HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Payments to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress For payment to the Estate of Claude Pepper, late a Representative from the State of Florida, $89,500. Mileage of Members For mileage of Members, as authorized by law, $210,000. Salaries and Expenses For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, $536,907,000, as follows: house leadership offices For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $4,409,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,019,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $940,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,041,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, $755,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip and not to exceed $166,560, for the Chief Deputy Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, $654,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to exceed $84,060, for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip. 103 STAT. 1048 members’ clerk hire For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of his official and representative duties, $188,074,000. committee employees For professional and clerical employees of standing committees, including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget, $55,000,000. committee on the budget (studies) For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee on the Budget, and temporary personal services for such committee to be expended in accordance with sections 101(c), 606, 703, and 901(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, $354,000. contingent expenses of the house standing committees, special and select For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and select, authorized by the House, $57,716,000. allowances and expenses For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or law, $187,099,000, including: Official Expenses of Members, $76,341,000; supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, $19,577,000; net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of office equipment, $9,276,000; furniture and furnishings, $1,130,000; stenographic reporting of committee hearings, $800,000; reemployed annuitants reimbursements, $1,380,000; Government contributions to employees’ life insurance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and worker’s and unemployment compensation, $77,973,000; and miscellaneous items including, but not limited to, purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $622,000. Such amounts as are deemed necessary for the payment of allowances and expenses under this heading may be transferred among the various categories of allowances and expenses under this heading, upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. committee on appropriations (studies and investigations) 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, $4,660,000. 103 STAT. 1049 salaries, officers and employees For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as authorized by law, $39,595,000, including; Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, $17,514,000; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $1,001,000; Office of the Doorkeeper, including overtime, as authorized by law, $8,747,000; Office of the Postmaster, $3,028,000, including $112,560 for employment of substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees when required at the salary rate of not to exceed $17,802 per annum each; Office of the Chaplain, $81,000; Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $772,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian, $279,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,032,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $3,400,000; six minority employees, $543,000; the House Democratic Steering Committee and Caucus, $967,000; the House Republican Conference, $967,000; and other authorized employees, $1,264,000. Such amounts as are deemed necessary for the payment of salaries of officers and employees under this heading may be transferred among the various offices and activities under this heading, upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.