[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 1, Chapters 1 - 6]
[Chapter 3.  Party Organization]
[D. Floor Leaders]
[Â§ 22. Salary and Perquisites; Honors on Death]
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                               CHAPTER 3
 
                           Party Organization
 
                            D. FLOOR LEADERS
 
Sec. 22. Salary and Perquisites, Honors on Death

    Recognition of the status of the floor leaders is reflected in 
provisions of law regarding the salaries(14) and 
allowances(15) of the floor leaders and in certain 
provisions prescribing the honors to be accorded upon the death of a 
floor leader.(16)
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14. See 2 USC Sec. 31.
15. An allowance for office personnel in the office of floor leader is 
        prescribed by 2 USC Sec. 333; such allowance is in addition to 
        the clerk-hire allowance prescribed for each Member by 2 USC 
        Sec. 332. A provision pertaining to allowances for airmail and 
        special delivery stamps for the floor leaders is contained in 2 
        USC Sec. 42d(1).
16. A proclamation specifies the length of time that designated flags 
        will be flown at half-staff upon the death of a Majority Leader 
        or Minority Leader of the House. See 36 USC Sec. 175, note, 
        Proclamation No. 3044 (flag to be flown at half-staff from day 
        of death until 
        interment).                          -------------------
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Assistants to Floor Leaders

Sec. 22.1 The House has authorized the creation of new positions in the 
    office of floor leader, or the payment from the contingent fund of 
    the House of additional compensation to assistants of the floor 
    leader.

    In the 89th Congress, the Majority Leader offered a resolution 
creating an additional position of clerk in the offices of the Speaker 
and the Minority Leader, and providing for the payment of the salaries 
of such clerks from the contingent fund of the House. The resolution, 
which was agreed to by the House, was as follows:(17)
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17. 112 Cong. Rec. 573, 89th Cong. 2d Sess., Jan. 19, 1966.

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                                  H. Res. 669

        . . . (b) There is hereby created in the office of the minority 
    leader an additional position the basic compensation of which shall 
    be at a rate not to exceed $3,000 per annum.
        (c) There shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House 
    of Representatives, until otherwise provided by law, such sums as 
    may be necessary to carry out this resolution. . . .

    On Mar. 9, 1965, the Majority Leader offered a resolution raising 
the gross salary of, among others, the administrative assistants to the 
floor leaders. The resolution, which was agreed to by the House, was as 
follows:(18)
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18. 111 Cong. Rec. 4405, 89th Cong. 1st Sess.
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                                  H. Res. 258

        Resolved, That, effective March 1, 1965, there shall be payable 
    from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, until 
    otherwise provided by law, an amount which will permit the payment 
    of basic compensation per annum, at a rate not in excess of the 
    highest amount which, together with additional compensation 
    authorized by law, will not exceed the maximum rate authorized by 
    the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to the administrative 
    assistant of each of the following: . . .
        (2) the majority leader of the House;
        (3) the minority leader of the House . . .
        (7) each Member of the House who has served as majority leader, 
    and as minority leader(19) of the House.
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19. See also H. Res. 127, 89th Cong. 1st Sess. (1965), providing for an 
        administrative assistant for any Member who has served both as 
        Majority and as Minority Leader of the House.
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    On Jan. 26, 1966, the Speaker took the floor to offer a resolution 
providing additional clerk-hire allowance for the office of the 
Majority Leader, and authorizing additional positions in the offices of 
the Minority Leader and others. The resolution was as 
follows:(20)
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20. 112 Cong. Rec. 1125, 89th Cong. 2d Sess.
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                                  H. Res. 690

        Resolved, That effective February 1, 1966, there shall be paid 
    out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, until 
    otherwise provided by law, such sums as may be necessary for:
        1. Additional clerical help in the Office of the Majority 
    Leader, not to exceed $3,000 (basic) per annum.
        2. (a) An additional position in the Office of the Minority 
    Leader, the basic compensation of which shall be at a rate not to 
    exceed $2,500 per annum. . . .

The resolution was agreed to.

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