follows: One chief clerk and one assistant chief clerk and two assistant clerks at $5,600 to $8,000; such assistant clerks as may be necessary at $3,820 to $5,600; and such other clerical assistants as may be necessary at $2,000 to $3,720.

Such compensation shall be fixed by the chairman of each such committee. (Feb. 19, 1947, ch. 4, 61 Stat. 5; June 14, 1948, ch. 467, 62 Stat. 423.)

AMENDMENTS

1948-Act June 14, 1948, amended section by increasing the clerical staff of the Appropriations Committee by the addition of two assistant clerks.

CROSS REFERENCES

Basic annual compensation of clerical staff members, see, also, section 72a (e) of this title.

§ 72a-la. Limitation on compensation of committee staff employees.

The basic compensation of any employee of any joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives whose basic compensation is paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, of any select committee of the Senate (including the conference majority and conference minority of the Senate), or of any subcommittee of a standing or select committee of the Senate, shall not exceed $8,000 per annum. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section and the provisions of sections 72a (e) and 72a-1 of this title, and the paragraph under the heading "Senate Policy Committee" in the First Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1947, the basic compensation of one employee of each standing or select committee of the Senate (including the majority and minority policy committees and the majority conference of the Senate and the minority conference of the Senate), and each joint committee of the two Houses, the expenses of which are paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, whose basic compensation may be fixed under such provisions at a rate of $8,000 per annum, may be fixed at any rate not in excess of $8,820 per annum and, the basic compensation of one employee of each such committee may be fixed at any rate not in excess of $8,460 per annum. For the purpose of this paragraph, an employee of a subcommittee shall be considered to be an employee of the full committee. (Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 568, § 1, 69 Stat. 505.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The paragraph under the heading "Senate Policy Committee" in the First Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1947, referred to in the text, which set an $8,000 limit on the rate of compensation to be paid members of the staffs of the Senate policy committees, was not classified to the Code.

§ 72a-2. Basic compensation of employees of House and Senate press, periodical, and radio galleries; appointment authorization.

The annual rate of basic compensation of the superintendent of the House press gallery shall be $5,300; the annual rate of basic compensation of the superintendent of the Senate press gallery shall be $5,340; the annual rate of basic compensation of the superintendent of the House periodical press gallery shall be $4,300; and the annual rate of basic compensation of the superintendent of the Senate periodical press gallery shall be $4,740.

The annual rates of basic compensation of the assistant superintendents in the House press gallery shall be as follows: First assistant superintendent, $4,700; second assistant superintendent, $3,800; third assistant superintendent, $3,300; and fourth assistant superintendent, $2,580.

The annual rates of basic compensation of the assistant superintendents in the Senate press gallery shall be as follows: First assistant superintendent, $4,740; second assistant superintendent, $3,840; third assistant superintendent, $3,300; and fourth assistant superintendent, $2,580.

The annual rate of basic compensation of the superintendent of the House radio press gallery shall be $5,200; and the annual rate of basic compensation of the superintendent of the Senate radio press gallery shall be $5,220.

The annual rates of basic compensation of the assistants in the House radio press gallery shall be as follows: First assistant superintendent, $4,000; and second assistant superintendent, $3,500.

The annual rates of basic compensation of the assistants in the Senate radio press gallery shall be as follows: First assistant superintendent, $4,020; second assistant superintendent, $3,540; and third assistant superintendent, $3,000.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the appointment of additional personnel in any of the press, periodical, or radio galleries. (July 20, 1951, ch. 237, §§ 1-3, 65 Stat. 123; Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 568, §§ 1, 8, 69 Stat. 501, 509; Feb. 14, 1956, ch. 34, ch. IV, § 401, 70 Stat. 13; June 27, 1956, ch. 453, § 101, 70 Stat. 357.)

AMENDMENTS

1956-Act June 27, 1956, amended section to increase the compensation of the superintendent, periodical press gallery of the Senate, from $4,320 to $4,740.

Act Feb. 14, 1956, amended section generally to increase salaries of superintendents and assistant superintendents of Senate press, periodical, and radio galleries.

1955-Act Aug. 5, 1955, amended section generally to increase salaries of superintendents and assistant superintendents, and to designate assistant superintendents as first, second, third, and fourth assistant superintendents.

EFFECTIVE Date of 1956 AMENDMENT

Act Feb. 14, 1956, provided in part that amendments to this section by act Feb. 14, 1956, should be effective Aug. 1, 1955.

