[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 1, Chapters 1 - 6]
[Chapter 6.  Officers, Officials, and Employees]
[C. House Officers]
[Â§ 25. Creating Positions]
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                               CHAPTER 6
 
                   Officers, Officials, and Employees
 
                               EMPLOYMENT
 
Sec. 25. Creating Positions

Temporary Employees

Sec. 25.1 The frequent employment of personnel for brief periods places 
    an undue strain on the accounting procedures of the House; and it 
    is the announced policy of the Committee on House Administration to 
    discourage the temporary employment of personnel for periods of 
    less than a month.

    On Oct. 19, 1966,(20) Wayne L. Hays, of Ohio, Chairman 
of the Committee on House Administration, delivered the following 
remarks to the House:
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20. 112 Cong. Rec. 27653, 89th Cong. 2d Sess.
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        Mr. Speaker, I have an announcement which I think will be of 
    general interest to all Members and of special interest to some:
        Today the House Committee on Administration passed unanimously 
    a motion ordering and directing the chairman to notify all Members 
    that, as of the 15th of November, any employee put on a Member's 
    payroll, or a committee payroll, shall not be put on for a period 
    of less than 1 month, except that, if the person put on does not 
    work out and they desire to terminate his employment in less than a 
    month, he may not reappear on the Member's payroll for a period of 
    6 months.
        Mr. Speaker, this is done to prevent what has happened to 
    excess in some committees, and I must say in some Members' offices 
    of having people on the payroll for a day or two at a time.
        This has caused an impossible situation in the Clerk's office 
    with regard to writing payroll checks. . . .

Assistants to House Officials

Sec. 25.2 Positions for assistants to House officials are created by 
    resolution.

    On Jan. 26, 1960,(1) Mr. John W. McCormack, of 
Massachusetts, presented before the House the following privileged 
resolution:
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 1. 106 Cong. Rec. 1323, 86th Cong. 2d Sess. For further examples of 
        resolutions creating positions for assistants to House 
        officials, see 106 Cong. Rec. 408, 86th Cong. 2d Sess., Jan. 
        13, 1960, and 104 Cong. Rec. 9758, 85th Cong. 2d Sess., May 28, 
        1958.
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                            House Resolution 429

        Resolved by the House of Representatives, That, effective 
    February 1, 1960, there shall be paid out of the contingent fund of 
    the House, until otherwise provided by law, compensation for the 
    employment of an Assistant Superintendent in the House Periodical

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    Press Gallery, at the basic salary of $2,580 per annum.
        The resolution was agreed to.
        A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

Clerks to House Officers and Officials

Sec. 25.3 Positions for clerks to House officers and officials are 
    created by resolution.

    On Jan. 26, 1966,(2) Mr. John W. McCormack, of 
Massachusetts, obtained unanimous consent for the consideration of the 
following resolution:
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 2. 112 Cong. Rec. 1125, 89th Cong. 2d Sess. For a further example of a 
        House resolution providing for additional clerk-hire see 105 
        Cong. Rec. 559, 86th Cong. 1st Sess., Jan. 12, 1959.
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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.
        (b) An additional position in the Office of the Majority Whip, 
    the basic compensation of which shall be at a rate not to exceed 
    $2,500 per annum.
        (c) An additional position in the Office of the Minority Whip, 
    the basic compensation of which shall be at a rate not to exceed 
    $2,500 per annum.
        The resolution was agreed to.
        A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

Messengers to House Officers and Officials

Sec. 25.4 Positions for messengers to House officers and officials are 
    created by resolution.

    On Apr. 16, 1962,(3) subsequent to the Chair's 
recognition of Mr. Carl Albert, of Oklahoma, the following proceedings 
occurred:
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 3. 108 Cong. Rec. 6707, 87th Cong. 2d Sess.
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        Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution (H. Res. 603) to provide for 
    certain new positions and to increase the compensation of certain 
    employees of the House of Representatives, and ask unanimous 
    consent for its immediate consideration.

        The Speaker:(4~) Is there objection to the request 
    of the gentleman from Oklahoma?
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 4. John W. McCormack (Mass.).
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        There was no objection.
        The Clerk read the resolution as follows:

            Resolved, That (a) there is hereby created in the Office of 
        the Speaker the new position of Messenger the basic 
        compensation of which shall be at the rate of $2,100 per annum, 
        and
            (b) There is hereby created in the Office of the 
        Parliamentarian the

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        new position of Clerk-Messenger the basic compensation of which 
        shall be at the rate of $3,300 per annum.
            Sec. 2. The basic compensation of each of the two positions 
        of Telephone Clerk (one minority) in the Office of the 
        Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives shall be at the rate 
        of $3,000 per annum.
            Sec. 3. The additional amounts necessary to carry out the 
        provisions of this resolution shall be paid out of the 
        contingent fund of the House of Representatives until otherwise 
        provided by law.
            Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect May 1, 1962.

        The resolution was agreed to.
        A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.