Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/458

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 467-JUNE 14, 1948 45 Stat. 1008; 61 Stat. 640, 641. 1U.S.C., Supp.I, 1213. 59 Stat. 295; 60 Stat. 216. 5U.S.c. 901 ed eq.: Supp. I, §902 et seq. Post, p. 1267 . Defraying of desig- nated expenses, re- striction. Reporting hearings: For stenographic reports of hearings of com- mittees other than special and select committees, $65,000. Special and select committees: For salaries and expenses of special and select committees authorized by the House, $600,000. Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation: For the payment of the salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, $155,000. Office of the Coordinator of Information: For salaries and other expenses of the Office of the Coordinator of Information, $65,000. Telegraph and telephone: For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, $450,000. Stationery (revolving fund): For a stationery allowance of $500 for each Representative, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, for the first session of the Eighty-first Congress, and for stationery for the use of the committees, departments, and officers of the House (not to exceed $8,000), $227,000, to remain avail- able until expended. Attending physician's office: For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the emergency room and for the attending physician and his assistants, including an allowance of $1,500 to be paid to the attending physician in equal monthly installments as authorized by the Act approved June 27, 1940 (54 Stat. 629), and including an allowance of not to exceed $30 per month each to four assistants as provided by the House resolutions adopted July 1, 1930, January 20, 1932, and November 18, 1940, $6,985. Postage stamps: Postmaster, $200; Clerk, $400; Sergeant at Arms, $250; Doorkeeper, $100; and to enable the Clerk of the House to pro- cure and furnish each Representative, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, United States air-mail and special- delivery postage stamps as authorized by law, $32,850; in all, $33,800. Folding documents: For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand or for the employment of personnel at a rate not to exceed $5.20 per day per person, $65,000. Revision of laws: For preparation and editing of the laws as author- ized by the Act approved May 29, 1928 (1 U. S . C . 59), $10,000, to be expended under the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary. Speaker's automobile: For exchange, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $5,200. Salaries or wages paid out of the foregoing items under "Contingent expenses of the House" shall be computed at basic rates as authorized by law, plus increased and additional compensation as provided by the "Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945", as amended by the "Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946 ' . No part of the appropriation contained in this title for the con- tingent expenses of the House of Representatives shall be used to defray the expenses of any committee consisting of more than six persons (not more than four from the House and not more than two from the Senate), nor to defray the expenses of any other person except the Sergeant at Arms of the House or a representative of his office, and except the widow or minor children, or both, of the deceased, to attend the funeral rites and burial of any person who at the time of his or her death is a Representative, a Delegate from a Territory, or a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. CAPITOL POLICE General expenses: For purchasing and supplying uniforms, pur- chase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passen- ger-carrying vehicles, continent expenses, including $25 per month 428 [62 STAT.