68
STAT.]
403
PUBLIC LAW 470-JULY 2, 1954
Automobile for the majority leader: For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, $5,835. Automobile for the minority leader: For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, $5,835. Salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for the House of Representatives shall hereafter be computed at basic rates, plus increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by law. The Sergeant at Arms is hereafter authorized and directed to secure suitable office space in post offices or other Federal buildings in each district represented by a Member of the House of Representatives for the use of such Member and at a place in such district which such Member may designate: Provided, That in the event suitable office space is not available in such buildings and a Member leases or rents office space elsewhere, the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to approve for payment, from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, vouchers covering bona fide statements of rentals due in an amount not exceeding $900 per annum for each such Member. For the purposes of this paragraph the term "district" includes Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and, in the case of a Representative-at-large, a State. The Clerk of the House is authorized and directed to reimburse each Member from the contingent fund in an amount not to exceed $150 quarterly, upon certification of the Member, for official office expenses incurred in his Congressional district. No part of any appropriation for the contingent 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 Member. The Clerk of the House is hereafter authorized to pay, from the contingent fund of the House, a gratuity to the widow, widower, or heirs-at-law, of each deceased employee of the House an amount equal to one month's salary for each year or part of year of the first six years' service of such employee plus one-half of one month's salary for each year or part of year of such service in excess of six years to and including the eighteenth year of such service. Service computed hereunder shall include all Federal civilian employment, and military service where such service interrupted Federal civilian employment. CAPITOL POLICE General expenses: For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, maintenance, and repair of police motor vehicles, including two-way police radio equipment; contingent expenses, including $25 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board by such member of the staff of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House, as may be designated by the chairman of the Board; $17,900. Capitol Police Board: To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protection for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $22,345. Such sum shall only be expended for payment for salaries and other expenses of personnel detailed from the Metro-
District o f f i c e space.
Funeral attendance, restriction.
W i d o w ' s g^ratuity, e t c.
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