (2) The Architect of the Capitol. PART 4 — THE CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT A N D OPERATION O F THE CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE

SEC. 441. (a) There is hereby established an organization under the Congress of the United States, to be designated the "Capitol Guide Service", which shall be subject to the direction, supervision, and control of a Capitol Guide Board consisting of the Architect of the Capitol, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. Guided tours. (b) The Capitol Guide Service is authorized and directed to provide guided tours of the interior of the United States Capitol Building for the education and enlightenment of the general public, without charge for such tours. All such tours shall be conducted in compliance with regulations prescribed by the Capitol Guide Board. Capitol Guide (c) The Capitol Guide Board is authorized— Board, duties. (1) with the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, to establish and revise such number of positions of Guide in the Capitol Guide Service as the Board considers necessary to carry out effectively the activites of the Capitol Guide Service; Chief and As(2) to appoint, on a permanent basis, without regard to politsistant Chief ical affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform their Guide, appointment. duties, a Chief Guide and an Assistant Chief Guide, and, in addition, such number of Guides as may be authorized under subparagraph (1) of this subsection; (3) to prescribe their duties and responsibilities; Pay adjustment. (4) with the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, to fix, and adjust from time to time, their respective rates of pay at single per annum (gross) rates; and (5) to terminate their employment as the Board considers appropriate. (d) The Capitol Guide Board shall— Uniforms. (1) prescribe a uniform dress, including appropriate insignia, which shall be worn by personnel of the Capitol Guide Service when on duty; and

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(2) from time to time, as may be necessary, procure and furnish such uniforms to such personnel without charge to such personnel. p t a n c e of (e) An employee of the Capitol Guide Service shall not charge or f e Asc,c eprohibition. e accept any fee, or accept any gratuity, for or on account of his official services. (f) The Capitol Guide Board may detail personnel of the Capitol t a iP.e r s o n n e l de« l Guide Service to assist the United States Capitol Police by providing ushering and informational services, and other services not directly involving law enforcement, in connection with the inauguration of the President and Vice President of the United States, the official reception of representatives of foreign nations and other persons by the Senate or House of Representatives, and other special or ceremonial occasions in the United States Capitol Building or on the United States Capitol Grounds which require the presence of additional Government personnel and which cause the temporary suspension of the performance of the regular duties of the Capitol Guide Service. s ri and (g) The Capitol Guide Board may receive and consider advice and e d Hci a tt oo ncaal l inforu i information from any private historical or educational organization, mation. association, or society with respect to those operations of the Capitol Guide Service which involve the furnishing of historical and educational information to the general public. (h) With the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and Admin- R e g u l a t i o n s, istration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the Capitol Guide Board shall prescribe such regulations as the Board considers necessary and appropriate for the operation of the Capitol Guide Service. (i) The Capitol Guide Board may take appropriate disciplinary t i oDisciplinary acn. action, including, when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty without pay, reduction in pay, demotion, or removal from employment with the Capitol Guide Service, against any employee who violates any provision of this section or any regulation prescribed by the Board pursuant to this section. E x e n s e s paid (j) The expenses of the Capitol Guide Service shall be paid from from pcontingent the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, until appropria- fund. tions are available for the payment of such expenses. COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES OF THE CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE U N D E R THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT PROGRAM W I T H R E S U L T A N T COVERAGE U N D E R FEDERAL L I F E INSURANCE AND H E A L T H B E N E F I T S PROGRAMS

SEC. 442. (a) Section 2107 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the definition of "Congressional employee", is amended— (1) by striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (7); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph: "(9) an employee of the Capitol Guide Service.". (b) Section 8332(b) of title 5, United States Code, relating to creditable service for retirement purposes, is amended— (1) by striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (^)\ .. (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; (3) by adding immediately below paragraph (7) the following paragraph: "(8) subject to sections 8334(c) and 8339(h) of this title, service performed on and after February 19, 1929, and prior to the effective date of section 442 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, as a United States Capitol Guide."; and 47-348 O - 72 - 80 (Pt. 1)

"Congressional employee." 80 Stat. 409J 81 Stat. 196.

