[House Report 106-635] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 106th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106-635 ====================================================================== LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2001 _______ May 23, 2000.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed _______ Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following R E P O R T together with ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 4516] The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in explanation of the accompanying bill making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes. INDEX TO BILL AND REPORT _______________________________________________________________________ Page number Bill Report Summary of bill............................................ 2 Highlights of bill......................................... 4 Structure of bill.......................................... 7 Legislative branch wide matters............................ 7 Title I--Congressional operations: House of Representatives........................... 2 9 Joint Items: Joint Economic Committee................... 7 14 Joint Committee on Taxation................ 7 14 Office of the Attending Physician.......... 7 15 Capitol Police Board....................... 8 15 Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office................................. 19 17 Office of Compliance............................... 20 17 Congressional Budget Office........................ 21 18 Architect of the Capitol (except Senate and Title II items)...................................... 21 18 Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress 23 21 Congressional printing and binding, Government Printing Office................................ 24 21 Title II--Other agencies: Botanic Garden..................................... 28 22 Library of Congress (except Congressional Research Service)....................................... 28 23 Architect of the Capitol: Library buildings and grounds........................................ 36 26 Government Printing Office (except Congressional printing and binding).......................... 36 27 General Accounting Office.......................... 39 28 Title III--General provisions.............................. 40 29 Constitutional authority................................... 29 Comparison with budget resolution.......................... 29 Five-year projection of outlays............................ 30 Assistance to State and local governments.................. 30 Transfers of funds......................................... 30 Rescissions................................................ 30 Changes in the application of existing law................. 30 Compliance with clause 3--rule XIII........................ 33 SUMMARY OF BILL The bill, as recommended by the Committee, provides appropriations for fiscal year 2001 legislative branch operations, which totals $1,817,900,000. Of that amount, $1,112,513,000 is for congressional operations and $705,387,000 is for other agencies. A summary of the recommendations follows: Fiscal year 2001 Amount Congressional operations................. \1\ $1,112,513,000 Other agencies........................... 705,387,000 ------------------------------ Total.............................. 1,817,900,000 \1\ Excludes Senate items, including those Senate items under the Architect of the Capitol. Conforming with long practice under which each body of Congress determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without intervention, funds for the Senate are not included in the bill as reported to the House. Current appropriations estimates for the Senate for fiscal year 2001, including those under the Architect of the Capitol, total $624,660,000. A comparative summary of the bill by title and agency follows: SUMMARY OF THE BILL [Note.--Excludes Senate items including those Senate items under Architect of the Capitol] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill compared with-- Budget estimates New budget ------------------------------------- New budget of new (obligational) Budget estimates Agency (obligational) (obligational) authority New budget of new authority, fiscal authority, fiscal recommended in (obligational) (obligational) year 2000 \1\ year 2001 bill authority, fiscal authority, fiscal year 2000 year 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS House of Representatives................................. $757,993,000 $800,738,000 $749,210,000 -$8,783,000 -$51,528,000 Joint items.............................................. 100,626,000 133,078,000 89,980,000 -10,646,000 -43,098,000 Office of Compliance..................................... 1,992,000 2,095,000 1,816,000 -176,000 -279,000 Congressional Budget Office.............................. 26,121,000 28,493,000 25,100,000 -1,021,000 -3,393,000 Architect of the Capitol (except Senate and Title II 138,365,000 160,299,000 114,750,000 -23,615,000 -45,549,000 items).................................................. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress...... 70,973,000 75,640,000 66,200,000 -4,773,000 -9,440,000 Congressional printing and binding, Government Printing 73,297,000 80,800,000 65,457,000 -7,840,000 -15,343,000 Office.................................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, title I--Congressional operations........... 1,169,367,000 1,281,143,000 1,112,513,000 -56,854,000 -168,630,000 ============================================================================================== TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES Botanic Garden........................................... $3,438,000 $4,916,000 $3,216,000 -222,000 -1,700,000 Library of Congress (except Congressional Operations).... 323,380,000 352,447,000 323,903,000 523,000 -28,544,000 Architect of the Capitol (Library buildings and grounds). 19,857,000 20,278,000 15,133,000 -4,724,000 -5,145,000 Government Printing Office (Superintendent of Documents). 29,872,000 34,451,000 11,606,000 -18,266,000 -22,845,000 Government Printing Office Revolving Fund................ ................. 6,000,000 ................. ................. -6,000,000 General Accounting Office................................ 377,561,000 399,918,000 351,529,000 -26,032,000 -48,389,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, title II--Other agencies.................... 754,108,000 818,010,000 705,387,000 -48,721,000 -112,623,000 ============================================================================================== Grand total, new budget, (obligational) authority 1,923,475,000 2,099,153,000 1,817,900,000 -105,575,000 -281,253,000 (for items considered by House)................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Includes amounts pending in H.R. 3908. HIGHLIGHTS OF BILL Summary of Estimates and Recommendations Budget estimates.--The budget estimates considered by the Committee total $2,099,153,000. By law, budget requests for the legislative branch are transmitted to the Congress by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the President without change in the amounts submitted by the originating agency. The 2001 proposals appear on pages 467 through 472 of the ``Analytical Perspectives'' volume, and pages 17 through 42 of the ``Appendix'' volume of the 2001 Federal Budget (H. Doc. 106-162). Committee recommendations.--A total of $1,817,900,000 in new budget (obligational) authority is recommended for fiscal year 2001. The recommendation is $281,253,000 less than was transmitted to the Congress, a decrease of 13.4 percent under the budget request. The bill, as reported, is $537,100,000 below the 302(b) allocation established by the Committee on Appropriations. The bill does not include Senate items. If the Senate items were included at the level specified in the Committee's 302(b) limits, the bill would be equal to the amount allocated to the Subcommittee on Legislative. The recommendations in this bill continue an effort begun in the 104th Congress to insure the Legislative Branch is a full participant as the Federal budget begins producing surpluses that can be directed toward long-term priorities. With the enactment of this bill, the five-year savings under the spending level adopted in the 103rd Congress (Senate items excluded) will total $1.7 billion in 2000 dollars. That is the amount of accumulated savings that has resulted from downsizing and reducing legislative branch expenditures compared to the Legislative budget if it had grown at the trend established by the annual appropriations enacted during the 1990-1995 time period. Staffing.--For the past several years, the Committee has eliminated legislative branch jobs through the annual funding process, has generally denied funding for net staffing increases, or provided only those positions with very high priority. In this bill, it is estimated that funding for 1,729 full time equivalent positions (FTE's) are being eliminated from legislative agency rolls. It must be noted that some agencies have alternatives to employee reductions. Reductions in non-personal resource areas such as travel, equipment, care and maintenance of plant and office space, and other areas may be used in lieu of employment cuts. COLA's can be denied in some instances, but these options are limited and many of these personnel reductions will have to be made. Since 1994, the agencies of the legislative branch have eliminated 5,904 FTE jobs. That is about 21.3% of this branch of government that has been downsized through efficiencies or program eliminations. Comparison with fiscal year 2000 appropriations.--Compared with the appropriations enacted for fiscal year 2000, and those pending in H.R. 3908, $1,923,475,000, the recommendation of $1,817,900,000 in new budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 2001 is a decrease of $105,575,000 or 5.5%. Areas of major change.--The recommended amount for fiscal year 2001 is a net decrease of $105,575,000 below the level appropriated for fiscal year 2000. This decrease has several components. The sum of $24,424,000 has been provided to pay for mandatory pay and related costs. To meet the costs of inflation necessary to maintain the current level of services requires $2,705,000. These costs primarily reflect year-to-year price changes for the same amount of services consumed. There will be a decrease of $132,704,000 for programs, including a decrease of $102,578,000 in workload, and a decrease of $30,126,000 for equipment, alterations and repairs. A summary of the areas of major changes recommended by general category follows: AREAS OF MAJOR CHANGE: COMMITTEE BILL VERSUS FISCAL YEAR 2000 BUDGET AUTHORITY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program type changes --------------------------------------------------- Mandatory pay Price level Equipment, Item and related changes alterations, Total changes costs Legislation Workload maintenance, repairs, etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS House of Representatives.......................... $10,384,000 ............... ............... -$16,201,000 -$2,966,000 -$8,783,000 Joint items....................................... 1,281,000 ............... ............... -11,927,000 ............... -10,646,000 Office of Compliance.............................. ............... ............... ............... -176,000 ............... -176,000 Congressional Budget Office....................... 1,365,000 70,000 ............... -2,456,000 ............... -1,021,000 Architect of the Capitol (except Senate and Title ............... $1,396,000 ............... -2,832,000 -22,179,000 -23,615,000 II items)........................................ Congressional Research Service, Library of 228,000 ............... ............... -5,001,000 ............... -4,773,000 Congress......................................... Congressional printing and binding, Government 685,000 ............... ............... -8,525,000 ............... -7,840,000 Printing Office.................................. TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES Botanic Garden.................................... 4,000 ............... ............... -200,000 -26,000 -222,000 Library of Congress (except Congressional Research 10,266,000 1,239,000 ............... -10,273,000 -709,000 523,000 Service)......................................... Architect of the Capitol (Library buildings and ............... ............... ............... -478,000 -4,246,000 -4,724,000 grounds)......................................... Government Printing Office (except Congressional 211,000 ............... ............... -18,477,000 ............... -18,266,000 printing and binding)............................ General Accounting Office......................... ............... ............... ............... -26,032,000 ............... -26,032,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................................... 