EFFECTIVE Date of 1955 AMENDMENT

Section 1 of act Aug. 5, 1955, provided in part that amendments to this section by act Aug. 5, 1955, should be effective Aug. 1, 1955. See, also, section 14 of act Aug. 5, 1955, set out as a note under section 60g-1 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 4 of act July 20, 1951, provided that: "The provisions of this joint resolution [this section] shall take effect on the first day of the first month following the date of its enactment [July 20, 1951]."

INSURANCE; EFFECTIVE DATE OF SALARY CHANGES FOR DETERMINING AMOUNT

Act Feb. 14, 1956, ch. 34, ch. IV, § 401, 70 Stat. 13, provided in part that for the purpose of determining the amount of insurance for which an individual is eligible under the Federal Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, chapter 24 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, all changes resulting from appropriations for salaries of Senate officers and employees in said act Feb. 14, 1956, should be considered to be effective as of the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after Feb. 14, 1956.

§ 72a-3

Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1959, Pub. L. 85-570. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: 1957-July 1, 1957, Pub. L. 85-75, § 101, 71 Stat. 249. 1956-June 27, 1956, ch. 453, § 101, 70 Stat. 363. 1955-Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 568, § 101, 69 Stat. 513. 1954-July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 403.

§ 72a-4. Computation of salaries and wages paid out of Senate contingent-expense items.

Salaries or wages paid out of the items under "Contingent Expenses of the Senate" shall on and after July 1, 1957 be computed at basic rates, plus increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by law. (Pub. L. 85-75, § 101, July 1, 1957, 71 Stat. 246.)

§ 72b. Regulations governing availability of appropriations for House committee employees. Appropriations for committee employees shall be available in such amounts and under such regulations as may be approved by the Committee on House Administration for compensation of employees of the standing committees of the House of Representatives, except the Committee on Appropriations. (July 17, 1947, ch. 262, § 101, 61 Stat. 367.)

§ 72b-1. Committee and subcommittee reports on employed personnel; period covered; publication.

CODIFICATION

Section, act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 134 (b), 60 Stat. 832, which related to reports of committees and subcommittees of the Senate and House of RepresentaSee section tives on employed personnel was omitted. 72c of this title and the Standing Rules of the Senate.

§ 72c. House committee reports on employed personnel; period covered; publication.

Every committee serving the House of Representatives shall report to the Clerk of the House within fifteen days after December 31 and June 30 of each year the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by such committee or any subcommittee thereof during the period covered by such report, and shall make an accounting of funds made available to and expended by such committee or subcommittee during such period, and such information when reported shall be published in the Congressional Record. The first such report shall cover the period beginning on January 3, 1947, and ending on June 30, 1947, and succeeding reports shall cover the six months' period ending on the preceding December 31 or June 30, as the case may be. information required to be reported and published shall be in lieu of the information required to be reported and published under section 72b-1 of this title, in the case of committees of the House and their subcommittees. (July 17, 1947, ch. 262, § 101. 61 Stat. 367.)

The

§§ 73, 74. Omitted.

CODIFICATION

Section 73, act Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, § 1, 43 Stat. 1292, related to clerk hire for Ways and Means Committee, and is omitted as superseded by section 72a (c), (e) of this title.

Section 74, acts Mar. 3, 1893, No. 21, 27 Stat. 757; July 16, 1914, ch. 141, §§ 1, 6, 38 Stat. 454, 509; Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 141, §§ 1, 6, 38 Stat. 997, 1049; June 7, 1924, ch. 303, § 1, 43 Stat. 581, and Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, § 1, 43 Stat. 1286, related to clerk hire, and is now covered by sections 60g and 72a of this title.

REPEALS

R. S. 53 and act May 24, 1924, ch. 183, § 1, 43 Stat. 149, originally part of this section, were repealed by act Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 202, § 1, 47 Stat. 1428, and act June 20. 1929, ch. 33, § 6, 46 Stat. 39. respectively.

§ 74a. Employment of administrative assistants for Speaker and majority and minority leaders of House of Representatives; compensation; appropriations.

The Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of the House of Representatives are each authorized to employ an administrative assistant, who shall receive basic compensation at a rate not to exceed $8,000 a year. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the payment of such compensation. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch.

753, title II, § 201 (c), 60 Stat. 834.)

EFFECTIVE DATE

Effective date, see note under section 72a of this title. BASIC COMPENSATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS Pub. L. 85-462, § 4 (n), June 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 209, provided that: "The basic compensation of the Administrative Assistants to the Speaker, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, and Minority Whip, shall be at the rate of $8,880 per annum.'

"

For effective date of Pub. L. 85-462, see note set out under section 1113 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

§ 74a-1. Compensation of Chief of Staff of Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the annual rate of compensation of the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation shall be an amount which is equal to $15,000, increased by an amount which is the same percentage of $15,000 as the percentage set forth in section 4 (c) of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955. (Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 568, § 9, 69 Stat. 509.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 4 (c) of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, referred to in the text, is classified as a note under section 60a of this title.

