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61 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 262-JULY 17, 1947 heretofore received by the stationery room of the House of Repre- sentatives from the sale of stationery supplies and equipment shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the fund: Provided,That the unexpended balances in the appropriations "Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1945- 1946"; "Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1946"; "Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1947-1948", as of June 30, 1947, shall be transferred to and made available for expenditure out of the fund, together with appro- priations herein or hereafter made therefor, to remain available until expended. Attending physician's office: For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the emergency room and for the attending physician and his assistants, including an allowance of $1,500 to be paid to the attending physician in equal monthly installments as authorized by the Act approved June 27, 1940 (54 Stat. 629), and including an allowance of not to exceed $30 per month each to four assistants as provided by the House resolutions adopted July 1, 1930, January 20, 1932, and November 18, 1940, $6,985. Postage stamps: Postmaster, $200; Clerk, $400; Sergeant at Arms, $250; Doorkeeper, $100; and to enable the Clerk of the House to procure and furnish each Representative, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, United States air-mail and special- delivery postage stamps as authorized by law, $32,850; in all $33,800. Folding documents: For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand or for the employment of personnel at a rate not to exceed $5.20 per day per person, $60,000. Revision of laws: For preparation and editing of the laws as author- ized by the Act approved May 29, 1928 (1 U. S . C. 59), $10,000, to be expended under the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary. Speaker's automobile: For exchange, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $9,200. The appropriation for committee employees as contained in this Act and hereafter, shall be available in such amounts and under such regulations as may be approved by the Committee on House Administration for compensation of employees of the standing com- mittees of the House of Representatives, except the Committee on Appropriations. Salaries or wages paid out of the foregoing items under "Contin- gent expenses of the House" shall be computed at basic rates as authorized by law, plus increased and additional compensation as provided by the "Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945", as amended by the "Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946". No part of the appropriation contained in this title for the con- tingent expenses of the House of Representatives shall be used to defray the expenses of any committee consisting of more than six persons (not more than four from the House and not more than two from the Senate), nor to defray the expenses of any other person except the Sergeant at Arms of the House or a representative of his office, and except the widow or minor children, or both, of the deceased, to attend the funeral rites and burial of any person who at the time of his or her death is a Representative, a Delegate from a Territory. or a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. Every committee serving the House of Representatives shall report to the Clerk of the House within fifteen days after December 31 and June 30 of each year the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by such committee or any subcommittee thereof during the period covered by such report, and shall make an account- ing of funds made available to and expended by such committee or 367 Transfer of funds. 45 Stat. 1008 . Post, p. 641. Appropriation for committee employees. 59 Stat. 295; 60 Stat. 216. 5U.S.C.§901 et seq. Post, p. 727. Defraying of desig- nated expenses, re- striction. Reports by com- mittees of persons employed, etc.