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Calendar No. 8 8 6
SIST CONGRESS
1ST SESSION

H. R. 1689
[Report No. 882]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
11 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949
Read twice and ordered to be placed on the calendar
JULY

14 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949
Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
JULY

9 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949
Reported by Mr. LONG, with an amendment
AUGUST

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT
To increase rates of compensation of the heads and assistant
heads of executive departments and independent agencies.
1

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

*-* j- nat tnc rate Or Basic compensation et Bnc noacL e+ cacii

4 e^eeutive department &ftd el the Secretary el Defense shall
5 fee $25,000 fe? m m
6

Seer Sr -faf The, rate el fefbsie eempcnsation el the

7 Administrate? fer Economic Cooperation^ the Comptroller
8

General el the United States, the Chairman el the Council

9 el Economic Advisers, the Director el the Bureau el the
10 Budget, the Chairman el the National Security Resources
11

Board, the Federal Seewity Administrator the Adminis




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1

trator el Veterans' Affairs, the Administrator el General

2 Services,- e&eh Under Secretary el *» executive department,
3 fee Assistant te the Attorney General, the Solicitor General
4 el the United States, a»d the First Assistant Postmaster
5 General shall fee $20,000 pe* annum:
^*

(ID'i" s e c t i o n x\jkj ef LIIIC "O^ er Ttrto LJ nicco.1 o tates \Jocxo IS

7 amended te pead as follows:
8
9

10

"COMPENSATION OP SECBETABIES ANB EXECUTIVE

A©-

MINISTEATIVE, A 5 » STAEF ASSISTANTS TO rEESIDENT

^

-tO&r ¥he President is authorised te fe the com

11 pensation el the six administrative assistants autherized te
12 fee appointed under section 4O# el thk title^ el the Ex
13

Secretary7 el the National Securitv Council, «*d el five other

14 secretaries e^ other immediate staff assistants m the White
15 House Office ae follows: ¥we at rates net exceeding $20,000
16 pe* annum, three at rates set exceeding $18,000 pep annttm,
17 ftftd sevoft at rates net exceeding $16?0Q9 pe^ annum.-'
18

-(ef The fost sentence el section 4O£ el title § el the

19 United States Code is amended te re&d a& follows-; "The
20 President is authorized te appoint **et te exceed s s admin21 istrativc assistants a»d te fe their compensation in accordance
22 with seetieft 4O§ el this titled
23

S^er §T -(a^- The mte el basic compensation el the

24 Housing a»d Home Finance Administrator-,- the Chairman
25 el the Atomic Energy Commission^ the Chairman el the



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1 Munitions Board, the Chairman el the Research and
2 vclopmcnt Board7 the Deputy Administrator ler Eeonomie
3 Cooperation, the Assistant Comptroller €refteral el the
4 United Statesj the Assistant Director el the Bureau el the
5 Budget, and: the Deputy Administrate? el ^tcrans' Affairs
6

shall be $18,000 per m m
(u) j_ne nrst scnuencc et section OV/VJ ei tiiic ZTQ et trie

^ United States Oe4e (relating te tfee salary el tfee Director
9

el the Administrative Office el tfee Ufflte^ States Gourts)

^^ is amended te read as follows*
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-fef ¥fee rate el basic eempensatioB: el tfee fttWie Printer,
^ie Librarian el Congress, tfee members (other than the

14 Chairman) el the Council el Economic Advisors? the Dircc
15 ter el Central Intelligence, the Federal Mediation and Con16 ciliation Director, the Assistant Federal Security Adminis
!7 trator, &&& Director, Federal Bureau el Investigation, shall
18

be $17,500 per annum.

