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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 772

Clerk-hire allowance of Georgia Senators. 2 USC 61-1 note.

Office of Classified National Security Information. Establishment. 2 USC 72a note.

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Transfer of records.

Repeal.

Travel expenses of Sergeant of Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.

PUBLIC LAW 95-391—SEPT. 30, 1978 Provided, That an employee serving as an Assistant in Document Room at not to exceed $14,678 per annum on the last day of the month in which this Act is enacted and who continues to serve as an Assistant, Document Room, after such last day may be paid compensation at not to exceed $14,678 per annum so long as such employee continuously serves in such position. SEC. 104, (a) Effective April 1, 1978, the clerk-hire allowance of each Senator from the State of Georgia is increased to that allowed Senators from States having a population of five million but less than seven million, the population of said State having exceeded five million inhabitants. (b) Effective April 1, 1978, the table contained in section 105(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and modified (2 U.S.C. 61-1 (d)(1)), is amended by striking out "$644,937 if such population is 7,000,000 but less than 9,000,000;" and inserting in lieu thereof "$644,937 if such population is 7,000,000 but less than 8,000,000; "$664,627 if such population is 8,000,000 but less than 9,000,000;". SEC. 105 (a) For the period beginning on October 1, 1978, and ending on December 31, 1980, there is established within the Office of the Secretary of the Senate an office to be known as the "Office of Classified National Security Information" (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Office"). The Office shall be under the policy direction of the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, and the chairman of the committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and shall be under the administrative direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Senate. The Office shall have the responsibility for safeguarding such restricted data and such other classified information as any committee of the Senate may from time to time assign to it. (b) The Office shall have authority— (1) upon application of any committee of the Senate, to perform the administrative functions necessary to classify and declassify information relating to the national security considerations of nuclear technology in accordance with guidelines developed for restricted data by the responsible executive agencies; (2) to provide appropriate facilities for hearings of committees of the Senate at which restricted data or other classified information is to be presented or discussed; and (3) to establish and operate a central repository in the United States Capitol for the safeguarding of restricted data and other classified information for which such Office is responsible. (c) All records, documents, and data in the custody of the Office of Classified National Security Information established by section 2 of Senate Resolution Numbered 252, Ninetj^-fifth Congress, are transferred to the Office established by subsection (a). (d) As an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, section 2 of Senate Resolution Numbered 252, Ninety-fifth Congress, is repealed effective October 1, 1978. SEC. 106. Section 117 of the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1976 (2 U.S.C. 61f-la), is amended by striking out "$10,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$25,000". SEC. 107. During the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, amounts required to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund under section 8344 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to any officer or employee of the Senate (including an employee in the office of a