Public Law 91–510

The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the Comptroller General, shall develop, establish, and maintain standard classifications of programs, activities, receipts, and expenditures of Federal agencies in order—

The initial classifications under this subsection shall be established on or before December 31, 1971.

The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office

Reports to Congress.

of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the Senate and the House of Representatives on or before September 1 of each year, commencing with 1971, with respect to the performance during the preceding fiscal year of the functions and duties imposed on them by section 201 and subsection (a) of this section. The reports made

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under this subsection in 1971 and 1972 shall set forth the progress achieved in the development of classifications under subsection (a) of this section. The reports made in years thereafter shall include information with respect to changes in, and additions to, classifications previously established. Each such report shall include such comments of the Comptroller General as he deems necessary or advisable.

furnish to such committee or joint committee information as to the location and nature of data available in the various Federal agencies with respect to programs, activities, receipts, and expenditures of such agencies; and

to the extent feasible, prepare for such committee or joint committed summary tables of such data.

The Comptroller General shall review and analyze the results of Government programs and activities carried on under existing law, including the making of cost benefit studies, when ordered by either House of Congress, or upon his own initiative, or when requested by any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, or any joint committee of the two Houses, having jurisdiction over such programs and activities.

The Comptroller General shall have available in the General Accounting Office employees who are expert in analyzing and conducting cost benefit studies of Government programs. Upon request of any committee of either House or any joint committee of the two Houses, the Comptroller General shall assist such committee or joint committee, or the staff of such committee or joint committee—

The Comptroller General shall establish within the General Accounting Office such office or division, or such offices or divisions, as he considers necessary to carry out the functions and duties imposed on him by the provisions of this title.

The Comptroller General shall include in his annual report to the Congress information with respect to the performance of the functions and duties imposed on him by the provisions of this title.

Section 201(a) of the Budget and Accounting Act,

Budget, transmittal to Congress.

64 Stat. 832; 70 Stat. 782.

1921, as amended (31 U.S.C. 11), is amended—

Section 201 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, as amended (31 U.S.C. 11) is amended by striking out the terminated

72 Stat. 852.

and obsolete subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsections:

“(b)“(b)

The President shall transmit to the Congress, on or before

Supplemental summary, transmittal to Congress.

June 1 of each year, beginning with 1972, a supplemental summary of the Budget for the ensuing fiscal year transmitted to the Congress by the President under subsection (a) of this section. Such supplemental summary—

“(1)“(1)

shall reflect with respect to that ensuing fiscal year—

“(A)“(A)

all substantial alterations in or reappraisals of estimates of expenditures and receipts, and

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“(B)“(B)

all substantial obligations imposed on that budget after its transmission to the Congress;

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“(2)“(2)

shall contain current information with respect to those matters covered by subparagraph (8) and clauses (2) and (3) of subparagraph (9) of subsection (a) of this section; and

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“(3)“(3)

shall contain such additional information, in summary form, as the President considers necessary or advisable to provide the Congress with a complete and current summary of information with respect to that Budget and the then currently estimated functions, obligations, requirements, and financial condition of the Government for that ensuing fiscal year.

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“(c)“(c)

The President shall transmit to the Congress, on or before

Estimated expenditure summaries, transmittal to Congress.

June 1 of each year, beginning with 1972, in such form and detail as he may determine—

“(1)“(1)

summaries of estimated expenditures, for the first, four fiscal years following the ensuing fiscal year for which the Budget was transmitted to the Congress by the President under subsection (a) of this section, which will be required under continuing programs which have a legal commitment for future years or are considered mandatory under existing law; and

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“(2)“(2)

summaries of estimated expenditures, in fiscal years following such ensuing fiscal year, of balances carried over from such ensuing fiscal year.”.

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its consideration of proposed legislation, including requests for appropriations, or

its review of any program, or of any activity of any Federal agency, which is within the jurisdiction of such committee or joint committee.

the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate,

the Committees on Government Operations of the House and Senate, and

any other committee of the House or Senate, or any joint committee of the two Houses, which has requested information on any program or part, thereof, or any activity of any Federal agency, which is the subject, in whole or in part., of such report.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

Detail, one-year limit.

Comptroller General may not assign or detail any employee of the General Accounting Office to full-time duty on a continuing basis with any committee of the Senate or House of Representatives or with any joint committee of Congress for any period of more than one year.

