[Senate Report 105-204]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 399
105th Congress Report
SENATE
2d Session 105-204
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 1999
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June 5, 1998.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Bennett, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 2137]
The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 2137)
making appropriations for the legislative branch excluding
House items for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and
for other purposes, reports favorably thereon and recommends
that the bill do pass.
Amount of new budget (obligational) authority
Amount of bill as reported to Senate.................... $1,585,021,425
President's budget, 1999................................ 1,657,381,000
Legislative branch appropriations, 1998................. 1,531,316,500
Amount of bill below President's budget................. 72,359,575
Amount of bill above legislative branch appropriations,
1998................................................ 53,704,925
C O N T E N T S
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Title I--Congressional operations:
Senate....................................................... 5
Joint Items.................................................. 25
Office of Compliance......................................... 28
Congressional Budget Office.................................. 28
Architect of the Capitol (except Library buildings and
grounds)................................................... 29
Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service.......... 37
Government Printing Office, congressional printing and
binding.................................................... 38
Title II--Other agencies:
Botanic Garden............................................... 39
Library of Congress (except Congressional Research Service).. 40
Architect of the Capitol, Library buildings and grounds...... 42
Government Printing Office (except congressional printing and
binding)................................................... 44
General Accounting Office.................................... 45
Title III--General provisions.................................... 46
Title IV--Trade Deficit Review Commission........................ 47
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI, of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 50
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
of the Senate.................................................. 50
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 51
GENERAL STATEMENT AND SUMMARY
The Committee recommends new budget (obligational
authority) of $1,585,021,425 for the legislative branch,
exclusive of House items, for fiscal year 1999. This total is
$72,359,575 below the President's request and $53,704,925 above
the fiscal year 1998 level.
The detail by major support agency is as follows:
SUMMARY OF THE BILL
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Senate bill compared with--
1998 Budget Committee ---------------------------------
Department or agency appropriation estimates, 1999 recommendation 1998 Budget
appropriation estimates, 1999
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TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
Senate............................................................. $461,055,000 $476,728,000 $469,391,000 +$8,336,000 -$7,337,000
Joint Items........................................................ 86,710,500 97,695,000 92,961,400 +6,250,900 -4,733,600
Office of Compliance............................................... 2,479,000 2,286,000 2,286,000 -193,000 ...............
Congressional Budget Office........................................ 24,797,000 25,938,000 25,671,000 +874,000 -267,000
Architect of the Capitol........................................... 155,546,000 178,100,000 142,562,000 7,584,000 14,970,000
Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service................ 64,603,000 68,461,000 67,877,483 3,274,483 -583,517
Congressional printing and binding, Government Printing Office..... \1\ 70,652,000 84,000,000 75,500,000 4,848,000 -8,500,000
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Total, title I, Congressional operations..................... 865,842,500 933,208,000 876,248,883 10,406,383 -56,959,117
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TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES
Botanic Garden..................................................... 3,016,000 3,235,000 3,180,000 164,000 -55,000
Library of Congress (except CRS)................................... 282,309,000 300,871,000 298,128,542 15,819,542 -2,742,458
Architect of the Capitol (Library buildings and grounds)........... 11,573,000 16,139,000 12,566,000 993,000 -3,573,000
Government Printing Office (except congressional printing and
binding).......................................................... 29,077,000 30,200,000 29,600,000 +523,000 -600,000
Government Printing Office revolving fund.......................... ............... 6,000,000 ............... ............... -6,000,000
General Accounting Office.......................................... 339,499,000 367,728,000 363,298,000 23,799,000 -4,430,000
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Total, title II, Other agencies.............................. 665,474,000 724,173,000 706,722,542 +41,298,542 -17,400,458
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TITLE IV--TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION
Trade Commission appropriation..................................... ............... ............... 2,000,000 +2,000,000 +2,000,000
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Grand total.................................................. 1,531,316,500 1,657,381,000 1,585,021,425 +53,704,925 -72,359,575
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\1\ Includes a transfer of $11,017,000 from the revolving fund.
TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
SENATE
Expense Allowances
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $56,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 56,000
Committee recommendation................................ 56,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $56,000 for
the expense allowances of the Vice President, the President pro
tempore of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders, the
majority and minority whips, and the chairmen of the majority
and minority conference committees, as follows:
For the expense allowance of the Vice President, the
Committee recommends an amount of $10,000, the same as the
amount provided for fiscal year 1998. This allowance was first
provided by Public Law 81-71, effective January 20, 1949.
For the expense allowance of the President pro tempore, the
Committee recommends an amount of $10,000, the same as the
amount provided for fiscal year 1998. This allowance was first
provided by the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1978
(Public Law 95-355), effective October 1, 1977.
For the expense allowance of the majority and minority
leaders, the Committee recommends $10,000 for each leader, for
a total of $20,000. This is the same as the amount provided for
fiscal year 1998. This allowance was first provided by Public
Law 84-242, effective July 1, 1955.
For the expense allowance of the majority and minority
whips, the Committee recommends $5,000 for each whip, for a
total of $10,000. This is the same as the amount provided for
fiscal year 1998. This allowance was first provided by the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977, Public Law 95-26,
effective April 1, 1977.
For the expense allowance for the chairmen of the majority
and minority conference committees, the Committee recommends
$3,000 for each chairman, for a total of $6,000. This is the
same as the amount provided for fiscal year 1998. This
allowance was first provided in the Supplemental Appropriations
Act for Fiscal Year 1985, Public Law 99-88, effective August
15, 1985.
Expenditures from all the foregoing allowances are made
upon certification from the individuals for whom the allowances
are authorized, and are reported semiannually in the report of
the Secretary of the Senate.
Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $30,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 30,000
Committee recommendation................................ 30,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,000 for
representation allowances for the majority and minority
leaders. The recommended amount is the same as that provided
for fiscal year 1998 and the fiscal year 1999 budget request.
This allowance was established in the Supplemental
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1985 (Public Law 99-88). The
funds were authorized to be used by the majority and minority
leaders solely for the discharge of their appropriate
responsibilities in connection with official visits to the
United States by members of foreign legislative bodies and
representatives of foreign governments and intergovernmental
agencies. The recommended amount is to be divided equally
between the two leaders.
Expenditures from this allowance are made upon
certification of the leaders and are reported in the semiannual
report of the Secretary of the Senate.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $77,254,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 79,746,000
Committee recommendation................................ 79,183,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $79,183,000
for the 12 subaccounts funded under the overall account for the
salaries of officers and employees of the Senate. The amount
recommended is an increase of $1,929,000 above the amount
provided for fiscal year 1998 and a reduction of $563,000 from
the budget estimate.
