[PUBLIC LAW 359 81st CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 695 - 1st SESSION]

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• Publication Date: October 15, 1949
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PUBLIC LAw 359-81ST CONGRESS]
CHAPTER 695-1ST SESSION]
[II. R. 1689]
AN ACT
To increase rates of compensation of the heads and assistant heads of
executive departments and independent agencies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the rate of basic
compensation of the head of each executive department and of the
Secretary of Defense shall be $22,500 per annum; the rate of basic
compensation of the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall be $20,000
per annum; and the rate of basic compensation of the Secretary of the
Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force
shall be, respectively, $18,000 per annum.
SEC. 2. (a) Section 105 of title 3 of the United States Code is amended
to read as follows :
"COMPENSATION OP SECRETARIES AND ExECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND
STAFF ASSISTANTS TO PRESIDENT
105. The President is authorized to fix the compensation of the
six 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 secre arie-s or of ier Immediate staff assistants
in the White House Office as follows : Two at rates not exceeding
$20,000 per annum, three at rates not exceeding $18,000 per annum,
and seven at rates not exceeding $1",1Q4 per annum."
(b) The first sentence of section 106 of title 3 of the United States
Code is amended to read as follows : "The President is authorized to
appoint not to exceed six administrative assistants and to fix their
compensation in accordance with section 105 of this title."
SEC. 3. The rate of basic compensation of each Under Secretary of
an executive department, the Deputy Postmaster General, the Assistant
to the Attorney General, the Solicitor General of the United States, the
Comptroller General of the United States, the Director of the Bureau
of the Budget, the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board,
the Federal Security Administrator, the Administrator of Veterans'
Affairs, the Administrator of General Services, and the Housing and
Home Finance Administrator shall be $17,500 per annum.
SEC. 4. The rate of basic compensation of the Chairman of the Muni-
tions Board, the Chairman of the Research and Development Board,
the Assistant Comptroller General of the United States, the Assistant
Director of the Bureau of the Budget, the Deputy Administrator of
Veterans' Affairs, the Director of Central Intelligence, the Federal
Mediation and Con 'Mi t o director LL the `Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Chairman of the Civil Service Commis-
sion, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import
Bank of Washington, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the Chairman of the United
States Maritime Commission, members of the Council of Economic
Advisers, members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, and members of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (including the Comptroller of the Currency)
shall be $16,000 per annum.
SEC. 5. (a) The rate of basic compensation of the Assistant Federal
Security Administrator, the Director of Aeronautical Research of the
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, members of the Civil
Aeronautics Board, members of the Federal Communications Com-
mission, members of the Federal Power Commission, members of the
Federal Trade Commission, members of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, members of the National Labor Relations Board, mem-
bers of the National Mediation Board, members of the Railroad
Retirement Board, members of the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission, members of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley
Authority, members (other than the Chairman) of. the Civil Service
Commission, members of the United States Tariff Commission, the
General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, the Deputy
Administrator of General Services, the Archivist of the United States,
each Assistant Secretary of an executive department (including the
Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Under
Secretaries of State), each Assistant Attorney General, each Assistant
Postmaster General, the Assistant Solicitor General of the United
States, the Counselor of the Department of State, the Philippine Alien
Property Administrator, members (other than the Chairman) of the
Board of Directors of the Export-Import. Bank of Washington, mem-
bers (other than the Chairman) of the Board of Directors of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, members (other than the Chair-
man) of the United States Maritime Commission, the Administrator
of the Production and Marketing Administration, the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, the Commissioner of Public Roads, the Commis-
sioner of Immigration and Nat"ralization, the Administrator of Civil
Aeronautics, the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Admin-
istration, the Governors of Alaska, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, and
the Panama Canal, the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on
Internal Revenue Taxation, the Public Printer, the Librarian of
Congress, and the Architect, of the Capitol shall be $15,000 per annum.
(h) The first sentence of section 603 of title 28 of the United States
Code (relating to the salary 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 $15,000 a year."
SEC. 6. (a) The rate of basic compensation of the Housing Expediter,
the Director of the Bureau of Federal Supply, the Director of Selective
Service, members of the Displaced Persons Commission, members of
the Indian Claims Commission, members of the War Claims Com-
mission, members of the Philippine War Damage Commission, the
Associate Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director, the De uty
Director of Central Iritellimence the Director of the Bureau o risons`,
t e ommrssroner 0T I"ib`~Itc 7C;~nrldin `s the Commissioner of Com-
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. munity Facilities, the Commissioner for Social Security, the Com-
missioner of Reclamation, the Chief of the Soil Conservation Service,
the Commissioner of Customs, the Commissioner of Narcotics, the
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Governor of the Farm Credit Administration, the Chief Forester of
the Forest Service, the Administrator of the Farmers Home Admin-
istration, the Manager of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation,
the Associate Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the
Commissioners of the United States Court of Claims, the Assistant
Architect of the Capitol, the Chief Assistant Librarian of Congress,
and the Deputy Public Printer shall be $14,000 per annum.
(b) The second sentence of section 603 of title 28 of the United
States Code (relating to the compensation of the Assistant Director
of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts) is amended
to read as follows : "The Assistant Director shall receive a salary of
$12,500 a year."
(c) The rate of compensation of the Legislative Counsel of the
House of Representatives and of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate
shall be $12,000 per annum.
(d) The second sentence of section 30 of the Act of May 24, 1924, as
amended (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 152a), relating to the appointment and
compensation of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State, is
amended to read as follows : "The legal adviser shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate."
SEc. 7. The applicable appropriation for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1950, shall be available for payment of compensation at the rate
established for any position by or pursuant to this Act unless it is
specifically provided that such appropriation shall not be available
for such purpose.
Sr-c. 8. The head of each department or independent agency in the
executive branch of the Government, having personnel subject to the
provisions of this Act, is authorized and directed to absorb the
increased costs during the fiscal year 1950 resulting from the enact-
ment of this Act within any unobligated or unexpended balances in
appropriations available to such department or independent agency.
This section shall not apply to any agency with respect to which the
Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall certify that absorption of
such increased costs would impair the proper performance of its
functions.
Snc. 9. This Act shall take effect on the fir ? day of the first
period which begins after the date of enactment of this Act.
Approved October 1.5, 1949.
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