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2

SE6T 4T 5%e rate el basic compensation: el the members

^ el the Board el Governors el the Federal Reserve System;

21 the Director el Aeronautical Sesea^eh el the ^National Ad2

^ ¥isery Committee le^ Aeronautics; members el the Civil

^

Aeronautics Board; the Chairman el the Board el Directors

^

el the Export Import Bank el Washington members el the
Federal Communications Commission; members el the Board




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el Directed el ike Eederal Deposit Insurance Corporatieft

2

(including ike CompiTOHer el ike Currcneyf-y members el

3 ike Federal £ewe? Commission; member el ike
4 Trade Commission- members el ike feie^siaie Commerce
5

Commission- members el ike National Lab OF Relations

6 Be&a2d-f members el ike National Mediation Beard-j membefs
7

el ike Eraili^ead fietifeffieet Board; tke Okairman el ike

8

Board el ©ireeiers el tke iReeeftsiruction Keaeee Corpora

9

tion; members el ike Securities aed Exchange Gemmission;

10 members el ike Board el jfeectors el ike Tennessee Valley
11 Authority; me»bere el ike Civil Service Gemmissiee-f ike
12 Chairmae el ike United States Maritime Commission;
13 members el ike :9«feed Siaie^ Tariff Commission; members
14

(other ikaa ike Ckai¥i»a»)- el ike Atomie Energy Oem-

15 mission; ike General Geuftsel el ike National Labor Rcla
16 tiens Board; ike Areki-teei el ike Gapiiei^ and ike Deputy
17 A^ffiffiisiraieF el General Services skall fee &i ike mie el
18 $1^009 $e* ammniT
19

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-fa)- Tke mie el basic eeffipensaiieft el ike

20 J f e t j ^ g Expediter;1 ike Directed el ike Bureau el federal
21 Supply; ike Director el Selective Service; ike Archivist el
22 ike tfeiied: Staie^f ike Assisteii A^ekiieei el ike Capitol^
23 members el ike Displaced Persons Ge«iffiissieft7 member
24 el ike Indian Claims Commis^ee- member el ike War
25 Claims Gem»i^ie«7 memkeffi el ike Philippine



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1

age Commissien-f each Assisted Secretary el an executive

2 department -{including the Fiseai Assistant ^eereta^y el the
3 ¥^a£«¥)-7 eaeh Assistant Attorney General; the Assistant
4 ^elieiter General el the feited Stated the Geunsele? el
5 the J^epartment el {^tete-j the 8eeeftd7 Third, and Fourth
6

Postmasters General; tfee Asseekte Eede^al 3ite4idirector; the ©e^trty director el
Oeetral fofeeiligenee^ the ^hilip^ffie Alien- feeperty Administrator; the Chiel Assistant Librarian el Congress; Ae
-j members -fether than the Chairman)
el the Beard el Direeters el the Export Import Bank el
Washiftgten^ member -(ethe^ than the Ohairman) el the
Board el Directors el the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion; ffiemhers -fether than the Ghairffiaftf el the
States Maritime Commission; Administrate^ feeduetieft and
Marketing Administratien-f Commissioner el Internal Re^enue; ©ipeete? el the Bureau el ^Rrisens^ Commissioner el
lie Roads; Commissioner el Pals lie Buildings-^ Commis
el Community Facilities^ Commissieftef el fcnmigrar-

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tien aftd ^faturali^atien-f Administrator el Ci¥il

2

Administrate^ Rural Electrification: Administemtiefti- Com

1

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missioned ler Secial Security^ Commissioner el Reclamation;

no

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Ghiely Soil Gensei^Fatieft 8er¥iee7 Commissioner e l
Gemmissiener el ^arcoties- Governor el the Farm




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1 Administration; Ghiel Forester el the Forest Service; A42 ffiirristrateF el the Farmers Home Adminis trader*-^ Marrager
3 el the Federal Gre-p Insurance Corporation-f the three
4 Special Assistants te the Secretary el Defense; Mid el the
5 Governors el Alaska, Hawaii the Virgin fekfrd% and the
6

Panama Canal shall be at the rate el $15,000 pe* annum.