It should be noted that except for a handful of positions
in the Offices of the Secretary and the Sergeant at Arms that
are required by statute, specific staffing levels are not
stipulated either by the budget request or by the Committee's
recommendation. Rather, lump-sum allowances are provided to
fund staffing levels each office finds necessary and
appropriate for the performance of its duties. Estimated
staffing levels for offices funded under this appropriation for
fiscal year 1999 are 1,239 to 1,280 positions.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
[Estimated staffing levels ranges--fiscal years 1998 and 1999]
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Staffing ranges
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1999 request 1998
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From To From To
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Office of the Vice President 42 45 42 45
Office of the President pro
tempore.................... 9 11 9 11
Office of the majority and
minority leaders........... 38 40 38 38
Offices of the majority and
minority whips............. 15 16 15 15
Conference committees....... 38 47 38 46
Offices of the secretaries
of the conference of the
majority and the conference
of the minority............ 11 12 8 8
Policy committees........... 44 55 43 55
Office of the Chaplain...... 4 4 4 4
Office of the Secretary..... 241 252 226 237
Office of the Sergeant at
Arms and Doorkeeper........ 780 780 780 780
Offices of the secretaries
for the majority and
minority................... 17 18 17 18
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Totals................ 1,239 1,280 1,220 1,257
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Any change from the allocation of funds in the subaccounts
within this appropriation is subject to the approval of the
Committee.
The total amount appropriated is allocated to the various
offices of the Senate as displayed under the headings for the
offices that follow.
office of the vice president
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $1,612,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 1,659,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,659,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,659,000 to
fund the salaries of the administrative and clerical staff of
the Office of the Vice President in connection with his duties
as the President of the Senate. This amount is the same as the
budget request.
office of the president pro tempore
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $371,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 402,000
Committee recommendation................................ 402,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $402,000 for
the Office of the President pro tempore. This amount is the
same as the budget estimate.
offices of the majority and minority leaders
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $2,388,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 2,436,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,436,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,436,000 for
the offices of the majority and minority leaders, which is the
same as the budget estimate.
The administrative and clerical staffs funded by this
appropriation were authorized under the provisions of Public
Law 91-145, effective November 1, 1969. The amount recommended
is to be equally divided, providing $1,218,000 for each office.
offices of the majority and minority whips
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $1,221,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 1,416,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,416,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,416,000 for
the offices of the majority and minority whips. It is to be
equally divided, providing $708,000 for each office. This
amount is the same as the budget request.
The authority for the administrative and clerical staff
funded by this appropriation was created by Public Law 84-242,
effective July 1, 1955.
conference committees
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $2,122,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 2,184,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,184,000
For the administrative and clerical staffs of the majority
and minority conference committees, the Committee recommends an
appropriation of $2,184,000, which is the same as the budget
estimate. The appropriation provides $1,092,000 in salaries for
the staff of each conference committee.
The chairman of each conference committee may transfer to
or from amounts provided for salaries of each conference to the
account for conference committee expenses within the
``Miscellaneous items'' appropriation.
offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the
conference of the minority
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $409,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 570,000
Committee recommendation................................ 570,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $570,000 for
the majority and minority conference secretaries. Based upon
the direction of the Office of the Secretaries of the
Conference, the FTE level shall remain level.
These offices were created by section 6 of Senate
Resolution 17, agreed to January 10, 1977, and two positions in
each office were first funded in the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1977 (Public Law 95-26).
Section 102 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979
(Public Law 96-38), abolished the specific positions and
established a lump-sum allowance for the employment of staff,
effective October 1, 1979. The amount recommended is to be
divided equally between the majority secretary and the minority
secretary.
POLICY COMMITTEES
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $2,155,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 2,218,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,218,000
For the salaries of the administrative and clerical staffs
of the majority and minority policy committees, the Committee
recommends an appropriation of $2,218,000, or $1,109,000 for
each committee. Agency contributions for the policy committees
are funded in the amount provided for agency contributions
within the entire ``Salaries, officers and employees'' account,
and expenses are provided under the ``Miscellaneous items''
account. The policy committee's request for one additional FTE
within the current funding level is granted.
office of the chaplain
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $260,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 276,000
Committee recommendation................................ 267,000
For the Office of the Chaplain, the Committee recommends an
appropriation of $267,000, an increase of $7,000 from fiscal
year 1998 and a decrease of $9,000 below the budget request.
The amount recommended would provide the salaries for the
Chaplain of the Senate and support staff to assist the Chaplain
with his pastoral duties. The Fiscal Year 1988 Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, Public Law 100-202, established the
rate of pay for the Chaplain at Executive Level IV, currently
$118,400. Authorization for a part-time counselor was included
in Public Law 101-163, the Fiscal Year 1990 Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act.
office of the secretary
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $13,306,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 13,694,000
Committee recommendation................................ 13,694,000
The Committee recommends $13,694,000 for salaries of the
Office of the Secretary, an increase of $388,000 from fiscal
year 1998. This amount is the same as the budget request.
Fiscal year 1999 staffing levels are estimated at 241 to 252
positions, as listed in the table below. The Secretary's
request for an additional 15 FTE positions to be provided
within current funding levels has been granted.
This appropriation provides funds for four statutory
positions (Secretary of the Senate, Assistant Secretary of the
Senate, Financial Clerk of the Senate, and Parliamentarian of
the Senate) and lump-sum allowances for the employment and
adjustment of salaries of personnel in the Office of the
Secretary of the Senate, as authorized by Public Law 97-51,
effective October 1, 1981 (2 U.S.C. 61a-11).
The following departmental guidelines for fiscal year 1999
have been submitted by the Secretary to the Committee:
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
[Estimated staffing levels ranges--fiscal years 1998 and 1999]
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Staffing ranges
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1999 request 1998 Difference
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From To From To From To
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Administrative services............................. 24 26 19 21 +5 +5
Captioning services................................. 4 4 4 4 ........ ........
Conservation and preservation....................... 2 2 2 2 ........ ........
Curator............................................. 6 6 5 5 +1 +1
Daily Digest........................................ 3 3 3 3 ........ ........
Disbursing Office................................... 59 63 44 48 +15 +15
Document Room....................................... ........ ........ 19 19 -19 -19
Historian........................................... 9 9 9 9 ........ ........
Interparliamentary services......................... 4 4 4 4 ........ ........
Legislative departments............................. 14 17 14 17 ........ ........
Library............................................. 22 22 22 22 ........ ........
Official Reporters of Debates....................... 14 14 14 14 ........ ........
Parliamentarian..................................... 5 5 5 5 ........ ........
Printing and document services...................... 18 18 9 9 +9 +9
Public records...................................... 7 7 6 6 +1 +1
Senate chief counsel for employment................. 9 9 9 9 ........ ........
Senate Page School.................................. 6 6 6 6 ........ ........
Senate security..................................... 7 7 7 7 ........ ........
Stationery room/gift shop........................... 25 27 25 27 ........ ........
Training............................................ 3 3 ........ ........ +3 +3
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Totals........................................ 241 252 226 237 +15 +15
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office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $33,037,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 34,359,000
Committee recommendation................................ 33,805,000
This appropriation provides funds for the salaries of three
statutory positions (Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, Deputy
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, and Administrative Assistant
to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper) and lump-sum allowances
for employment and adjustments of salaries of personnel in the
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, as
authorized by Public Law 97-51, effective October 1, 1981 (2
U.S.C. 61f-7).
The Committee recommends a total of $33,805,000 for fiscal
1999. The amount recommended is $554,000 below the budget
request.
The offices and personnel covered by this appropriation are
shown in the following table.
