Public Law 89–90

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SENATE Compensation of the Vice President and Senators, Mileage of the President of the Senate and Senators, and Expense Allowances of the Vice President and Leaders of the Senate compensation of the vice president and senators For compensation of the Vice President and Senators of the United States, $3,285,985.

mileage of president of the senate and of senators For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $58,370.

expense allowances of the vice president, and majority and minority leaders For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $2,000; and Minority Leader of the Senate, $2,000; in all, $14,000.

Salaries, Officers and Employees For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions and longevity compensation as authorized, which shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

office of the vice president For clerical assistance to the Vice President, at rates of compensation to be fixed by him in basic multiples of $5 per month, $155,440.

chaplain Chaplain of the Senate, $15,000.

office of the secretary For office of the Secretary, $1,323,000, including $145,000 required for the purposes specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, United States Code: Provided, That effective July 1, 1965, the Secretary may employ one chief reporter of debates at $24,024.40 gross per annum, seven reporters of debates at $8,880 basic per annum each, one assistant reporter of debates at $6,120 basic per annum, two clerks at $4,200 basic per annum each, and six expert transcribers at $3,900 basic, per annum each : Provided further, That the Secretary is hereafter authorized to obtain, by contract or otherwise, emergency reporters and transcribers as may be necessary, payments therefor to be made from the contingent fund of the Senate, and that Senate Resolution 196, agreed to August 21, 1961, and Senate Resolution 170, agreed to July 15, 1963, are hereby repealed: Provided further, That effective July 1, 1965, the basic compensation of the assistant to the Majority and the assistant to the Minority may be fixed by the Majority and Minority Leaders, respectively, at not to exceed $8,160 per annum each.

committee employees For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and the Select Committee on Small Business, $3,236,145.

conference committees For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $95,980. For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $95,980.

administrative and clerical assistants to senators For administrative and clerical assistants and messenger service for Senators, $15,653,785.

office of sergeant at arms and doorkeeper For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $3,051,230: Provided, That effective July 1, 1965, the basic per annum compensation of the foreman of skilled laborers shall be $2,340 in lieu of $2,100; the basic per annum compensation of two skilled laborers shall be $2,100 each in lieu of $1,920 each; and the Sergeant at Arms may employ six additional laborers at $1,680 basic per annum each.

offices of the secretaries for the majority and the minority For the offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority, $160,885 : Provided, That effective July 1, 1965, the respective Secretaries may fix the basic compensation of the assistant secretary for the Majority and the assistant secretary for the Minority at not to exceed $8,820 per annum each.

offices of the majority and minority whips For four clerical assistants, two for the Majority Whip and two for the Minority Whip, at rates of compensation to be fixed in basic multiples of $60 per annum by the respective Whips, $17,815 each; in all, $35,630.

Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate For salaries and expenses of the Office of the legislative Counsel of the Senate, $308,000.

Senate Procedure For compiling, preparing, and editing “Senate Procedure”, 1964 edition, $4,000, of which amount $2,000 shall be paid to Charles L. Watkins, Parliamentarian Emeritus of the Senate, and $2,000 shall be paid to Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian of the Senate.

Contingent Expenses of the Senate senate policy committees For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $197,525 for each such committee; in all, $395,050.

automobiles and maintenance For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of four automobiles, one for the Vice President, one for the President Pro Tempore, one for the Majority Leader, and one for the Minority leader, $2,540.

furniture For service and materials in cleaning and repairing furniture, and for the purchase of furniture, $31,190: Provided, That the furniture purchased is not available from other agencies of the Government.

inquiries and investigations For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, including $392,000 for the Committee on Appropriations, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $4,777,390.

folding documents For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $2.17 per hour per person, $39,300.

mail transportation For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping .motor vehicles for carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, $16,560.

miscellaneous items For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $3,222,755 including $246,000, for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with section 4 of Public Law 87–82, approved July 6, 1961.

postage stamps For postage stamps for the offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority, $140; and for air-mail and special delivery stamps for office of the Secretary, $160: office of the Sergeant at Arms, $125; Senators and the President of the Semite, as authorized by law, $90,400, and the maximum allowance per capita of $610 is increased to $800 for the fiscal year 1966 and thereafter: Provided, That Senators from States partially or wholly west of the Mississippi River shall be allowed an additional $200 each fiscal year; in all, $90,825.

