[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 1, Chapters 1 - 6]
[Chapter 6.  Officers, Officials, and Employees]
[C. House Officers]
[Â§ 26. Minority Positions]
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                               CHAPTER 6
 
                   Officers, Officials, and Employees
 
                               EMPLOYMENT
 
Sec. 26. Minority Positions

Designation of Minority Employees

Sec. 26.1 The minority employees of the House are designated by and 
    have their compensations established by House resolution.

    On Jan. 3, 1973,(5) Mr. John B. Anderson, of Illinois, 
offered and asked for the immediate consideration of the following 
resolution:
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 5. 119 Cong. Rec. 27, 93d Cong. 1st Sess. For further illustrations of 
        House resolutions designating minority employees see 115 Cong. 
        Rec. 4070, 91st Cong. 1st Sess., Feb. 20, 1969; 115 Cong. Rec. 
        35, 91st Cong. 1st Sess., Jan. 3, 1969; 112 Cong. Rec. 28514, 
        89th Cong. 2d Sess., Oct. 21, 1966; 109 Cong. Rec. 11457, 88th 
        Cong. 1st Sess., June 25, 1963; and 108 Cong. Rec. 7073, 87th 
        Cong. 2d. Sess., Apr. 19, 1962.
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                                 H. Res. 7

        Resolved, That pursuant to the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, as 
    amended, six minority employees authorized therein shall be the 
    following-named persons, effective January 3, 1973, until otherwise 
    ordered by the House, to-wit: Joe Bartlett and Robert T. Hartmann, 
    to receive gross compensation of $36,000.00 per annum, 
    respectively; William R. Bonsell, to receive gross compensation of 
    $35,886.89 per annum; Tommy Lee Winebrenner, to receive gross 
    compensation of $31,013.37 per annum; Walter P. Kennedy (minority 
    pair clerk), to receive gross compensation of $30,820.35 per annum; 
    and John J. Williams (Staff Director to the Minority), to receive 
    gross compensation of $36,000.00 per annum.
        The resolution was agreed to.
        A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

Establishing Position Titles

Sec. 26.2 Position titles for the minority employees of the House and 
    adjustments in their gross compensation are provided for by 
    resolution.

    On June 17, 1969,(6) Mr. Gerald R. Ford, of Michigan, 
offered and

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asked for the immediate consideration of a resolution, as follows:
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 6. 115 Cong. Rec. 16196, 91st Cong. 1st Sess.
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                                H. Res. 441

        Resolution relating to the positions of certain minority 
    employees in the House of Representatives
        Resolved, That, until otherwise provided by law--(1) The six 
    positions of minority employees listed in House Resolution 8, 
    Ninety-first Congress, as supplemented by House Resolution 238, 
    Ninety-first Congress, and House Resolution 265, Ninety-first 
    Congress, are hereby given position titles in the descending order 
    in which those six positions are listed in House Resolution 8 as 
    follows:
        (A) the position title of the position listed first is ``Floor 
    Assistant to the Minority'';
        (B) the position title of the position listed second is ``Floor 
    Assistant to the Minority'';
        (C) the position title of the position listed third is ``Floor 
    Assistant to the Minority'';
        (D) the position title of the position listed fourth is ``Floor 
    Assistant to the Minority'';
        (E) the position title of the position listed fifth is ``Pair 
    Clerk to the Minority''; and
        (F) the position title of the position listed sixth is ``Staff 
    Director to the Minority''.
        (2) Appointments to each position for which a position title is 
    provided by subparagraph (1) of this section shall be made by 
    action of the House of Representatives.
        (3) The rate of pay of each position for which a position title 
    is provided by subparagraph (1) of this section shall be a per 
    annum gross rate equal to the annual rate of basic pay of Level V 
    of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 of title 5, United States 
    Code, unless a different rate is provided for such position by 
    action of the House of Representatives.
        Sec. 2. (a) The first section of this resolution shall not 
    affect or change the appointments or continuity of employment of 
    those employees who hold such positions on the date of adoption of 
    this resolution.
        (b) In accordance with the authority of the House of 
    Representatives under subparagraph (3) of the first section of this 
    resolution, the respective per annum gross rates of pay of those 
    positions for which position titles are provided by clauses (C), 
    (D), (E), and (F) of subparagraph (1) of the first section of this 
    resolution are as follows:
        (1) for the position subject to clause (C)--$29,160;
        (2) for the position subject to clause (D)--$25,200;
        (3) for the position subject to clause (E)--$28,440; and
        (4) for the position subject to subparagraph (F)--$28,080.
        Sec. 3. This resolution shall become effective as of the 
    beginning of the calendar month in which this resolution is 
    adopted.
        The resolution was agreed to.
        A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.