§ 74b. Employment of additional administrative assistants.

The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House are authorized to employ such administrative assistants as may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this Act under their respective jurisdictions. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 244, 60 Stat. 839.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

"This Act", referred to in the text, means the LegisFor lative Reorganization Act of 1946, act Aug. 2, 1946. distribution of that act in this Code, see "Short Title" note under section 72a of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Effective date, see note under section 72a of this title.

§ 75. Bond of Clerk of House of Representatives.

The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall, within thirty days after entering upon the duties of his office, and before making any requisition upon the Treasury to draw any portion of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the House, give a bond to the United States, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, in the penal sum of $20,000, with condition for the faithful application and disbursement of such portions of the contingent fund of the House as shall come into his hands, which bond shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury. (R. S. §§ 58, 59; Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 5, 28 Stat. 807.) DERIVATION

Act Feb. 23, 1815, ch. 51, § 1, 3 Stat. 212.

CODIFICATION

Section, except last clause, was from R. S. § 58; last clause was from R. S. § 59.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Act Mar. 2, 1895, transferred duties with respect to bonds of Clerk of the House from Comptroller to Secretary of the Treasury.

CROSS REFERENCES.

Bond of Secretary of Senate, see section 65 of this title.

§ 75a. Death, resignation, etc., of Clerk of House: accounts and payments; liability of Clerk of House on bond; bond of disbursing clerk.

On and after June 8, 1942, in case of the death, resignation, separation from office, or disability of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the accounts of such Clerk may be continued and payments made in his name by the disbursing clerk of the House of Representatives for a period extending not beyond the quarterly period during which a new Clerk of the House of Representatives shall have been elected and qualified. Such accounts and payments shall be allowed, audited, and settled in the General Accounting Office, and the checks signed in the name of the former Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be honored by the Treasurer of the United States, in the same manner as if such former Clerk had continued in office. The former Clerk, his estate, or the sureties on his official bond, shall not be subject to any legal liability or penalty for the official acts and defaults of such disbursing clerk acting in the name or in the place of such former Clerk under this section, but such disbursing clerk and his sureties shall be responsible therefor under their bond. The bond for the disbursing clerk of the House of Representatives shall be in the same amount as the bond required of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. The Secretary of the Treasury may, from time to time, require such disbursing clerk to renew his bond to the United States. (June 8, 1942, ch. 396, § 7, 56 Stat. 350.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Secretary of Senate, death, resignation, or disability, see section 64a of this title.

§75a-1. Temporary appointments in case of vacancies or incapacity of House officers; compensation. (a) In case of a vacancy, from whatever cause, in the office of Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Doorkeeper, Postmaster, or Chaplain, of the House of Representatives, or in case of the incapacity or inability

of the incumbent of any such office to perform the duties thereof, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may appoint a person to act as, and to exercise temporarily the duties of, Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Doorkeeper, Postmaster, or Chaplain, as the case may be, until a person is chosen by the House of Representatives and duly qualifies as Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Doorkeeper, Postmaster, or Chaplain, as the case may be, or until the termination of the incapacity or inability of the incumbent.

(b) Any person appointed pursuant to this section shall exercise all the duties, shall have all the powers, and shall be subject to all the requirements and limitations applicable with respect to one chosen by the House of Representatives to fill the office involved; but nothing in this section shall be held to amend, repeal, or otherwise affect section 75a of this title.

(c) Any person appointed pursuant to this section shall be paid the compensation which he would receive if he were chosen by the House of Representatives to fill the office involved, unless such person is concurrently serving in any office or position the compensation for which is paid from the funds of the United States, in which case he shall receive no compensation for services rendered pursuant to his appointment under this section, and his compensation for performing the duties of such office other than the one to which he is appointed pursuant to this section shall be in full discharge for all services he performs for the United States while serving in such dual capacity. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, § 208, as added Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 330, 67 Stat. 387.)

§ 75b. Priority of Clerk of House in expending appropriations for surplus property.

CODIFICATION

Section, act May 1, 1947, ch. 49, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 58, omitted as obsolete because the Surplus Property Act of 1944, former sections 1611-1648 of Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, was repealed by act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title V, § 503, 63 Stat. 399, and the priorities thereunder expired Dec. 31, 1949.

§ 76. Duties of Doorkeeper of House of Representatives.

The Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives shall perform the usual services pertaining to his office during the session of Congress, and shall in the recess, under the direction of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, take care of the apartments occupied by the House of Representatives. (R. S. § 73.)