Civil service retirement. 80 Stat. 567;, 83 Stat. 8 3 1.

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(4) by inserting immediately after the fourth sentence thereof the following sentence: "The Civil Service Commission shall accept the certification of the Capitol Guide Board concerning service for the purpose of this subchapter of the type described in paragraph (8) of this subsection and performed by an employee.". T R A N S I T I O N A L PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE A N D THE CONCLUSION OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE E X I S T I N G UNITED STATES CAPITOL GUIDES ORGANIZATION Appointments effective date.

SEC. 443. (a) The initial appointments, under section 441(c)(2) of this Act, of personnel of the Capitol Guide Service shall be effective on the effective date of this section. The Capitol Guide Board shall afford, to each person who is a member of the United States Capitol Guides immediately prior to such effective date, the opportunity to be appointed to a comparable position in the Capitol Guide Service without reduction in level of rank and seniority. For the purposes of the initial appointments of such persons, the number of suchjpersons shall be considered to have been authorized for the Capitol Guide Service Pay r a t e s. under section 441(c)(1) of this Act. The per annum (gross) rate of pay of each such person so initially appointed shall be a rate equal to the per annum rate of pay received by the United States Capitol Guides, who worked full tours of duty, averaged over the last five calendar years (excluding 1968) ending prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Subject to section 441(i) of this Act, the rate of each such person so initially appointed shall not, at any time after such initial appointment, be less than the rate at which he was initially appointed so long as he remains in the same position; but, when such position becomes vacant, the rate of pay of any subsequent appointee thereto shall be fixed in accordance with section 441 of this Act. Records, a s s e t s, (b) The United States Capitol Police Board shall transfer, on the transfer. effective date of this section, to the Capitol Guide Board, all personnel records, financial records, assets, and other property of the United States Capitol Guides, which exist immediately prior to such effective date. GAG a u d i t. (c) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this section but not later than the close of the sixtieth day after such effective date, the Capitol Guide Board shall, out of the assets and property transferred under subsection (b) of this section, on the basis of a special audit which shall be conducted by the General Accounting Office— (1) settle and pay any outstanding accounts payable of the United States Capitol Guides, (2) discharge the financial and other obligations of the United States Capitol Guides (including reimbursement to purchasers of tickets for guided tours which are purchased and paid for in advance of intended use and are unused), and (3) otherwise wind up the affairs of the United States Capitol Guides, Monetary surp l u s e s, d i s p o s a l. which exist immediately prior to such effective date. The Capitol Guide Board shall dispose of any net monetary amounts remaining after the winding up of the affairs of the United States Capitol Guides, in accordance with the practices and procedures of the United States Capitol Guides, existing immediately prior to the effective date of this section, with respect to disposal of monetary surpluses.

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PART 5—^AUDIT FOR ORGANIZATIONS CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES OR P E R FORMING SERVICES I N OR ON THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDINGS OR

GROUNDS

A U DIT OF ACCOUNTS OF CERTAIN PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS

SEC. 451. (a) Any private organization, except political parties and committees constituted for election of Federal officials, whether or not organized for profit and whether or not any of its income inures to the benefit of any person, which performs services or conducts activities in or on the United States Capitol Buildings or Grounds, as defined by or pursuant to law, shall be subject, for each year in which it performs such services or conducts such activities, to a special audit of its accounts which shall be conducted by the General Accounting Office. The results of such audit shall be reported by the Comptroller General to the Senate and House of Representatives.

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audit.

Report to Congress.

