PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 695-OCT. 15 ,1949 October 15, 1949 [H. R . 1689] [Public Law 359] Executive depart- ments and indepen- dent agencies. Compensation of officers. 62 Stat. 678 . 3 U.S . C., Supp. II, § 105. 62 Stat. 678 . 3 U. S. C., Supp. II, §106. [CHAPTER 695] AN ACT To increase rates of compensation of the heads and assistant heads of executive departments and independent agencies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the rate of basic compensation of the head of each executive department and of the Secretary of Defense shall be $22,500 per annum; the rate of basic compensation of the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall be $20,000 per annum; and the rate of basic compensation of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force shall be, respectively, $18,000 per annum. SEC. 2. (a) Section 105 of title 3 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "COM P ENS ATION OF SECRETARIES AND EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE , AND STAFF ASSISTANTS TO PRESIDENT "§ 105. The President is authorized to fix the compensation of the six administrative assistants authorized to be appointed under section 106 of this title, of the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, and of five other secretaries or other immediate staff assistants in the White House Office as follows: Two at rates not exceeding $20,000 per annum, three at rates not exceeding $18,000 per annum, and seven at rates not exceeding $15,000 per annum." (b) The first sentence of section 106 of title 3 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "The President is authorized to appoint not to exceed six administrative assistants and to fix their compensation in accordance with section 105 of this title." SEC. 3. The rate of basic compensation of each Under Secretary of an executive department, the Deputy Postmaster General, the Assistant to the Attorney General, the Solicitor General of the United States, the Comptroller General of the United States, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, the Federal Security Administrator, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, the Administrator of General Services, and the Housing and Home Finance Administrator shall be $17,500 per annum. SEC. 4. The rate of basic compensation of the Chairman of the Muni- tions Board, the Chairman of the Research and Development Board, the Assistant Comptroller General of the United States, the Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget, the Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, the Director of Central Intelligence, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Chairman of the Civil Service Commis- sion, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission, members of the Council of Economic Advisers, members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and members of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (including the Comptroller of the Currency) shall be $16,000 per annum. SEC. 5. (a) The rate of basic compensation of the Assistant Federal Security Administrator, the Director of Aeronautical Research of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, members of the Civil Aeronautics Board, members of the Federal Communications Com- mission, members of the Federal Power Commission, members of the Federal Trade Commission, members of the Interstate Commerce 880 [63 STAT.
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