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Calendar No. 886 81ST CONGRESS 1st Session ) SENATE j EEPORT ( j* No. 882 INCREASING RATES OF COMPENSATION OF THE HEADS AND ASSISTANT HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES AUGUST 9 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949.—Ordered to be printed Mr. LONG, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 1689] The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1689) to increase rates of compensation of the heads and assistant heads of executive departments and independent agencies, having considered the same, report favorably thereon, with an amendment, and recommend that the bill, as amended, do pass. Section 1 of the bill would increase the compensation of heads of each executive department, the Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator for Economic Cooperation to $25,000 per annum. Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5, with the committee amendments, would increase rates of compensation of heads and assistant heads of independent agencies, members of independent boards and commissions, the secretaries and administrative assistants to the President and certain positions in the legislative and judicial branches of the Government which have regularly been fixed to conform to the rates established for comparable positions in the executive branch to $20,000, $18,000, $17,500, $16,000, and $15,000 per annum, based upon their respective responsibilities. Section 5 (c) proposes to establish on a permanent basis the present rate of compensation for the positions of legislative counsel of the House of Representatives and legislative counsel of the Senate. Section 6 would authorize the President to fix the compensation of the chairman or other head of a board or commission at $18,000 when such position carries with it important duties or responsibilities not imposed upon other members of such board or commission, who would receive $16,000. Section 7 makes the appropriations for the fiscal year 1950 available for the payment of compensation at the rates provided in the bill unless specifically prohibited by the appropriation acts. 2 COMPENSATION OF HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS All positions covered and the salaries to be paid are specifically set forth in the bill, except as indicated in section 6 above. GENERAL STATEMENT For the past 2 years pay increases for the heads and assistant heads of the executive departments and agencies have been the subject of intensive study by the Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, and more recently by the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Based upon these studies, H. R. 1689, as amended, represents the best judgment of the committee as to the salary rates which should be established for the positions covered in the bill. For a detailed description of the positions and justification for the proposed increases, the committee refers to House Report No. 535. SENATE AMENDMENTS The committee recommend the following amendments to H. R. 1689: 1. The Administrator for Economic Cooperation: Delete from section 2 (a) and include in section 1. This amendment would raise the salary for this position from $20,000, as proposed by the House bill, to $25,000 per annum, the Cabinet level. 2. The Housing and Home Finance Administrator: Delete from section 3 (a) and insert in section 2 (a). This amendment would raise the salary of this position from $18,000, as proposed by the House bill, to $20,000 per annum. 3. The Comptroller of the Currency and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Delete from section 4 and insert in section 3 (a). This amendment would raise the salary for these positions from $16,000, as proposed in the House bill, to $18,000 per annum. 4. The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts: Delete "$15,000" in section 3 (b) and insert in lieu thereof "$16,000". 5. The Deputy Under Secretaries of State: Insert in section 3 (c). These positions were not included in the House bill but were authorized by Public Law 73, Eighty-first Congress. This amendment would establish the rates of pay for the Deputy Under Secretaries at $17,500, midway between that of the Under Secretary ($20,000) and those of the Assistant Secretaries ($15,000). 6. The Home Loan Bank Board; the Public Housing Commissioner; the Federal Housing Commissioner: Insert in section 4. This amendment would establish the rate of pay for these positions at $16,000. 7. The Archivist of the United States: Delete from section 5 (a). This amendment would drop this position from consideration under this bill. The recent enactment of the Eighty-first Congress placed the Archives in the General Services Administration. Since the Archivist is no longer the head of an independent agency, his position should receive the same consideration as other subordinate officials which COMPENSATION OF HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS 3 the committee is recommending to be dropped from the bill and considered in S. 2379, now on the Senate calendar. 8. The Director of the Bureau of Federal Supply; Administrator, Production and Marketing Administration; Commissioner of Internal Kevenue; Director of the Bureau of Prisons; Commissioner of Public Roads; Commissioner of Public Buildings; Commissioner of Community Facilities; Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization; Administrator of Civil Aeronautics; Administrator, Rural Electrification Administration; Commissioner for Social Security; Commissioner of Reclamation; Chief, Soil Conservation Service; Commissioner of Customs; Commissioner of Narcotics; Governor of the Farm Credit Administration; Chief Forester of the Forest Service; Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration; Manager of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; the three Special Assistants to the Secretary of Defense: Delete from section 5 (a). This amendment would drop these positions from the bill. While most of these positions are of great importance and responsibility, they are in all cases below the level of the head of a department or independent agency and should be considered as positions coming within the position-classification bill, S. 2379, now on the Senate calendar for consideration. 