STAFFING--OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
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1999 budget 1999 Committee
1998 level \1\ request recommendation
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Operations division:
Chief of operations................................... $1,368,000 $864,000 $850,000
Positions......................................... 14 11 11
Central operations.................................... $10,121,000 $10,526,000 $10,356,000
Positions......................................... 277 277 277
Office operations..................................... $4,470,000 $4,698,000 $4,622,000
Positions......................................... 104 104 104
Technical operations.................................. $5,955,000 $6,688,000 $6,580,000
Positions......................................... 98 104 104
Program management.................................... $250,000 $260,000 $255,000
Positions......................................... 3 3 3
Systems architecture.................................. $75,000 $170,000 $167,000
Positions......................................... 2 2 2
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Total operations division....................... $22,239,000 $23,206,000 $22,830,000
Positions................................... 498 501 501
Capitol division.......................................... $5,540,000 $5,602,000 $5,512,000
Positions............................................. 177 172 172
Staff offices............................................. $5,258,000 $5,551,000 $5,463,000
Positions............................................. 105 107 107
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Total............................................... $33,037,000 $34,359,000 $33,805,000
Total positions................................. 780 780 780
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\1\ There has been a change in the format for the fiscal year 1999 budget request, therefore, the fiscal year
1998 authorized levels have been restated in the fiscal year 1999 format for comparison purposes.
offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $1,165,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 1,200,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,200,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,200,000 for
the offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority.
This is $35,000 above the amount provided for fiscal year 1998
and is the same as the budget request. The appropriation is to
be equally divided, providing $600,000 for each office.
agency contributions
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $19,208,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 19,332,000
Committee recommendation................................ 19,332,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $19,332,000
for agency contributions for employees paid under the
appropriation, ``Salaries, officers and employees.'' This is
$124,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 1998 and is
the same as the budget request.
Agency contributions include the Senate's contributions as
an employer to the civil service retirement system, the Federal
Employees' Retirement System, the thrift savings plan, Federal
employee group life insurance, Federal employee health
insurance programs, and FICA. The Senate is required by law to
make these payments, and the total required is dependent upon
the number of Senate employees, their compensation levels, the
benefit programs in which they are enrolled, and the extent of
the benefits elected.
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $3,605,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 3,753,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,753,000
For the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate,
the Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,753,000, which
is $148,000 above the amount provided for fiscal year 1998 and
is the same as the budget request. Fiscal year 1999 staffing
levels are estimated to be 33 to 35 positions, an increase of 3
positions from fiscal year 1998.
Office of Senate Legal Counsel
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $966,000
Budget estimate, 1999 \1\............................... 1,004,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,004,000
\1\ Reflects budget amendment.
For the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, the Committee
recommends an appropriation of $1,004,000, which is $38,000
above the amount provided for fiscal year 1998 and is the same
as the budget request. The amount provided pays for the
salaries, expenses, and agency contributions of the Office.
This Office was established pursuant to section 701 of
Public Law 95-521.
Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority
of the Senate
Appropriations, 1998.......................................... $12,000
Budget estimate, 1999......................................... 12,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,000
Section 119 of Public Law 97-51 authorized an expense
allowance for the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of the Senate, the Secretary for the Majority,
and the Secretary for the Minority. Since fiscal year 1983, the
amount has been provided through a direct appropriation. The
Committee recommends providing an allowance of $3,000 for each
office.
Contingent Expenses of the Senate
inquiries and investigations
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $75,600,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 74,649,000
Committee recommendation................................ 75,600,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $75,600,000
for inquiries and investigations by all Senate standing,
special, and select committees. This is the same amount
provided for fiscal year 1998 and $951,000 above the budget
request. This recommendation is made in keeping with the
Senate's action on Senate Resolution 54, the biennial committee
funding resolution adopted February 13, 1997. Additional funds
have been provided to cover the creation of a new Senate
committee, the Special Committee on the Year 2000, and to
provide an increase in the Rules Committee budget for assuming
the responsibilities of the Joint Committee on Printing.
This appropriation funds the liquidation of obligations
incurred by committees under the authorization provided in
Committee funding resolutions.
U.S. senate caucus on international narcotics control
Appropriations, 1998.......................................... $370,000
Budget estimate, 1999 \1\..................................... 370,000
Committee recommendation
370,000
\1\ Reflects budget amendment.
The Committee recommends $370,000 for the expenses of the
U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. This is
the same as the current level and the authorized level.
secretary of the senate
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $1,511,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 1,511,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,511,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,511,000 for
expenses of the Office of the Secretary. The recommendation is
the same as fiscal year 1998 level and the fiscal year 1999
budget request.
The table printed below sets forth the apportionment of
funds under this appropriation, followed by a brief description
of the line items. Any deviation of more than 10 percent
cumulatively from the stated levels for each item will require
the customary prior approval of the Committee.
EXPENSES--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
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Amount
available Budget
Item fiscal year estimate Difference
1998, Public fiscal year
Law 105-55 \1\ 1999
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Executive office................................................ $615,000 $718,000 +$103,100
Administrative services......................................... 436,000 463,800 +27,800
Legislative services............................................ 460,000 329,100 -130,900
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Totals.................................................... 1,511,000 1,511,000 ..............
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\1\ Fiscal year 1998 budget restated in fiscal year 1999 departmental format.
The fiscal year 1999 budget for contingent expenses of the
Secretary of the Senate is being presented in a new
departmental format. The apportionment schedule identifies
three departmental categories: executive offices,
administrative services, and legislative services. The fiscal
year 1998 apportionment schedule has been restated in the
fiscal year 1999 format.
The departmental budgets grouped in the apportionment
schedule under executive offices include: the Executive Office
of the Secretary of the Senate, page school, and Senate
security. The departmental budgets grouped in the apportionment
schedule under administrative services include: captioning
services, conservation and preservation, curator, disbursing
office, gift shop, historical office, human resources,
interparliamentary services, library, printing and document
services, public records, and the stationery room. The
departmental budgets grouped in the apportionment schedule
under legislative services include: the bill clerk, chief
counsel for employment, daily digest, enrolling clerk, journal
clerk, legislative clerk, Official Reporters of Debate, and
Parliamentarian. Typical expenditures in these departments of
the Secretary of the Senate include:
Consultants.--Funding is provided for not to exceed two
individual consultants as authorized by section 110 of Public
Law 95-94, August 5, 1977, which amends section 101 of Public
Law 95-26, May 4, 1977. Consultants employed under this
authority shall not be paid in excess of the per diem
equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation
which may by paid to employees of a standing committee of the
Senate. Administrative provision section 4 would allow these
consultants to be paid at an annual or daily rate.
Legal reference volumes and dictionaries.--Funding is
provided to furnish U.S. Senators with volumes of the U.S. Code
Annotated or U.S. Code service, pocket parts and supplements,
as authorized by Public Law 92-51, July 9, 1971.
The disbursing office is responsible for providing the U.S.
Code Annotated or the U.S. Code Service to Senators when they
assume office and upon receipt of a written request of a
Senator. In addition, dictionary and dictionary stands are also
furnished to Senators from funds provided for in this account.
Contractual legal and administrative services and
miscellaneous expenses.--Funding is provided for various
contractual, administrative, and miscellaneous expenses
incurred by the Office of the Secretary. The Office of the
Secretary of the Senate has contractual authority under the
authority of Public Law 92-342, for the Federal Election
Campaign Act and has utilized this authority to employ
professional legal services in the past. In addition, the
Office of the Secretary has incurred various types of legal and
other expenses which have been authorized by the Senate.