24,424,000 2,705,000 -102,578,000 -30,126,000 -105,575,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STRUCTURE OF THE BILL The bill is divided into three titles: Title I--Congressional Operations Title I--Congressional Operations contains the appropriations for the actual operation of the Congress. Traditionally, Congressional operations has included the House of Representatives (Senate items will be added by that body), joint items, the Office of Compliance, the Congressional Budget Office, the Architect of the Capitol (except Senate office buildings and Library of Congress buildings and grounds), the Congressional Research Service, and the Congressional printing and binding portion of the Government Printing Office. Title II--Other Agencies Title II--Other Agencies contains the budget for several activities that do not provide primary support to the Congress. For instance, the activities of the Library of Congress, except the Congressional Research Service, are carried in this title. This includes such Library activities as the program to provide books for the blind and physically handicapped the operation of the Copyright Office (including copyright royalty regulation), and Library services to the public and to the government of the United States. The non-Congressional operations of the Government Printing Office are contained in title II, such as the depository library program, which acquires or prints federal publications for distribution to the libraries, and sales of government publications to the general public. Also, although much of the workload of the General Accounting Office is in direct support of the Congress, including work mandated by statute or requested by committees and Members of Congress, the balance of that agency's workload involves its more general legislative requirements. The nature of that work is directed toward the improvement of the operation of the Federal government through review and evaluation of programs and the prevention of fraud and waste, as well as accounting and financial management improvements. The GAO budget, therefore, is carried in title II of the bill. The Botanic Garden rounds out the items included in title II. Title III--General Provisions Title III--contains general provisions. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WIDE MATTERS The Committee bill reflects a large reduction from the official budget request, $281.3 million, and a sizable reduction from the amounts provided or pending for the current fiscal year, $105.6 million. Such reductions are real and will be felt throughout the Legislative Branch. They are particularly difficult because the Legislative Branch has already done a credible job of downsizing, privatizing, and efficiency sizing since 1995. Legislative employment has been reduced by over 21%; while executive branch employment has gone down by only 10%. The Judiciary has increased their full time equivalent levels by 13.2%. The Legislative Branch is one-third of the government under the constitutional theory of checks and balances, although it is nowhere equivalent in size to the executive. It is clear that our capabilities in some circumstances are being eroded in comparison with other branches of government. The reductions in the bill were made necessary by the allocations made by the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget. They are not necessarily reductions the Committee would have made if not constrained by the budget resolution. Legislative programs will be severely affected, and others will be appropriately streamlined, and there will be a curtailment of capabilities in several areas. Agency management will be challenged to make these reductions orderly, while maintaining their workload activities in an even more cost-effective manner. Employees will be asked to do more with less. One of the inherent strengths of this branch of government is that it and its employees are closely knit, extremely productive, and adaptable. FY2001 will sorely test those characteristics. Information Security Information security is a collective responsibility within the legislative branch. The Clerk of the House in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate shall consult with all legislative branch entities that create or store legislative information in electronic form and prepare standards and procedures for ensuring the security of such information as well as for establishing a process to routinely assess risks to the security of legislative information. The Clerk in consultation with the Secretary shall submit proposals for standards and procedures for approval to the Committee on House Administration and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, respectively, on a date to be specified by those Committees. Upon approval, the Clerk, the Secretary, and the legislative branch entities shall provide their plans to the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Appropriations. The Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office shall work with the Clerk and the Secretary to test, develop, and implement, no later than January 3, 2001, systems that will enable them to confirm the authenticity of such legislative information. Budget Justifications The Committee's review of the legislative branch agencies' budget submissions for fiscal year 2001 identified a number of differences in the approaches and methodologies each used to estimate their mandatory pay and related costs. The Committee believes that there should be greater consistency and transparency in the assumptions, techniques, and methods used by legislative branch agencies in estimating these common costs. Therefore, the Committee directs the budget officers of the legislative branch agencies to work with the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council to study and propose common methodologies, based on the best practices of the separate agencies, for estimating mandatory pay and related costs in future budget submissions. The agencies, offices, and joint items included within the bill are reminded that budget justifications are due to the Committee by mid-December. TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS The Committee bill recommends a total of $1,112,513,000 for fiscal year 2001 for those activities in direct support of the operations of the Congress (exclusive of the Senate), which is a decrease of $56,854,000 below the fiscal year 2000 level, a reduction of 4.9%. Budget estimates considered by the Committee total $1,281,143,000, which have been reduced by $168,630,000. A summary of the recommendations follows: Title I--Congressional Operations Item Amount House of Representatives.............................. $749,210,000 Joint items........................................... 89,980,000 Office of Compliance.................................. 1,816,000 Congressional Budget Office........................... 25,100,000 Architect of the Capitol (except Senate and Title II 114,750,000 items)............................................... Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress... 66,200,000 Congressional printing and binding, Government 65,457,000 Printing Office...................................... ----------------- Total........................................... 1,112,513,000 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Committee recommends a total of $749,210,000 for the operations of the House of Representatives during fiscal year 2001. The allowance is $51,528,000 below the appropriations requested, and $8,783,000 below the amount appropriated for the current fiscal year. The following tabulation summarizes the recommendations: House of Representatives Item Amount Salaries and expenses: House leadership offices.......................... $13,998,000 Members' representational allowances.............. 400,527,000 Committee salaries and expenses................... 110,127,000 Salaries, officers and employees.................. 86,369,000 Allowances and expenses........................... 138,189,000 ----------------- Total, Salaries and Expenses.................... 749,210,000 ================= Total, House of Representatives................. 749,210,000 Salaries and Expenses 2000 appropriation.................................... $757,993,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 800,738,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 749,210,000 The appropriation for the operations of the House of Representatives is the salaries and expenses appropriation. The account includes the following House activities: House leadership offices; Members' representational allowances; committee salaries and expenses; salaries, officers and employees; allowances and expenses; and the day care center. The amount provided is $749,210,000. House Leadership Offices 2000 appropriation.................................... $14,060,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 14,704,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 13,998,000 The Committee recommends a total of $13,998,000 for the operations of the leadership offices during fiscal year 2001. The allocation by office follows: House Leadership Offices Item Amount Office of the Speaker................................... $1,711,000 Office of the Majority Floor Leader..................... 1,677,000 Office of the Minority Floor Leader..................... 2,039,000 Office of the Majority Whip............................. 1,427,000 Office of the Minority Whip............................. 1,065,000 Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities....... 399,000 Republican Steering Committee........................... 744,000 House Republican Conference............................. 1,220,000 House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee.......... 1,315,000 House Democratic Caucus................................. 649,000 Nine Minority Employees................................. 1,196,000 Training and Development Program: Majority............................................ 278,000 Minority............................................ 278,000 -------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total............................................. 13,998,000 Members' Representational Allowances 2000 appropriation.................................... $406,279,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 422,894,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 400,527,000 A total of $400,527,000 is recommended for the representational allowances of the Members of the House, the so-called MRA account. The budget request, $422,894,000, included estimates of $294,623,000 for clerk hire salaries, $103,271,000 for official expenses, and $25,000,000 for official mail. The Committee bill does not provide sufficient funds to cover the request. Committee assumptions included in the recommendation are $285,234,000 for clerk hire, $100,593,000 for official expenses, and $14,700,000 for official mail. It should be noted that these components are fungible under regulations prescribed by the Committee on House Administration. Each Member has an overall consolidated allowance established by the Committee on House Administration from which staff salaries, office expenses, and mail costs are drawn. Many Members do not expend their full allowance. Thus, the bill does not fully fund the Members' representational allowances. If the Committee bill were to fully fund the Members' representational allowances account, the amount appropriated would have to be increased by $33.5 million. Ordinarily, over the past several years, the Committee has included a provision in the bill designed to prevent transfer of the unused portion of the overall MRA appropriation for use by other House accounts. That is, unexpended MRA appropriation balances have been allowed to lapse. The Committee has not included such a provision in the FY2001 bill because in recent years this account has been underfunded. Moreover, for FY01, because the bill reduces the budget request by such a large amount, over $50 million, and because the 2001 level will require an $8.8 million reduction below the amount appropriated for FY2000 for the operations of the House, many House employing authorities will be sorely stretched financially to meet their workload needs within the amounts provided. Therefore, like any large corporation or other large enterprises, the House will have to manage its FY2001 funds very carefully. There may be a need to transfer balances from savings in this or any other account to meet some of those situations where the Committee bill has made reductions that can not be sustained, given the workload and the realities of legislative activity. That is the situation that allowed the Committee to transfer funds into the MRA account on several occasions. Savings from other House accounts were used in those instances to defray MRA expenses (all done within authorized amounts). This year may be an occasion where the reverse will be necessary. Unspent MRA funds, if they are available and if the Committee decides it is necessary to meet urgent needs, may be useful in other areas of importance to the House, such as oversight activities, enhanced electronic interfaces to facilitate constituent communications, or legislative activities. For FY01, it will be necessary to utilize as much flexibility as possible. For that reason, the Committee has not included the provision. Committee Employees 2000 appropriation.................................... $114,973,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 121,772,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 110,127,000 Funding for the salaries and expenses of the 19 standing committees and one permanent select committee of the House is provided, as follows: Standing Committees, special and select.--For the salaries and expenses of committees funded in the biennial funding resolution, $89,896,000 is provided. Committee on Appropriations.--For the salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations (including the studies and investigation activities authorized by section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946), $20,231,000 is provided. Details of the funding resolution, H. Res. 101 (House Report 106-72) approved by the House for the 106th Congress, follow: COMMITTEE FUNDING AUTHORIZATIONS, 106TH CONGRESS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee 1st session 2nd session Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agriculture..................................................... $4,101,062 $4,312,971 $8,414,033 Armed Services.................................................. 