9. The Legal Adviser of the Department of State: Delete the last sentence in section 5 (a), which provides that the salary of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State shall continue at the rate of $10,330 per annum. This amendment would have the effect of fixing the salary at $15,000 per annum, the same rate as provided for Assistant Secretaries. This is in accord with Public Law 73 of the Eighty-first Congress, which provides that the Legal Adviser shall rank equally with the Assistant Secretaries of State. 10. The Assistant Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts: Delete "$10,000" in section 5 (b) and insert in lieu thereof "$15,000". The committee has evaluated all the information available to it as a result of the long study made of the salaries of top Government officials. It is unanimous in its conclusion that its initial recommendation to limit the coverage of a bill to increase the salaries of top executives to those whose responsibilities included the making of policy decisions was sound. With respect to the many responsible positions below this level, the committee believe the rates of compensation for such positions should be fixed under the classification system and that the salary structure of this system should provide more equitable salaries for these positions. The committee has therefore recommended that the Senate adopt the proposals contained in S. 2379, now on the Senate Calendar for consideration, which would increase the maximum salary under the classification system to $15,000. COMPENSATION OF HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS TABLE I.—Positions affected by H. R. 1689, describing present pay, amounts proposed in H. R. 1689, as passed by the House, and the effect of the Senate amend'ments to this proposal Position Number Present H . R. 1689 as passed b y the House Sec. 1: Secretary, Department of Agriculture Secretary, Department of Commerce Secretary, Department of the Interior Attorney General, Department of Justice Secretary, Department of Labor. Secretary, Department of Defense Secretary, Department of the Air Force Secretary, Department of the Army Secretary, Department of the N a v y Postmaster General, Post Office Department Secretary, Department of State Secretary, Treasury Department Administrator for Economic Cooperation Sec. 2 (a): Comptroller General of the United States Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers Director of the Bureau of the Budget Chairman, National Security Resources Board Administrator, Federal Security Agency Administrator of Veterans Affairs _ _ Administrator, General Services Administration i Housing and Home Finance Administrator.) Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture Under Secretary, Department of Commerce Under Secretary, Department of the Interior Under Secretary, Department of Labor Under Secretary of Defense Undor Secretary, Department of the Air Force Under Secretary, Department of the Army Under Secretary, Department of the Navy Under Secretary, Department of State Under Secretary, Treasury Department Assistant to the Attorney General, Justice Solicitor General of the United States, Justice FkwSt Assistant Postmaster General, Post Office Sec. 2 (b): White House officials designated by the President: 6 administrative assistants The Executive Secietary, National Security Council 5 other secretaries or other immediate assistants Sec. 3 (a): Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman, Munitions Board-.Chairman, Research and Development Board Deputy Administrator for Economic Cooperation Assistant Comptroller General of the United States Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs Chairman, Board of Directors, Reconstruction Finance Corporation Comptroller of the Currency Sec. 3 (b): Director, Administrative Office of the U. S. Courts Sec. 3 (c): Public Printer. Librarian of Congress Members (other than Chairman), Council of Economic Advisers Director of Central Intelligence Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director Assistant Federal Security Administrator Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Under Secretary of State Sec. 4: Members, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System Members, Home Loan Bank Board Public Housing Commissioner Federal Housing Commissioner . Director of Aeronautical Research, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Members, Civil Aeronautics Board Chairman, Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of Washington Members, Federal Communications Commission See footnotes at http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ end of table, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis p . 6. H . R. 1689 proposed by the Senate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 $15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000. 00 15,000. 00 15,000.00 15,000. 00 15,000. 00 15,000. 00 15,000. 00 15,000. 00 15,000. 00 15,000. 00 20,000.00 $25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 20,000 $25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12,000.00 15,000. 00 10,000. 00 14,000.00 12,000. 00 12,000.00 20, 000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 18,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 2C, 000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 (2) 20.000 (3) 18.000 (7) 16,000 (2) 20,000 (3) 18,000 (7) 16,000 0) 16, 500.00 10, 330.00 10,000. 00 10,330. 00 10,330.00 12,000. 00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 12,000.00 10,330.00 10,330.00 10,330.00 10,330.00 f(l)15,000.00 • 12 1 (I) 12,000.00 1(9)10,330.00 1(1)10,000.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17,500.00 14,000.00 14,000.00 17,500.00 10,330.00 10,330.00 10,330.00 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18.000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 1 1 15,000.00 15,000.00 16,000 16,000 18,000 18,000 1 10,330.00 15,000 16.000 1 1 10, 330. 00 10, 330. 00 17, 500 17, 500 17, 500 17,500 2 1 1 1 1 2 15, 000. 00 14,000.00 12, 000. 00 10, 330. 00 14,000.00 10, 330.00 17, 500 17,500 17, 500 17, 500 17, 500 15,000 17, 500 17, 500 17, 500 17,500 17, 500 17, 500 7 3 1 1 15, 000. 00 15, 000. 00 15, 000. 00 15,000.00 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 f 1 1 I 4 10, 330. 00 12,000. 00 11, 500. 00 16,000 16,000 16, 000 16, 000 16,000 16,000 1 7 15,000.00 10, 000. 00 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 COMPENSATION OF HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS TABLE I.