P A R T 6—(CONGRESSIONAL A D J O U R N M E N T CONGRESSIONAL A D J O U R N M E N T

SEC. 461. (a) This section is enacted by the Congress— (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively; and such rule shall supersede other rules only to the extent inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to the procedure in such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. (b) Section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 198) is amended to read as follows:

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a CONGRESSIONAL A D J O U R N M E N T

"SEC. 132. (a) Unless otherwise provided by the Congress, the two Houses shall— "(1) adjourn sine die not later than July 31 of ejich year; or "(2) in the case of an odd-numbered year, provide, not later than July 31 of such year, by concurrent resolution adopted in each House by rollcall vote, for the adjournment of the two Houses from that Friday in August which occurs at least thirty days before the first Monday in September (Labor Day) of such year to the second day after Labor Day. " (b) This section shall not be applicable in any year if on July 31 of such year a state of war exists pursuant to a declaration of war by the Congress.". PART 7—PAYROI.L ADMINISTRATION I N THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SINGLE P E R A N N U M GROSS RATES OF P A Y FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER THE H O U S E OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEC. 471. Whenever the rate of pay of an employee whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives is fixed or adjusted on or after the effective date of this section, that rate, as so fixed or adjusted, shall be a single per annum gross rate.

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SINGLE PER A N N U M GROSS RATES OF CLERK H I R E ALLOWANCES OF M E M B E R S; RELATED MATTERS Clerk hire allow-

Monthly pay, limitation.

Yearly pay, limitation. Salary schedule changes, certification.

SEC. 472. (a) The clerk hire allowance of each Member of the House of Representatives and the Eesident Commissioner from Puerto Rico shall be at a single per annum gross rate, determined on the basis of the population, as currently estimated by the Bureau of the Census, of the constituency of that Member or the Resident Commissioner within one of the following categories, as applicable— (1) a population of less than 600,000, with respect to which the single per annum gross rate of clerk hire allowance is $133,500; or (2) a population of 500,000 or more, with respect to which the single per annum gross rate of clerk hire allowance is $140,500. (b) The aggregate of the payments of pay, for each monthly pay period, to employees, out of the clerk hire allowance of a Member or the Resident Commissioner, shall not be at a rate greater than the single per annum gross rate of clerk hire allowance of that Member or the Resident Commissioner, divided by twelve and adjusted to the nearest lower whole dollar figure, not counting any remaining portion of a dollar. (c) An employee is not entitled to pay, out of the clerk hire allowance of a Member or the Resident Commissioner, at a single per annum gross rate in excess of $27,343.27. (d) Each Member and the Resident Commissioner shall certify any rearrangements or changes of salary schedules of employees paid out of his clerk hire allowance, in writing to the Clerk of the House, on or before such day of any month, in which such rearrangements or changes of salary schedules are to become effective, as the Clerk, with the approval of the Committee on House Administration, may designate from time to time. The Clerk shall disburse the pay of those employees in accordance with the certification of that Member or the Resident Commissioner. (e) Each Member and the Resident Commissioner may, by written notice to the Clerk of the House, establish such titles for positions in his office as he may desire to designate. SINGLE PER A N N U M GROSS RATES OF ALLOWANCES FOR PERSONAL SERVICES IN THE OFFICE S OF THE SPEAKER, MAJORITY LEADER, MINORITY LEADER, MAJORITY W H I P, AND MINORITY W H I P

SEC. 473. The allowance for additional office personnel in the office of each of the following officials of the House of Representatives shall be at a single per annum gross rate, as follows: (1) the Speaker, $110,000. (2) the Majority Leader, $90,000. (3) the Minority Leader, $55,000. (4) the Majority Whip, $55,000. (5) the Minority Whip, $55,000. CONVERSION BY CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF EXISTING BASIC PAY RATES TO PER ANNUM GROSS PAY RATES

SEC. 474. The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall convert, as of the effective date of this section, to a single per annum gross rate, the rate of pay of each employee whose pay— (1) is disbursed by the Clerk; and (2) immediately prior to such effective date, was fixed at a basic rate with respect to which additional pay was payable by law.