stationery (revolving fund) For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, $242,400; and for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, $13,200; in all, $255,600, to remain available until expended.

communications For an amount for communications which may be expended interchangeably for payment, in accordance with such limitations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration, of charges on official telegrams and long-distance telephone calls made by or on behalf of Senator’s or the President of the Senate, such telephone calls to be in addition to those authorized by the provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 (60 Stat. 392; 2 U.S.C. 46c, 46d, 46e), as amended, and the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949 (63 Stat. 77: 2 U.S.C. 46d–1), $15,150.

administrative provisions Effective July 1, 1965, the paragraph relating to official long-distance telephone calls to and from Washington, District of Columbia, under the heading “Contingent Expenses of the Senate” in Public Law 479, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended (2 U.S.C. 46c), is amended to read as follows: “There shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, toll charges on not to exceed twenty-four hundred strictly official long-distance telephone calls to and from Washington. District of Columbia, aggregating not more than twelve thousand minutes each fiscal year for each Senator and the Vice President of the United States: Provided, That not more than twelve hundred calls aggregating not more than six thousand minutes made in the first six months of each fiscal year shall be paid for under this sentence. The toll charges on an additional twelve hundred such calls aggregating not more than six thousand minutes each fiscal year for each Senator from any State having a population of ten million or more inhabitants shall also be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate: Provided, That not more than six hundred calls aggregating not more than three, thousand minutes made in the first six months of each fiscal year shall be paid for under this sentence.” Effective July 1, 1965, the paragraph relating to payment of toll charges on official long-distance telephone calls, originating and terminating outside of Washington, District of Columbia, under the heading “Contingent Expenses of the Senate” in Public Law 479, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended (2 U.S.C. 46d), is amended by striking out “$1,800” where it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “$2,200”. Any Senator may have the Sergeant at Arms compute his total maximum long-distance telephone allowance. Tho minutes and calls allowance shall be computed on a formula at the maximum rate with all calls considered as being person-to-person from Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, and terminating within the Senator’s State. Any Senator or group of Senators may then request the Sergeant at Arms to contract for flat-rate long-distance telephone service such as wide area telephone service. All such contract costs shall be charged against their respective telephone allowances, and in no event shall the total cost of any contract service exceed the allowance of the Senator, or the group of Senators sharing any such service; any excess costs to be billed to the Senator. No change from the original form of the allowances or from any contract service shall become effective except upon the first of a month. The third paragraph under the heading “Administrative Provisions” in the appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation ‘Act, 1959, as amended (2 U.S.C. 43b) , is amended by striking out “two” where it first appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “six”. Effective July 1, 1965, the second paragraph under the heading “Administrative Provisions” contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1962 (Public Law 87–130, approved August 10, 1961; 2 U.S.C. 127) is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: “Two additional mileage payments each fiscal year may be made, under the foregoing, to employees in the offices of Senators from States having a population of ten million or more inhabitants.” Effective July 1, 1965, the third paragraph under the heading “Administrative Provisions” contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957 (Public Law 624, Eighty-fourth Congress; 2 U.S.C. 53), is amended by striking out “$150^f’ where it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “$300”. The legislative subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations is hereby directed to study the manner in which stationery allowances are utilized, including the commutation thereof, and to make a report on its findings and recommendations to the Standing Committee on Appropriations no later than February 1, 1966.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Salaries, Mileage for the Members, and Expense Allowance of the Speaker compensation of members For compensation of Members (wherever used herein the term “Member”, shall include Members of the House of Representatives and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico), $14,138,975.

mileage of members and expense allowance of the speaker For mileage of Members and expense allowance of the Speaker, as authorized by law, $200,000.

