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PUBLIC LAW 178-AUG. 1, 1953
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Communications: For an amount for communications which may be expended interchangeably for payment, in accordance with such limitations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration, of charges on official telegrams and long distance telephone calls made by or on behalf of Senators or the President of the Senate, such telephone calls to be in addition to those authorized by the provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 (60 Stat. 392; 2 U.S.C. 46c, 46d, 46e), the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949 (63 Stat. 77; 2 U.S.C. 4 6 d - l), and Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, Public Law 254, ^^ ^*^*- '^®°' Eighty-second Congress, $14,550. The Sergeant at Arms is authorized and directed to secure suitable office space in post office or other Federal buildings in the State of each Senator for the use of such Senator and in the city to be designated by him: Provided,, That in the event suitable space is not available in such buildings and a Senator leases or rents office space elsewhere, the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to approve for payment, from the contingent fund of the Senate, vouchers covering bona fide statements of rentals due in an amount not exceeding $900 per annum for each Senator. The Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms are authorized and directed to protect the funds of their respective offices by purchasing insurance in an amount necessary to protect said funds against loss. Premiums on such insurance shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration. Salaries or wages paid out of the foregoing items under "Contingent expenses of the Senate" shall be computed at basic rates, plus increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by law. Effective July 1, 1953, Public Law 479, Seventy-ninth Congress, tePepho'ni cifi".*'^ under the heading "CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE", the last 60 Stat. 392. paragraph beginning on page 7 is amended by striking out the amount "$450" and inserting in lieu thereof "$650". Effective July 1, 1953, Public Law 479, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended by the first paragraph of chapter I, Public Law 254, Eightysecond Congress, hereby is further amended by striking out the word ^^ ^*®** ^^°* "sixty" and inserting in lieu thereof "ninety", and by striking out the words "three hundred" and inserting in lieu thereof "four hundred and fifty". There is hereby created a committee consisting of six Senators, two s e n a t e emfrom the Committee on Appropriations, two from the Committee on committee to Post Office and Civil Service, and two from the Committee on Rules ^*"**^ salaries, and Administration to be appointed by the respective chairmen of said committees. I t shall be the duty of said committee to study the rates of compensation now being paid officers and employees of the Senate, including employees of the Senate Office Building under the Architect of the Capitol, but excluding administrative and clerical assistants to Senators and committee employees, to determine whether such rates of compensation bear the proper relationship to each other and whether they are in line with rates now paid by the other branch of Congress, and report to the Senate at the beginning of the second Report, session of the Eighty-third Congress, what adjustments, if any, should be made.
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