compensation of professional and clerical staffs of senate standing committees

compensation of professional and clerical staffs of senate standing committees Sec. 305. Subsections (e) and (f) of section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (81 Stat. 142–143; Public Law 90–57), as amended (2 U.S.C. 61–1), are amended to read as follows: “(e) (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), the professional staff members of standing committees of the Senate, shall receive gross annual compensation to be fixed by the chairman ranging from $18,328 to $32,712. “(2) The rates of gross compensation of the clerical staff of each standing committee of the Senate shall be fixed by the chairman as follows: “(A) for each committee, (other than the Committee on Appropriations), one chief clerk and one assistant chief clerk at $7,888 to $32,712, and not to exceed four other clerical assistants at $7,888 to $13,688; and “(B) for the Committee on Appropriations, one chief clerk and one assistant chief clerk and two assistant clerks at $20,416 to $32,712; such assistant clerks as may be necessary at $13,920 to $20,184; and such other clerical assistants as may be necessary at $7,888 to $13,688. “(3) No employee of any standing or select committee of the Senate (including the majority and minority policy committees and the conference majority and conference minority of the Senate), or of any joint committee the expenses of which are paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, shall be paid at a gross rate in excess of $32,712 per annum, except that— “(A) four employees of any such committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), who are otherwise authorized to be paid at such rate, may be paid at gross rates not in excess of $34,104 per annum, and two such employees may be paid at gross rates not in excess of $35,496 per annum; and “(B) sixteen employees of the Committee on Appropriations who are otherwise authorized to be paid at such rate, may be paid at gross rates not in excess of $34,104 per annum, and two such employees may be paid at gross rates not in excess of $35,496 per annum. For the purpose of this paragraph, an employee of a subcommittee shall be considered to be an employee of the full committee. “(f) No officer or employee whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate shall be paid gross compensation at a rate less than $1,160 or in excess of $35,496, unless expressly authorized by law.”.