Administrative services and miscellaneous expenses are
housekeeping expenses of the Office of the Secretary.
Travel and registration fees.--Funding is provided for
travel expenses and registration fees incurred by the Secretary
of the Senate and the employees of the Office of the Secretary.
This line item excludes funding for travel expenses for the
Federal Election Campaign Act under the Office of Public
Records, which is provided separately under the authority of
Public Law 93-342.
The authority for the travel portion of this account was
provided for by section 101 of Public Law 94-59, July 25, 1975,
at not to exceed $5,000 during any fiscal year for travel
expenses and travel advances shall not exceed $1,000, per
employee. Section 106 of Public Law 95-94, August 5, 1977,
increased the not to exceed amount for travel to $5,500.
Section 102 of Public Law 95-355, September 8, 1978, increased
the not to exceed amount for travel to $7,500. Section 102 of
Public Law 97-12, June 5, 1981, increased the not to exceed
amount for travel to $10,000. Section 1 of Public Law 98-367,
July 17, 1984, removed the not to exceed limitation on travel
expenses for the Secretary of the Senate, during any fiscal
year.
Orientation and training.--Funding is provided for expenses
incurred by the Secretary of the Senate to conduct orientation
seminars or similar meetings for Senators, Senate officials, or
members of staffs of Senators of Senate officials, not to
exceed $10,000 each fiscal year, under the authority of 2
U.S.C. 69a.
The Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
Senate is also authorized under these provisions to conduct
seminars or similar meetings in the same manner and to the same
extent as the Office of the Secretary of the Senate.
Newspapers.--Funding is provided to furnish newspapers and
magazines for official purposes to the Marble Room, leadership
offices, Republican and Democratic Cloakrooms, Senate officers,
and certain other offices.
Senate service awards.--Funding is provided for the
issuance of service pins or emblems as authorized by Senate
Resolution 21, September 10, 1965. Senate Resolution 21
authorizes the Secretary of the Senate, under the direction of
the Committee on Rules and Administration and in accordance
with regulation promulgated by the Committee, to procure such
pins or emblems and award them to Member, officers, and
employees of the Senate who are entitled.
Postage.--This account also provides funding for postage
for the Office of the Secretary of the Senate for special
delivery, registered mail, and additional postage not covered
under the frank.
Education of Senate pages.--Funding is provided for the
education of Senate pages. Senate Resolution 184, July 29,
1983, authorized the Secretary of the Senate to enter into a
contract, agreement, or other arrangement with the board of
education of the District of Columbia, or to provide such
educational services and items in such other manner as he may
deem appropriate. Public Law 98-125, October 13, 1983, amended
Public Law 98-51, July 14, 1983, striking out the heading and
paragraph ``Education of Pages'' under the heading ``Joint
Items'', and redesigned the funds provided in Public Law 98-51
for the education of pages between the House of Representatives
and the Senate. Each House is to provide for the education of
its own pages.
Stationery.--Funding is provided for stationery supplies
for the Office of the Secretary of the Senate. The funds
provided have been allocated to the various departments of the
Office of the Secretary.
Senate Commission on Art.--Funding is provided for the
Senate Commission on Art, authorized by Public Law 100-696,
November 18, 1988, to acquire any work of art, historical
object, documents or material relating to historical matters,
or exhibits for placement or exhibition within the Senate wing
of the Capitol, any Senate office building, or in rooms,
spaces, or corridors thereof, and to publish a Senate
historical objects and exhibits currently with the Senate wing
of the Capitol and any Senate office building.
The Senate Commission on Art was formally the Commission on
Arts and Antiquities, which was authorized by Senate Resolution
382, October 1, 1968, as amended by Senate Resolution 95, April
1, 1977, and Senate Resolution 400, March 23, 1988.
Representation expenses.--Funding is provided (not to
exceed $50,000) to the Secretary of the Senate to coordinate
and carry out responsibilities in connection with foreign
parliamentary groups of other foreign officials visiting the
United States. Authorized by section 2 of Public Law 101-163,
November 21, 1989.
Office of Conservation and Preservation.--Funding is
provided for the Office of Conservation and Preservation to
develop and coordinate programs directly related to the
conservation and protection of Senate records and materials for
which the Secretary of the Senate has statutory authority.
Book preservation.--Funding is provided for the Office of
Conservation and Preservation to use outside sources for the
preservation and protection of the Senate book collection,
including historically valuable documents under the care of the
Secretary of the Senate.
Office of Public Records.--Funding is provided for expenses
of the Office of Public Records. This office has evolved
through various pieces of legislation and various
responsibilities authorized by the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971, Senate Standards and Conduct and the Ethics in
Government Act. Public Law 92-342, July 10, 1972, authorizes
the Secretary of the Senate to procure technical support
services, consultants, use of detailed employees and travel
expenses in carrying out his duties under the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971. The Office of Public Records is mentioned
for the first time in Public Law 93-145, November 1, 1973,
which authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to appoint and fix
the compensation of a superintendent and other positions for
the Office of Public Records. In addition, under the authority
of Public Law 95-521, October 26, 1978 (Ethics in Government
Act of 1978) reports required to be filed under section 101 of
the act shall be available within 15 days after a report is
filed for public inspection and a copy of the report shall be
provided by the Secretary to any person upon request. Any
person requesting a copy of a report may by required to pay a
reasonable fee to cover the cost of reproduction of the report.
Any moneys received by the Secretary shall be deposited into
the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt. This office also
performs functions under the Senate Standards and Conduct, such
as registration of mass mailings and registering of lobbyists.
Disbursing office.--Funding is provided for expenses
incurred in the operation of the disbursing office. Typical
expenses for this office include online access charges for
Department of Treasury systems, notary bonds, seals and
supplies, necessary supplies in conjunction with the various
machinery maintained in the office, which are not available in
the stationery room, and necessary insurance policies required
for the protection of the disbursing officer of the Senate for
moneys assigned to his accountability.
Office of Captioning Services.--Funding is provided for the
closed captioning of the televised Senate floor proceedings for
the hearing impaired. Closed captioning was first authorized
under the authority of Public Law 101-163, November 21, 1989.
Senate chief counsel for employment.--Funding is provided
for the Office of the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment. This
office is a nonpartisan office formed in May 1993 at the
direction of the joint leadership and is charged with providing
legal advice and representation of Senate offices in all areas
of employment law.
sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $64,833,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 63,511,000
Committee recommendation................................ 60,511,000
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $60,511,000
for expenses of the Sergeant at Arms, which is $4,322,000 below
the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1998 and is $3,000,000
below the budget request. During the Committee's hearing on the
fiscal year 1999 funding request, the Office of the Sergeant at
Arms requested a $3,000,000 reduction from the budget estimate
due to savings found through reorganization.
At the request of the Rules Committee and based on current
practice, the Sergeant at Arms is directed to provide, within
the Sergeant at Arms current expense budget, subject to the
prior approval of the Rules Committee funds, not to exceed
$200,000 total for the party organizations for the purchase of
equipment in addition to office automation equipment. The funds
shall be allocated $100,000 to each party organization through
either the conference or policy committees.