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OBSOLETE REFERENCES I N E X I S T I N G L A W TO BASIC P A Y RATES

SEC. 475. I n any case in which— (1) the rate of pay of any employee or position, or class of employees or positions, the pay for whom or for which is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or any maximum or minimum rate with respect to any such employee, position, or class, is referred to in or provided by statute or House resolution; and (2) the rate so referred to or provided is a basic rate with respect to which additional pay is provided by law; such statutory provision or resolution shall be deemed to refer, in lieu of such basic rate, to the per annum gross rate which an employee receiving such basic rate immediately prior to the effective date of this section would receive, without regard to such statutory provision or resolution, under section 474 of this Part on and after such date. SAVING PROVISION

SEC. 476. The provisions of this Part shall not be construed to— (1) limit or otherwise affect any authority for the making of any appointment to, or for fixing or adjusting the pay for, any position for which the pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives; or (2) affect the continuity of employment of, or reduce the pay of, any employee whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House. C H A N G E S I N E X I S T I N G L A W; RELATTJ) PROVISIONS

SEC. 477. (a) There are hereby repealed— (1) the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to increase clerk hire, and for other purposes", approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 831; Public Law 512, Seventy-eighth Congress; 2 U.S.C. (2) section 11(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1956 (2 U.S.C. 6 0 g - l); and (3) section 202(e) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a (e)). (b) All provisions of law inconsistent with any pi-ovision of this Part are hereby superseded to the extent of the inconsistency. (c)(1) This subsection is enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives subject to and with full recognition of the power of the House of Representatives to enact or change any Rule of the House at any time in its exercise of its constitutional right to determine the rules of its proceedings. (2) Clause 29(c) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: "(c) Each employee on the professional staff, and each employee on the clerical staff, of each standing committee, is entitled to pay at a single per annum ^ross rate, to be fixed by the chairman, which does not exceed the highest rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, of the General Schedule of section 5332(a) of title 5, United States Code.". (d) Section 5533(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(c)(1) Unless otherwise authorized by law and except as otherwise provided by paragraph (2) of this subsection, appropriated funds are not available for payment to an individual of pay from more than

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one position if the pay of one of the positions is paid by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives^ or one of the positions is under the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and if the aggregate gross pay from the positions exceeds $7,724 a year. a ^2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, appropriated funds are not available for payment to an individual of pay from more than one position, for each of which the pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, if the aggregate gross pay from those positions exceeds the maximum per annum gross rate of pay authorized to be paid to an employee out of the clerk hire allowance of a Member of the House. "(3) ji"or the purposes of this subsection, 'gross pay' means the annual rate of pay (or equivalent thereof in the case of an individual paid on other than an annual basis) received by an individual.". PART 8—PER A N N U M GROSS P A Y RATES OF EMPLOTEJES OF THE OFFICE OF THE A R C H I T E C T OF THE C A P I TO L

SINGLE P E E A N N U M GROSS RATES OF PAY FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

SEC. 481. Whenever the rate of pay of— (1) an employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; or (2) an employee of the House Restaurant, or of the Senate Restaurant, under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol as an agent of the House or Senate, respectively, as the case may be; is fixed or adjusted on or aft«r the effective date of this section, that rate, as so fixed and adjusted, shall be a single per annum gross rate. CONVERSION BY THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL OF EXISTING BASIC PAY RATES TO PER ANNUM GROSS PAY RATES

SEC. 482. The Architect of the Capitol shall convert, as of the effective date of this section, to a single per annum gross rate, the rate of pav of each employee described in subparagraph (1) or subparagraph (2) of section 481 of this Part, whose pay immediately prior to such effective date was fixed at a basic rate with respect to which additional pay was payable by law. OBSOLETE R E F E R E N C E S I N EXISTING LAW TO BASIC PAY RATES OF EMPLOYEES UNDER THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

SEC. 483. I n any case in which— (1) the rate of pay of, or any maximum or minimum rate of pay with respect to— (A) any employee described in subparagraph (1) or subparagraph (2] of section 481 of this Part, or (B) the position of such employee, or (C) an;^ class or group of such employees or positions, is referred to in or provided by statute or other authority; and (2) the rate so referred to or provided is a basic rate with respect to which additional pay is provided by law;