Salaries, Officers and Employees For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, us follows:

office of the speaker For the Office of the Speaker, $116,700.

office of the parliamentarian For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $101,875, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of the Rules, as authorized by law.

compilation or precedents of mouse of representatives For compiling the precedents of the House of Representatives as hereinafter authorized, $10,000. Lewis Deschler is authorized (during the current and succeeding fiscal years until the work is completed) to compile and prepare for printing 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. As so compiled and prepared, such precedents and other materials and index digest shall be. printed on such size pages and in such type and format as Lewis Deschler may determine, and in such numbers and for such distribution as may hereafter be provided by law. For the purpose of carrying out such compilation and preparation, Lewis Deschler may (1) subject to the approval of the Speaker, appoint (as employees of the House of Representatives) and fix the compensation (at a per annum rate) of clerical and other personnel, and (2) utilize the services of personnel of the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office.

office of the chaplain For the Office of the Chaplain. $15,000.

office of the clerk For the Office of the Clerk, including $140,750 for the House Recording Studio, $1,552,000.

office of the sergeant at arms For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including not to exceed twenty police privates on the Capitol Police Board additional to the number otherwise authorized, $1,044,500.

office of the doorkeeper For the Office of Doorkeeper, $1,620,000.

office of the postmaster For the Office of the Postmaster, including $10,525 for employment of substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees when required at the basic salary rate of not to exceed $2,100 per annum each, $512,000.

committee employees For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropriations, $3,800,000.

special and minority employees For six minority employees, $112,230. For the office of the majority floor leader, including $3,000 for official expenses of the majority leader, $86,600. For the office of the minority floor leader, including $3,000 for official expenses of the minority leader, $71,700. For the office of the majority whip, including $11,300 basic lump-sum clerical assistance, $57,900. For the office of the minority whip, including $11,300 basic lump-sum clerical assistance, $57,900. For two printing clerks, one for the majority caucus room and one for the minority caucus room, to be appointed by the majority and minority leaders, respectively, $15,900. For a technical assistant in the office of the attending physician, to be appointed by the attending physician, subject to the approval of the Speaker, $14,135.

official reporters of debates For official reporters of debates, $254,770.

official reporters to committees For official reporters to committees, $256,950.

committee on appropriations For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and to be available for reimbursement, to agencies for services performed, $700,000.

office of the legislative counsel For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $295,000.

Members’ Clerk Hire For clerk hire, necessarily employed by each Member in the discharge of his official and representative duties, $28,500,000.

Contingent Expenses of the House furniture For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, including tools and machinery for furniture repair shops, and for the purchase of packing boxes, $140,000.

miscellaneous items For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, including the sum of $226,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with section 208 of the Act approved October 9, 1940 (Public law 812); the exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Clerk’s motor vehicles; the exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the publications and distribution service motortruck; the exchange, maintenance, operation, and repair of the post office motor vehicles for carrying the mails; not to exceed $5,000 for the purposes authorized by section 1 of House Resolution 348, approved June 29, 1961; the sum of $600 for hire of automobile for the Sergeant at Arms; materials for folding; and for stationery for the use of committees, departments, and officers of the House; $4,123,000.

reporting hearings For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than special and select committees, $223,000, of which such amount as may be necessary may be transferred to the appropriation under this heading for the fiscal year 1965.

special and select committees For salaries and expenses of special and select committees authorized by the House, $4,500,000, of which such amount as may be necessary may be transferred to the appropriation under this heading for the fiscal year 1965.

office of the coordinator of information For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Coordinator of Information, $136,000.

telegraph and telephone For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, $2,400,000.

stationery (revolving fund) For a stationery allowance for each Member for the second session of the Eighty-ninth Congress, as authorized by law, $1,046,400, to remain available until expended.

attending physician’s office For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the emergency room and for the attending physician and his assistants, including an allowance of $1,500 to be paid to the attending physician in equal monthly installments as authorized by the Act approved June 27, 1940 (54 Stat 629), and including an allowance of one hundred dollars per month each to five assistants as provided by the House resolutions adopted July 1, 1930, January 20, 1932, November 18, 1940, and May 21, 1959, and Public Law 242, Eighty-fourth Congress, $20,045.

postage stamp allowances Postage stamp allowances for the second session of the Eighty-ninth Congress, as follows: Postmaster, $400; Clerk, $800: Sergeant at Arms, $600; Doorkeeper, $500; airmail and special-delivery postage stamps for each Member, the Speaker, the majority and minority leaders, the majority and minority whips, and to each standing committee, as authorized by law; $228,550.

revision of laws For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.C. 202, 203, 213, $27,000, to be expended under the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary.

speaker’s automobile For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $12,200.

majority leader’s automobile For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, $12,200.

minority leader’s automobile For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, $12,200.

Administrative Provision Salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for the House of Representatives shall hereafter be computed at basic rates, plus increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by law.

