H.R. 7619

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: July 26, 1955
• Content Type: REGULATION

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84TH CONGRESS H
1ST SESSION
Union Calendar No. 489
R. 7619
[Report No. 1474]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1955
Mr. MuRx.AY of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
JULY 27,1955
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To adjust the rates of compensation of the heads of the executive
departments and of certain other officials of the Federal
Government, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in 'Congress assembled,
3 That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Executives Pay
4 Act of 1955".
5 TITLE I-BASIC COMPENSATION FOR HEADS OF
6 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER FED-
7 ERAL OFFICIALS
8 SEC. 101. The annual rate of basic compensation of the
9 head of each executive department and of the Secretary of
10 Defense shall be $25,000.
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SEC. 102. The annual rate of basic compensation of
the Deputy Secretary of Defense, of the Under Secretary
of State, of the Director, Office of Defense .Mobilization,
of the Comptroller General of the United States, and of the
Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall be $22,500.
SEC. 103. The annual rate of basic compensation of the
Secretary of the Army, of the Secretary of the Navy, of
the Secretary of the Air Force, of the Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice,
and of the Director of Central Intelligence shall be $22,000.
SEC. 104. Section 105 of title 3 of the United States
Code is amended to read as follows :
"COMPENSATION OF SECRETARIES AND EXECUTIVE, ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE, AND STAFF ASSISTANTS TO PRESIDENT
1 105. The President is authorized to fix the compensa-
tion of the sip, administrative assistants authorized to be
appointed under section 106 of this title, of the Executive
Secretary of the National Security Council, and of five
other secretaries or other immediate staff assistants in the
White House Office, as follows: Two at rates not exceeding
$22,500 per annum, three at rates not exceeding $21,000
per annum, and seven at rates not exceeding $19,000 per
annum."
24 SEC. 105. The annual rate of basic compensation for each
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1 of the offices or positions listed in this section shall be
2 $21,000, as follows :
3 (1) Each Under Secretary of an executive department
4 (other than the Department of State) ;
5 (2) The Deputy Postmaster General;
6 (3) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs ;
7 (4) The Administrator of General. Services;
8 (5) The Administrator of the Housing and Home
9 Finance Agency;
10 (6) The Director of the International Cooperation
11 Administration;
12 (7) The Deputy Director of the Office of Defense
13 Mobilization ;
14 (8) The Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense
15 Administration;
16 (9) The Chairman of the Renegotiation Board;
17 (10) The Director of the United States Information
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Agency;
(11) The President of the Export-Import Bank of
Washington;
(12) The Governor of the Farm Credit Administration ;
(13) The Chairman of the Council of Economic Ad-
visors;
(14) The Associate Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice.
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1 SEC. 106. The annual rate of basic compensation for
2 each of the offices or positions listed in this section shall be
3 $20,000, as follows :
4 (1) The Assistant Comptroller General of the United
5 States;
6 (2) The Deputy Director of the Bureau of the Budget;
7 (3) The Under Secretary of the Army;
8 (4) The Under Secretary of the Navy;
9 (5) The Under Secretary of the Air Force;
10 (6 )~ The Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs ;
11 (7) The Director of the Federal Mediation and Con-
12 ciliation Service;
13 (8) The Chairman of the United States Civil Service
14 Commission;
15 (9) Each member (other than the Chairman) of the
16 Council of Economic Advisors;
17 (10) Each member of the Board of Governors of the
18 Federal Reserve System;
19 (11) Each member of the Board of Directors of the
20 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
21 (12) The Comptroller of the Currency;
22 (13) Each Deputy Under Secretary of the Department
23 of State;
24 (14) The First Vice President of the Export-Import
25 Bank of Washington;
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1 (15) The Chairman of the Federal Maritime Board, De-
2 partment of Commerce;
3 (16) The Deputy Director of the United States In-
4 formation Agency;
5 (17) The Deputy Administrator of the Federal Civil
6 Defense Administration;
7 (18) The Deputy Director of the International Coopera-
8 tion Administration;
9 (19) The Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.:
10 SEC. 107. (a) The annual rate of basic compensation
11 for each of the offices or positions listed in this section shall