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such statutory provision or authority shall be deemed to refer, in lieu of such basic rate, to the per annum gross rate which an employee receiving such basic rate immediately prior to the effective date of this section would receive, without regard to such statutory provision or authority, under section 482 of this Part on and after such date. SAVING PROVISION

SEC. 484. The provisions of this Part shall not be construed to— (1) limit or otherwise affect any authority for the making of any appointment to, or for fixing or adjusting the pay for, the position of any employee described in subparagraph (1) or subparagraph (2) of section 481 of this Part; (2) affect the continuity of employment of, or reduce the pay of, any employee holding any position referred to in subparagraph (1) of this section; or (3) modify, change, supersede, or otherwise affect the provisions of sections 5504 and 6101(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code, insofar as such sections relate to the Office of the Architect gi^stflrao?^.^' of the Capitol. E F F E C T ON EXISTINCi I.AW

SEC. 485. (a) All provisions of law inconsistent with this Part are hereby superseded to the extent of the inconsistency. (b) Sections 5504 and 6101(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code, sena°t?ReTtlx:rant shall apply to employees of the House and Senate Restaurants who are employee's! °"'^" paid at per annum rates of pay as long as such employees are under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol as an agent of the House or Senate, respectively, as the case may be. EXEMPTIONS

SEC. 486. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, the foregoing provisions of this Part do not apply to any employee described in section 481 of this Part whose pay is fixed and adjusted— (1) in accordance with chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53, of title 5, United States Code, relating to classification 45*7° ^^^/g* "^'^VQS-I and General Schedule pay rates; 5 USC 51 o'l„ (2) in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 5, ^^ai. United States Code, relating to prevailing rate pay systems; s use 5341. (3) at per hour or per diem rates in accordance with section 3 of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, as amended (46 Stat. 38; 55 Stat. 615), relating to employees performing professional and technical services for the Architect of the Capitol in connection with construction projects and employees under the Office of the Architect of the Capitol whose tenure of employment is temporary or of uncertain duration; or (4) in accordance with prevailing rates under authority of the Joint Resolution entitled "Joint Resolution transferring the management of the Senate Restaurants to the Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes", approved July 6, 1961 (75 Stat. 199; Public Law 87-82), or section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil ^jl^^,^^ ^'^'Functiong Appropriation Act, 1941 (54 Stat. 1056; Public, No. 812, Seventy-sixth Congress), relating to the duties of the Archi- 40 USC 174k. tect of the Capitol with respect to the House of Representatives Restaurant.

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PART 9—SENATE AND HOUSE PA(JE8 SENATE AND HOUSE PAGES Appointment conditions.

Qualifications,

Pay.

Repeals,

Effective date.

SEC. 491. (a) A person shall not be appointed as a page of the Senate or House of Representatives— (1) unless he agrees that, in the absence of unforeseen circumstances preventing his service as a page after his appointment, he will continue to serve as a page for a period of not less than two months; and (2) until complete information in writing is transmitted to his parent or parents, his legal guardian, or other appropriate person or persons acting as his parent or parents, with respect to the nature of the work of pages, their pay, their working conditions (including hours and scheduling of work), and the housing accommodations available to pages. (b) A person shall not serve as a page— (1) of the Senate before he has attained the age of fourteen years; or (2) of the House of Representatives before he has attained the age of sixteen years; or (except in the case of a chief page, telephone page, or riding page) during any session of the Congress which begins after he has attained the age of eighteen years. (c) The pay of pages of the Senate shall begin not more than five days before the convening or reconvening of a session of the Congress or of the Senate and shall continue until the end of the month during which the Congress or the Senate adjourns or recesses, or until the fourteenth day after such adjournment or recess, whichever is the later date, except that, in any case in which the Congress or the Senate adjourns or recesses on or before the last day of July for a period of at least thirty days but not more than forty-five days, such pay shall continue until the end of such period of adjournment or recess. (d) The pay of pages of the House of Representatives shall begin not more than five days before the convening of a session of the Congress and shall continue until the end of the month during which the Congress adjourns sine die or recesses or until the fourteenth day after such adjournment or recess, whichever is the later date, except that, in any case in which the House adjourns or recesses on or before the last day of July in any year for a period of at least thirty days but not more than forty-five days, suc^h pay shall continue until the end of such period of adjournment or recess. (e) There are hereby repealed— (A) the proviso under the heading "Senate" and under the caption "Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper", which relates to the pay of pages of the Senate, in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1952 (65 Stat. 390; Public Law 168, Eighty-second Congress; 2 U.S.C. 88c); and (B) the proviso under the heading "House of Representatives" and under the caption "Office of the Doorkeeper", which relates to the pay of pages of the House of Representatives, in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1949, as amended (62 Stat. 426, 78 Stat. 1084; Public Law 641, Eightieth Congress, Public Law 88-652; 2 U.S.C. 88c). (f) Subsection (b) of this section shall become effective on January 3, 1971, but the provisions of such subsection limiting service as a page to persons who have attained the age of sixteen years shall not be construed to prohibit the continued service of any page appointed prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

