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 72 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 86-462-JUNE 20, 1968

(k) The rate of gross annual compensation of each of the elected officers of the House of Representatives (except the presiding officer of the House and the Chaplain of the House) is hereby increased by 10 per centum. (1) The aggregate rate of the rate of basic annual compensation and the rate of additional annual compensation authorized by law of the Chaplain of the House of Representatives and of the Coordinator of Information of the House of Representatives is hereby increased by 10 per centum. (m) The rate of gross annual compensation of the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives shall be an amount which is equal to the rate of gross annual compensation of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate on the day following the effective date of this subsection. (n) The basic compensation of the Administrative Assistants to the Speaker, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, and Minority Whip, shall be at the rate of $8,880 per annum. (o) Subsection (e) of section 202 of the Ijegislative Reorganization ^ ® " * *°** ® ** Act of 1946, as amended (2 XJ. S. C. 72a (e)), is amended (1)' by striking out "$8,820" where it first appears in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof "$8,880", and (2) by striking out "$8,820" at the second place where it appears in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof "^8,880". (p)(1) This subsection is enacted as an exercise of the rule-making power of the House of Representatives with full recognition of the constitutional right of the House of Representatives to change the rule amended by this subsection at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the House of Representatives. (2) Clause 27 (c) of Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended (A) by striking out "$8,820" where it first appears in such clause and inserting in lieu thereof "$8,880", and (B) by striking out "$8,820" at the second place where it appears in such clause and inserting in lieu thereof "$8,880". (q) The limitations in the paragraph designated "Folding documents" under the heading "Contingent Expenses of the House" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1958 (71 Stat. 249; Public Law 85-75), are hereby increased by 10 per centum. (r) Each employee in the legislative branch of the Government whose compensation— (1) IS disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, (2) is not increased by any other provision of this Act, and (3) is fixed at a gross aggregate rate per annum, shall receive additional compensation at the rate of 10 per centum of the rate of his existing gross annual compensation. (s) The increases in compensation provided by this section shall not be applicable with respect to the Office of the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives and to any employee in such office. (t) Subject to subsection (j) of this section, each position of nurse under the Architect of the Capitol shall be allocated by the Architect to that grade of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of * ^^ ma1949, as amended, which is recommended to the Architect by the Attending Physician of the Congress. Any such allocation shall not be subject to post audit, review, or change by any authority in the executive branch. SEC. 5. (a) Section 1403(b) of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 i.^ltiom''^'*"^"' (71 Stat. 130; Public Law 86-56), relating to the annual salary of the 'as use 3403. Chief Medical Director of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, is amended by striking out "$17,800" and inserting in lieu thereof "$19,580". 98395-59-PT. 1-14

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