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84rx CONGRESS H
1ST SESSION
Calendar No.1316
R. 7619
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
AUGUST 2, 19; 5
Read twice and ordered to be placed on the calendar
AN ACT
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.
11 SEC. 104. Section 105 of title 3 of the United States
12 Code is amended to read as follows :
13 "COMPENSATION OF SECRETARIES AND EXECUTIVE, ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE,; AND STAFF ASSISTANTS TO PRESIDENT
"? 105. The President is authorized to fix the compensa-
16 tion of the six administrative assistants authorized to be
17" 'appointed under section 106 of this title, of the ' Executive
18 Secretary of the National Security Council, and of five
19 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."
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
18 Agency;
19 (11) The President of the Export-Import Bank
20 Washington;
21 (12) The Governor of the Farm Credit Administration;
22 (13) The Chairman of the Council of Economic Ad-
23 visors ;
24 (14) The Associate Director of the Federal Bureau of
25 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;
31 (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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(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 ;
15 (18) The General Counsel of the National Labor Re-
1.6 lations Board;
17 (19) The Deputy Administrator of General Services ;
18 (20) The Archivist of the United States;
10 (21) The Commissioner of Internal.- Revenue;
20 (22) The Commissioner of Immigration and Natural
21 ization;
22 (23) . The Commissioner of Public Roads;
28 (24) The Administrator of Civil Aeronautics;
24 (25) The. Administrator of the Rural Electrification
25, _ Mministration
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(26) The Counselor of the Department of State;
(27) The Governor of Alaska;
(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;
(33) The Architect of the Capitol;
(34) The President of the Federal National Mortgage
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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 Dousing Commissioner, I ousi~ig and
18 Home Finance Agency ;
19 (39) Each Assistant Secretary of the Army;-
20 (40) Each Assistant Secretary of the Na &y?;
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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Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1953 and section 527 (b)
of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, respectively;
(55) The Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Sea-
way Development Corporation;
(56) The Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
ministration.
(b) The first sentence of section 603 of title 28 of
the United States Code (relating to the annual compensa-
tion of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts) is amended. to read as follows: "The Director
shall receive a salary of $ 1.9,000 a year."
Sic. 108. The annual rate of basic compensation for
13 each of the offices or positions listed in this section shall he
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-
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.
H. R. 7619 2
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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 era] Services Administration;
7 (3) The Director of the Bureau of Prisons, Department
8 of Justice ;
9 (4) The Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, Gen-
10 era] 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 tra:tion ;
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 Q 201 Tl hd1 f
h
20
. (a) -,e c,ompensatlon se e u e or t
e Gen-
eral Schedule contained in section 603 (b) of the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by striking out:
"08-17 -----
13, 975
14, 190 14, =105
14,620
GS-18 -----
14, 800"
and inserting in lieu thereof :
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 iinitially 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 IS 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) be
21 leaves such position, or (B) lie 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
1955 (Public Law 68, Eighty-fourth Congress) is amended
6 by striking out:
7
"18 ---------
12,500
12,800
13,100
13,400
13,700
14,000
14,300
19 ---------
13,600
13,900
14,200
14,500
14,800
20 ---------
14,800"
and inserting in lieu thereof :
1118 ---------
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".
8 SEC. 203. Section 3 of the Act of January 3, 1946,
9 as amended (38 U. S. C., sec. 15b), is hereby amended as
10 follows:
11 (1) The first .paragraph of such section 3 as amended
12 by paragraph (1) of the first section of the Act of October
13 12, 1949 (63 Stat. 764), and the second and third para-
14 graphs of subsection (b) of such section 3 as amended by
15 . paragraphs (3) and (4) of the first section of such Act
16 of October 12, 1949, are hereby redesignated as subsections
17 " (a) ", " (c) ", and " (d) ", respectively, of section 3 of the
18 Act of January 3, 1946';
19 (2) The last sentence of section 3 (b) is amended to
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read : "During the period of his service as such, the Chief
Medical Director shall be paid a salary of $17,800 a year.";
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1 (3) The last sentence of section 3 (c), as redesig-
2 nated by paragraph (1) of this section, is amended to read:
3 "During the period of his -service as such, the Deputy Chief
Medical, Director shall be paid a salary of $16,800 a year.";
5 and
6 (4) That portion of the first sentence of section 3 (d) ,
7 as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, which
8 precedes the proviso in such sentence is amended to read:
9 "Each Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be appointed
10 by the Administrator upon the recommendation of the Chief
11 Medical Director and shall be paid a salary of $15,800 a
12 year:".
