Public Law 90–57

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, 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, $3,299,305.

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, $3,000; and Minority Leader of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $16,000.

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, $235,080.

chaplain Chaplain of the Senate, $15,995.

office of the secretary For office of the Secretary, $1,445,745, including $156,060 required for the purposes specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, United States Code: Provided, That effective August 1, 1967, the gross allowance for clerical assistance and readjustment of salaries in the disbursing office shall be $204,300; and the gross salary of the Financial Clerk shall be $25,611 per annum.

committee employees For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and the Select Committee on Small Business, $3,486,060.

conference committees For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $103,320. For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $103,320.

administrative and clerical assistants to senators For administrative and clerical assistants and messenger service for Senators, $20,254,000.

office of sergeant at arms and doorkeeper For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $3,878,510: Provided, That, effective July 1, 1967, the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to employ the following additional employees: one assistant night supervisor at $2,460 basic per annum; one automatic typing repairman at $2,880 basic per annum: one mailing equipment repairman at $2,640 basic per annum; one senior addressograph operator at $2,400 basic per annum: two addressograph operators at $2,160 basic per annum each; one offset press operator at $2,700 basic per annum; two inserting machine operators at $1,980 basic per annum each; one Captain, Police force, at $4,320 basic per annum; one Lieutenant, Police force, at $3,600 basic per annum; four Sergeants, Police force, at $2,940 basic per annum each; and forty Privates, Police force, at $2,160 basic per annum each: Provided further, That appointees to the Capitol Police force positions authorized herein shall have the equivalent of at least one year’s police experience.

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, $172,905.

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 by the respective Whips, $19,080 each; in all, $38,160.

Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $327,575.

Contingent Expenses of the Senate senate policy committees For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $211,325 for each such committee; in all, $422,650.

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, $44,700.

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 $404,335 for the Committee on Appropriations, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $5,623,265.

folding documents For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $2.32 per hour per person, $41,900.

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, $4,088,420, including $365,000 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 airmail and special delivery stamps for the office of the Secretary, $160; office of the Sergeant at Arms, $125; Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, $90,400; in all, $90,825.

stationery (revolving fund) For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, $303,000; and for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, $13,200; in all, $316,200, 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 Senators 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 January 1, 1968, the paragraph relating to official long-distance telephone calls to and from Washington, District of Columbia, and the paragraph relating to long-distance telephone calls originating and terminating outside Washington, District of Columbia, under the heading “Contingent Expenses of the Senate” in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947, as amended (Public Law 479, Seventy-ninth Congress; 2 U.S.C. 46c, 46d), and the paragraph relating to flat rate long-distance telephone service contracts under the heading “Administrative Provisions” in the appropriations for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (Public Law 80–90; 2 U.S.C. 46d–2) are repealed. Effective January 1, 1968, and thereafter, there shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate charges on strictly official long-distance telephone calls when so designated in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

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), $14,160,700.

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, as follows:

office of the speaker For the Office of the Speaker, $132,850.

office of the parliamentarian For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $116,250, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the digest of the rules, as authorized by law.

compilation of precedents of house of representatives For compiling the precedents of the House of Representatives, as heretofore authorized, $12,000.

office of the chaplain For the Office of the Chaplain, $15,995.

office of the clerk For the Office of the Clerk, including $152,182 for the House Recording Studio, $1,872,000.

office of the sergeant at arms For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $1,596,500.

office of the bookkeeper For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $1,941,100.

office of the postmaster For the Office of the Postmaster, including $11,225 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, $550,200.

committee employees For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropriations, $4,300,000.

special and minority employees For six minority employees, $125,200. For the House Democratic Steering Committee, $47,800. For the House Republican Conference, $47,800. For the office of the majority floor leader, including $3,000 for official expenses of the majority leader, $102,500. For the office of the minority floor leader, including $3,000 for official expenses of the minority leader, $93,100. For the office of the majority whip, including $11,300 basic lump-sum clerical assistance, $69,000. For the office of the minority whip, including $11,300 basic lump-sum clerical assistance, $69,000. 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, $17,000. 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, $15,100.

official reporters of debates For official reporters of debates, $277,100.

official reporters to committees For official reporters to committees, $273,925.

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, $750,000, of which such amount as may be necessary may be transferred to the appropriation under this heading for the fiscal year 1967.

office of the legislative counsel For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $350,000.

Members’ Clerk Hire For clerk hire, necessarily employed by each Member in the discharge of his official and representative duties, $35,500,000.