—Positions affected by H. R. 1689, describing present pay, amounts proposed in H. R. 1689, as passed by the House, and the effect of the Senate amendments to this proposal—Continued Position Sec.^—Continued Board of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Members, Federal Power Commission Members, Federal Trade Commission Members, Interstate Commerce Commission Members, National Labor Relations Board Members, National Mediation Board Members, Railroad Retirement Board Members, Securities and Exchange Commission. Board of Directors, Tennessee Valley Authority Members, Civil Service Commission Chairman, United States Maritime Commission Members, United States Tariff Commission Members (other than Chairman), Atomic Energy Commission General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board Architect of the Capitol Deputy Administrator of General Services 1. Sec. 5 (a): Housing Expediter Director of Selective Service Assistant Architect of the Capitol Members, Displaced Persons Commission Members, Indian Claims Commission Members, War Claims Commission Members, Philippine War Damage Commission Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary, Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor Assistant Secretary, Department of Air Force Assistant Secretary, Department of Navy Assistant Secretary, Department of Army Assistant Secretary, Department of State Assistant Secretary, Department of Treasury Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Department of Treasury Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice Assistant Solicitor General, Department of Justice Counselor, Department of State Second Assistant Postmaster General, Post Office Third Assistant Postmaster General, Post Office Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Post Office Associate Fedeial Mediation and Conciliation Director. Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Philippine Alien Property Administrator •Chief Assistant Librarian of Congress Deputy Public Printer Members (other than Chairman), Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of Washington Members (other than Chairman), Board of Directors, Reconstruction Finance Corporation Members (other than Chairman), U. S. Maritime Commission Commissioners, U. S. Court of Claims Governor, Alaska Governor, Hawaii Governor, Virgin Islands Governor, Panama Canal Sec. 5 (b): Assistant Director, Administrative Office of the U. S. Courts.. Sec. 5(c): Legislative counsel, House of Representatives... _. Legislative counsel, Senate _ _ Sec. 6: Compensation of chairman or other head of board or commission having important duties or responsibilities not imposed upon other members of such board or commission may be fixed by the President at $18,000. Archivist of the United States Administrator, Production and Marketing Administration __ See footnotes at end of table, p. 6. Num ber Present H. R. 1689 H. R. 1689 as passed proposed by the by the Senate House $15,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 10,000. 00 10,000. 00 10.000.00 10, 000.00 10,000.00 12, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 $16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16, 000 16, 000 $16,000 16,000 16,000 16, 000 16,000 16, 000 16, 000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16, 000 16, 000 15, 000. 00 12,000.00 10, 330. 00 0) 16, 000 16, 000 16,000 16,000 16, 000 16, 000 16,000 16, 000 12,000.00 12, 500. 00 9, 985. 80 10, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 12, 000. 00 12, 000. 00 10, 305. 00 10, 000. 00 10, 330. 00 10, 330. 00 10, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 10, 330. 00 10, 330. 00 10, 330.00 10, 330. 00 10, 305. 00 10, 000. 00 10, 330. 00 10, 330. 00 10, 330.00 10, 330.00 10,330.00 10, 330.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10, 330.00 10,330.00 15,000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15. 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15,000 15,000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 12,000.00 15,000 15,000 12,500.00 15,000 15,000 10,000.00 9, 707.00 10,330.00 10, 330.00 10, 330.00 10,000.00 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 '15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 9, 707.00 10,000 15,000 12,000.00 12, 000.00 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 10,000.00 15,000 10, 330.00 15,000 6 COMPENSATION OF HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS TABLE I.—Positions affected by H. R. 1689, describing present pay, amounts proposed in H. R. 1689, as passed by the House, and the effect of the Senate amendments to this proposal—Continued Number Position Sec. 6—Continued Commissioner of Internal Revenue Director, Bureau of Prisons Commissioner of Public Roads . Commissioner of Public Buildings Commissioner of Community Facilities Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Administrator of Civil Aeronautics. Administrator, Rural Electrification Administration. __ Commissioner for Social Security Commissioner of Reclamation Chief, Soil Conservation Service Commissioner of Customs Commissioner of Narcotics Governor, Farm Credit Administration Chief Forester, Forest Service Administrator, Farmers Home Administration Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Special Assistants to the Secretary of Defense Director, Bureau of Federal Supply Present $10,330.00 10, 330.00 10, 330.00 10, 330.00 10,330.00 10,330.00 12,000.00 10, 330.00 10, 330.00 10,330.00 10,330.00 10,330.00 10, 330.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,330.00 10,000.00 10, 330.00 H. R. 1689 H. R. 1689 as passed proposed by the by the House Senate $15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15, 000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 SUMMARY OF COSTS 2 Number of Present annual Proposed cost positions 244 239 H . R. 1689, as passed by the House H. R. 1689, as proposed by the Senate.. $2,771,332.80 2, 735, 573.80 $4,026,000 3,978,000 Increase $1,254,667.20 1,242,426. 20 1 Salaries for these positions have not yet been established by the President in accordance with Public Law 152, 81st Cong. 2 For purposes of computing the costs, the rates formerly paid the Administrator and Assistant Administrator of Federal Works Agency were used for the positions of Administrator and Deputy Administrator of General Services Administration. O