The Comptroller General shall include in his annual report to

Annual report to Congress, contents.

the Congress the following information—

not later than sixty days after the date of such report, submit a written statement to the Committees on Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the action taken by such agency with respect to such recommendations; and

in connection with the first request for appropriations for that agency submitted to the Congress more than sixty days after the date of such report, submit a written statement to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the action taken by such agency with respect to such recommendations.

insofar as applicable to the Senate, as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and, to the extent so applicable, those sections are deemed a part of the Standing Rules of the Senate, superseding other individual rules of the Senate only to the extent, that those sections are inconsistent with those other individual Senate rules, subject to and with full recognition of the power of the Senate to enact or change any rule of the Senate at any time in its exercise of its constitutional right to determine the rules of its proceedings; and

insofar as applicable to the House of Representatives, 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.

Each hearing conducted by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate shall be open to the public except when the committee determines that the testimony to be taken at that hearing may relate to a matter of national security, may tend to reflect adversely on the character or reputation of the witness or any other individual, or may divulge matters deemed confidential under other provisions of law or Government, regulation. Whenever any such hearing is open to the public, that hearing may be broadcast by radio or television, or both, under such rules as the committee may adopt.

providing for proxy voting on all matters other than the reporting of a measure or matter, or

providing in accordance with the Standing Rules of the Senate for a lesser number as a quorum for any action other than the reporting of a measure or matter.

insofar as applicable to the Senate, as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and, to the extent so applicable, those sections are deemed a part of the Standing Rules of the Senate, superseding other individual rules of the Senate only to the extent that those sections are inconsistent with those other individual Senate rules, subject to and with full recognition of the power of the Senate to enact or change any rule of the Senate at any time in its exorcise of its constitutional right to determine the rules of its proceedings; and

insofar as applicable to the House of Representatives, 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.

Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new clause:

“7.

(a)(a)

The report accompanying each bill or joint resolution of a public character reported by any committee shall contain—

“(1)“(1)

an estimate, made by such committee, of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out such bill or joint resolution in the fiscal year in which it is reported and in each of the five fiscal years foil owing such fiscal year (or for the authorized duration of any program authorized by such bill or joint resolution, if less than five years), except that, in the case of measures affecting the revenues, such reports shall require only an estimate of the gain or loss in revenues for a one-year period; and

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“(2)“(2)

a comparison of the estimate of costs described in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph made by such committee with any estimate of such costs made by any Government agency and submitted to such committee.

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“(b)“(b)

It shall not be in order to consider any such bill or joint resolution in the House if the report of the committee which reported that bill or joint resolution does not comply with paragraph (a) of this clause.

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“(c)“(c)

For the purposes of this clause, the members of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy who are Members of the House shall be deemed to be a committee of the House.

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“(d)“(d)

For the purposes of subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of this clause, a Government agency includes any department, agency, establishment, wholly owned Government corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal Government or the government of the District of Columbia.

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“(e)“(e)

The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply to the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on House Administration, the Committee on Rules, and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.”.

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Each committee of the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations), and each joint committee of the two Houses of Congress, which is authorized to receive, report, and recommend the enactment of, bills and joint resolutions shall, in its consideration of all bills and joint resolutions of a public character within its jurisdiction, endeavor to insure that—

so that, to the extent consistent with the nature, requirements, and objectives of those programs and activities, appropriations therefor will lie made annually.

Each committee of the Senate (except the Committee on

Continuing programs, review by Senate and joint committees.

Appropriations), and each joint committee of the two Houses of Congress, which is authorized to receive, report, and recommend the 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.

Clause 28 of Rule XI 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)“(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)“(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

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“(2)“(2)

all continuing activities of Government agencies, within the jurisdiction of that committee, are carried on;

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so that, to the extent consistent with the nature, requirements, 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 XIII.

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“(e)“(e)

Each standing committee of the House shall review, from time

Review by House committees.

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.”.

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Section 202(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act

Professional staff members, appointment.

60 Stat. 834.

of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 72a(a)), is amended to read as follows:

“(a)“(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 appoint-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

Services, termination.

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

Permanent appointments.

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.”.

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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)“(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 stuff member shall handle committee, correspondence and stenographic work for the minority members of the committee and for any members of the committee staff appointed under subsection (a) pursuant to request by such minority members,

Services, termination.

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.”.

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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)“(g)

In any ease in which a request for the appointment of a

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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 request 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 rime such person shall be considered to have been appointed to such vacancy.

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“(h)“(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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Nothing in the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be construed—

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.

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.