The Committee commends the Sergeant at Arms on the
implementation of its recent reorganization. The objective of
the reorganization was to consolidate and streamline the
operation of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms. The
reorganization has resulted in a reduction in the budget
request. The Committee has approved the Sergeant at Arms' new
budget structure which reflects three major divisions:
Operations Division, Capitol Division, and Staff Offices
Division.
The Operations Division provides most of the day-to-day
services and products of the Sergeant at Arms. The Chief of
Operations provides overall management, policy guidance, and
strategy development and execution for all operations units.
Central operations provides printing, mailing, parking, and the
photographic and recording studio services. Office operations
centralizes functions which were previously handled by the
Service Department, the Computer Center, and the
Telecommunications Department. These functions include the
procurement, installation and maintenance of all desktop
computer, LAN's, and office equipment. Technical operations
consolidates the information technology planning and
infrastructure operations which were previously provided by
both the Computer Center and Telecommunications Department.
Finally, a portion of the funds are provided on a multiyear
basis for the long-range strategic initiatives of the office.
The Capitol Division centralizes all functions related to
the maintenance and administration of the Senate wing of the
U.S. Capitol Building. The Staff Offices Division includes
finance, human resources, counsel, procurement, and customer
relations. The Committee looks forward to monitoring further
improvements in management and service delivery in the Sergeant
at Arms operations.
The following table sets forth the apportionment of funds
under this appropriation. Any deviation of more than 10 percent
cumulatively to or from either account from the stated levels
for each item will require the customary prior approval of the
Committee.
EXPENSES--OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
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1999 budget 1999 Committee
1998 level request recommendation
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Operations Division:
Chief of operations................................... $87,000 $155,000 $155,000
Central operations.................................... 3,192,000 3,077,000 3,077,000
Office operations..................................... 44,450,000 44,816,000 44,816,000
Technical operations.................................. 8,852,000 14,211,000 6,211,000
Multiyear............................................. 7,000,000 ................ 5,000,000
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Total Operations Division........................... 63,581,000 62,259,000 59,259,000
Capitol Division.......................................... 515,000 515,000 515,000
Staff Offices Division.................................... 737,000 737,000 737,000
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Total............................................... 64,833,000 63,511,000 60,511,000
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miscellaneous items
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $7,905,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 7,905,000
Committee recommendation................................ 7,905,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,905,000 for
miscellaneous items, which is the same as the amount provided
in fiscal year 1998 and is the same as the budget request.
Any deviation of more than 10 percent cumulatively from the
stated levels for each item will require the customary prior
approval of the Committee.
The following table sets forth the apportionment of funds
under this appropriation:
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS APPORTIONMENT SCHEDULE
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Committee
recommendation
Item 1998 level fiscal year Difference
1999
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Resolution and reorganization reserve........................... $1,929,000 $2,467,000 +$538,000
Reserve for contingencies (miscellaneous items)................. 650,000 600,000 -50,000
Employees compensation fund reimbursement (workmen's
compensation).................................................. 1,210,000 905,000 -305,000
Civil service retirement fund reemployed annuitants............. 65,000 65,000 ..............
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program--(S. Res. 75, dated Mar. 3,
1993, as amended) (expires Sept. 30, 1998)..................... 300,000 .............. -300,000
John Heinz Fellowship Program--(S. Res. 356, dated Oct. 7, 1992)
(expires Sept. 30, 1997)....................................... 71,000 54,000 -17,000
Reception of foreign dignitaries (S. Res. 247, dated Feb. 7,
1962, as amended).............................................. 25,000 25,000 ..............
Foreign travel--Members and employees (S. Res. 179, dated May
25, 1977)...................................................... 125,000 125,000 ..............
Federal employees compensation account (Public Law 96-499, dated
Dec. 5, 1980) (unemployment compensation)...................... 1,750,000 1,750,000 ..............
Conferences for the majority and minority (Public Law 97-51,
dated Jan. 3, 1983 and Public Law 101-520, dated Nov. 5, 1990). 150,000 150,000 ..............
Policy committees for the majority and minority (Public Law 104-
53, dated Nov. 19, 1995)....................................... 144,000 144,000 ..............
Postage......................................................... 6,000 6,000 ..............
Stationery...................................................... .............. \2\ 13,000 +13,000
Consultants--including agency contributions (Public Law 95-26,
dated May 4, 1977 and Public Law 95-94, dated Aug. 5, 1977).... 650,000 750,000 +100,000
Senate observer group (expires Dec. 31, 2000--S. Res. 105, dated
Apr. 13, 1989, as amended)..................................... 580,000 580,000 ..............
Contribution costs authorized by Public Law 102-90, dated Aug.
14, 1991, and Public Law 103-50, dated July 2, 1993............ 225,000 250,000 +25,000
Training classes, conferences, and travel expenses as authorized
by Public Law 104-197, dated September 16, 1996................ 25,000 21,000 -4,000
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Total..................................................... 7,905,000 7,905,000 ..............
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\1\ Postage apportionment (fiscal year 1999):
President of the Senate............................ $2,700
Secretary for the Majority......................... 1,100
Secretary for the Minority......................... 1,100
Chaplain........................................... 1,100
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Total............................................ 6,000
\2\ Stationery apportionment (fiscal year 1999):
President of the Senate............................ $4,500
Conference of the Majority......................... 300
Conference of the Minority......................... 300
Chaplain........................................... 700
Senate Chamber..................................... 7,200
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Total............................................ 13,000
Resolution and reorganization reserve.--This line item is
used to cover the costs of Senate resolutions and public laws
that authorize the expenditures from the contingent fund of the
Senate that do not have specific appropriations for such
purpose. For example, Senate Resolution 299, agreed to
September 24, 1996, extended the Senate observer group from
December 31, 1996, to December 31, 1998. This resolution
required a reprogramming from the resolution and reorganization
reserve to the line item for the Senate observer group to fully
fund the account for fiscal year 1997. Other examples include:
payments made to displaced committee staff members authorized
by Senate Resolution 9, agreed to January 7, 1993, paying for
Senator-elect expenses, and the extension of the Office of Fair
Employment Practices.
Reserve for contingencies.--This is a Committee on Rules
and Administration line item which is used for items including
paying for gratuities for family members of deceased Senate
employees and paying for damage to automobiles in the Senate
parking lots, contractual, legal, and administrative services,
and miscellaneous expenses.
Employees compensation fund reimbursements (worker's
compensation).--Reimbursements made to the U.S. Department of
Labor for total benefits and other payments made on behalf of
Senate employees from the employees compensation fund.
Civil service retirement fund reemployed annuitants.--
Payments to the Office of Personnel Management's civil service
retirement and disability fund for amounts equal to the annuity
allocable to the period of actual employment of reemployed
annuitants in accordance with Public Law 94-397, agreed to
September 3, 1976, for individuals who served continuously as
an officer or employee of the Senate prior to October 1, 1979
(Public Law 95-391).
Reception of foreign dignitaries.--The Committee on Foreign
Relations is authorized to expend not to exceed $25,000 each
fiscal year to receive foreign dignitaries under the authority
of Senate Resolution 247, agreed to February 7, 1962, as
amended.