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SEC. 492. (a) There is hereby authorized to be constructed, on a site jointly approved by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, in accordance with plans which shall be prepared by or under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol and which shall be submitted to and jointly approved by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, a fireproof building containing dormitory and classroom facilities, including necessary furnishing and equipment, for pages of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Property a c (b) The Architect of the Capitol, under the joint direction and sition in D.C, q u i supervision of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States, by jDurchase, condemnation, transfer, or otherwise, such publicly or privately owned real property in the District of Columbia (including all alleys, and parts of alleys, and streets within the curblines surrounding such real property) located in the vicinity of the United States Capitol Grounds, as may be approved jointly by the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, for the purpose of constructing on such real property, in accordance with this section, a suitable dormitory and classroom facilities complex for pages of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of the United States. (c) Any proceeding for condemnation instituted under subsection p rCondemnation oceedings. (b) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with subchapter 77 Stat. 577. IV of chapter 13 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code. D.. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any real property 1351Cet Code 16seq, owned by the United States, and any alleys, or parts of alleys and U.S.-owned streets, contained within the curblines surrounding the real property property, transfer. acquired on behalf of the United States under this section shall be transferred, upon the request of the Architect of the Capitol made with the joint approval of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, to the jurisdiction and control of the Architect of the Capitol. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any alleys, or parts of alleys and streets, contained within t]ie curblines surrounding the real property acquired on behalf of the United States under this section shall be closed and vacated by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia in accordance with any request therefor made by the Architect of the Capitol with the joint approval of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission. (f) Upon the acquisition on behalf of the United States of all real property under this section, such property shall be a part of the United States Capitol Grounds and shall be subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes", approved 60 Stat. 7 1 8. July 31, 1946. (g) The building constructed on the real property acquired under to D.C. Code 9-118 9-132. this section shall be designated the "John W. McCormack Residential J o h n W. McPage School". The employment of all services (other than that of the tCormacke R e s i d e n i a l P a g School, United States Capitol Police) necessary for its protection, care, main- designation. tenance, and use, for which appropriations are made by Congress, shall be under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol. Such supervision and control shall be subject to the joint approval and direction of the Speaker and the President pro tempore. x ense The Architect shall submit annually to the Congress estimates in e sAnnuals eto pContimate detail for all services, other than those of the United States Capitol g r e s s.

