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PUBLIC LAW 242-AUG. 5, 1955
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SEC. 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the monthly allowance for each enlisted man of the United States Navy assigned to the attending physician shall be $75. SEC. 8. The following changes are made with respect to positions in the House Press, Kadio Press, and Periodical Press Galleries: (1) House Press Gallery: (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the basic salary for the position shown below in the first column shall be the amount shown in the second column. Title Superintendent First assistant superintendent Second assistant superintendent Third assistant superintendent Fourth assistant superintendent
Basic salary $5, 300 4, 700 3, 800 3,300 2, 580
(2) Radio Press Gallery: (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the basic salary for the position shown below in the first column shall be the amount shown in the second column. Title
Superintendent First assistant superintendent Second assistant superintendent
Basic salary
$5,200 4,000 3, 500
(3) Periodical Press Gallery: (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the basic salary of the position of "Superintendent of the Periodical Press Gallery" shall be $4,300 per annum. SEC. 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual rate of compensation of the legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives and of the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation shall be an amount which is equal to $15,000, increased by an amount which is the same percentage of $15,000 as the percentage set forth in section 4(c) of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955. SEC, 10. Whenever a section under this heading refers to a position by its existing title (for example, stenographer to the clerk), or by its existing title and a number (for example, 1 assistant to chief bill clerk), the reference is to the position having that title, or that title and that number, on the payroll in the various offices of the House of Representatives, as prepared by the Clerk of the House of Representatives for the month of June 1955. SEC. 11. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the clerk hire of each Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from a Territory, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico shall be at the basic rate of $17,500 per annum. No person shall be paid from such clerk hire at a basic rate in excess of $7,000 per annum, and not more than one person shall be paid at a basic rate of $7,000 per annum from such clerk hire at any one time. (b) The joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for pay to clerks to Members of Congress and Delegates" approved January 25, 1923, as amended (2 U.S.C. sec. 92), is amended by striking out "to one, two, or three persons" and inserting in lieu thereof "to those persons, not to exceed eight in number,". SEC. 12. Subsection (e) of section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 V. S. C., sec. 72a (e)), is amended (1) by striking out "$8,000" where it first appears in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof "$8,820", and (2) by striking out "$8,000" at the second place where it appears in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof "$8,820".
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