7

Notwithstanding section SO el the Aet el May Mj 1921,

8 as amended -fBr Sr Cry title §7 seer 152a), the salary el
9
10

the Legal Adviser el the Department el State shall continue
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uiie LJ"nitcci ocatCo1 vjocic (reiaLin'^r to m e oompensation ex m e

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Assistant director el the Administrative Offiee el the United

1 4 States Courts)- is amended te read as follows: "The Assistant
15 Direete*2 shall reeei^e a salary el $10,000 a year/'
16

-|ef ^ t e rate el compensation el the* Legislative Counsel

1'

el the Seuse el Representatives &ftd el the Legislative

18 Counsel
el the Senate shall he $4r3T0OO per
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important duties e? responsibilities Tiet imposed ttperr other

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^ members el such board e* commission, the President is
2

authorized m his discretion to fe the eefflpeas&tieti: el such

3

chairman o? other head &t Ae fate el $18,000 pe? annum.

4
5

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¥he applicable appropriation le* the fiscal yee#

ending June SQj 1950, shall fee available le*= payment el com

Q pensation at the mte established le^ &fty position fey e*
7 pursuant to this Aet unless it is specifically provided the*
8

such appropriation shall net fee available le* such purpose.
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TAa^ ^ e rate of basic compensation of the head of each

13 executive department, of the Secretary of Defense, and of the
^4 Administrator for Economic Cooperation shall be $25,000
15 per annum.
15

SEC. 2. (a) The rate of basic compensation of the Comp-

17 trotter General of the United States, the Chairman of the
18 Council of Economic Advisers, the Director of the Bureau
19 of the Budget,

the Chairman of the National

Security

20 Resources Board, the Federal Security Administrator, the
21 Administrator

of Veterans7 Affairs,

the Administrator of

22 General Services, the Housing and Home Finance Adminis23 trator, each Under Secretary of an executive department,




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the Assistant to the Attorney General, the Solicitor General

2 of the United States, and the First Assistant Postmaster
3
4

General shall be $20,000 per annum.
(b) Section 105 of title 3 of the United States Code is

5

amended to read as folloivs:

6

"COMPENSATION OF SECRETARIES AND EXECUTIVE, AD-

7

MINISTRATIYE, AND STAFF ASSISTANTS TO PRESIDENT

8

"§ 105. The President is authorized to fix the com-

9 pensation of the six administrative assistants authorized to
10 be appointed under section 106 of this title, of the Executive
11 Secretary of the National Security Council, and of five other
12 secretaries or other immediate staff assistants in the White
13 House Office as follows: Two at rates not exceeding $20,000
14 per annum, three at rates not exceeding $18,000 per annum,
15 and seven at rates not exceeding $16,000 per annum.77
16

(c) The first sentence of section 106 of title 3 of the

17

United States Code is amended to read as follows: 'The

18 President is authorized to appoint not to exceed six admin19 istrative assistants and to fix their compensation in accordance
20 with section 105 of this title."
21

SEC. 3. (a) The rate of basic compensation of the Chair-

22 man of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Chairman of the
23 Munitions Board, the Chairman of the Research and De24 velopment Board, the Deputy Administrator for Economic
25 Cooperation, the Assistant




Comptroller

General of the

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1

United States, the Assistant Director of the Bureau of the

2 Budget, the Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs, the
3

Comptroller of the Currency, and the Chairman of the Board

4: of Directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall
5

he $18,000 per annum,

6

(b) The first sentence of section 60S of title 28 of the

7

United States Code (relating to the salary of the Director

8

of the Administrative

9

is amended to read as follows:

Office of the United States Courts)

10

"The Director shall receive a salary of $16,000 a year!J

11

(c) The rate of basic compensation of the Public

12 Printer,
13

the Librarian

of Congress, the members (other

than the Chairman) of the Council of Economic Advisers,

14 the Director of Central Intelligence, the Federal Mediation
15 and Conciliation Director, the Assistant Federal
16 Administrator,