5,047,079 5,295,602 10,342,681 Banking and Financial Services.................................. 4,552,023 4,755,498 9,307,521 Budget.......................................................... 4,970,000 4,970,000 9,940,000 Commerce........................................................ 7,564,812 7,720,301 15,285,113 Education and the Workforce..................................... 5,908,749 5,291,748 11,200,497 Government Reform and Oversight................................. 9,773,233 9,997,000 19,770,233 House Administration............................................ 2,980,255 3,271,616 6,251,871 Intelligence.................................................... 2,514,916 2,649,528 5,164,444 International Relations......................................... 5,635,000 5,678,531 11,313,531 Judiciary....................................................... 5,787,394 6,364,881 12,152,275 Resources....................................................... 5,208,851 5,359,057 10,567,908 Rules........................................................... 2,488,522 2,580,902 5,069,424 Science......................................................... 4,410,560 4,521,166 8,931,726 Small Business.................................................. 2,037,466 2,111,414 4,148,880 Standards of Official Conduct................................... 1,272,416 1,360,499 2,632,915 Transportation and Infrastructure............................... 6,410,069 6,810,069 13,220,138 Veterans' Affairs............................................... 2,334,800 2,400,335 4,735,135 Ways and Means.................................................. 5,814,367 6,115,971 11,930,338 ----------------------------------------------- Subtotal.................................................. 88,811,574 91,567,089 180,378,663 Reserve Fund.................................................... .............. .............. 3,000,000 ----------------------------------------------- Total..................................................... .............. .............. 183,378,663 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since the funding resolution is done on a biennial basis and the resolution for the 107th Congress will expire on December 31, 2002, this funding is provided through December 31, 2002. Salaries, Officers and Employees 2000 appropriation.................................... $90,150,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 98,546,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 86,369,000 The Committee recommendation for the salaries and expenses of House officers and employees of the various activities funded through this consolidated item is $86,369,000. This amount represents an overall decrease of $12,177,000 below the budget request and $3,781,000 below the amount enacted in fiscal year 2000. The Office of the Clerk is funded at $14,286,000. No additional funds have been provided for the history of the House or the LIMS projects. The Sergeant at Arms has been funded at $3,596,000. The Chief Administrative Officer's (CAO) budget has been set at $54,997,000 including $18,567,000 for the net operating costs of House Information Resources (HIR). For the net expenses of telecommunications for the House, $5,760,000 has been designated within the direct appropriation to HIR. The Committee has not been able to fund the costs of transition to the 107th Congress, that is, the office moves that ordinarily accompany the beginning of a new Congress and the new Members orientation. Savings may be found to finance these activities. Also, the bill does not provide funds to continue the 3-year equipment cost reimbursement plan. Funds for the House payroll system are fenced, pending approval by the Committee on Appropriations. For the Office of the Inspector General, $3,197,000 has been provided and there is $806,000 for the General Counsel. Funds for the Parliamentarian, Law Revision Counsel, and Legislative Counsel are provided at the fiscal year 2000 levels. Funds for the Chaplain and technical assistants in the Office of the Attending Physician are provided at the level requested. Funding for the Corrections Calendar Office have been adjusted to reflect the Speaker's pay order. The administrative staff officers of the House (the Clerk of the House, Sergeant at Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General) are reminded that funding levels are provided on the basis of a certain number of full time equivalent positions which have been justified and funded in the appropriations provided. If additional FTE's are authorized during the fiscal year, or if reallocations of FTE's are contemplated, the officers should determine the source of the additional personnel funding, including the need for a reprogramming of funds, and advise the Committee accordingly. This is the current procedure and is designed to inform the Committee on Appropriations of the potential impact on future year funding needs. Salaries, officers and employees Item Amount Office of the Clerk..................................... $14,286,000 Office of the Sergeant at Arms.......................... 3,596,000 Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.............. 54,997,000 Office of Inspector General............................. 3,197,000 Office of General Counsel............................... 806,000 Office of the Chaplain.................................. 140,000 Office of the Parliamentarian........................... 1,172,000 Parliamentarian......................................... (1,011,000) Compilation of Precedents............................... (161,000) Office of the Law Revision Counsel...................... 2,045,000 Office of the Legislative Counsel....................... 5,085,000 Corrections Calendar Office............................. 832,000 Other authorized employees.............................. 213,000 -------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total............................................. 86,369,000 House of Representatives Child Care Center.--The bill provides authority for the House day care center budget, as required by Sec. 312(d)(1) of Public Law 102-90, as presented to the Committee by the Chief Administrative Officer. It should be noted that tuition and other center-generated revenues fund day care center operations. Allowances and Expenses 2000 appropriation.................................... $132,531,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 142,822,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 138,189,000 A total of $138,189,000 is recommended for fiscal year 2001 for allowances and expenses. This amount is $4,633,000 below the budget request and $5,658,000 above the current level. These funds include supplies, materials, administrative costs, and Federal tort claims; the costs of official mail for the Committees, leadership, and administrative offices; employee benefits; and miscellaneous items. Over 98% of these funds provide the employer share of retirement, health care, and unemployment compensation payments for House employees. Due to the reductions necessary to comply with the Committee allocations, funds for the new member orientation have not been included. The following table sets forth the various expense categories within this appropriation: Allowances and Expenses Detail Recommended 2001 Supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims......................................... $1,960,000 Official mail (committees, administrative, and legislative offices)................................ 410,000 Government contributions................................ 135,426,000 Miscellaneous items:.................................... House automobiles................................... 63,000 Gratuities to beneficiaries of deceased staff....... 250,000 Interparliamentary receptions....................... 80,000 -------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Subtotal miscellaneous items...................... 393,000 Total, allowances and expenses.................... 138,189,000 Administrative Provisions Section 101 provides authority to the Chief Administrative Officer to enter into multi-year contracts to the same extent as executive agencies. Section 102 amends the House Employees Position Classification Act to permit new House employees to be placed above the minimum step of the appropriate House classification schedule. JOINT ITEMS The Committee recommends appropriations totaling $89,980,000 for fiscal year 2001 for the various joint committees and activities carried under this heading. The recommendation is $43,098,000 below the amounts requested for fiscal 2001 and a decrease of $10,646,000 below the amounts appropriated in FY2000. The following summarizes the recommendations: Joint Items Item Amount Joint Economic Committee................................ $3,072,000 Joint Committee on Taxation............................. 6,174,000 Office of the Attending Physician....................... 1,835,000 Capitol Police Board.................................... 76,669,000 Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office....... 2,201,000 Statements of appropriations............................ 29,000 -------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total............................................. 89,980,000 Joint Economic Committee 2000 appropriation.................................... $3,200,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 3,315,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 3,072,000 The Committee has provided $3,072,000 for the Joint Economic Committee, $243,000 below the amount requested and $128,000 below the amount enacted. Joint Committee on Taxation 2000 appropriation.................................... $6,431,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 6,747,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 6,174,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,174,000 for the Joint Committee on Taxation, $573,000 below the amount requested and $257,000 below the amount enacted. Office of the Attending Physician 2000 appropriation.................................... $1,891,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 1,835,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,835,000 The Committee has approved $1,835,000 for medical supplies, equipment, expenses, and allowances of Navy personnel detailed to the Office of the Attending Physician, the amount requested and $56,000 below the amount enacted. Capitol Police Board 2000 appropriation.................................... $86,781,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 118,780,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 76,669,000 The recommendations in the bill provide a total of $76,669,000 for the expenses and personnel authorized for police services throughout the Capitol buildings and grounds during fiscal year 2001. The following tabulates the number of FTE's and the funding provided: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Authorized Items FTE's Amount ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Salary expenses, Capitol Police on House \1\ 506 $33,586,000 Payroll................................ Salary expenses, Capitol Police on \2\ 552 36,534,000 Senate Payroll......................... ------------------------------- Subtotal.......................... 1,058 \3\ 70,120,000 General expenses........................ .............. 6,549,000 ------------------------------- Grand total, all police services.. .............. 76,669,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Includes 151 civilian positions. \2\ Includes 101 civilian positions. \3\ Includes overtime funds of $4,000,000. Capitol Police salaries 2000 appropriation \1\................................ $80,232,000 2001 budget estimate \2\.............................. 