12 be $19,000, as follows :
13 (1) The Assistant to the Director of the Federal Bureau
14 of Investigation, Department of Justice;
15 (2) Each Assistant Secretary of an executive depart-
16 ment;
17 (3) Each Assistant Postmaster General;
18 (4) The Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ;
19 (5) The Director of the National Advisory Committee
20 for Aeronautics ;
21 (6) Each member of the Civil Aeronautics Board;
22 (7) - Each member of -the Federal Communications
23 Commission;
24 (8) Each member of the Federal Power :Commission`;
25 (9) Each member of the Federal Trade Commission';
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1 (10) Each member of the Interstate Commerce Com-
2 mission;
3 (11) Each member of the National Labor Relations
4 Board;
5 (12) Each member of the National Mediation Board;
6 (13) Each member of the Railroad Retirement Board;
7 (14) Each member of the Securities and Exchange
8 Commission;
9 (15) Each member of the Board of Directors of the
10 Tennessee Valley Authority;
11 (16) Each member (other than the Chairman) of the
12 United States Civil Service Commission;
13 (17) Each member of the United States Tariff Com-
mission ;
(18) The General Counsel of the National 'Labor Re-
lations Board;
17 (19) The Deputy Administrator of General Services ;
18 (20) The Archivist of the United States;
19 (21) The Commissioner of Internal Revenue;
20 (22) The Commissioner of Immigration and Natural-
ization ;
22 (23) The Commissioner of Public Roads;
23 (24) The Administrator of Civil Aeronautics ;
24 (25) The Administrator of the Rural Electrification
Administration ;
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1 (26) The Counselor of the Department of State;
2 (27) The Governor of Alaska ;
3 (28) The Governor of Hawaii ;
4 (29) The Governor of the Virgin Islands ;
5 (30) The Governor of the Canal 'Lone ;
6 (31) The Public Printer;
7 (32) The Librarian of Congress;
8 (33) The Architect of the Capitol;
9 (34) The President of the Federal National Mortgage
10 Association, Housing and Home Finance Agency;
11 (35) The Deputy Administrator of the Housing and
12 Home Finance Agency ;
13 (36) Each member of the Home Loan Bank Board,
14 Housing and Home Finance Agency ;
15 (37) The Public Housing Commissioner, Housing and
16 Home Finance Agency ;
17 (38) The Federal Housing Commissioner, Housing and
18 Home Finance Agency ;
19 (39) Each Assistant Secretary of the Army;
20 (40) Each Assistant Secretary of the Navy ;
21 (41) Each Assistant Secretary of the Air Force;
22 (42) The Special Assistant to the Secretary (Health
23 and Medical Affairs), Department of Health, Education,
24 and Welfare;
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1 (43) The Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee
2 to the Atomic Energy Commission, Department of Defense;
3 (44) The Administrator, Bureau of Security and Con-
4 sular Affairs, Department of State;
5 (45) Each member of the Board of Directors of the
6 Export-Import Bank of Washington;
7 (46) Each member of the Foreign Claims Settlement
8 Commission of the United States;
9 (47) Each member (other than the Chairman) of the
10 Federal Maritime Board, Department of Commerce;
11 (48) Each Assistant Director of the Bureau of the
12 Budget;
13 (49) Each member (other than the Chairman) of the
14 Renegotiation Board;
15 (50) The Administrator, Wage and Hour and Public
16 Contracts Divisions, Department of Labor;
17 (51) The Director of the National Science Foundation;
18 (52) Each member of the Subversive Activities Con-
19 trol Board;
20 (53) The Solicitor, General Counsel, Legal Adviser,
21 or other chief legal officer of each executive department
22 (excluding the Department of Justice)
23 (54) The ten assistant directors, International Coop-
24 eration Administration, designated under section 1 (d) of
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1 Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1953 and section 527 (b)
2 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, respectively;
3 (55) The Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Sea-
4 way Development Corporation;
5 (56) The Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
6 ministration.
7 (b) The first sentence of section 603 of title 28 of
8 the United States Code (relating to the annual compensa-
9 tion of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United
10 States Courts) is amended to read as follows: "The Director
11 shall receive a salary of $19,000 a year."
12 SEC. 108. The annual rate of basic compensation for
13 each of the offices or positions listed in this section shall be
14 $17,500, as follows :
15 (1) The Associate Director of the Federal Mediation
16 and Conciliation Service ;
17 (2) The Director of Selective Service;
18 (3) Each Commissioner of the Indian Claims Commis-
19 sion;
20 (4) Each Commissioner of the United States Court
21 of Claims ;
22 (5) The Assistant Architect of the Capitol;
23 (6) The Chief Assistant Librarian of Congress;
24 (7) The Deputy Public Printer.