Security

Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation,

17 and the Deputy Under Secretaries of State shall be $17,500
18 per annum.
19

SEC. 4. The rate of basic compensation of the members

20 of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
21 members of the Home Loan Bank Board; the Public Hous22 ing Commissioner; the Federal Housing
23

Commissioner;

the Director of Aeronautical Research of the National Ad-

24 visory Committee for Aeronautics; members of the Civil
25 Aeronautics Board; the Chairman of the Board of Directors



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of the Export-Import Bank of Washington; members of the

2 Federal Communications Commission; members of the Board
3 of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation;

4

members of the Federal Power Commission; members of the

5

Federal Trade Commission; members of the Interstate Com-

6 merce Commission; members of the National Labor Rela7

tions Board; members of the National Mediation Board;

8

members of the Railroad Retirement Board; members of the

9

Securities and Exchange Commission; members of the Board

10

of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority; members of

H

the Civil Service Commission; the Chairman of the United

1^

States Maritime Commission; members of the United States

1^

Tariff

Commission; members (other than the

Chairman)

14 of the Atomic Energy Commission; the General Counsel
15 of the National Labor Relations Board; the Architect of the
16

Capitol; and the Deputy Administrator of General Services

1'

shall be at the rate of $16,000 per annum.

1^

SEC. 5. (a) The rate of basic compensation of the

19 Housing Expediter; the Director of Selective Service; the
20 Assistant Architect of the Capitol; members of the Displaced
21 persons

Commission; members of the Indian Claims Com-

22 mission; members of the War Claims Commission; members
"*

of the Philippine War Damage Commission; each Assistant

** Secretary of an executive department (including the Fiscal
™* Assistant Secretary of the Treasury) ; each Assistant Attorney




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General; the Assistant Solicitor General of the United States;

2 the Counselor of the Department of State; the Second, Third,
3 and Fourth Assistant Postmasters General; the Associate
4 Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director; the Deputy
5 Director of Central Intelligence; the Philippine Alien Prop6 erty Administrator; the Chief Assistant Librarian of Con1 gress; the Deputy Public Printer; members (other than the
8 Chairman) of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import
9 Bank of Washington; members (other than the Chairman)
10 of the Board of Directors of the Reconstruction Finance
11

Corporation; members (other than the Chairman) of the

1^

United States Maritime Commission; the Commissioners of

•*•** the United States Court of Claims; and of the Governors of
14 Alaska, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, and the Panama Canal
15 shall be at the rate of $15,000 per annum.
J6

(b) The second sentence of section 603 of title 28 of

17 the United States Code (relating to the compensation of the
18 Assistant Director of the Administrative Office of the United
19 States Courts) is amended to read as folloios: "The Assistant
20 Director shall receive a salary of $15,000 a year!'
21

(c) The rate of compensation of the Legislative Counsel

22 of the House of Representatives and of the Legislative
23 Counsel of the Senate shall be $12,000 per annum.
24

SEC. 6. In any case in which the chairman or other head
of a board or commission and the other members of such




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board or commission receive the same rate of basic compen-

2 sation under this Act, and such chairman or other head has
3 important duties or responsibilities not imposed upon other
4 members of such board or commission, the President is
5 authorized in his discretion to fix the compensation of such
6 chairman or other head at the rate of $18,000 per annum.
7

SEC. 7. The applicable appropriation for the fiscal year

8

ending June 30, 1950, shall be available for payment of com-

9 pensation at the rate established for any position by or
10 pursuant to this Act unless it is specifically provided that
H

such appropriation shall not be available for such purpose.

I2

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the

1^ first pay period which begins after the date of enactment of
14

this Act.




Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 1949.
Attest:

RALPH R. ROBERTS,
Clerk.




Calendar No. 886
81ST CONGRESS
1ST SESSION

H# R* 1689

[Report No. 882]

AN ACT
To increase rates of compensation of the heads
and assistant heads of executive departments
and independent agencies.
JULY 11 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949

Read twice and ordered to be placed on the calendar
JULY 14 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949

Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service
AUGUST 9 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949

Reported with an amendment