108,820,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 70,120,000 \1\ Includes amounts pending in H.R. 3908. \2\ Includes pending budget amendment. The Committee recommends $70,120,000 for 1,058 full time equivalent positions for the Capitol Police, of which $33,586,000 and 506 FTE's are for the House rolls and $36,534,000 and 552 FTE's are for the Senate rolls. These amounts include $4,000,000 for overtime, equally divided between House and Senate details. This level for salaries will necessitate a significant revision in staffing, post assignments, and overall security strategy. One of the primary intentions of the emergency supplemental funding in fiscal year 1998 was to enable technology and modernized surveillance methods to provide more cost effective capabilities to the Capitol Police to carry out their important mission. The Capitol Police Board has long insisted that is their goal. Continuing to stress manpower needs, however, instead of security technology is a direct deviation from that policy. There is very little progress to show for the funds invested in the emergency supplemental security enhancements package. The Capitol Police Board and the Chief must emphasize this policy shift and insure it is given the proper priority and continued oversight. Improved automation, a post assignment policy that will shift existing manpower to highly trafficked posts, a reduction of personnel not in House or Senate details, and consideration of a return to traffic control assistance at congested intersections will greatly facilitate the security mission. The Committee also believes, and has offered to help, that some rearrangements of current open building policies will lessen the burden caused by the excessive needs for making post assignments. Also, in January of 1999 Booz-Allen & Hamilton issued a report detailing serious, persistent administrative and management problems within the United States Capitol Police (USCP). Little progress has been made by the USCP over the past year to address and correct that situation. Therefore, a provision has been included in the bill to create an Office of Administration within the United States Capitol Police to be headed by a Chief Administrative Officer (USCP-CAO) who shall be appointed by the Comptroller General of the United States after consultation with the Capitol Police Board. The USCP-CAO shall report to and serve at the pleasure of the Comptroller General. The USCP-CAO shall have four areas of responsibility- budgeting, financial management, information technology, and human resource management. The USCP-CAO shall assume responsibility for existing staff, including vacancies, and all other resources currently assigned to these areas within the Capitol Police. No later than 180 days after appointment, the USCP-CAO shall prepare a plan, after consultation with the Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police, describing the policies, procedures, and actions the USCP-CAO must take to (1) carry out his responsibilities, (2) ensure that roles and responsibilities are performed in a coordinated and integrated manner, and (3) correct identified management deficiencies. The plan should specifically address recommendations contained in the Booz-Allen & Hamilton Report, Management Review of the U.S. Capitol Police Selected Administrative Operations, January 13, 1999. No later than September 30, 2001, the USCP-CAO will report on the progress made in implementing the plan, and recommendations to improve budget, financial, information technology, and human resource management of the Capitol Police, including organizational, accounting and administrative control, and personnel changes. Both the plan and the report must be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on House Administration, and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Initially, the USCP-CAO shall be an employee of the General Accounting Office (GAO). As of October 1, 2002, the USCP-CAO shall cease to be a GAO employee and will become an employee of the Capitol Police, unless in the Comptroller General's discretion there are considerations for extending the date. Effective upon the transfer of the USCP-CAO to the Capitol Police, the Capitol Police Board shall assume all responsibilities of the Comptroller General under the provision. Administrative provisions--In addition to provisions providing for the establishment of a Chief Administrative Officer, the bill includes the traditional language authorizing funds transfers and contains authorization for appointment of certifying officers for the Capitol Police. Capitol Police general expenses 2000 appropriation.................................... $6,549,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 9,960,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 6,549,000 The sum of $6,549,000 is recommended for supplies, materials, equipment, training and other expenses of the Capitol Police force during the next fiscal year, the same level as the current fiscal year and $3,411,000 below the amount requested. As the US Capitol Police move forward with security enhancement, the Committee is impressed with, and encourages the USCP to further investigate, the use of eye-view security technology which allows for real time surveillance and monitoring over secure Internet connections. The Committee believes this unique security technology has the ability to strengthen security in the US Capitol Complex and aid the USPC in their efforts to save manpower to where it is best utilized. Capitol Guide Service and Special Servcies Office 2000 appropriation.................................... $2,293,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 2,371,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 2,201,000 The Committee bill provides $2,201,000 for the operation of the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office during the next fiscal year. Statements of Appropriations 2000 appropriation.................................... $30,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 30,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 29,000 The sum of $29,000 is included for the preparation of the usual compilation of the statements of appropriations for the 2nd session of the 106th Congress. This publication is compiled jointly by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE salaries and expenses 2000 appropriation.................................... $1,992,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 2,095,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,816,000 The bill provides $1,816,000 for the Office of Compliance. This is $279,000 below the amount requested and $176,000 below the current year. The normal provision for awards and settlements has been included. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Salaries and Expenses 2000 appropriation.................................... $26,121,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 28,493,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 25,100,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $25,100,000 for the Congressional Budget Office. This is $3,393,000 below the amount requested and $1,021,000 below the current year. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL (Congressional Support Items Only) 2000 appropriation\1\................................. $138,365,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 160,299,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 114,750,000 \1\ Includes amounts pending in H.R. 3908. The Committee recommends a total of $114,750,000 for fiscal year 2001 for the various operational and maintenance activities under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) that are directly related to the operation of the Congress. Excluded are Senate housekeeping items which are traditionally left for consideration by that body, as well as the appropriations for the Botanic Garden and the structural and mechanical care of the Library of Congress buildings and grounds that are contained in title II of the bill. This amount is $45,549,000 below the amount requested, and $23,615,000 below the fiscal year 2000 appropriation. A summary of the appropriations recommended follows: Architect of the Capitol (Excluding Senate and Title II Items) Item Amount Architect of the Capitol Capitol buildings and grounds: Capitol buildings Salaries and expenses........... $41,953,000 Capitol grounds................................... 4,557,000 House office buildings............................ 29,685,000 Capitol Power Plant............................... 38,555,000 ----------------- Total........................................... 114,750,000 Capitol Buildings and Grounds Capitol Buildings, Salaries and expenses.--A total of $41,953,000 is recommended for the operation and maintenance of the Capitol building and the electrical substations of the Senate and House office buildings during fiscal year 2001. A tabulation of the increases in the annual operating budget and the capital budgets follows: CAPITOL BUILDINGS [Request versus recommendation] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee Item Amount requested recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget Personal Services................... $29,198,000 $25,122,000 Rent Communications, Utilities & 1,019,000 1,019,000 Travel............................. Other Services...................... 13,065,000 10,252,000 Supplies............................ 685,000 600,000 Equipment........................... 321,000 225,000 ----------------------------------- Subtotal, Operating Budget.... 44,288,000 37,218,000 =================================== Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget Installation of Smoke Detectors/Fire 600,000 ................ Alarms, CB......................... Provide Infrastructure for Security 500,000 400,000 Installations...................... Security Project Support for AOC.... 200,000 200,000 Conservation of Wall Paintings...... 200,000 175,000 Replacement of Minton Tile.......... 200,000 175,000 Roofing Repair, Around House & 160,000 160,000 Senate Chambers.................... Implementation of AOCNET............ 700,000 700,000 Financial Management System (FMS)... 1,475,000 1,475,000 Update Electrical System Drawings on 70,000 60,000 CAD................................ CAD Mechanical Database............. 70,000 60,000 Computer, Telecom, & Electrical 600,000 450,000 Support............................ Roof Fall Protection, CB............ 555,000 280,000 Confined Spaces Survey, Capitol 90,000 ................ Complex............................ Asbestos Survey, Capitol Complex.... 1,225,000 ................ Life Safety Support Services........ 400,000 400,000 Safety and Environmental Program & 600,000 200,000 SOP Development.................... Wayfinding and ADA-Compliant 130,000 ................ Signage, CB........................ Off-Site Delivery/Screening Center, 4,500,000 ................ USCP............................... Computer-Aided Facility Management 525,000 ................ (CAFM)............................. Design, Training Facility, USCP..... 700,000 ................ Design & Land, Vehicle Maintenance 2,250,000 ................ Facility, USCP..................... ----------------------------------- Total, Capital Budget......... 15,750,000 4,735,000 =================================== Total Capitol Buildings....... 60,038,000 41,953,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Capitol grounds.--The appropriation of $4,557,000 is recommended for the care and improvement of the grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the Capitol power plant. A tabulation follows: CAPITOL GROUNDS [Request versus recommendation] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee Item Amount Requested Recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget Personal Services................... $4,289,000 $3,442,000 Other Services...................... 928,000 852,000 Supplies............................ 287,000 167,000 Equipment........................... 11,000 11,000 ----------------------------------- Subtotal, Operating Budget.... 5,515,000 4,472,000 =================================== Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget ADA Requirements, CG................ 25,000 25,000 CAD Database Development--Site 250,000 60,000 Utilities & Grounds................ Wayfinding and ADA-Compliant 330,000 ................ Signage, CG........................ ----------------------------------- Subtotal, Capital Budget...... 605,000 85,000 =================================== Total, Capitol Grounds........ 6,120,000 4,557,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ House office buildings.--For House office buildings, $29,685,000 is provided. A tabulation follows: HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS [Request versus recommendation] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee Item Amount Requested Recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget Personal Services................... $29,844,000 $25,644,000 Other Services...................... 3,536,000 2,413,000 Supplies............................ 1,248,000 1,248,000 Equipment........................... 257,000 257,000 ----------------------------------- Subtotal, Operating Budget.... 34,885,000 29,562,000 =================================== Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget Install Sprinklers & Telecom Cable 1,815,000 ................ Tray System, RHOB.................. Emergency Generator & Power 325,000 ................ Distribution, LHOB................. Sound Improvements, Committee 900,000 ................ Hearing Rooms...................... Major Elevator Equipment 120,000 ................ Improvements, HOB.................. Upgrade Committee Room PA System 220,000 ................ Wiring, HOB........................ Roof Fall Protection, HOB........... 123,000 123,000 Wayfinding and ADA-Compliant 370,000 ................ Signage, HOB....................... Garage Floor Repairs, CHOB.......... 9,000,000 ................ Renovate Rayburn Cafeteria.......... 5,261,000 ................ Design, Catering Kitchen Remodeling, 250,000 ................ LHOB............................... ----------------------------------- Total, Capital Budget......... 18,384,000 123,000 =================================== Total, House Office Buildings. 53,269,000 29,685,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Capitol Power Plant.--The Committee recommends the appropriation of $38,555,000 for the Capitol power plant for fiscal year 2001, plus offsetting collections of $4,400,000. A tabulation follows: CAPITOL POWER PLANT [Request versus recommendation] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee Item Amount requested recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget Personal Services................... $5,887,000 $5,223,000 Rent Communications, Utilities & 34,030,000 33,930,000 Travel............................. Supplies............................ 2,364,000 2,221,000 Other Services...................... 1,128,000 1,071,000 Reimbursement....................... (4,400,000) (4,400,000) ----------------------------------- Subtotal, Operating Budget.... 39,009,000 38,045,000 =================================== Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget Replace Valves in Steam & Chilled 100,000 100,000 Water Distribution System.......... Update CAD Drawings for CPP......... 70,000 60,000 Install Leaky Cable Communications 150,000 150,000 System in Tunnel................... Implement Emergency Shoring and 200,000 200,000 Repairs to Tunnels................. Roof Fall Protection, CPP........... 323,000 ................ Replace Deaerator Heaters........... 320,000 ................ Study, Heat Balance/Efficiency 100,000 ................ Improvements....................... Design, Improve Ventilation WRP & 50,000 ................ Controls in Administrative Building Design, Convert Boilers 1 & 2 to Gas 150,000 ................ and Oil Firing..................... Design, Install Oil Storage Tanks... 350,000 ................ Design, Install Additional 50,000 ................ Electrical Feeds & Equipment WRP... ----------------------------------- Total, Capital Budget......... 1,863,000 510,000 =================================== Total, Capitol Power Plant.... 40,872,000 38,555,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Congressional Research Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2000 appropriation.................................... $70,973,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 75,640,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 66,200,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Salaries and expenses.--The Committee recommends $66,200,000. This amount is $9,440,000 below the amount requested and $4,773,000 below the current year. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Congressional Printing and Binding 2000 appropriation.................................... $73,297,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 80,800,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 65,457,000 The Committee has included an appropriation of $65,457,000 for printing and binding of congressional documents at the Government Printing Office for use by Congress. The Committee realizes that this funding level will cause a major realignment of the plant's capabilities to produce many printed materials and services paid for or subsidized by this appropriation. For example, the bill has not funded the request for the printing of Our Flag, the Congressional Directory, engineering and agricultural reports, memorial addresses, nominations, serial sets, blank paper for Congressional use, constituent copies of the Congressional Record, the 2000 version of the United States Code, and other publications not absolutely essential to the day-to-day operations and legislative activities of House and Senate. Those publications, if sufficient demand exists, may continue to be available through purchase. Funding for the Congressional Record Index and indexers is limited to close out activities. In addition, the Committee has not funded the reimbursement for any detailees to congressional offices. Those offices, if these services are required, will have to reimburse GPO directly for the cost of such services. A provision has been included to authorize transfers of unexpended balances. Also, the Committee has included a provision authorizing, beginning in fiscal year 2003, appropriations to the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate for Congressional printing and binding. The provision directs the Clerk and the Secretary to evaluate proposals to accomplish this objective and to propose appropriate measures to the authorizing committees. A complete report shall be made to the authorizing and appropriations committees and the entire study will require extensive consultation with the Public Printer. A comparative summary of the recommendation by category of work follows: CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appropriation 2000 Requested 2001 Recommended 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congressional Record program.............................. $17,617,000 $17,809,000 ................ Miscellaneous publications................................ 3,720,000 6,820,000 ................ Miscellaneous printing and binding........................ 14,250,000 15,778,000 ................ Details to Congress....................................... 2,214,000 2,352,000 ................ Document envelopes and document franks.................... 880,000 1,026,000 ................ Business and committee calendars.......................... 2,160,000 1,767,000 ................ Bills, resolutions, and amendments........................ 9,130,000 10,260,000 ................ Committee reports......................................... 3,876,000 4,056,000 ................ Documents................................................. 1,794,000 2,208,000 ................ Hearings.................................................. 16,000,000 16,900,000 ................ Committee prints.......................................... 1,656,000 1,824,000 ................ ----------------------------------------------------- Total............................................... 73,297,000 80,800,000 $65,457,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES A total of $705,387,000 is recommended for the five programs carried in this title of the bill. This allowance is $112,623,000 less than requested and $48,721,000 below the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2000. A summary of the amounts recommended by agency follows: Title II--Other Agencies Agency Amount Botanic Garden........................... $3,216,000 Library of Congress (except Congressional 323,903,000 Research Service)....................... Architect of the Capitol: Library 15,133,000 buildings and grounds................... Government Printing Office (except 11,606,000 Congressional Printing and Binding)..... General Accounting Office (net 351,529,000 appropriation).......................... ------------------------------ Total.............................. 705,387,000 BOTANIC GARDEN Salaries and Expenses 2000 appropriation\1\................................. $3,438,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 4,916,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 3,216,000 \1\ Includes amounts pending in H.R. 3908. The amount recommended for the Botanic Garden is $3,216,000. The Botanic Garden is again reminded that an expansion in their program is not contemplated upon completion of the renovation project, other than those programs that will be funded through private sources in the National Garden program. A tabulation follows: BOTANIC GARDEN [Request versus recommendation] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee Item Amount requested recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget Personal Services................... $3,621,000 $2,958,000 Rent Communications, Utilities & 56,000 6,000 Travel............................. Other Services...................... 396,000 95,000 Supplies............................ 545,000 137,000 Equipment........................... 20,000 20,000 ----------------------------------- Subtotal, Operating Budget.... 4,638,000 3,216,000 =================================== Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget Way Finding/ADA Signage, BG......... 203,000 ................ Replacement Equipment at Production 75,000 ................ Facility........................... ----------------------------------- Total, Capital Budget......... 278,000 ................ =================================== Total, Botanic Garden......... 4,916,000 3,216,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (Except Congressional Research Service) The Committee recommends appropriations totaling $323,903,000 for the operations of the Library of Congress (except the Congressional Research Service, which is carried in title I of the bill) for fiscal year 2001. The following table summarizes the allocation of funds by appropriation account: Library of Congress Item Amount Fiscal year 2001: Salaries and expenses............................. $263,014,000 Copyright Office.................................. 6,988,000 Books for the blind and physically handicapped.... 48,507,000 Furniture and furnishings......................... 5,394,000 ----------------- Total........................................... 323,903,000 Total Resources The Library also receives funds from other appropriations and sources estimated to total $256,039,000 for fiscal year 2001 including $66,200,000 for the Congressional Research Service in title I of the bill, and $15,133,000 appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol for the structural and mechanical care of the Library buildings. The remainder consists of receipts from copyright fees and the sale of catalog records and publications, income from gift and trust funds, and reimbursements for services performed for other Government agencies. Thus, a total of $579,942,000 from all sources will be available to the Library during the next fiscal year. Of that amount, $146,506,000 (25.3%) is for support of Congress. The balance is general government or public service in nature, such as the Copyright Office, the National Library Service, the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK), and the many services conducted for the Nation's libraries. The appropriations in the bill for all Library programs will finance the level of full time equivalent positions currently projected for fiscal year 2001, now estimated by the Library of Congress at 3,985. In addition, there are several hundred other positions financed through reimbursable and gift and trust fund programs. A breakdown by source and amount of funding follows: Total resources, Library of Congress, 2001 Item Amount Annual appropriations: Title I--Congressional Research $66,200,000 Service................................. Title II--Library (direct)........... 323,903,000 Architect of the Capitol, Library 15,133,000 buildings and grounds................... ------------------------------ Total annual appropriations (in 405,236,000 bill)................................... Receipts from copyright fees, sale of 38,633,000 catalog records and publications, and sponsors of international legal database Gift, trust and revolving funds...... 56,028,000 Reimbursement for services performed. 80,045,000 ------------------------------ Total.............................. 579,942,000 Salaries and Expenses 2000 appropriation \1\................................ $258,953,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 285,324,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 263,014,000 (Plus: Authority to spend receipts)................... (6,850,000) ----------------- Total available................................. 269,864,000 \1\ Includes Russian Leadership Program. The sum of $263,014,000, plus $6,850,000 in offsetting receipts, is recommended for salaries and expenses, which is the basic appropriation for the operation of Library programs, a decrease of $22,310,000 below the budget request and an increase of $4,061,000 above 2000. This level of funding provides for 2,715 FTE's, including all mandatory costs. For the American Folklife Center, funding is provided for operation and maintenance which is in addition to normal administrative assistance and customary support of its core activities provided by other Library organizations. Funds are provided for a local community digital access and training initiative involving the use of electronic collections and the National On-Line Library. This is one of the fundamental components of the Digital Futures project which, overall, has been funded at $14,201,242 in the bill. Within the funds provided for the Digital Futures project, the bill provides $404,000 for a collaborative model demonstration project with the United States Military Academy. This includes up to $300,000 for establishing a high-speed telecommunications link between the Academy and the Library. This project is intended to demonstrate to the U.S. military academies, and other higher level educational institutions, the enhancements possible for student study and learning that can be achieved with a multi-media approach integrated with student learning centers, the National On-Line Library, and Internet connectivity. In this instance, many of the collections of historical importance in the West Point Library will be added to the National On-Line Library. The bill provides $824,648 and 22 FTE's to support the operation of an off-site collections storage facility at Fort Meade, Maryland, and the Library is directed to employ students, to the maximum extent practical, to support collections transfer and maintenance activities. The deacidification project has been funded to begin a long term book preservation program through a recently perfected chemical process. Copyright Office 2000 appropriation.................................... $11,231,000 2001 budget request................................... 12,120,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 6,988,000 (Plus: Authority to spend receipts)................... (31,783,000) ----------------- Total available................................. 38,771,000 Salaries and expenses.--The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,988,000, plus authority to spend $31,783,000 in receipts, for the Copyright Office. The total available in this recommendation is $132,000 below the amount requested and $1,286,000 above the amount provided for the current fiscal year. Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 2000 appropriation.................................... $47,802,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 48,983,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 48,507,000 Salaries and expenses.--A total of $48,507,000 is recommended for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, an increase of $705,000 over the amount provided in fiscal year 2000. Furniture and Furnishings 2000 appropriation.................................... $5,394,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 6,020,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 5,394,000 The bill provides a total of $5,394,000 for Library furniture and furnishings for fiscal year 2001. Administrative Provisions The routine administrative provisions have been approved. In addition, the bill includes a technical amendment to the statute under which the Library is acquiring property in Culpeper, Virginia. Authority has been included for the Library to convert to permanent employment 84 positions temporarily authorized in fiscal year 1996 for the National Digital Library Program. There is a provision providing the Librarian of Congress authority to transfer funds, upon approval of the Appropriations Committees, among appropriations to the Library and to the Architect of the Capitol for care of Library buildings and grounds. The Committee bill includes a provision requested by the Library authorizing payments to employees who voluntarily separate from employment by January 1, 2001. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL Library Buildings and Grounds 2000 appropriation \1\................................ $19,857,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 20,278,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 15,133,000 \1\ Includes amounts pending in H.R. 3908. The Committee bill provides $15,133,000 for the care and maintenance of the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, which is administered by the Architect of the Capitol. A tabulation of annual operating cost and the capital budget follows: LIBRARY BUILDINGS & GROUNDS [Request versus recommendation] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee Item Amount requested recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget Personal Services................... $8,468,000 $7,402,000 Other Services...................... 1,495,000 1,282,000 Supplies............................ 584,000 568,000 Equipment & Land and Structures..... 141,000 116,000 ----------------------------------- Subtotal, Operating Budget.... 10,688,000 9,368,000 =================================== Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget Replace Sprinkler Heads, LOC........ 550,000 ................ Replace 480 Volt Switchgear, JMMB... 1,750,000 ................ Replace VSD Motor Controls, TJB & 100,000 100,000 JAB................................ Replace Sidewalks, TJB & JAB........ 100,000 100,000 Restore Decorative Painting, TJB & 100,000 100,000 JAB................................ Book Stack Lighting Controls, TJB & 200,000 200,000 JAB................................ Preservations Environmental 100,000 100,000 Monitoring......................... Audio Visual Conservation Center, 5,000,000 5,000,000 Culpeper, VA....................... LOC Room & Partition Modifications.. 500,000 165,000 Replace Compact Stack Safety, JMMB.. 300,000 ................ Replace Partition Supports, JMMB.... 300,000 ................ Lightning Protection, JMMB.......... 190,000 ................ Design, Book Storage #2, Ft. Meade.. 400,000 ................ ----------------------------------- Subtotal, Capital Budget...... 9,590,000 5,765,000 =================================== Total, Library Buildings & 20,278,000 15,133,000 Grounds...................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE (except congressional printing and binding) Office of Superintendent of Documents 2000 appropriation.................................... $29,872,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 34,451,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 11,606,000 The Committee recommends the appropriation of $11,606,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Superintendent of Documents, a part of the Government Printing Office. This amount is a decrease of $18,266,000 below the amount enacted for FY2000. The bill removes funding, except for close-out costs, for distributing paper and other tangible media-based copies of government publications to the Federal depository libraries and to international exchange recipients. Electronic versions of publications, made available from the depository program through GPO ACCESS either directly or through the ACCESS gateway, have been funded and will still be available. The by-law distribution of documents will also be eliminated but can still be done on a reimbursable basis. The cataloging and indexing program has been funded. The Committee recognizes that the public availability of government information is a basic right of every American citizen that must be maintained. The Superintendent of Documents performs an important role in making government information available to the public through the administration and operation of the sales, international exchange, electronic dissemination, and depository library programs. Dramatic advances in technology provide new opportunities for enhancing and improving such programs and activities, including their efficiency and economy of operation. The Committee believes that the programs for which the Superintendent of Documents is responsible could be performed with more cost effectiveness by making greater use of electronic information technology. Consequently, the Committee has reduced the amount of funds available to the Superintendent for managing and distributing copies of government documents printed by or through the Government Printing Office. Furthermore, in reducing the Superintendent's reliance upon the printed products, the program might be better performed in an environment of broader awareness of the diverse information interests of the American people and the evolving national information infrastructure. Such an environment may be found at the Library of Congress. In particular, it would be beneficial to incorporate the depository library system into the Library's digital library program. Serious consideration should be given, therefore, to transferring the functions of the Superintendent of Documents from the Government Printing Office to the Library of Congress. The House endorsed this proposal on November 22, 1993, with the adoption of H.R. 3400. Title XIV of the bill provided for the transfer of these distribution functions of the Superintendent to the Library. To this end, the Committee directs the Congressional Research Service to initiate a study that:identifies how such a transfer might be accomplished; identifies when such a transfer might optimally occur; examines the functions, services, and programs of the Superintendent of Documents; examines and identifies administrative and infrastructure support that is provided to the Superintendent by the Government Printing Office, with a view to the implications for such a transfer; examines and identifies the costs, for both the Government Printing Office and the Library of Congress, of such a transfer; identifies the issues that arise in providing that the Superintendent of Documents may make government documents available to the public only in electronic form or formats; identifies measures that are necessary to ensure the success of such a transfer; and provides such other details regarding such a transfer as would result in a basic implementation plan. In conducting the study, it will be important for the Congressional Research Service to work closely with the Public Printer, the Superintendent of Documents, and the Librarian of Congress. CRS shall have access to such information and staff of the Government Printing Office and the Library of Congress as are necessary for it to complete this study. The completed study shall be made available to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the United States Senate, no later than January 3, 2001. Government Printing Office Revolving Fund Revolving fund.--The bill includes the usual language authorizing the operation of the revolving fund, authority to hire or purchase automobiles, advisory councils, consultants, and flextime. The limit on full-time equivalent employment has been set at 3,285. No funds are provided for building maintenance. These are normal costs of doing business and should be financed through receipts. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Salaries and Expenses 2000 appropriation.................................... $377,561,000 2001 budget estimate.................................. 399,918,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 351,529,000 Offsetting collections................................ (3,000,000) ----------------- Total available................................. 354,529,000 The Committee has provided $351,529,000 in direct appropriations for the General Accounting Office, plus $3,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from reimbursements for conducting financial audits of government corporations and rental of space in the GAO building. This level of funding will support 2,698 FTE's, a decrease of 577 below the number currently expected to be utilized in fiscal 2000. TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS The customary language regarding emergency assistance for vehicles, positions and allowances, consulting services, buy American and the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council is included. The Committee's review of the legislative branch agencies' budget submissions for fiscal year 2001 identified a number of differences in the approaches and methodologies each used to estimate their mandatory pay and related costs. The Committee believes that there should be greater consistency and transparency in the assumptions, techniques, and methods used by legislative branch agencies in estimating these common costs. The Committee directs the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council to work with the budget officers of the legislative branch agencies to study and propose common methodologies, based on the best practices of the separate agencies, for estimating mandatory pay and related costs in future budget submissions. There is a provision prohibiting backfilling on certain positions by the U.S. Capitol Police and Library of Congress police. The bill includes a provision to provide the Architect of the Capitol authority to include incentive and penalty clauses in construction contracts. A provision has been added providing that protective services assistance for the 2001 Presidential Inauguration and State of the Union be provided by the Department of Defense. The department has routinely provided limited assistance to the Capitol police for many years, to be benefit of the President, the public, and other attendees at these events. The provision is designated to insure that such assistance will continue. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives states that: Each report of a committee on a bill or joint resolution of a public character shall include a statement citing the specific powers granted to the Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed by the bill or joint resolution. The Committee on Appropriations bases its authority to report this legislation on Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States of America, which states: No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of Appropriations made by law. * * * Appropriations contained in this Act are made pursuant to this specific power granted by the Constitution. COMPARISON WITH BUDGET RESOLUTION Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives requires an explanation of compliance with section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-344), as amended, which requires that the report accompanying a bill providing new budget authority contain a statement detailing how that authority compares with the reports submitted under section 302 of the Act for the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year from the Committee's section 302(b) allocation. This information follows: [In millions of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sec. 302(b) This bill-- ------------------------------------------- Budget Budget authority Outlays authority Outlays ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Discretionary............... $1,819 $1,892 $1,819 $1,864 Mandatory................... 79 79 79 79 ------------------------------------------- Total................. $1,898 $1,971 $1,898 $1,943 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The bill provides no new spending authority as described in section 401(c)(2) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-344), as amended. FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION OF OUTLAYS In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-344), as amended, the following table contains five-year projections associated with the budget authority provided in the accompanying bill: Millions Budget authority...................................... $1,943 Outlays: 2001.............................................. 1,580 2002.............................................. 172 2003.............................................. 35 2004.............................................. 9 2005.............................................. 5 ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-344), as amended, the financial assistance to State and local governments is as follows: The accompanying bill contains no funding for State and local assistance programs. TRANSFERS OF FUNDS Indefinite transfer authority is authorized in Congressional printing and binding and the Superintendent of Documents program. RESCISSIONS Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the following table is submitted describing the rescissions recommended in the accompanying bill: There are no rescissions recommended in the bill. CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1), of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the following statements are submitted describing the effect of provisions in the accompanying bill which directly or indirectly change the application of existing law: 1. The bill provides that certain appropriation items remain available for more than one year where programs or projects are continuing in nature under the provisions of authorizing legislation but for which that legislation does not specifically authorize such extended availability. Most of these items have been carried in previous appropriation bills. This authority tends to result in savings by removing the incentive to commit funds at the end of the fiscal year. 2. The bill includes a number of provisions which place limitations on, or which authorize or reauthorize, the use of funds in the bill, or change or extend existing limitations, appropriations, or authorizations, and which under some circumstances might be construed as changing the application of existing law. 3. There is language that allows reimbursement for service to be used by the servicing entity. 