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, $250,000. The Clerk of the House is authorized and directed to transfer to the Library of Congress, without exchange of funds, such office furniture and equipment as the Clerk shall have determined to be excess to the needs of the House and the Librarian of Congress deems necessary and suitable to the needs of the Library.

miscellaneous items For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, including the sum of $260,000 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; $6,900,000.

reporting hearings For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than special and select committees, $223,000.

special and select committees For salaries and expenses of special and select committees authorized by the House, $4,690,000.

office of the coordinator of information For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Coordinator of Information, $35,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for obligation after the sine die adjournment of the first session of the Ninetieth Congress, or October 1, 1967, whichever first occurs.

telegraph and telephone For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, $4,032,000.

stationery (revolving fund) For a stationery allowance for each Member for the second session of the Ninetieth Congress, as authorized by law, $1,308,000, to remain available until expended.

postage stamp allowances Postage stamp allowances for the second session of the Ninetieth 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, $28,000, 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, $13,000.

majority leader’s automobile For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, $13,000.

minority leader’s automobile For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, $13,000.

Administrative Provision Except as provided by the House Employees Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 291 and following) or by any other provision of law to the contrary, salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for the House of Representatives shall 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, $37,525, 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, $401,620. joint committee on atomic energy For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, $367,000. joint committee on printing For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, $190,000. Contingent Expenses of the House joint committee on internal revenue taxation For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, $480,000. 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, $87,435. For other joint items, as follows: Office of the Attending Physician For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the emergency rooms, and for the attending physician and his assistants, including (1) an allowance of two hundred fifty dollars per month to the attending physician; (2) an allowance of one hundred fifty dollars per month each to two medical officers while on duty in the attending physician’s office; and (3) an allowance of one hundred fifty dollars per month each to not to exceed eight assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assistants, $130,000. 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; $96,758. 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, $880,596. 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 under 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 or 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 bene-fits 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 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, (2) to pay the two detective lieutenants detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting detective captains the salary of the rank of detective captains plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as these positions are held by the present incumbents, (3) to pay the detective sergeant detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting detective lieutenant the salary of the rank of detective lieutenant 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 three detectives permanently detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting detective sergeants the salary of the rank of detective sergeants and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law, and (5) to pay the acting sergeant of the uniform force regularly assigned as such the salary of the rank of sergeant and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid as compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, as an officer or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police Board: Provided, That the Capitol Police Board is hereby 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, $93,726, 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, $8,534,000, 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 Ninetieth Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts author-ized, 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, $678,200. 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.

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 law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299); 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 of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $1,676,600.

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; $720,800. Not to exceed $35,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1967 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1968.

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 law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299), to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol; in all, $3,204,900, of which $470,000 shall remain available until expended.

senate garage For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, and all other necessary expenses, $58,600.

house office buildings For maintenance, including equipment; waterproof wearing apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299); 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, including the position of Superintendent of Garages at a gross annual rate of $12,000; $4,481,000.

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: $2,841,600.

expansion of facilities, capitol power plant For expansion of the Capitol Power Plant facilities, $250,000, to remain available until expended and to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1714–1716).

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, $996,900, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for expenditure without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended.

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, $350,000.

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; $584,500.

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; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $15,892,000, including $880,000 to be available for reimbursement to the General Services Administration for rental of suitable space in the District of Columbia or its immediate environs for the Library of Congress, together with $478,000 to be derived by transfer from the appropriations made for the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Copyright Office salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving copy-rights, $2,451,800.

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), $3,239,000: 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 House 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, $6,422,800: 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, $590,000, 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 and Physically Handicapped 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, $6,085,000.

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), as amended by the Act of April 27, 1964 (78 Stat. 183), $112,800, to remain available until expended.

Collection and Distribution of Library Materials (Special Foreign Currency Program) For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 104(b) (5) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), to remain available until expended, $2,223,000, of which $2,003,000 shall be available only for payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States.

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 5 U.S.C. 3109. 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. Funds available to the Library of Congress may be expended to reimburse the Department of State for medical services rendered to employees of the Library of Congress stationed abroad; for purchase or hire of passenger motor vehicles; and for payment of travel, storage and transportation of household goods, and transportation and per diem expenses for families en route (not to exceed twenty-four), subject to such rules and regulations as may be issued by the Librarian of Congress. Payments in advance for subscriptions or other charges for bibliographical data, publications, materials in any other form, and services may be made by the Librarian of Congress whenever he determines it to be more prompt, efficient, or economical to do so in the interest of carrying out required Library programs.

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 lie distributed without charge to the recipients; $26,700,000: 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 $2,700); price lists and bibliographies: repairs to buildings, elevators and machinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; $7,359,000: 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 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.

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. Commencing with the fiscal year 1969, the annual business-type budget for the Government Printing Office revolving fund shall be considered and enacted in the manner prescribed by law (section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. 849)) for wholly owned Government corporations.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including not to exceed $2,000 to be expended on the certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with special studies of governmental financial practices and procedures and including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $52,800,000.

Approved July 28, 1967.