JOINT ITEMS For joint committees, as follows: Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures For an amount to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon it by section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726), to remain available during the existence of the Committee, $35,165, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

Contingent Expenses of the Senate joint economic committee For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, $360,000.

joint committee on atomic energy For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, $347,000.

joint committee on printing For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, $151,000.

Contingent Expenses of the House joint committee on internal revenue taxation For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, $390,000.

joint committee on immigration and nationality policy For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy, $24,100.

joint committee on defense production For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Production as authorized by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, $80,000. For other joint items, as follows:

Capitol Police general expenses For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, maintenance, and repair of police motor vehicles, including two-way police radio equipment ; contingent expenses, including $25 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board by such member of the staff of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House, as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board; $50,000.

capitol police board To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protection for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $809,000. Such sum shall be expended only for payment of salaries and other expenses of personnel detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to make such details upon the request of the Board. Personnel so detailed shall, during the period of such detail, serve tinder the direction and instructions of the Board and are authorized to exercise the same authority as members of such Metropolitan Police and members of the Capitol Police and to perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Board. Reimbursement for salaries and other expenses of such detail personnel shall be made to the government of the District of Columbia, and any sums so reimbursed shall be credited to the appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries and expenses are payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof: Provided, That any person detailed under the authority of this paragraph or under similar authority in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, and the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia shall be deemed a member of such Metropolitan Police during the period or periods of any such detail for all purposes of rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and benefits to the same extent as though such detail had not been made, and at the termination thereof any such person who was a member of such police on July 1, 1940, shall have a status with respect to rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and benefits which is not less than the status of such person in such police at the end of such detail : Provided further, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are directed (1) to pay the detective captain detailed under the authority of this paragraph his salary as a detective captain plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent, (2) to pay the uniformed lieutenant detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting captain a salary of the rank of captain plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent, (3) to pay the acting deputy chief of police detailed under the authority of this paragraph the salary of the rank of deputy chief of police plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent, (4) to pay the detective lieutenant detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting detective captain the salary of the rank of detective captain and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law, and (5) to pay the detective permanently detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting detective sergeant the salary of the rank of detective sergeant and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid as compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, as an officer or member of the Capitol Pol ice who does not meet the standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police Board: Provided, That the Capitol Police Board is hereby authorized to detail police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol buildings for police duty on the Capitol Grounds and on the Library of Congress Grounds.

Education of Pages For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme Court, pursuant to section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, $85,712, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation of the District of Columbia, and the Board of Education of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to employ such personnel for the education of pages as may be required and to pay compensation for such services in accordance with such rates of compensation as the Board of Education may prescribe.

Official Mail Costs For expenses necessary under section 2 of Public Law 286, Eighty- third Congress, $6,512,000, to be available immediately. The foregoing amounts under “other joint items” shall be disbursed by the Clerk of the House.

Statements of Appropriations For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the statements for the first session of the Eighty-ninth Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation bills as required by law, $13,000, to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL Office of the Architect of the Capitol salaries For the Architect of the Capitol, Assistant Architect of the Capitol, and Second Assistant Architect of the Capitol and other personal services at rates of pay provided by law, $587,600. Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000. Hereafter the purchase of supplies and equipment and the procurement of services for all branches under the Architect of the Capitol may be made in the open market without compliance with section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, in the manner common among businessmen, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $2,500 in any instance.

contingent expenses To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under his care, $50,000.

Capitol Buildings and Grounds capitol buildings For necessary expenditures for the Capitol Building and electrical substations of the Senate and House Office Buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, and appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment; special and protective clothing for workmen; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); personal and other services; cleaning and repairing works of art, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of necessary reference books and periodicals; for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect or the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $1,640,000.

capitol grounds For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House Office Buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant; personal and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizers; repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing apparel; maintenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men and equipment or under contract without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; $638,000.

senate office buildings For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including furniture, furnishings, and equipment, and for labor and material incident thereto, and repairs thereof; for purchase of waterproof wearing apparel, and for personal and other services; including eight attendants at $1,800 each; for the care and operation of the Senate Office Buildings; including the subway and subway transportation systems connecting the Senate Office Buildings with the Capitol; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol; in all, $2,458,700.