Foreign travel--Members and employees.--Senate Resolution
179, agreed to May 25, 1977, authorized the payment from the
contingent fund of the Senate of transportation costs and
travel expenses incurred by Members and employees of the Senate
when engaged in authorized foreign travel.
Federal employees compensation account (unemployment
compensation).--This line item provides for expenses incurred
for the Senate to reimburse the Federal employees compensation
account, pursuant to Public Law 96-499, approved December 5,
1980, for unemployment compensation payments made to Senate
employees.
Conferences for the majority and minority.--The amount
recommended provides for the expenses of the majority and
minority conference committees.
Policy committees for the majority and minority.--The
amount recommended provides for the expenses of the majority
and minority policy committees.
Postage.--Provides for postage allowances for the President
of the Senate, Secretary of the Majority, Secretary of the
Minority, and Senate Chaplain.
Stationery.--Provides funds for stationery and office
supplies for the President of the Senate, conference committees
of the Senate, Office of the Chaplain, and the Senate Chamber.
These funds were previously provided as an annual appropriation
directly into the stationery revolving fund and have been
included in miscellaneous items to simplify the administrative
process.
Consultants--including agency contributions.--The authority
providing for the appointment and payment of consultants to the
majority and minority leaders and the legislative counsel has
been amended several times including an administrative
provision in this bill. The following summarizes the current
authority and limitations as of February 9, 1995:
Majority leader: Four consultants at not to exceed the
daily rate for maximum standing committee rate. Administrative
provision section 4 would allow these consultants to be paid at
an annual or daily rate.
Minority leader: Four consultants at not to exceed the
daily rate for maximum standing committee rate. Administrative
provision section 4 would allow these consultants to be paid at
an annual or daily rate.
Legislative counsel (subject to PPT approval): Two
consultants at not to exceed the daily rate for maximum
standing committee rate. An administrative provision in this
bill will provide one consultant to the President pro tempore
of the Senate and will allow all consultants to be paid at an
annual or daily rate of pay. Authority: 2 U.S.C. 61h-6.
Senate Arms Control Observer Group.--Provides funding for
the Senate Arms Control Observer Group, under the authority of
Senate Resolution 105, agreed to April 13, 1989, as amended.
The Senate Arms Control Observer Group is authorized through
December 31, 1998. An administrative provision in this bill
extends this authorization through December 31, 2000.
Senate Day Care Center--agency contributions.--Provides for
the payment of agency contribution costs as authorized by
Public Law 102-90, approved August 14, 1991, and Public Law
103-50, approved July 2, 1993, for employees of the Senate
Employees Child Care Center.
Senate Day Care Center--training classes and conference
costs.--Provides for the reimbursement of any individual
employed by the Senate Day Care Center for the cost of training
classes and conferences in connection with the provision of
child care services and for travel, transportation, and
subsistence expenses incurred in connection with the training
classes and conferences, as authorized by Public Law 104-197,
approved September 16, 1996.
senators' official personnel and office expense account
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $228,600,000
Budget estimate, 1999 \1\............................... 243,881,000
Committee recommendation................................ 239,156,000
\1\ Reflects budget amendment.
The Committee recommends an appropriation for fiscal year
1999 of $239,156,000. This amount is $10,556,000 greater than
the fiscal year 1998 level and $4,725,000 below the budget
request.
This account funds salaries and benefits of Senators'
staffs as well as the office expense allowance for Senators'
offices. These funds were formerly carried under several
accounts including: ``Administrative, clerical and legislative
assistance to Senators;'' ``Agency contributions,'' under the
heading ``Salaries, officers and employees;'' and ``Official
office expense allowances.'' Those separate appropriations were
merged into this single account in Public Law 100-137.
The Senators' official personnel and office expense
allowance [SOPOEA] is comprised of three components. Two of
these are for salaries of personnel in Senators' offices. The
allowance for administrative and clerical assistance is based
on the population of States, beginning with States with a
population of fewer than 5 million people to States with a
population of 28 million or more. The allowance has been
increased by $50,000 per office over the fiscal year 1998
level. The table illustrates the allowances per population
category and the States which fall into those categories.
The second component of the salaries allowance is for
legislative assistance to Senators, as authorized by Public Law
95-94. This allowance provides funding for three positions in
each Senator's office at an annual rate of $132,159 for a total
of $396,477 per office, or $39,647,700 for all 100 Senators.
The third component of the SOPOEA is for office expenses.
Each Senator's office is allocated an amount for office
expenses, as displayed in the following table including the
Committee on Rules and Administration's reallocations of the
official mail. In addition, an amount of $200,000 is provided
to cover additional expenses that may be incurred in the event
of the death or resignation of a Senator, and to provide for
transitional expenses during election years subject to
regulations set by the Committee on Rules and Administration
with respect to official mail.
It should be noted that the amounts provided for the
various components of the SOPOEA are entirely fungible. Amounts
provided for salaries may be used for expenses, and vice versa,
subject to regulations set by the Committee on Rules and
Administration with respect to official mail.
The following table illustrates the several components of
the SOPOEA.
SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT
[As of Oct. 1 1998]
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Administrative
and clerical Legislative Official Total
State assistance assistance office expense allowance
allowance allowance allowance
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Alabama......................................... $1,210,967 $396,477 $183,565 $1,791,009
Alaska.......................................... 1,210,967 396,477 252,505 1,859,949
Arizona......................................... 1,210,967 396,477 197,409 1,804,853
Arkansas........................................ 1,210,967 396,477 168,535 1,775,979
California...................................... 2,157,222 396,477 470,272 3,023,971
Colorado........................................ 1,210,967 396,477 187,366 1,794,810
Connecticut..................................... 1,210,967 396,477 161,691 1,769,135
Delaware........................................ 1,210,967 396,477 127,384 1,734,828
Florida......................................... 1,683,207 396,477 263,748 2,343,432
Georgia......................................... 1,352,639 396,477 211,784 1,960,900
Hawaii.......................................... 1,210,967 396,477 279,648 1,887,092
Idaho........................................... 1,210,967 396,477 163,841 1,771,285
Illinois........................................ 1,541,536 396,477 267,000 2,205,013
Indiana......................................... 1,258,190 396,477 195,391 1,850,058
Iowa............................................ 1,210,967 396,477 171,340 1,778,784
Kansas.......................................... 1,210,967 396,477 168,912 1,776,356
Kentucky........................................ 1,210,967 396,477 176,975 1,784,419
Louisiana....................................... 1,210,967 396,477 186,714 1,794,158
Maine........................................... 1,210,967 396,477 148,205 1,755,649
Maryland........................................ 1,258,190 396,477 172,455 1,827,122
Massachusetts................................... 1,305,415 396,477 196,819 1,898,711
Michigan........................................ 1,447,086 396,477 235,846 2,079,409
Minnesota....................................... 1,210,967 396,477 187,742 1,795,186
Mississippi..................................... 1,210,967 396,477 168,587 1,776,031
Missouri........................................ 1,258,190 396,477 198,365 1,853,032
Montana......................................... 1,210,967 396,477 161,857 1,769,301
Nebraska........................................ 1,210,967 396,477 160,550 1,767,994
Nevada.......................................... 1,210,967 396,477 171,208 1,778,652
New Hampshire................................... 1,210,967 396,477 142,497 1,749,941
New Jersey...................................... 1,399,863 396,477 207,754 2,004,094
New Mexico...................................... 1,210,967 396,477 166,721 1,774,165
New York........................................ 1,855,092 396,477 328,586 2,580,155
North Carolina.................................. 1,352,639 396,477 212,711 1,961,827
North Dakota.................................... 1,210,967 396,477 150,225 1,757,669
Ohio............................................ 1,541,536 396,477 262,252 2,200,265
Oklahoma........................................ 1,210,967 396,477 181,913 1,789,357
Oregon.......................................... 1,210,967 396,477 189,258 1,796,702
Pennsylvania.................................... 1,588,758 396,477 267,240 2,252,475
Rhode Island.................................... 1,210,967 396,477 138,637 1,746,081
South Carolina.................................. 1,210,967 396,477 171,731 1,779,175
South Dakota.................................... 1,210,967 396,477 151,838 1,759,282
Tennessee....................................... 1,258,190 396,477 192,508 1,847,175
Texas........................................... 1,885,305 396,477 353,911 2,635,693
Utah............................................ 1,210,967 396,477 168,959 1,776,403
Vermont......................................... 1,210,967 396,477 136,315 1,743,759
Virginia........................................ 1,305,415 396,477 193,935 1,895,827
Washington...................................... 1,258,190 396,477 213,887 1,868,554
West Virginia................................... 1,210,967 396,477 149,135 1,756,579
Wisconsin....................................... 1,258,190 396,477 191,314 1,845,981
Wyoming......................................... 1,210,967 396,477 153,016 1,760,460
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Total..................................... 131,009,660 39,647,700 19,920,114 190,577,474
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According to the most recent employment data compiled by
the Secretary of the Senate, as of March 31, 1998, there were
3,903 individuals employed in Senators' offices throughout the
United States and covered by this appropriation.