4. The bill continues the practice of providing official reception and representation allowances for officers and offices of the legislative branch. There is language authorizing multi-year contracts and authority to place new House employees above the minimum step of a compensation level. 5. The bill authorizes expenses for employee awards, such as certificates or plaques and related ceremonial presentations, by certain agencies. 6. There is language under ``Capitol Police Board, General Expenses'' authorizing advance payments for travel by Capitol Police personnel for training or other purposes, expenses associated with the relocation of liaison or instructor personnel from the Capitol Police force to and from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, and for the costs of basic training of police personnel. 7. The bill authorizes the transfer of funds within ``Capitol Police, Salaries'', and between ``Capitol Police, Salaries,'' and ``General Expenses,'' subject to approval. The bill authorizes certifying officers and the establishment of a Chief Administrative Officer for the Capitol Police, temporarily under the supervision of the Comptroller General of the United States, and prescribes duties and responsibilities. 8. There is language under ``Capitol Power Plant'', Architect of the Capitol, allowing reimbursements for chilled water and steam provided to the Government Printing Office, the Washington City Post Office, the Supreme Court, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, Union Station Complex and the Folger Shakespeare Library to be credited to this appropriation and made available for obligation. 9. There is language under ``Congressional Research Service'' which prohibits the publication of material unless approved by the appropriate committees. 10. There is language under ``Congressional printing and binding'' restricting the use of funds appropriated to the Government Printing Office for the permanent edition of the Congressional Record for individual Representatives and Senators, Resident Commissioners, or Delegates, and language providing that appropriations recommended shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years, primarily due to the unpredictability of the volume of work generated by the Congress, limiting the printing of certain documents to a time certain, and authorizing the transfer of unobligated balances. 11. Authorization of appropriations for Congressional printing and binding is included. 12. There is authority to expend funds collected under the authority of 2 U.S.C. 150 and for international legal information, the balance to remain available until expended. 13. There is a limitation on funding for attendance at meetings for the Library of Congress and a limitation on top- level management participation in compressed work schedules. 14. There is authority to transfer funds to an educational consortium. 15. There is a limitation on the number of indirect employees that are paid from appropriated funds received by the Library of Congress from other agencies. These funds are generated by performing reimbursable work for these other agencies and are used to cover general and administrative overhead work generated by these reimbursable programs. 16. The authority to acquire an audio-visual center has been amended. 17. There is language authorizing a transfer of funds among Library of Congress accounts and the Architect of the Capitol, Library buildings and grounds account, subject to approval. 18. Authority to convert certain positions is included. 19. Buyout authority is included for the Library of Congress. 20. There is language under ``Salaries and Expenses'', Office of Superintendent of Documents, which limits travel expenses and which authorizes the use of current appropriations to pay for printing certain publications in prior years for the depository library program. There is language authorizing the transfer of unexpended balances. 21. There is language authorizing the operation of the GPO revolving fund, and which authorizes travel expenses for advisory councils. 22. Under the GPO revolving fund, there is language that provides expenses not to exceed $75,000 for attendance at meetings. 23. The bill includes a limitation on GPO employment of not more than 3,285 full-time equivalent work years. 24. There is a limitation on the participation of top-level GPO management in flexible or compressed work schedules. 25. There is language relating to the General Accounting Office authorizing the direct procurement of expert and consultant services under 5 U.S.C. 3109, at certain rates; authorizing the hire of one passenger motor vehicle, as required by 31 U.S.C. 1343; authorizing the General Accounting Office to make advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; and to provide certain benefits, including rental of living quarters in foreign countries; appropriations are authorized for administrative expenses of any other member department or agency to finance an appropriate share of the costs of the American Consortium on International Public Administration (ACIPA), and the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum. The ACIPA language satisfies the requirements of P.L. 100-202. 26. In Section 301, there is language prohibiting the use of funds in the Act for the maintenance or care of private vehicles except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities for the House issued by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 27. Section 303 provides that whenever any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided that the provisions herein for the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House, and clerk hire for Senators and Members shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 28. Section 304 requires that certain information regarding consulting services shall be a matter of public record. 29. Section 305 is a sense of Congress provision regarding American-made products. 30. There is a provision which authorizes legislative branch entities to share the costs of the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council. 31. There is language reducing the number of authorized positions for the U.S. Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police by the number who retire, resign, or otherwise separate from employment. 32. There is authority for a penalty clause to be inserted in Architect of the Capitol construction contracts. 33. There is authority for the Department of Defense to provide protective services assistance to the Capitol Police during the 2001 inauguration event and State of the Union. Compliance With Rule XIII, Cl. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule) In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): SECTION 10 OF THE HOUSE EMPLOYEES POSITION CLASSIFICATION ACT [APPOINTMENTS [Sec. 10. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, each individual appointed to a position subject to the House Employees Schedule (HS) or the House Wage Schedule (HWS) shall be placed in the minimum step of the appropriate compensation level (HS level or HWS level) of such schedule.] ---------- SECTION 1 OF THE ACT OF DECEMBER 15, 1997 AN ACT To authorize acquisition of certain real property for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes. * * * * * * * SECTION 1. ACQUISITION OF FACILITY IN CULPEPER, VIRGINIA. (a) * * * * * * * * * * (c) Transfer Payment by Architect.--Notwithstanding the limitation on reimbursement or transfer of funds under subsection (a) of this section, the Architect of the Capitol may, not later than 90 days after acquisition of the property under this section, transfer funds to the entity from which the property was acquired by the Architect of the Capitol. Such transfers may not exceed a total of $16,500,000. Appropriations Not Authorized by Law Clause 3(f)(1), Rule XIII requires a list of all appropriations in the bill that are not authorized by law. Appropriations included in this bill have been previously authorized by law. Full Committee Votes Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(a)(1)(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the results of each rollcall vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those voting for and those voting against, are printed below: rollcall no. 1 Date: May 9, 2000. Measure: Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2001. Motion by: Mr. Regula. Description of motion: To report the bill, to authorize the Chairman to seek a rule for consideration of the bill, and to authorize the Chairman to move that the House disagree to the amendments of the Senate and agree to a conference requested by the Senate. Results: Adopted 31 yeas to 23 nays. Members Voting Yea Members Voting Nay Mr. Aderholt Mr. Boyd Mr. Bonilla Mr. Cramer Mr. Callahan Ms. DeLauro Mr. Cunningham Mr. Dicks Mr. Dickey Mr. Edwards Mrs. Emerson Mr. Farr Mr. Frelinghuysen Mr. Forbes Mr. Goode Mr. Hinchey Ms. Granger Mr. Hoyer Mr. Hobson Mr. Jackson Mr. Kingston Ms. Kilpatrick Mr. Knollenberg Mrs. Lowey Mr. Kolbe Mrs. Meek Mr. Latham Mr. Moran Mr. Lewis Mr. Obey Mr. Miller Mr. Olver Mr. Nethercutt Mr. Pastor Mrs. Northup Ms. Pelosi Mr. Packard Mr. Price Mr. Peterson Ms. Roybal-Allard Mr. Regula Mr. Sabo Mr. Rogers Mr. Serrano Mr. Skeen Mr. Visclosky Mr. Sununu Mr. Taylor Mr. Tiahrt Mr. Walsh Mr. Wamp Mr. Wicker Mr. Wolf Mr. Young COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR 2000 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR 2001 PERMANENT NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY--TRUST FUNDS [Becomes available automatically under earlier, or ``permanent'' law without further, or annual, action by the Congress. Thus, these amounts are not included in the accompanying bill. All amounts are in the form of ``appropriations'' unless otherwise indicated] [In millions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget estimate New budget of new Agency and item (obligational) (obligational) Increase (+) or authority, 2000 authority, 2001 decrease (-) \1\ \1\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Library of Congress: Gift and trust fund accounts............................. $41 42 +1 Cooperative Acquisitions Revolving Fund.................. 2 3 +1 U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission: Trust funds.............................................. 1 8 +7 Architect of the Capitol, Botanic Garden: Gifts and donations...................................... 6 2 -4 John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development: Trust funds.............................................. 1 1 ............... -------------------------------------------------- Total, Trust funds..................................... 51 56 +5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Amounts as estimated and shown in the February 2000 budget document. Some items are indefinite in amount, and thus are subject to later reestimation. PERMANENT NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY--FEDERAL FUNDS [Becomes available automatically under earlier, or ``permanent'' law without further, or annual, action by the Congress. Thus, these amounts are not included in the accompanying bill. All amounts are in the form of ``appropriations'' unless otherwise indicated] [In millions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget estimate New budget of new Agency and item (obligational) (obligational) Increase (+) or authority, authority, 2001 decrease (-) 2000\1\ \1\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- House of Representatives: Congressional use of foreign currency.................... $2 $2 ............... International conferences and contingencies: House and 1 1 ............... Senate expenses......................................... Compensation of Members and related administrative 77 78 +1 expenses................................................ Library of Congress: Payments to copyright owners (indefinite, special fund).. 180 212 +32 -------------------------------------------------- Total, Federal funds................................... 260 293 +33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Amounts as estimated and shown in the February 2000 budget document. Some items are indefinite in amount, and thus are subject to later reestimation. ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF HON. DAVID R. OBEY, HON. ED PASTOR, AND HON. STENY H. HOYER Impact of Reductions to FY 2001 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill When Members vote on this bill, they should be aware that the funding levels contained in this bill could result in a reduction of over 1,700 employees of the Legislative Branch and will affect virtually all organizations that serve us, and that serve the people. Based on estimates from the affected organizations the anticipated potential impacts are as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Positions Percent of Organization lost workforce ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Capitol Police................................ -438 -29.3 General Accounting Office..................... -707 -22 Congressional Research Service................ -114 -15 Congressional Budget Office................... -31 -14 Architect of Capitol.......................... -156 -8 Government Printing Office (minimum).......... -62 -46 House of Representatives...................... -319 -3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In addition few if any Cost of Living, merit pay or longevity adjustments for current employees are likely to be granted, which only serves to exacerbate the huge gap that already exists between House and Senate employee compensation rates. Differences in salaries for comparable top positions between House and Senate staff range from 24% to 39% higher for the Senate at this time. This bill would increase that difference. In total the bill cuts $107 million below the amount provided last year and will eliminate funding for many other essential items such as maintenance of grounds, management improvements, safety upgrades, and security equipment. The levels of funding in this bill are a mandate for less service, and less responsiveness to our constituents. They guarantee continued inequality between the House and Senate. We have treated the Legislative Branch of government far worse than we will treat any other branch or agency of government in this bill. This is being done despite the fact that the number of constituents we each serve has increased by 25% in the past 20 years, and that workload has increased vastly for members' offices due to improved technology and communication capabilities. Dave Obey. Ed Pastor. Steny H. Hoyer. DISSENTING VIEWS OF HON. DAVID R. OBEY I find this bill deeply disturbing. I simply have to scratch my head and ask what are we trying to do in this institution when we report out a bill like this. We have sworn to uphold the Constitution and we have, as members of Congress, a special responsibility with respect to Article I. There have been periods in our history when the Congress has been too weak to exercise the restraint over the Executive that was needed, and that our forefathers anticipated. Everything I observe lately indicates that we are once again headed in that direction. This bill would severely damage the basic tools we need to interact with the other branches of government that we have sworn to oversee. Enactment of Legislative Branch funding at these levels will make us even more than captive of the Executive Branch in terms of having any independent understanding how effectively they are using the resources we provide them with to protect the public interest. With respect to the Congressional Research Service (CRS) the bill would cut 114 jobs and severly damage the quality of information that organization provides to all of our offices, and through our offices, to the American people. That funding level is even more devastating to the effectiveness of CRS because of the large number of retirements expected to occur in the next several years. We are dramatically reducing the number of junior employees within CRS who are being trained to replace the ``baby boomer'' generation of employees that now hold the senior positions and will soon be gone. Much of the expertise and timeliness we now enjoy in the provision of information will be lost, if they do not have younger workers to train before the senior analysts retire. Future Congresses will be greatly diminished by this, and this would be a horrible bill if that were its only flaw. Unfortunately, it is not. The bill will have the same kind of harmful effect with respect to our own offices. Member's Representational Accounts are funded at $406 million in FY 2000. That amount is insufficient and about $4 million will have to be added through reprogramming to cover the full costs of Members office expenses. The request for FY 2001 was $423 million, which is enough to provide our staffs with a cost of living adjustment, which I think they deserve. It is no secret that the people who answer constituent mail or who try to get a fair break for our constituents from the Social Security Administration or who keep Members informed about what is going on in Committee or on the floor are getting younger and younger. It is even harder to keep competent staff in a strong labor market, and when House members cannot compete with the Senate. The Senate is attracting House staff at an unprecedented rate. The Senate pays on average 24% or $27,000 more for Legislative Assistants than the House. The Senate pays almost 40% or $36,000 more for Legislative Directors. This bill will not only eliminate the possibility of a cost of living adjustment for House members staff, it will cut office budgets by 2.5% below this year's level--which means you have to either cut salaries or fire people. It doesn't end there. This bill cuts 707 people from the General Accounting Office. That comes from a party that swore only two months ago that they were going to live within a tight budget by eliminating ``waste, fraud and abuse.'' How are they going to find it--by taking a cab ride down Pennsylvania Ave.? This cut deserves some kind of award for legislative hypocrisy, and I would award it, if it were not for the fact that the clear winner of that award is the next item. Two years ago we had an awful tragedy here at the Capitol. A madman with a gun came through one of the entrances to the Capitol and shot the policeman guarding the entrance in the back of the head while he was helping a visitor with directions. A second policeman just happened to be near the entrance and fired on the assailant. He wounded the man and alerted others to the threat. That gave Detective Gibson who was stationed a few feet down a nearby hall the chance to get his gun out and stop the assailant. Unfortunately Detective Gibson was also killed. There was an enormous response to these killings both here in the Congress and around the country. There were numerous ceremonies and hundreds of speeches. One member of the Republican leadership stated: We are here today to honor the fallen officers, but we also have to take this opportunity to salute the quiet courage of all the officers of the Capitol Police who come to work each day without notice, without heralding, without publicity, who get up and put their uniform on, pin their badge on and come into this place and face the threat of immediate death and violence. They are the salt of the earth. They are the reason our democracy can live, and they should be honored and they should be held up for all of our public to see and to notice today and always. As a result of these killings the Secret Service and others studied the overall security of the Capitol. A report summarizing their recommendations was put together by the consulting firm of Booze Allen & Hamilton. Their primary finding and the one on which they placed the heaviest emphasis was: ``Current Capitol Police force staffing is insufficient to meet today's threat environment.'' In conjunction with this recommendation, they insisted that the staffing levels needed to be sufficient to permit two officers to be stationed at each entrance. That means an attacker would have to contend with two officers simultaneously. It also increases the probability that a call for help can be made to alert the rest of the force in the event of an attack. Providing the force with the ability to station two officers at each entrance significantly increases the safety of the officers and of the Capitol. In the wake of the shootings Congress passed supplemental appropriations providing for greater security and increasing the number of Capitol Police Officers. The funds provided were sufficient to permit the recruitment and hiring of 260 additional officers. To date 230 have been hired and an additional 30 are currently being recruited. For fiscal 2001, the police have requested the hiring of an additional 100 officers. This bill cuts the police by $8.2 million below last year and by $42.1 million below the request. The effect is to not only prevent the hiring the 100 new officers, but to force the firing of 30 officers yet to be recruited, all 230 added to the force since the shootings, and 240 more officers who were on the force at the time of the shooting. The force would be cut from the current level of 1,481 to only slightly more than 1,000. This is crazy. It is mindless. It makes no sense. Why is Congress doing it? It is because the Republican leadership has ordered the Committee to reach a specific number without respect to policy--part of the price we must pay to make room for the big tax cut that Republican leaders are insisting on. Cutting funding to reach the number is apparently all- important. The policy consequences, no matter how bad, apparently are unimportant. There is not a single member of the House who should vote for this travesty regardless of what their leadership tells them. Dave Obey. DISSENTING VIEWS OF HON. STENY H. HOYER The House should reject this bill for one simple reason: it fails to provide the resources the House and other Legislative- branch agencies need to function effectively next year for the American people. This failure is not Chairman Taylor's fault; he did the best he could with the meager resources allocated to him. The proximate cause of the failure is the adoption last month of a budget resolution that even most Republican Members know is unrealistic. As a result of their determination to shower huge tax cuts on the wealthiest Americans, Republican leaders are now driving the appropriations process down the same road they have traveled for several years, toward a needless confrontation with the President, followed by enactment of a mammoth, catch-all spending bill thrown together in a pell-mell rush to adjourn. After more than five years in the majority, Republicans have learned nothing. For the Legislative branch, this year the consequences are harsh--at least 1,729 positions lost--and downright dangerous. It is Congress' duty to provide for the security of the thousands of Americans who visit their Capitol every year and work here every day. This bill not only fails to fund the 100 additional officers the Capitol Police Board requested to assure visitors and staff are protected, it actually cuts the Capitol Police by 11.6% and chops 438 officers from the force. This is unacceptable. This bill rolls security back to where it stood before a gunman barged through a Capitol door and shot two officers to death on July 24, 1998. It rejects a key recommendation of the 1998 Security Task Force, which warned that ``(t)here should be a minimum of two officers at any post to protect against a security breach if one officer is distracted or overtaken.'' We must not jeopardize the safety of Americans who work in and visit their Capitol. There is no money in this bill for fire-safety projects and little for life-safety work in the Capitol complex. I applaud Chairman Taylor for fully funding pending fire-safety projects in the recent supplemental (H.R. 3908), but the Senate majority leader has vowed that measure will not become law. So this bill should provide the money needed to expedite projects to protect visitors and staff from fire. This bill also unacceptably cuts funds for basic care of the Capitol complex. It cuts funds for restroom cleaning; trash collection and removal; painting, groundskeeping, and other necessary maintenance; and impairs our troubled recycling program. When Americans visit the Capitol, they want to be proud of its physical condition. According to the Architect, this bill will cut at least 112 positions from his staff, many of them custodians and laborers who perform these essential functions. This measure takes a meat-axe to the Government Printing Office, lopping off a breathtaking 25% of its funding and at least 400 employees. The bill effectively ends the Federal Depository Library Program by ceasing distribution of paper and other tangible products to the 1,337 depository libraries across this country. It will thus leave the tens of thousands of Americans who use those libraries without the bulk of the Federal information that is now made available, including many congressional documents. All Americans should wonder what their Congress suddenly doesn't want them to know. Moreover, this bill cuts back so far on congressional printing funds as to threaten seriously GPO's ongoing ability to support us in our legislative duties. It prevents the publication next year of whole classes of documents that our constituents and we use every day, including the United States Code, the Congressional Directory, House and Senate telephone directories, the ``pocket'' Constitution, ``Our American Government,'' ``Our Flag,'' and others. Similarly, this bill cuts 114 staff at the Congressional Research Service, whose non-partisan research benefits thousands of Americans. It cuts 31 employees from the Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan entity created to give Congress a source of budgetary information independent of the Executive branch. It foolishly cuts 707 staff, a whopping 25% of the workforce, from the General Accounting Office, which in 1999 issued recommendations saving $57 for every dollar spent. GAO helps us conduct critical oversight of programs, and I am astounded by the committee's willingness to cripple the agency that helps us to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse throughout this government. It is easy to think of the Legislative appropriations bill as simply providing for Congress' own internal needs. In reality it is much more. The Congress and other Legislative- branch agencies serve the people directly in such areas as law enforcement and public safety, preservation and maintenance of irreplaceable public assets like the Capitol, the dissemination of government information, and oversight of programs that spend billions in public funds, to name a few. The committee bill needlessly shortchanges all these accounts and more. The House should reject it. Steny H. Hoyer.