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Police or those provided in connection with the conduct of school operations and the personal supervision of pages, and for all other expenses in connection with the protection, care, maintenance, and use of the John W. McCormack Eesidential Page School. The Speaker and the President pro tempore shall prescribe, from time to time, regulations governing the Architect in the provision of services and the protection, care, and maintenance, of the John W. McCormack Residential Page Scihool. Supervision and (h) The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the PresiacavUieT*regu1a- ^^^^ P^^ tcmpore of the Senate jointly shall designate an officer of tions. ' the House and an officer of the Senate, other than a Member of the House or Senate, who shall jointly exercise supervision and control over the activities of the pages resident in the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. With the approval of the Speaker and the President pro tempore, such officers so designated shall prescribe regulations governing— (1) the actual use and occupancy of the John W. McCormack Residential Page School including, if necessary, the imposition of a curfew for pages; (2) the conduct of pages generally; and (3) other matters pertaining to the supervision, direction, safety, and well-being of pages in off-duty hours. Residence Si^jei- Such officers, subject to the approval of the Speaker and the President ap^p^^ment, ^^^^' P^o tempore, jointly shall appoint and fix the per annum gross rate of pay of a Residence Superintendent of Pages, who shall perform such duties with respect to the supervision of pages resident therein as those s nne'^"''"^^ ^*'" offlcials shall prescribe. In addition, such officers, subject to the approval of the Speaker and the President pro tempore, jointly shall appoint and fix the per annum gross rates of pay of such additional personnel as may be necessary to assist those officers and the Residence Superintendent of Pages in carrying out their functions under this section. (i) Nothing in this part shall affect the operation of section 243 of 60 Stat. 839. ^^iQ Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 88a) or the proviso under the heading "Education of Senate and House Pages" in title I of the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1947 (2 U.S.C. 61 Stat. 16. 88b), relating to educational facilities of pages and other minors who are congressional employees. PART 10—^MODERNIZATION OF HOUSE GALLERIES MODERNIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF GALLERY FACILITIES IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER

sifro'n'^^ commis- gj,(,^ 499^ (a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall t^OT o "H^UITGait" appoint a special commission of the House, to oe designated the lery Faciiitiesi, "Special Commission on Modernization of House Gallery Facilities", appointment. composed of five Members of the House, three from the majority party and two from the minority party. The Speaker shall designate as chairman of the commission one of the Members so appointed. A vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The commission shall conduct a study of the structure and uses of the gallery facilities in the Chamber of the House of Representatives and shall formulate and develop a program for the modernization and improvement of the House gallery facilities in order to improve the physical conditions under which the proceedings on the floor of the House are conducted and to provide for spectators in the House galleries modernized and improved accommodations for their enlightenment, information, and

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understanding with respect to the proceedings on the floor of the House and the role of the House generally in the legislative branch of the Government. Any such program formulated and developed by uj^on^an" dl^'iopthe commission shall provide for— ment. (1) the enclosure of the galleries with soundproof and transparent coverage in such manner as to preserve the visibility from the galleries of proceedings on the House floor and eliminate the audibility on the House floor of noise in the galleries; (2) the installation of facilities and devices which will permit the proceedings on the floor of the House to be heard by spectators in the galleries, together with facilities and devices by which appropriate comments and explanations may be made to spectators in the galleries with respect to the proceedings on the House floor; and (3) such other items or features of modernization and improvement of the House gallaries as may be directed by the commission, including items and features of modernization designed to provide for and facilitate the consultation of legislative materials and the taking of written notes by visitors to the House galleries, under such regulations as the Speaker may from time to time prescribe, without any distraction to or disturbance of the conduct of proceedings on the floor of the House. (b) A t the request of the commission, the Architect of the Capitol shall provide advice, counsel, and assistance to the commission in the conduct of its study. (c) Such study shall be completed not later than the close of the completion date, first session of the Ninety-second Congress. (d) After the completion of such study, the commission through the Program impieArchitect of the Capitol, subject to the availability of appropriations '"^"*^"°"* for such purpose, shall put the program for the modernization and improvement of the galleries into effect. The Architect of the Capitol. contract authormay procure or make such plans, enter into such contracts, employ **^* such personnel, and take such other actions and make such expenditures, as may be necessary to complete such program of modernization and improvement of the House galleries. In all matters connected with such program, the Architect shall be subject to the supervision, direction, and control of the commission. (e) The commission shall cease to exist when the Speaker deter- ^ commission, •

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SEC. 501. There is established in the House of Representatives an office to be known as the Office of the Legislative Counsel, referred to hereinafter in this subtitle as the "Office".

