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PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
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74 Stat. 663.

"Longevity compensation."

PUBLIC LAW 87-730-OCT. 2, 1962

[76 STAT.

487, 509, and 560 of the Eighty-seventh Congress shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided further, That the provisions of House Resolution 476 of the Eighty-seventh Congress shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid as compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, as an officer or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police Board: Provided, That the Capitol Police Board is hereby authorized to detail police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol Buildings for police duty on the Capitol Grounds. SEC. 105. No part of any amount appropriated in this Act shall be available to finance, under authority of section 4167(a) of title 39, United States Code, the mailing and delivering of mail matter sent through the mails with a simplified form of address under the franking privilege by any Member or Member-elect of Congress to postal patrons, including those patrons on rural or star routes. SEC. 106. (a) This section shall apply to— (1) Each employee of the Senate whose compensation is paid from the appropriation for Salaries, Officers and Employees under the heading "Office of the Secretary", except the Assistant to the Majority, and the Assistant to the Minority. (2) Each employee of the Senate whose compensation is paid from such appropriation under the heading "Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper", except employees designated on the rolls as "special employees". (3) Each employee of the Senate whose compensation is paid from such appropriation under the heading "Official Reporters of Debates". (4) Each employee of the Senate whose compensation is paid from such appropriation under the heading "Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and the Minority". (5) Each employee of the Senate authorized by Senate resolution to be appointed by the Secretary or Sergeant at Arms, except employees designated on the rolls as "special employees". (6) Telephone operators, including the chief operator and assistant chief operators, on the United States Capitol telephone exchange. (7) Members of the Capitol Police. (b) An employee to whom this section applies shall be paid during any period of continuous service as such an employee additional basic compensation (hereinafter referred to as "longevity compensation") ^^ ^j^g ^^^^ ^f ^^20 pcr anuum if at the time of such payment the annual rate of basic compensation (exclusive of longevity compensation) of the position in which employed is less than $1,800, or $180 per annum if at such time such rate is $1,800 or more, for each five years of service performed as such an employee during such period. No employee shall receive more than four such increases upon the basis of any period of continuous service, and nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the payment to any employee of total compensation, including longevity compensation, in excess of the maximum amount prescribed by law for Senate employees generally. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this subsection, the first increase under this section for telephone operators (exclusive of the chief operator and assistant chief operators), who on September 1, 1962, have more than 25 years of service as a telephone operator on the United States Capitol telephone exchange shall be $240 basic per annum. In computing length of continuous service for the purposes of this section only service performed subsequent to August 31, 1957, shall be credited, and in the case of employees of the Official Reporters of Debates of the Senate there shall be credited any service as such