SENATE

SENATE For payment to Lois Lilly Kilgore, widow of Harley M. Kilgore, late a Senator from the State of West Virginia, $22,500. 70 Stat. 175 Salaries, Offices and Employees Office of the Secretary: For an additional amount for the Office of the Secretary, $2,535: Provided, That the basic compensation of the assistant to the majority and the assistant to the minority may be fixed by the majority and minority leaders, respectively, at a rate not to exceed $8,820 per annum; and that effective April 1, 1956, the basic amount available for clerical assistance and readjustment of salaries in the disbursing office is increased by $3,000. Contingent Expenses of the Senate Joint Committee on the Economic Report: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report, $10,914. Inquiries and investigations: For an additional amount for expenses of inquiries and investigations, $600,000. Stationery: For an additional amount for stationery, $2,900, and the amount available for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate is hereby increased to $12,900. Administrative Provisions The third proviso in the paragraph relating to the authority of Senators and committee chairmen to rearrange the basic salaries of employees in their respective offices or committees, which appears in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947, as amended (2 U. S. C. 60f), is amended to read as follows: “Provided further, That Senators and committee chairmen, on or before the day on which they are to become effective, shall certify in writing such changes or rearrangements to the disbursing office of the Senate which thereafter shall pay such employees in accordance with such certifications, except that, in the case of any change or rearrangement, other than original appointments, to become effective on or after the first day and prior to the tenth day of any month, such certification may be made at any time not later than the tenth day of such month”.