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PURPOSE A N D POLICY

SEC. 502. The purpose of the Office shall be to advise and assist the House of Representatives, and its committees and Members, in the achievement of a clear, faithful, and coherent expression of legislative policies. The Office shall maintain impartiality as to issues of legislative policy to be determined by the House of Representatives, and shall not advocate the adoption or rejection of any legislation except when duly requested by the Speaker or a committee to comment on a proposal directly affecting the functions of the Office. The Office shall maintain the attorney-client relationship with respect to all communications between it and any Member or committee of the House. FUNCTIONS

SEC. 503. The functions of the Office shall be as follows: (1) Upon request of the managers on the part of the House at any conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, to advise and assist the managers on the part of the House in the course of the conference, and to assist the committee of conference in the preparation of the conference report and any accompanying explanatory statement. (2) Upon request of any committee of the House, or any joint committee having authority to report legislation to the House, to advise and assist the committee in the consideration of any legislation before it, and to assist the committee in the preparation of drafts of any such legislation, amendments thereto, and reports thereon. (3) Upon request of any Member having control of time during the consideration of any legislation by the House, to have in attendance on the floor of the House not more than two members of the staff of the Office (and, in his discretion, the Legislative Counsel) to advise and assist such Member and, to the extent feasible, any other Member, in the course of such consideration. (4) Upon request of any Member, subject to such reasonable restrictions as the Legislative Counsel may impose with the approval of the Speaker on the proportion of the resources of the Office which may be devoted to the requests of any one Member, to prepare drafts of legislation and to furnish drafting advice with respect to drafts of legislation prepared by others. (5) A t the direction of the Speaker, to perform on behalf of the House of Representatives any legal services which are within the capabilities of the Office and the performance of which would not be inconsistent with the provisions of section 502 or the preceding provisions of this section. PART 2—ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

SEC. 521. The management, supervision, and administration of the Office are vested in the Legislative Counsel, who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the position. Any person so appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker.

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SEC. 522. (a) W i t h the approval of the Speaker, or in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Speaker, the Legislative Counsel shall appoint such attorneys and other employees as may be necessary for the prompt and efficient performance of the functions of the Office. Any such appointment shall be made without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the position. Any person so appointed may be removed by the Legislative Counsel with the approval of the Speaker, or in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Speaker. (b) One of the employees appointed under subsection (a) shall be a full-time Office Administrator, who shall exercise the management, supervisory, and administrative functions of the Office as delegated to him by the Legislative Counsel.

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COMPENSATION

SEC. 523. (a) The Legislative Counsel shall be paid at a per annum gross rate equal to the rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, for level III of the Executive Schedule of section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. (b) Members of the staff of the Office other than the Legislative Counsel shall be paid at per annum gross rates fixed by the Le^slative Counsel with the approval of the Speaker or in accordance with policies approved by the Speaker, but not in excess of a per annum gross rate equal to the rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, for level V of the Executive Schedule of section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. ExPENnrruRES

Legislative Counsel. 83 Stat. 8 6 3. Staff members

SEC. 524. I n accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Speaker, the Legislative Counsel may make such expenditures as may be necessary or appropriate for the functioning of the Office. OF F I C I A L M A I L MATTEK

SEC. 525. The Office shall have the same privilege of free transmission of official mail matter as other offices of the United States Government. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 526. There are authorized to be appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle and to increase the efficiency of the Office and the quality of the services which it provides. PART 3—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS PERSONNEL, PROPERTY, RECORDS, ETC.

SEC. 531. Any individual who on the date of the enactment of this Act is serving under an appointment by the Speaker as Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives shall continue as Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives in accordance with this subtitle. All personnel, positions, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations of or for that part of the Office of the Legislative Counsel established under section 1303 of the Revenue Act of 1918 (2 U.S.C., ch. 9) employed or held in or for the House of Repre-

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