PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 783-OCT. 28 , 1949 Ane, p. 218 . 60 Stat. 217. 5U.S. C. §931,932. Ante, p. 265 . 59 Stat. 301. 5 U.s .c . §§ 931,932. Ante, p. 265 . 62 Stat. 1267. 5 U. S. C., Supp. II, §955. 59 Stat. 303 . 6 U. S. C., Supp. II, 943 (b). 60 Stat. 218 . 5 U.S . C., Supp. II, j943a. 62 Stat. 1268 . 5U.S. ., Supp. II, 957. Limitation on sal- ary. Administrative as- sistant to Senator. Clerical assistance, etc. 2 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 60 note. Salary limitation. Elected officers of Congress. 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, $10,000. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES For payment to Sarah O'Connor Welch, widow of Richard J. Welch, late a Representative from the State of California, $12,500. SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES For the employment of an additional administrative assistant, Office of the Clerk, from October 1, 1949, at the basic rate of $4,000 per annum, $4,500. INCREASED PAY FOR LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES That (a) each officer or employee in or under the legislative branch of the Government (other than an employee in the office of a Senator) whose rate of compensation is increased by section 5 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946 shall be paid additional compensation at the rate of 5 per centum of the aggregate rate of his basic compensa- tion and the rate of the additional compensation received by him under sections 501 and 502 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended, and section 301 of the Postal Rate Revision and Federal Employees Salary Act of 1948. (b) The provisions of section 603 (b) of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended, section 7 (b) of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946, as amended, and section 303 (c) of the Postal Rate Revision and Federal Employees Salary Act of 1948 shall not apply to officers and employees subject to the provisions of this section or to employees in the offices of Senators, but (except as provided in sub- section (d)) no such officer or employee shall, by reason of any pro- vision of such Acts or of this section be paid with respect to any pay period basic compensation, or basic compensation plus additional compensation, at a rate in excess of $10,846 per annum. (c) (1) The basic compensation of the administrative assistant to a Senator shall be charged against the aggregate amount authorized to be paid for clerical assistance and messenger service in the office of such Senator. (2) The aggregate amount of the basic compensation authorized to be paid for clerical assistance and messenger service in the office of each Senator is hereby increased by $11,520. (3) The second proviso in the paragraph relating to the authority of Senators to rearrange the basic salaries of employees in their respective offices, which appears under the heading "Clerical Assist- ance to Senators" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 (60 Stat. 390; U. S . C., title 2, sec. 60f), is amended to read as follows: "Provided further,That no salary shall be fixed under this paragraph at a basic rate of more than $5,280 per annum, except that the salary of one employee, other than the administrative assistant, in the office of each Senator may be fixed at a basic rate of not more than $6,720 per annum and the salary of the administrative assistant to each Senator may be fixed at a basic rate of not more than $8,400 per annum". (d) The rates of basic compensation of each of the elected officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives (not including the presiding officers of the two Houses) are hereby increased by 5 per centum. 974 [63 STAT.
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