DERIVATION

Act Apr. 12, 1792, ch. 20, 1 Stat. 252.

CROSS REFERENCES

Senate doorkeeper, see section 63 of this title.

§ 77. Sergeant at Arms of House of Representatives; additional compensation.

The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives shall receive, directly or indirectly, no fees or other compensation or emolument whatever for performing the duties of the office, or in connection therewith, otherwise than the salary prescribed by law. (June 20, 1874, ch. 328, § 1, 18 Stat. 87; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129, § 1, 18 Stat. 346.)

§ 78. Same; duties.

It shall be the duty of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives to attend the House during its sittings, to maintain order under the direction of the Speaker, and, pending the election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore, under the direction of the Clerk, execute the commands of the House and all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to hirn by the Speaker, keep the accounts for the pay and mileage of Members and Delegates, and pay them as provided by law. (Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 1, 26 Stat. 645.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Salary and traveling expenses of Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico paid by Sergeant at Arms, see section 894 of Title 48. Territories and Insular Possessions.

Statement of disbursements, see section 84 of this title.

§ 79. Same; symbol of office.

The symbol of his office shall be the mace, which shall be borne by him while enforcing order on the floor. (Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 2, 26 Stat. 645.)

§ 80. Same; disbursement of compensation of Members and Delegates.

The moneys which have been, or may be, appropriated for the compensation and mileage of Members and Delegates shall be paid at the Treasury on requisitions drawn by the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and shall be kept, disbursed, and accounted for by him according to law. and he shall be a disbursing officer, but he shall not be entitled to any compensation additional to the salary fixed by law. (Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 3, 26 Stat. 645.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Disbursement functions of all agencies except the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and Panama Canal were transferred to Division of Disbursements, Treasury Department, by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 4, June 10, 1933, and Ex. Ord. No. 6728, May 29, 1934. The Division was subsequently consolidated with other agencies into the Fiscal Service in the Treasury Department by 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 1 (a) (1), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231.

§ 80a. Same; disbursement of gratuity appropriations: deductions.

The Sergeant at Arms of the House is authorized, in the disbursement of gratuity appropriations, to make deductions of such amounts as may be due to or through his office or as may be due the House of Representatives. (May 29, 1928, ch. 853, § 1, 45 Stat.

885.)

§ 81. Same; fiscal year for adjustment of accounts. Hereafter the fiscal year for the adjustment of the accounts of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives for compensation and mileage of Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner shall extend from July 1 to June 30. (R. S. § 237; Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 9, 26 Stat. 646; July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, §101, 68 Stat. 400.)

DERIVATION

Acts Aug. 26, 1842, ch. 207, §§ 1, 2, 5 Stat. 536, 537; May 8, 1872, ch. 140, § 1, 17 Stat. 61 and Mar. 3. 1873. ch. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 486.

AMENDMENTS

1954 Act July 2, 1954, amended section, substituting "from July 1 to June 30" for "to and include the 3d day of July".

§ 81a. Same; on-the-spot audits of fiscal records; reports.

In order to provide additional protection for the appropriated and trust funds of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, the Comptroller General of the United States shall, not less frequently than once each six months, detail employees of the General Accounting Office to make an on-the-spot audit of all receipts and disbursements pertaining to the fiscal records of such Office of the Sergeant at Arms. The Comptroller General shall report to the Speaker and Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives the results of each such audit. (July 26, 1949, ch. 366, 63 Stat. 482.)

§ 82. Same; bond.

The Sergeant at Arms shall, within twenty days after entering upon the duties of his office, and before receiving any portion of the moneys appropriated for the compensation or mileage of Members and Delegates, give a bond to the United States, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury in the sum of $50,000, with condition for the proper discharge of the duties of his office, and the faithful keeping, application, and disbursement of such moneys as may be drawn from the Treasury and paid to him as disbursing officer of the United States, and shall, from time to time, renew his official bond as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct. No Member of Congress shall be approved as surety on such bond. The bond given pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury. (Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, §§ 4, 5, 26 Stat. 645, 646; Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 5, 28 Stat. 807.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Act Mar. 2, 1895, transferred duties with respect to bonds of the Sergeant at Arms of the House from Comptroller to Secretary of the Treasury.

CROSS REFERENCES

Clerk of the House of Representatives, bond of, see section 75 of this title.

Secretary of Senate, bond of, see section 65 of this title. § 83. Same; tenure of office.

Any person duly elected and qualified as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives shall continue in said office until his successor is chosen and qualified. subject, however, to removal by the House of Representatives. (Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 6, 26 Stat. 646.)

§ 84. Same; statement of disbursements.

