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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
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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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