U.S. Senate Senators' staff as of September 30, 1987-97 and March 31,
1998
Year Number of staff
1987.............................................................. 4,082
1988.............................................................. 4,036
1989.............................................................. 4,111
1990.............................................................. 4,035
1991.............................................................. 4,197
1992.............................................................. 4,135
1993.............................................................. 4,262
1994.............................................................. 4,142
1995.............................................................. 4,112
1996.............................................................. 3,959
1997.............................................................. 4,044
1998 \1\.......................................................... 3,903
\1\ As of March 31, 1998.
In addition to providing funds for compensation of
employees within Senators' offices, this appropriation also
provides for agency contributions for those employees; that is,
the Senate's share, as an employer, of the various employee
benefit programs for which Senate employees are eligible. These
payments are mandatory, and fluctuate according to the programs
in which employees are enrolled, the level of compensation, and
the degree of participation. Budget requests for this account
prepared by the Financial Clerk must be based on both
experience and evaluation of trends. The fiscal year 1999
request for this account anticipates $55,880,000 in agency
contribution costs.
The amount recommended by the Committee for the SOPOEA is
less than would be required to cover all obligations that could
be incurred under the authorized allowances for all Senators.
The Committee is able to recommend an appropriation of a lesser
amount than potentially necessary because Senators typically do
not obligate funds up to the absolute ceiling of their
respective allowances. In fact, a number of offices spend less
than their total allowances. Evidence of this can be found in
the semiannual report of the Secretary of the Senate. At the
direction of this Committee in the Fiscal Year 1996 Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, the Secretary's report now includes
summary information on each Senator's authorized allowance,
expenditures made, and the balance, if any.
In the alternative, the Committee could recommend an
appropriation to fully fund the sum total of all the authorized
allowances including funding necessary to cover administrative
provision section 8. For fiscal year 1999, that would mean an
appropriation of $250,634,000, $11,478,000 more than
recommended.
senate official mail costs
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $300,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 300,000
Committee recommendation................................ 300,000
For the official mail costs of the Senate, the Committee
recommends an appropriation of $300,000, which is the same as
the budget request.
Administrative Provisions
Section 1. This section provides for the official mail
allocation to each Member's Senators' official personnel office
and expense account. A funding level of $7,400,000 has been
provided for Member office mail.
Sec. 2. This provision increases from $10,000 to $35,000
the authority to pay from the Office of the Chaplain Expense
Revolving Fund for official expenses incurred by the Chaplain
of the Senate.
Sec. 3. This provision extends the authorization of the
Arms Control Observer group until December 31, 2000.
Sec. 4. This provision authorizes the President pro tempore
of the Senate the ability to appoint one consultant, and allows
all consultants to be paid at an annual or daily rate of pay.
Sec. 5. This provision establishes the Leader's Lecture
Series and provides the Secretary of the Senate with the
authority to pay expenses incurred on behalf of the series.
Funding of $30,000 is provided within the Secretary's current
budget.
Sec. 6. In January 1998 the Senate Rules Committee
reorganized and consolidated the Senate Beauty Shop and Senate
Barber Shop into the Senate Hair Care Services operation in an
effort to increase efficiency and reduce costs. This
legislation creates, effective October 1, 1998, a revolving
fund for the Senate Hair Care Services within the contingent
fund of the Senate. All income generated by the Senate Hair
Care Services will be deposited into this fund, with all
expenses, including compensation and benefits, to be paid from
the revolving fund. The existing Senate Barber Shop and Beauty
Shop revolving fund, which was limited to paying expenses for
supplies only, will be dissolved and any funds remaining in
that fund will be transferred to the Senate Hair Care Services
revolving fund. This legislation also grants the Sergeant at
Arms the authority to appoint and fix the compensation of the
employees of the Senate Hair Care Services.
Sec. 7. This provision increases the funding available to
the Committee on Rules and Administration. Section 16(c) of
Senate resolution 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, authorized
$1,375,472. Public Law 105-55, October 7, 1997, increased this
authorization to $1,407,254. This provision authorizes an
additional $150,000 to bring the total to $1,557,254.
Sec. 8. This provision increases by $50,000 the allowance
for administrative and clerical assistance.
Sec. 9. The Committee has received a report from the
Sergeant at Arms in response to language included in the
legislative branch Appropriations Committee report for fiscal
year 1998 directing the office to report on how they could
incorporate alternative fuel vehicles [AFV] into their fleets
consistent with their needs and requirements. The Sergeant at
Arms reports that of the 20 vehicles in its fleet, three are
clean fuel vehicles. The Committee is encouraged by the
Sergeant at Arms' statement that: ``the Senate can do more to
promote and utilize AFV's. The Sergeant at Arms is committed to
increasing the number of AFV's under its direct control and to
promote their use with other Senate offices which are assigned
fleet vehicles.''
This provision provides the Sergeant at Arms, with the
prior written approval of the Rules Committee, the authority to
enter into agreements with public or private parties for the
purpose of demonstrating the use of AFV's consistent with the
Energy Policy Act of 1992. The Sergeant at Arms shall provide
to the Rules Committee and the Appropriations Committee a
detailed proposal including estimates of all costs associated
with a demonstration and how those costs will be paid. No
vehicle may be used for demonstration purposes beyond 90 days.