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1 SEc. 109. The annual rate of basic compensation for
2 each of the offices or positions listed in this section shall be
3 $17,000, as follows :
4 (1) The Treasurer of the United States;
5 (2) The Commissioner, Federal Supply Service, Gen-
6 eral Services Administration;
7 (3) The Director of the Bureau of Prisons, Department
8 of Justice ;
9 (4) The Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, Gen-
10 eral Services Administration;
11 (5) The Commissioner of Social Security, Department
12 of Health, Education, and Welfare;
13 (6) The Commissioner of Reclamation, Department
14 of the Interior;
15 (7) The Commissioner of Customs, Department of the
16 Treasury;
17 (8) The Commissioner of Narcotics, Department of the
18 Treasury;
19 (9) The Administrator, Bonneville Power Adminis-
20 tration;
21 (10) The Deputy Administrator of the Saint Lawrence
22 Seaway Development Corporation;
23 (11) The Director, Division of Slum Clearance and
24 Urban Redevelopment, 'housing and Home Finance Agency;
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1 (12) The Director of Housing Research, Housing and
2 Home Finance Agency;
3 (13) Each Deputy Administrator, Small Business Ad-
4 ministration.
5 SEC. 110. Except as otherwise specifically provided in
6 this title, the chairman or other head of each independent
7 board or commission in the executive branch shall receive,
8 during the period of his service as chairman or other. head
9 of such board or commission, annual basic compensation at
10 a rate which is $500 more than the annual rate of basic
11 compensation prescribed by this title for the other members
12 of such board or commission.
13 TITLE II-INCREASES IN MAXIMUM LIMITA-
14 TIONS ON BASIC COMPENSATION UNDER
15 CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1949 AND OTHER
16 LAWS
17 SEC. 201. (a) The compensation schedule for the Gen-
18 eral Schedule contained in section 603 (b) of the Classifica-
19 tion Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by striking out :
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"GS-17 -----
13, 975
14,190 14, 405
14, 620
GS-18 -----
14,800"
and inserting in lieu thereof :
"GS-17 -----
13, 975
14,190 14, 405
14, 620
14,
835
GS-18 -----
16,000".
21 (b) The rates of basic compensation of officers and em-
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1 ployees to whom this section applies shall be initially ad-
2 justed as follows :
3 (1) If the officer or employee is receiving basic com-
4 pensation immediately prior to the effective date of this
5 Act at a scheduled rate of grade 17 or 18 of the General
6 Schedule, he shall receive a rate of basic compensation at
7 the corresponding scheduled rate in effect on and after such
8 date ;
9 (2) If the officer or employee, immediately prior to the
10 effective date of this Act, is in a position in grade 17 of the
11 General Schedule and is receiving basic compensation at a
12 rate between two scheduled rates of such grade, he shall
13 receive a rate of basic compensation at the higher of the
14 two corresponding rates in effect on and after such date;
15 (3) If the officer or employee, immediately prior to
16 the effective date of this Act, is in a position in grade 17
17 of the General Schedule and is receiving basic compensation
18 at a rate which is in excess of the maximum scheduled rate
19 of his grade as provided in this section, he shall continue to
20 receive such higher rate of basic compensation until (A) he
21 leaves such position, or (B) he is entitled to receive basic
22 compensation at a higher rate by reason of the operation
23 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended; but when
24 such position becomes vacant, the rate of basic compensation
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1 of any subsequent appointee thereto shall be fixed in accord-
2 ance with such Act, as amended.
3 SEC. 202. The Postal Field Service Schedule in section
4 301' (a) of the Postal Field Service Compensation Act of
5 1955 (Public Law 68, Eighty-fourth Congress) is amended
6 by striking out :
"18 --------- 12, 500 12, 800 t3, 100 13, 400 13, 700 14, 000 14,300
19 --------- 13, 600 13, 900 14, 200 14, 500 14,800
20 --------- 14,800"
7 and inserting in lieu thereof :
"18 --------- 12, 800 13,100 13,400 13, 700 14,000 14, 300 14,600
19 --------- 14, 000 14,300 14,600 14,900 15, 200
20 --------- 16, 000".
SEC. 203. Section 3 of the Act of January 3, 1946,
8 as amended (38 U. S. C., see. 15b), is hereby amended as
9 follows :
10 (1) The first paragraph of such section 3 as amended
11 by paragraph (1) of the first section of the Act of October
12 12, 1949 (63 Stat. 764), and the second and third pars
13 graphs of subsection (h) of such section 3 as amended by
14 paragraphs (3) and (4) of the first section of such Act
15 of October 12, 1949, are hereby redesignated as subsection
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