The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives shall prepare and submit to the House of Representatives, at the commencement of each regular session of Congress, a statement in writing exhibiting the several sums drawn by him pursuant to sections 78 and 80 of this title, the application and disbursement of the same, and the balance, if any. remaining in his hands. (Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 7, 26 Stat. 646.)

§ 84-1. Compensation of Postmaster of House.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual rate of compensation of the Postmaster of the House of Representatives shall be $12,150. (Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 568, § 5, 69 Stat. 508.)

§ 84a. Reporters for House of Representatives.

No person shall be employed as a reporter for the House of Representatives without the approval of the Speaker. (R. S. § 54.)

DERIVATION

Act Apr. 2, 1872, ch. 79, § 3, 17 Stat. 47.

§ 84b. Disposition of receipts from sales of copies of transcripts.

Any sums received from the sales of copies of transcripts of hearings of committees reported by such reporters shall be covered into the Treasury as "Miscellaneous receipts". (July 17, 1947, ch. 262, § 101, 61 Stat. 365.)

§ 85. Performance of duties by employees of House. Employees of the House of Representatives under the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Doorkeeper, and Postmaster shall only be assigned to and engaged upon the duties of the positions to which they are appointed and for which compensation is provided, except that in cases of emergency or congestion of public business incident to the close of a session of Congress or other like cause an employee or employees may be assigned or required to aid in the discharge of the duties of any other employee or employees, and in the discretion of the Doorkeeper not more than one folder may, if necessary, be assigned to do clerical work under the direction of the foreman of the folding room, but all assignments made hereunder shall be without additional compensation and shall not constitute the basis of a claim therefor. (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 830, § 1, 31 Stat. 968.)

§ 86. Division of salaries of employees of House of Representatives.

It shall not be lawful to appoint or employ in any position under the House of Representatives more than one person at any one time, or to require or permit any such person to divide with another any portion of his salary or compensation while so employed. (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 830, § 1, 31 Stat. 968.)

§ 87. Requiring or permitting employees of House of Representatives to sublet duties.

It shall not be lawful to require or permit any person in the employ of the House of Representatives to sublet to another the discharge of any portion of the duties of the position to which he is appointed. (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 830, § 1, 31 Stat. 968.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Subletting duties of an employee of Senate or House forbidden, see section 101 of this title.

§ 88. Limit of age of pages in House of Representatives.

No person shall be appointed or employed as a page in the service of the House of Representatives who is under twelve years or more than eighteen years of age; but this provision shall not apply to chief pages, riding pages, and telephone pages. (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 830, § 1, 31 Stat. 968.)

§88a. Education of Congressional and Supreme Court pages; appropriations; attendance at private or parochial schools.

(a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly, are

authorized and directed to enter into an arrangement with the Board of Education of the District of Columbia for the education of Congressional pages and pages of the Supreme Court in the public school system of the District. Such arrangement shall include provision for reimbursement to the District of Columbia for any additional expenses incurred by the public school system of the District in carrying out such arrangement.

(b) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the District of Columbia in accordance with the arrangement referred to in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, said page or pages may elect to attend a private or parochial school of their own choice: Provided, however, That such private or parochial school shall be reimbursed by the Senate and House of Representatives only in the same amount as would be paid if the page or pages were attending a public school under the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 243, 60 Stat. 839.) EFFECTIVE DATE

Effective date, see note set out under section 72a of this title.

§ 88b. Same; other minors who are congressional employees.

The facilities provided for the education of Congressional and Supreme Court pages shall be available from and after January 2, 1947, also for the education of such other minors who are congressional employees as may be certified by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to receive such education. (Mar. 22, 1947, ch. 20, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 16.)

§ 88c. Basic pay of Congressional pages.

On and after June 14, 1948, the pay of pages of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall be at the basic rate of $1,800 per annum and shall continue until the end of the month during which the Congress adjourns sine die, or recesses, or the fourteenth day after such adjournment or recess, whichever is the later date. (June 14, 1948, ch. 467, § 101, 62 Stat. 424, 426.)

CODIFICATION

Section is composed of identical paragraphs under Senate Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper and House Office of the Doorkeeper relating to Senate and House pages, respectively.

§ 89. Certificates to pay rolls of employees in House of Representatives.

The Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Doorkeeper, and Postmaster of the House of Representatives shall make certificate each month to their respective pay rolls, stating whether the persons named in such pay rolls and employed in their respective departments have been actually present at their respective places of duty and have actually performed the services for which compensation is provided in said pay rolls, and in each case where a person carried on such pay roll has been absent and has not performed the services in whole or in part for which payment is proposed, the reason for such absence