Paragraphs (a) and (b) of clause 29 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives are amended to read as follows:

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“(a)“(a)

(1)(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 consider advisable.

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“(2)“(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 members 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.

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“(3)“(3)

The professional staff members of each standing committee—

Appointments, conditions.

“(A)“(A)

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;

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“(B)“(B)

shall not engage in any work other than committee business; and

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“(C)“(C)

shall not be assigned any duties other than those pertaining to committee business.

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“(4)“(4)

Services of the professional staff members of each standing committee may be terminated by majority vote of the committee.

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“(5)“(5)

The foregoing provisions of this paragraph do not apply to the Committee on Appropriations.

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“(b)“(b)

(1)(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) of

Infra.

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 snail 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.

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“(2)“(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 are 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 for any members of the professional staff appointed under subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of this clause on matters related to committee work.

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“(3)“(3)

Services of the clerical staff members of each standing committee may be terminated by majority vote of the committee.

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“(4)“(4)

The foregoing provisions of this paragraph do not apply to the Committee on Appropriations.”.

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Clause 29 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives,

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as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end of such clause the following new paragraphs:

“(f)“(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

Selection between eligible members.

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)“(g)

Each staff member appointed pursuant to a request by minority

Minority party staff appointees:, equitable treatment.

party members under paragraph (a) or (b) of this clause, and each staff member appointed to assist minority party members of a committee pursuant to House resolution, 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.

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“(h)“(h)

Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this clause shall not be construed

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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.”.

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Nothing in the amendments made by this section shall be construed to require a reduction in—

The additional professional staff members authorized to be

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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.

Section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

Legislative Reference Service, redesignation.

60 Stat. 836.

1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 166) is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 203. “congressional research service

(a)(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’.

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“(b)“(b)

It is the policy of Congress that—

“(1)“(1)

the Librarian of Congress shall, in every possible way,

Functions.

encourage, assist, and promote the Congressional Research Service in—

“(A)“(A)

rendering to Congress the most effective and efficient service,

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“(B)“(B)

responding most expeditiously, effectively, and efficiently to the special needs of Congress, and

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“(C)“(C)

discharging its responsibilities to Congress;

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and

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“(2)“(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.

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“(c)“(c)

(1)(1)

After consultation with the Joint Committee on the Library, the Librarian of Congress shall appoint the Director of the Congressional Research Service. The basic pay of the Director shall lie 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.

Deputy Director

States Code.

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“(2)“(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

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5 USC 5101, 5331.

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51 (relating to classification) and subchapter III (relating to General Schedule pay rates) of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, but without regard to section 5108(a) of such title. The basic pay of all 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, except that—

“(A)“(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

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“(B)“(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.

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“(3)“(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.

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“(d)“(d)

It shall be the duty of the Congressional Research Service, without partisan bias—

“(1)“(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)“(A)

determining the advisability of enacting such proposals:

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“(B)“(B)

estimating the probable results of such proposals and alternatives thereto; and

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“(C)“(C)

evaluating alternative methods for accomplishing those results;

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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;

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“(2)“(2)

to make available to each committee of the Senate and

Terminating programs, list.

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;

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“(3)“(3)

to make available to each committee of the Senate and

Subjects for analysis, list.

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;

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“(4)“(4)

upon request, or upon its own initiative in anticipation of

Legislative data studies, etc.

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;

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“(5)“(5)

upon request, or upon its own initiative in anticipation of

Information, research, etc.

requests, to prepare and provide information, research, and reference materials and services to committees and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives and joint committees of Congress to assist them in their legislative and representative functions;

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“(6)“(6)

to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions

Digest of bills, preparation.

of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives;

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“(7)“(7)

upon request made by any committee or Member of the

Legislation, purpose and effect memoranda, preparation.

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

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“(8)“(8)

to develop and maintain an information and research

Information and research capability, development.

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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“(e)“(e)

The Librarian of Congress is authorized to appoint in the Congressional Research Service, upon the recommendation of the Director, Specialists and Senior Specialists in the following broad fields:

“(1)“(1)

agriculture;

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“(2)“(2)

American government and public administration;

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“(3)“(3)

American public law;

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“(4)“(4)

conservation;

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“(5)“(5)

education;

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“(6)“(6)

engineering and public works;

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“(7)“(7)

housing;

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“(8)“(8)

industrial organization and corporation finance;

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“(9)“(9)

international affairs;

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“(10)“(10)

international trade and economic geography;

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“(11)“(11)

labor and employment;

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“(12)“(12)

mineral economics;

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“(13)“(13)

money and banking;

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“(14)“(14)

national defense;

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“(15)“(15)

price economics;

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“(16)“(16)

science;

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“(17)“(17)

social welfare;

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“(18)“(18)

taxation and fiscal policy;

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“(19)“(19)

technology;

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“(20)“(20)

transportation and communications;

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“(21)“(21)

urban affairs;

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“(22)“(22)

veterans’ affairs; and

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“(23)“(23)

such other broad fields as the Director may consider appropriate.

