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PUBLIC LAW 88-652-OCT. 13, 1964

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(1) any authority to est'ablish positions under the House of Representatives which are not within the purview of this Act, or (2) any authority to make appointments to positions under the House of Representatives, irrespective of whether such positions are within the purview of this Act. REGULATIONS

SEC. 13. The committee is authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. DUAL C O M P E N S A T I O N

SEC. 14. For the purposes of applicable law relating to the payment to any employee subject to the House Employees Schedule or the House Wage Schedule of compensation from more than one civilian office or position, the rate of basic compensation of each employee subject to any such schedule shall be held and considered to be that rate which, when increased by addition'al compensation then currently authorized by law for House employees generally, equals or most nearly equals the per annum rate of compensation of such employee under such schedule. SAVING PROVISIONS

SEC. 16. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, the aggregate (gross) rate of compensation of any employee immediately prior to the effective date of this Act shall not be reduced by reason of the enactment of this Act. (b) For the purposes of applicable law relating to the payment to any individual of compensation from more than one civilian office or position, each employee of the House to whom this Act applies who, immediately prior to the effective date of this Act— (1) is receiving basic compensation from more than one civilian office or position and (2) is m compliance with such law shall be held and considered to be in compliance with such law on and after such effective date, notwithstanding the enactment of this Act, so long as such employee continues to receive, without break in service of more than thirty days, the same or lower rate of basic compensation in a position to which this Act does not apply. CHANGES I N EXISTING LAW

SEC. 16. (a) Section 105(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957 (70 Stai. 371; Public Law 624, 84th Congress; 2 U.S.C. 123b(f)), which relates to compensation of personnel under the House Recording Studio, is amended by striking out "and fix the compensation of". (b) The proviso under the heading "House of Representatives" and under the caption "Office of the Doorkeeper", which relates to compensation of pages of the House of Representatives, in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1949 (62 Stat. 426; Public Law 641, Eightieth Congress; 2 U.S.C. 88c), is amended by striking out "shall be at the basic rate of $1,800 per annum and". EFFECTIVE

DATE

SEC. 17. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 1965. Approved October 13, 1964.

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