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Legislative branch. Post, p. 177. 60 Stat. 217. 5 USC 931, 932. 59 Stat. 3 0 1. 5 USC 931,932. 62 Stat. 1267. 5 USC 955. 63 Stat. 974; 65 Stat. 613. 2 USC 60a note, 60f; 5 USC 932a, 932b. 65 Stat. 613. 5 USC 932b.

65 Stat. 614.

65 Stat. 613. 5 USC 932b.

PUBLIC LAW 9 4 - J U N E 28, 1955

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(c) Section 753(e) of title 28 of the United States Code (relating to the compensation of court reporters for district courts) is amended by striking out "$6,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$6,450". SEC. 4. (a) Each officer and 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 7.5 per centum of the aggregate rate of his rate of basic compensation 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, section 301 of the Postal Rate Revision and Federal Employees Salary Act of 1948, the provisions under the heading "Increased pay for legislative employees" in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950, the Act of October 24, 1951 (Public Law 201, Eighty-second Congress), and any other provision of law. (b) Section 2(b) of the Act of October 24, 1951 (Public Law 201, Eighty-second Congress), is amended by striking out "$11,646 per annum unless expressly authorized by law" and inserting in lieu thereof "the highest per annum rate of compensation paid under authority of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, unless expressly authorized by law", (c) 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), the Parliamentarian of the Senate, the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives, and the Coordinator of Information of the House of Representatives are hereby increased by 7.5 per centum. (d)(1) The aggregate amount of the basic compensation authorized to be paid for administrative and clerical assistance and messenger service in the offices of Senators is hereby increased by— (A) $10,020 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is less than three million; (B) $10,920 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is three million or more but less than five million; (C) $11,760 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is five million or more but less than ten million; and (D) $11,880 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is ten million or more. (2) Notwithstanding 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 in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947, as amended (2 U.S.C. 60f), but subject to the limitations contained in paragraph (3) of this subsection, during the period beginning on the effective date of this subsection and ending on the last day of the first pay period which begins after the date of enactment of this Act (A) the compensation of the administrative assistant in the office of each Senator may be fixed at a basic rate which together with additional compensation authorized by law will not exceed the maximum rate authorized by section 2(b) of the Act of October 24, 1951 (Public Law 201, Eighty-second Congress), as amended, (li) the compensation of one employee other than the administrative assistant in the ofRce of each Senator may be fixed at a basic rate not to exceed $10,260 per annum, and (C) the compensation of any other employee in the office of a Senator may be fixed at a basic rate not to exceed $6,420 per annum. (3) Notwithstanding the third proviso in such paragraph, any increase in the compensation of an employee in a Senator's office shall

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