Senate

Senate salaries and expense allowance of senators, mileage of toe president of the senate and of senators, and salary and expense allowance of the vice president For compensation of Senators, $1,200,000. For expense allowance of Senators, $240,000. For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $51,000. For the compensation of the Vice President of the United States, $30,000. For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000. salaries, officers and employees For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and others as authorized by law, as follows: office of the vice president For clerical assistance to the Vice President, at rates of compensation to be fixed by him in multiples of $5 per month, $55,410. chaplain Chaplain of the Senate, $2,946. office of the secretary For office of the Secretary, $442,555, including one camera and sound engineer, Joint Recording Facility, at the basic rate of $4,080 per annum, and one shipping clerk, Joint Recording Facility, at the basic rate of $1,500 per annum, as authorized by Public Law 11, Eighty-third Congress, and including an Assistant to the Minority at the basic rate of $8,000 per annum at the option of the Minority Policy Committee. committee employees For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees, and the Select Committee on Small Business, $1,737,045. conference committees For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $33,310. For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $33,310. 67 Stat. 319 administrative and clerical assistants to senators For administrative and clerical assistants and messenger service for Senators, $6,207,625, including additional clerical assistants for each Senator from the States of Florida and New Jersey, as authorized by Public Law 11, Eighty-third Congress: Provided, That beginning July 1, 1953, in addition to any other clerical assistance authorized by law, each Senator from any State which has a population of less than three million shall lie entitled to one assistant clerk at not to exceed $2,700 basic per annum; each Senator from any State which has a population of three million or more but less than five million shall be entitled to two assistant clerks at not to exceed $2.700 basic per annum each; and each Senator from any State which has a population of five million or more shall be entitled to three assistant clerks at not to exceed $2,700 basic per annum each. office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper For office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $1,250,520, including one additional cabinetmaker at the basic annual rate of $2,460: Provided, That the basic annual rate of compensation of the following position shall be: Procurement Officer, Auditor, and Deputy Sergeant at Arms, $6,480, in lieu of a Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Storekeeper, $6,300. 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, $62,165. contingent expenses of the senate Legislative reorganization: For salaries and expenses, legislative reorganization, including the objects specified in Public Law 663, Seventy-ninth Congress, $100,000. Senate policy committees: For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $64,670 for each such committee; in all, $129,340. Joint Committee on the Economic Report: For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report. $133,275, including compensation for stenographic assistance at such rates and in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 304, Seventy-ninth Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy: For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, including the objects specified in Public Law 20, Eightieth Congress, $188,060, and including compensation for stenographic assistance at such rates and in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 585, Seventy-ninth Congress. Joint Committee on Printing: For salaries for the Joint Committee on Printing at rates to be fixed by the committee, $39,585; for expenses of compiling, preparing, and indexing the Congressional Directory, $1,600; for compiling, preparing, and indexing material for the biographical directory, $1,900, said sum, or any part thereof, in the discretion of the chairman or vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, may be paid as additional compensation to any employee of the United States: and for travel and subsistence expenses at rates provided by law for Senate committees, $4,500; in all. $47,585. 67 Stat. 320 Vice President’s automobile: For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Vice President, $5,835. Automobile for the President pro tempore: For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the PRESIDENT pro tempore of the Senate. $5,835. Automobiles for majority and minority leaders: For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of two automobiles, one for the majority leader of the Senate, and one for the minority leader of the Senate, $1 1,670. Reporting Senate proceedings: For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, payable in equal monthly installments, $135,185. Furniture: For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, $3, 190. Furniture: For materials for furniture and repairs of same, and for the purchase of furniture, $19,000: Provided, That the furniture 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 compensation for stenographic assistance of committees at. such rates and in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration notwithstanding the provisions of section 134 (a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress; and including $400,000 for the Committee on Appropriations, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, and Public. Law 20, Eightieth Congress, $1,224,120: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for per diem and subsistence expenses (as defined in the Travel Expense Act of 1949) at rates in excess of $9 per day except that higher rates may be established by the Committee on Rules and Administration in the case of travel beyond the limits of the continental United States. Folding documents: For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $1.50 per hour per person, $27,000. Materials for folding: For materials for folding, $1,500. Fuel, and so forth: For fuel, oil, cotton waste, and advertising, exclusive of labor, $2,000. Senate restaurants: For repairs, improvements, equipment, and supplies for Senate kitchens and restaurants, Capitol Building and Semite Office Building, including personal and other services, to be expended under the supervision of the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate. $65,000. Motor vehicles: 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, $9,560. Miscellaneous items: For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $869,537. Packing boxes: For packing boxes, $3,000. Postage stamps: For office of Secretary, $500; office of Sergeant at Arms, $225; offices of the secretaries for the majority and the minority, $100; in all, $825. Airmail and special-delivery stamps: For airmail and special-delivery stamps for Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, $12,815. Stationery: For stationery for Senators and for the President of the Senate, including$10,000 for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, $126,400: Provided, That commencing with the fiscal year 1954 the allowance for stationery for each Senator and for the President of the Senate shall be at the rate of $1,200 per annum. 67 Stat. 321 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), the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949 (63 Stat. 77; 2 U. S. C. 46d–1), and Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, Public Law 254, Eighty-second Congress, $14,550. The Sergeant at Arms is authorized and directed to secure suitable office space in post office or other Federal buildings in the State of each Senator for the use of such Senator and in the city to be designated by him: Provided, That in the event suitable space is not available in such buildings and a Senator leases or rents office space elsewhere, the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to approve for payment, from the contingent fund of the Senate, vouchers covering bona fide statements of rentals due in an amount not exceeding $900 per annum for each Senator. The Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms are authorized and directed to protect the funds of their respective offices by purchasing insurance in an amount necessary to protect said funds against loss. Premiums on such insurance shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration. Salaries or wages paid out of the foregoing items under “Contingent expenses of the Senate” shall be computed at basic rates, plus increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by law. Effective July 1, 1953, Public Law 479, Seventy-ninth Congress, under the heading “contingent expenses of the senate”, the last paragraph beginning on page 7 is amended by striking out the amount “$450” and inserting in lieu thereof “$650”. Effective July 1, 1953, Public Law 479, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended by the first paragraph of chapter I, Public Law 254, Eighty-second Congress, hereby is further amended by striking out the word “sixty” and inserting in lieu thereof “ninety”, and by striking out the words “three hundred” and inserting in lieu thereof “four hundred and fifty”. There is hereby created a committee consisting of six Senators, two from the Committee on Appropriations, two from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, and two from the Committee on Rules and Administration to be appointed by the respective chairmen of said committees. It shall be the duty of said committee to study the rates of compensation now being paid officers and employees of the Senate, including employees of the Senate Office Building under the Architect of the Capitol, but excluding administrative and clerical assistants to Senators and committee employees, to determine whether such rates of compensation bear the proper relationship to each other and whether they are in line with rates now paid by the other branch of Congress, and report to the Senate at the beginning of the second session of the Eighty-third Congress, what adjustments, if any, should be made. 67 Stat. 322