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PUBLIC LAW 2 4 2 - A U G. 5, 1955

Public Law 242

499 CHAPTER 568

AN ACT Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the June 30, 1956, and for other purposes.

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year ending

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August 5, 1955 [H. R. 7117]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America m Congress assembled, That the following ^l^o^^i»^ti<^ A&L, sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- 1956. wise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, namely: SENATE SALARIES OF SENATORS, MILEAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE A N D OF SENATORS, EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF THE MAJORITY A N D MINORITY LEADERS OF THE SENATE, A N D SALARY A N D EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

For compensation of Senators, including agency contribution for Federal employees group lif^ insurance, as authorized by Public Law 598, Eighty-third Congress, $2,166,240. For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $51,000. For expense allowance of the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate, $2,000 each, in all, $4,000. For the compensation of the Vice President of the United States, including agency contributions for Federal employees group life insurance, as authorized by Public Law 598, Eighty-third Congress, $35,070. For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000.

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SALARIES, OFFICERS A N D EMPLOYEES

For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and others as authorized by law, as follows: OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

For clerical assistance to the Vice President, at rates of compensation to be fixed by him in multiples of $5 per month, $64,745. CHAPLAIN

Chaplain of the Senate, $5,000: Provided, That effective August 1, 1955, the gross compensation of the chaplain of the Senate shall be $5,000 per annum. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

For Office of the Secretary, $521,345: Provided, That effective August 1, 1955, the gross annual compensation of the Secretary of the Senate shall be $17,500; and the basic annual compensation of the following positions shall be: chief clerk $8,820 in lieu of $7,500; parliamentarian $8,820 in lieu of $14,297.50 and Public Law 253, Eighty-second Congress is hereby amended insofar as it applies to the compensation of the parliamentarian of the Senate by deleting "so long as the position is held by the present incumbent"; assistant parliamentarian $7,260 in lieu of $7,000 and Public Law 470, Eightythird Congress is hereby amended insofar as it applies to the compensation of the assistant parliamentarian by deleting "so long as the position is held by the present incumbent"; legislative clerk $7,260



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