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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.

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“(f)“(f)

The Director is authorized—

“(1)“(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)“(A)

expedite and facilitate the handling of the individual requests submitted by Members of the Senate and House of Representatives,

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“(B)“(B)

promote efficiency in the performance of services for committees of the Senate and House of Representatives and joint committees of Congress, and

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“(C)“(C)

provide a basis for the efficient performance by the Congressional Research Service of its legislative research and related functions generally,

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to establish and change, from time to time, as he considers 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.

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“(g)“(g)

In 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 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.

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“(h)“(h)

(1)(1)

The Director of the Congressional Research Service may

Experts or consultants contracts.

procure the temporary or intermittent assistance of individual experts or consultants (including stenographic reporters) and of persons learned in particular or special i zed fields of knowledge—

“(A)“(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

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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,

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“(2)“(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.

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“(i)“(i)

The Director of the Congressional Research Service shall prepare

Special report to Joint Committee on the Library.

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.

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“(j)“(j)

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Congressional

Appropriation.

Research Service each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry on the work of the Service.”.

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Title II of the table of contents of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 813) is amended by striking out—

and inserting in lieu thereof—

The Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, at the beginning of the fifth fiscal year following the completion and publication of the parliamentary precedents of the House authorized by the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (79 Stat. 270; Public 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.

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.

For the purpose of carrying out each such compilation and preparation, the Parliamentarian may—

There is hereby created a Joint Committee on Congressional Operations (hereafter in this Part referred to as the “Joint Committee”).

The Joint Committee shall lie composed of ten members as

Membership.

follows:

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.

The Joint Committee shall select, a chairman

Chairman and vice chairman, selection.

and a vice chairman from among its members at the beginning of each Congress. The 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.

The Joint Committee shall—

The Joint Committee shall exercise all functions vested in it by section 406 of this Part.

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Report to Congress

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.

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.

In 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—

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.

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—

It shall be the duty of the Office, upon request, to assist Members,

Duties.

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.

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.

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.

Title 1V 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—

Each officer of the Congress having responsibility for the supervision of employees, including employees appointed upon recommendation of Members of Congress, shall have authority—

As used in this section, the term “officer of the Congress” means—

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.

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.

The Capitol Guide Board is authorized—

The Capitol Guide Board shall—

An employee of the Capitol Guide Service shall not charge or

Acceptance of fees, prohibition.

accept any fee, or accept any gratuity, for or on account of his official services. _ .

The Capitol Guide Board may detail personnel of the Capitol

Personnel detail.

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.

The Capitol Guide Board may receive and consider advice and

Historical and educational Information.

information from any private historical or educational organization, 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.

With the prior approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration

Regulations.

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.

The Capitol Guide Board may take appropriate disciplinary

Disciplinary action.

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.

The expenses of the Capitol Guide Service shall be paid from

Expenses paid from contingent fund.

the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, until appropriations are available for the payment of such expenses.

Section 2107 of title 5, United States Code, relating

“Congressional employee.”

80 Stat. 409; 81 Stat. 196.

to the definition of “Congressional employee”, is amended—

Section 8332(b) of title 5, United States Code, relating to

Civil service retirement.

80 Stat. 567; 83 Stat. 831.

creditable service for retirement purposes, is amended—

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 such persons shall be considered to have been authorized for the Capitol Guide Service

Pay rates.

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.

The United States Capitol Police Board shall transfer, on the 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.

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—

Monetary surpluses, disposal.

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.

Any private organization, except political parties

GAO audit.

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 lie subject, for each year in which it performs such services or conducts such activities, to a special audit of its accounts which shall lie conducted by the General Accounting Office. The results of such audit shall be reported by the

Report to Congress.

Comptroller General to the Senate and House of Representatives.

