614
Offices of Senators. Administrative etc., assistance.
63 Stat. 974.
Congress. Elected officers.
12 U.S.C. § 1138f. Central B a n k for Cooperatives.
Veterans Administration. Department Medicine and Surgery. 59 Stat. 675. 38 U.S.C.§§15-16n.
PUBLIC LAW 201—OCT. 24, 1951
[65
STAT.
to officers or employees subject to the provisions of subsection (a) or to employees in the offices of Senators, but no such officer or employee, or any other officer or employee of the Senate or House of Representatives, shall be paid with respect to any pay period basic compensation or basic compensation plus additional compensation at a rate in excess of $11,646 per annum unless expressly authorized by law. (c)(1) The aggregate amount of the basic compensation authorized to be paid for administrative and clerical assistance and messenger service in the offices of Senators is hereby increased by^— (A) $4,140 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is less than three million; (B) $4,860 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is three million or more but less than five million; (C) $5,220 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is five million or more but less than ten million; and (D) $5,760 in the case of Senators from States the population of which is ten million or more. (2) The second proviso in the paragraph relating to the authority of Senators to rearrange the basic salaries of employees in their respective offices, which appears in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947, as amended (2 U.S.C. 60f), is amended by striking out "$5,280" and inserting in lieu thereof •$5,880"; and by striking out "$6,720" and inserting in lieu thereof "$7,320". (3) Notwithstanding the third proviso in such paragraph any increase in the compensation of an employee in a Senator's office shall take effect on the effective date of this Act or on the date such employee became employed, whichever is later, if (A) the certification filed by such Senator under such proviso so provides, (B) such certification is filed in the disbursing office of the Senate not later than November 30, 1951, and (C) the amount of such increase does not exceed the amount of the increase which would be payable in the case of such employee if he were subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. (d) The provisions of subsection (a), and the provisions of law referred to in such subsection, shall not apply to employees whose compensation is paid from the appropriation contained in the paragraph designated "Folding documents" under the heading "Contingent expenses of the Senate" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act. (e) The rates of basic compensation of each of the elected officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives (not including the presiding officers of the two Houses), the Parliamentarian of the Senate, the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, the legislative counsel of the Senate, the legislative counsel of the House of Representatives, and the Coordinator of Information of the House of Representatives are hereby increased by 10 per centum, except that in no case shall any such rate be increased by less than $300 per annum or by more than $800 per annum. SEC. 3. Section 66 of the F a r m Credit Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 269) is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 66. No director, officer, or employee of the Central Bank for Cooperatives, or of any production credit corporation, production credit association, or bank for cooperatives shall be paid compensation at a rate in excess of $13,800 per annum." SEC. 4. (a) The rates ofbasic compensation of officers and employees in the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans' Administration whose rates of basic compensation are provided by Public Law 293, Seventy-ninth Congress, approved January 3, 1946, as amended, are hereby increased by 10 per centum, except that in no
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