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PUBLIC LAW 178-AUG. 1, 1953

[67 S T A T.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SALARIES, MILEAGE, AND EXPENSES or MEMBERS

66 Stat. 467.

26 USC* 2.1?'

For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates from Territories, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, $5,492,500. For mileage and expense allowance of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates from Territories, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, as authorized by law, $1,273,500. The proviso Under this head in Public Law 471, Eighty-second Congress, is amended to read as follows:'"''Provided, That in the case of taxable years beginning after December 31, 1953, the place of residence of a Member of Congress (including any Delegate and Resident Commissioner) within the State, congressional district, Territory, or possession which he represents in Congress shall be considered his home for the purposes of section 23(a)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, but amounts expended by such Member within each taxable year for living expenses shall not be deductible for income tax purposes in excess of $3,000." SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, as follows: OFFICE OF THE

SPEAKER

For Office of the Speaker, $47,285. THE S P E A K E R ' S TABLE

For the Speaker's table, including $2,000 for preparing Digest of the Rules, $43,885. OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

For the Office of the Chaplain, $2,950. OFFICE OF THE CLERK

For the Office of the Clerk, including the employment of an assistant property custodian at the basic rate of $2,800 per annum, as authorized by House Resolution 725, agreed to July 2, 1952; and an editor and laboratory supervisor, and a script-writer and general secretary, Joint Recording Facility, at the basic per annum salary rates of $4,020 and $2,500, respectively; and $745 additional for longevity increased pay for telephone operators; $684,265. COMMITTEEMPLOYEES

For committee employees, including a sum of not to exceed $330,000 for the Committee on Appropriations, $1,796,720. OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS

For Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $384,045. OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER

For the Office of the Doorkeeper, including additional compensation to the two assistant floor managers of telephones (one for the minority), at the basic per annum salary rate of $500 each, so long

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