This section is enacted by the Congress—

Section 132 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 198) is amended to read as follows:

60 Stat. 831.

“Sec. 132. “congressional adjournment

(a)(a)

Unless otherwise provided by the Congress, the two Houses shall—

“(1)“(1)

adjourn sine die not later than July 31 of each year; or

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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 Hay) of such year to the second day after Labor Day.

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“(b)“(b)

This section shall not be applicable in any year if on July 31

Nonapplicability

of such year a state of war exists pursuant, to a declaration of war by the Congress.”.

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The clerk hire allowance of each Member of the House of Representatives and the Resident 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—

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.

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.

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.

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.

the Speaker, $110,000.

the Majority Leader, $90,000.

the Minority Leader, $55,000.

the Majority Whip, $55,000.

the Minority Whip, $55,000.

is disbursed by the Clerk; and

immediately prior to such effective date, was fixed at a basic rate with respect to which additional pay was payable by law.

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

the rate so referred to or provided is a basic rate with respect to which additional pay is provided by law;

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

affect the continuity of employment of, or reduce the pay of, any employee whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House.

There are hereby repealed—

Repeals.

Clerk hire.

All provisions of law inconsistent with any provision of this Part are hereby superseded to the extent of the inconsistency.

Section 5533(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

“(c)“(c)

(1)(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 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.

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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.

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For 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.”.

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an employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; or

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;

the rate of pay of, or any maximum or minimum rate of pay with respect to—

is referred to in or provided by statute or other authority; and

the rate so referred to or provided is a basic rate with respect to which additional pay is provided by law;

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;

affect the continuity of employment of, or reduce the pay of, any employee holding any posit ion referred to in subparagraph (1) of this section; or

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

80 Stat. 475; 81 Stat. 207.

of the Capitol.

All provisions of law inconsistent with this Part are hereby superseded to the extent of the inconsistency.

Sections 5504 and 6101(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code,

House and Senate Restaurant employees.

shall apply to employees of the House and Senate Restaurants who are 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.

in accordance with chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53, of title 5, United States Code, relating to classification

80 Stat. 443, 467; Ante, p. 198–1

5 USC 5101, 5331.

5 USC 5341.

and General Schedule pay rates;

in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to prevailing rate pay systems;

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

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

40 USC 174j–1—174j–7.

Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (54 Stat. 1056; Public, No. 812, Seventy-sixth Congress), relating to the duties of the Architect

40 USC 174k.

of the Capitol with respect to the House of Representatives Restaurant.

A person shall not be appointed as a page of the Senate or House of Representatives—

A person shall not serve as a page—

(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.

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.

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 lief ore the last day of July in any year 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.

There are hereby repealed—

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.

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 furnishings and equipment, for pages of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

The Architect of the Capitol, under the joint direction and

Property acquisition in D.C.

supervision of the Senate Office Building Commission and the House Office Building Commission, is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States, by purchase, 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.

Any proceeding for condemnation instituted under subsection

Condemnation proceedings.

(b) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 13 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code.

77 Stat. 577.

D.C. Code 16–1351 et seq.

U.S.-owned property, transfer.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any real property owned by the United States, and any alleys, or parts of alleys and streets, contained within the curblines surrounding the real property 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.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any alleys, or parts of alleys and streets, contained within the 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.

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 July 31, 1946.

60 Stat. 718.

D.C. Code 9–118 to 9–132.

John W. McCormack Residential Page School, designation.

The building constructed on the real property acquired under this section shall be designated the “John W. McCormack Residential Page School”. The employment of all services (other than that of the United States Capitol Police) necessary for its protection, care, maintenance, 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. The Architect shall submit annually to the Congress estimates in

Annual expense estimates to Congress.

detail for all services, other than those of the United States Capitol 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 Residential 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 School.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate jointly shall designate an officer of 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—

Residence Superintendant of Pages appointment.

Such officers, subject to the approval of the Speaker and the President pro 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

Additional personnel.

officials 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.

Nothing in this part, shall affect the operation of section 243 of

60 Stat. 839.

the 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.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint a special commission of the House, to be designated the “Special Commission on Modernization of House Gallery Facilities”, 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 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

Program formulation and development.

the commission shall provide for—

At 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.

Such study shall be completed not later than the close of the

Completion date.

first session of the Ninety-second Congress.

After the completion of such study, the commission through the

Program implementation.

Architect 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 authority.

may 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.

The commission shall cease to exist, when the Speaker determines

Commission, termination.

that the program for modernization and improvement of the galleries has been completed.

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, to remain

Appropriations.

available until expended, such sums as may be necessary to carry out. the provisions of this section.