13 SEC. 204. (a) Subsection (c) of the first section of the
14 Act of August 1, 1947, as amended (5 U. S. C., secs. 171p,
15 230, 476, and 6261; 50 U. S. C., sec. 158), relating to
16 limitations on rates of basic compensation for research and
17 development positions requiring the services of specially
18 qualified scientific or professional personnel in the Depart-
19 ment of Defense-and in the National Advisory Committee for
20 Aeronautics, is amended (1), by striking out "$1.0,000" and
21 inserting in lieu thereof "$12,500"- and (2) by striking out
22 "$15,000" and inserting in.-lieu thereof "$17,500".
23 (b) Section 208 (g), of the Public Health Service Act,
24 as amended (42 U. S. C., sec. 210 (g) ), relating; to amity
25 tions on rates of basic compensation for research and develop-
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1 ment positions requiring the services of specially qualified
2 :scientific or professional personnel in the Public Health Serv-
3 ice, is amended (1) by striking out "$10,000" and inserting
.4. in'lieu thereof "$12,500" and (2) by striking out "$15,000"
5 and inserting in lieu thereof '117,500".
6 (c) Section 12 of the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended
7 (62 Stat. 198; 21 U. S. C., see. 113a), relating to the
.8 maximum limitation on basic compensation for positions of
9 technical experts or scientists for research and study of foot-
10 and-mouth disease and other animal diseases, is amended by
11 striking out "$15,000" and inserting in lieu thereof
12. "$17,500".
13, (d) The amendments contained in subsections (a) and
14 (b) of this section shall not affect the authority of the
15 United States Civil Service Commission or the procedure for
16 fixing the pay of individual officers or employees under the
17 provisions of law amended by such subsections (a) and (b)
18. except that the rate of basic compensation in effect imnnedi-
19 etely:.prior to? the effective 'date of this Act of any officer or
201, employee. to whom the provisions of law amended by this
21 section apply, which is less than a basic rate of $12,500 per
22 annum,' shall be increased to such rate on such effective date.
23 TITLE III-GENERAL PROVISIONS
24 SEC. 301. The following provisions of law are hereby
25 repealed :
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.1 (1) The Act entitled "An Act to increase rates of
2 compensation of the heads and assistant heads of executive
3 departments and independent agencies", approved October
4 15, 1949 (Public Law 359, Eighty-first Congress; 63 Stat.
5 880), except section 2 (b), section 6 (b), section 6 (c),
6 section 6 (d) , and section 9 thereof;
7 (2) That part of the paragraph under the heading
8 "Federal Bureau of Investigation" and under the subhead-
9 ing "Salaries and Expenses" contained in title II (the
10 Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1956) of the
11 Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and re-
12 lated agencies Appropriation Act, 1956 (Public Law 133,
13 Eighty-fourth Congress), which reads ": Provided, That
14 the compensation of the Director of the Bureau shall be
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$20,000 per annum so long as the position is held by the
present incumbent" ; and
(3) That part of the first paragraph under the head-
ing "National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics" con-
tained in title I of the Independent Offices Appropriation
Act, 1956 (Public Law 112, Eighty-fourth Congress),
which reads "one Director at not to exceed $17,500 per
annum so long as the position is held by the present
incumbent;".
SEC. 302. Nothing contained in this Act shall be neld
or considered to affect the last proviso in the paragraph un-
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1 der the heading "Federal Prison System" and under the
2 subheading "Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of Prisons" con-
3 tained in title II (the Department of Justice Appropriation
4 Act, 1956) of the Departments of State and Justice, the
5 Judiciary, and related agencies Appropriation Act, 1956
6 (Public Law 133, Eighty-fourth Congress), which reads
7 "Provided further, That hereafter the compensation of the
8 Director of the Bureau shall be $17,500 per annum so long
9 as the position is held by the present incumbent".
10 SEC. 303. The rate of basic compensation of any officer
11 or employee of the Federal Government which is in effect
12 immediately prior to the effective date of this Act shall
13 not be reduced by reason of the enactment of this Act.
14 SEc. 304. This Act shall take effect at the beginning
15 of the first pay period following the date of enactment of
16 this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 1955.
Attest : RALPH R. ROBERTS,
Clerk.
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