senate garage For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, and all other necessary expenses, $53,800.

house office buildings For maintenance, including equipment; waterproof wearing apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); prevention and eradication of insect and other pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; miscellaneous items; and for all necessary services; $3,807,000.

acquisition of property, construction, and equipment, additional house office building To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, to continue to provide for the acquisition of property, construction, furnishing and equipment of an additional fireproof office building for the use of the House of Representatives, and other changes and improvements, authorized by the Additional House Office Building Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 41, 42), as amended, $12,500,000.

capitol power plant For lighting, heating, and power (including the purchase of electrical energy) for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library Buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and for airconditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such buildings; for heating the Government Printing Office, Washington City Post Office, and Folger Shakespeare Library, reimbursement for which shall be made and covered into the Treasury; personal and other services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing apparel, and all other necessary expenses in connection with the maintenance and operation of the plant; $2,752,000.

Library Buildings and Grounds structural and mechanical care For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural maintenance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof wearing apparel, and personal and other services, $879,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available for expenditure without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. Not to exceed $265,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1964, continued available until June 30, 1965, is hereby continued available until June 30, 1966.

furniture and furnishings For furniture, partitions, screens, shelving, and electrical work pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, office and library equipment, apparatus, and labor-saving devices, $274,000.

BOTANIC GARDEN salaries and expenses For all necessary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, collections, and equipment pertaining thereto, including personal services; waterproof wearing apparel; not to exceed $25 for emergency medical supplies; traveling expenses, including bus fares, not to exceed $275; the prevention and eradication of insect and other pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement of personal services by contract without regard to the provisions of any other Act; purchase and exchange of motor trucks; purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle: purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of reference, not to exceed $100; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library; $467,000.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering, and repair of uniforms; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $11,738,000, together with $174,600 to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Salaries and expenses. National Science Foundation”, of which $18,000 shall be retransferred to the appropriation “Distribution of catalog cards, salaries and expenses.”

Copyright Office salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving copyrights, $2,021,000.

Legislative Reference Service salaries and expenses For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 166), $2,524,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on louse Administration or the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.

Distribution of Catalog Cards salaries and expenses For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the Library, $4,035,000: Provided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding permanent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments.

Books for the General Collections For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other material for the increase of the Library, $780,000, to remain available until expended, including $25,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for additions to the collections.

Books for the Law Library For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition of books, legal periodicals, and all other material for the increase of the law library, $125,000, to remain available until expended.

Books for the Blind salaries and expenses For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $2,675,000.

Organizing and Microfilming the Papers of the Presidents salaries and expenses For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of August 16, 1957 (71 Stat. 368), $112,800, to remain available until expended.

Preservation of Motion Pictures For expenses necessary for the preservation of motion pictures now to the custody of the Library, $50,000.

Collection and Distribution of Library Materials (Special Foreign Currency Program) For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 104(n) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704 (n)), to remain available until expended, $1,844,900, of which $1,694,000 shall be available for payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available to reimburse the Department of State for medical services rendered to employees of the Library of Congress stationed abroad.

Administrative Provisions Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress for salaries shall be available for expenses of investigating the loyalty of Library employees; special and temporary services (including employees engaged by the day or hour or in piecework); and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). Not to exceed ten positions in the Library of Congress may be exempt from the provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the employment of aliens during the current fiscal year, but the Librarian shall not make any appointment to any such position until he has ascertained that he cannot secure for such appointments a person in any of the categories specified in such provisions who possesses the special qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise meets the general requirements for employment in the Library of Congress.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Printing and Binding For authorized printing and binding for the Congress; for printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 182) ; printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 309,311, 311a); and printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipients; $20,500,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) : Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years.

Office of Superintendent of Documents salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents, including compensation of all employees in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees and officers of the Government Printing Office”, approved June 7, 1924 (44 U.S.C. 40) ; travel expenses (not to exceed $1,500) ; price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, elevators, and machinery ; and supplying books to depository libraries; $5,829,000 : Provided,That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), with the approval of the Public Printer, only to the extent neces-sary to provide for expenses (excluding permanent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments.

Government Printing Office Revolving Fund During the current fiscal year the Government Printing Office revolving fund shall be available for the hire of one passenger motor vehicle and for the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only.

Approved July 27, 1965.