JOINT ITEMS
joint economic committee
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $2,750,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 2,796,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,796,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,796,000 for
the Joint Economic Committee. This amount is $46,000 above the
fiscal year 1998 level and is the same as the fiscal year 1999
budget request. Pursuant to discussions during the hearings,
the Committee is encouraged by the JEC's interest in the year
2000 technology problem and is hopeful that the JEC will work
with the Senate's new Special Committee on the Year 2000
Technology Problem in identifying and analysizing the problem.
joint committee on printing
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $804,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 804,000
Committee recommendation................................ 202,000
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $202,000 for
the Joint Committee on Printing. This reduction is included at
the request of the Joint Committee on Printing and will provide
funds for the continuation of the Joint Committee until
December 31, 1998. The Joint Committee will execute the
necessary legislation to transfer its jurisdiction to the
appropriate authorities including the Rules Committee and the
Public Printer. Additional funding of $150,000 has been
provided to Rules Committee to fulfill the new oversight
responsibilities.
joint committee on taxation
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $5,815,500
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 6,018,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,965,400
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,965,400 for
salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation. This
is $149,900 above the current level and is $52,600 below the
budget request.
Office of the Attending Physician
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $1,266,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 1,383,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,415,000
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $1,415,000
for the Office of the Attending Physician. The amount is
$149,000 above the appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and is
$32,000 above the budget estimate. The additional amount is to
provide for an unforeseen increase in supplies. The Office was
first established by House Resolution 253, adopted December 5,
1928.
Capitol Police Board
capitol police
Recommended
Salaries................................................ $74,281,000
Expenses................................................ 6,077,000
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____________________________________________________
Total, Capitol Police Board....................... 80,358,000
The Committee continues funding the operations of the
entire U.S. Capitol Police Force within joint items under the
heading ``Capitol Police Board.'' The Capitol Police are
requested to prepare and submit to the Senate and House
Appropriations Committees a detailed description of any capital
improvement projects being requested and included in the
Architect of the Capitol's fiscal year 1999 budget request.
Capitol Police
salaries
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $70,955,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 76,108,000
Committee recommendation................................ 74,281,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $74,281,000
for the salaries of the U.S. Capitol Police, which is
$3,326,000 above the fiscal year 1998 level.
The amount provided covers salaries, benefits, and overtime
costs. Capitol Police personnel are also eligible for hazardous
duty pay, a clothing allowance, and comparability pay similar
to locality pay adjustments granted other Federal law
enforcement personnel in the Washington, DC, area. Capitol
Police personnel on the Senate detail are the only Senate
employees eligible for such comparability pay.
general expenses
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $3,099,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 8,361,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,077,000
The Committee recommends $6,077,000 for general expenses of
the Capitol Police, which is $2,978,000 above the fiscal year
1998 level and is $2,284,000 below the budget request. An
additional $700,000 has been added for the cost of their
computer and telecommunications functions. In prior years these
functions were included in the Senate Sergeant at Arms budget.
An additional $1,200,000 has been added for life cycle
replacement of physical security equipment.
Other expenses include office supplies and equipment,
laundry and dry-cleaning, communications, motor vehicles,
uniforms and equipment, investigations, training, and
miscellaneous items. The amount recommended includes funds for
vehicle replacement.
Administrative Provision
The Committee has included a provision (sec. 101) which
allows for funds to be transferred between the ``Salaries'' and
``General expenses'' accounts.
Capitol Guide and Special Services Office
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $1,991,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 2,195,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,195,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,195,000 for
the Capitol Guide and Special Services Office. This amount is
$204,000 above the current level and is the same as the budget
request. It includes an increase of $85,000 for three
additional FTE's as authorized by the Rules Committee.
Statements of Appropriations
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $30,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 30,000
Committee recommendation................................ 30,000
The Committee recommends $30,000, the same as the budget
estimate, for the preparation of detailed statements of
appropriations as required by law. This account is used as
payment for the preparation of the volumes, ``Statements on
Appropriations,'' for the second session of the 105th Congress.
These volumes show annual appropriations made, indefinite
appropriations, and contracts authorized, along with a
chronological history of regular appropriations bills. The
volumes are compiled jointly by the Senate and House Committees
on Appropriations pursuant to a directive in the Legislative
Appropriations Act of June 7, 1924.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $2,479,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 2,286,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,286,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,286,000 for
the salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as
authorized by section 305 of Public Law 104-1, the
Congressional Accountability Act of 1996. This reflects a
decrease of $193,000 from the fiscal year 1998 funding level
and is the same as the request.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $24,797,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 25,938,000
Committee recommendation................................ 25,671,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $25,671,000
for the Congressional Budget Office. The amount is $267,000
below the budget estimate and $874,000 above the fiscal year
1998 level.
The Committee is concerned that, in its monthly budget
reviews, the Congressional Budget Office has failed to reflect
the off-budget status of Social Security. A letter to the CBO
from Senators Hollings and Dorgan on this matter, as well as
CBO's response thereto follow:
U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC, May 21, 1998.
Dr. June O'Neill,
Director, Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC.
Dear Dr. O'Neill: The May 6 CBO monthly budget review
estimated that the Federal budget fiscal year surplus would
fall between $43,000,000,000 and $63,000,000,000. All of the
newspapers dutifully reported that the CBO now predicts that
level of surplus.
Unfortunately, your report provides the American people
with inaccurate information. It is true that if you pull in the
Social Security trust funds, among others, the ``unified
budget'' will show a surplus in this fiscal year. But you well
know that the Federal Government will continue to increase its
Federal indebtedness at the same time that you are projecting a
surplus because your calculations use the Social Security trust
funds to show that surplus.
Section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act couldn't be
more clear. You have a duty to provide the American people with
all of the relevant data about this country's fiscal policy.
That includes not only a ``unified budget'' calculation, but
also an estimate of what our deficit will be if you do not use
the Social Security trust funds as part of the regular
operating budget.
Inasmuch as Congress has passed legislation prohibiting
that from happening, we believe you have a responsibility to
report accurately to the American people that, until revenues
exceed expenditures without using the Social Security trust
fund, there is no ``budget surplus.''
We hope you will make the appropriate adjustments in your
monthly report in order to comply with section 13301 of the
Budget Enforcement Act.
Sincerely,
Ernest F. Hollings,
U.S. Senator.
Byron L. Dorgan,
U.S. Senator.
------
Congressional Budget Office,
U.S. Congress,
Washington, DC, June 2, 1998.
Hon. Byron L. Dorgan,
U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Dear Senator: Thank you for the letter of May 21 from you
and Senator Hollings regarding CBO's monthly budget review. I
agree that CBO has ``a duty to provide the American people with
all of the relevant data about this country's fiscal policy,''
and I regret that the report you cited failed to report the on-
budget deficit, excluding the surplus of the Social Security
trust funds. In future issues of the monthly budget review, CBO
will provide separate totals for on-budget programs.
I greatly appreciate your interest in CBO and its products.
If you have any further concerns, do not hesitate to get in
touch with me.
Sincerely,
June E. O'Neill,
Director.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
The Committee has recommended a funding level of
$142,562,000 for all activities of the Architect of the Capitol
pertaining to direct support of the Congress. Excluded are
House items which are traditionally left for consideration by
that body. Additional funds are recommended in title II of the
bill for the Architect's activities relative to the structural
and mechanical care of the Library's buildings and grounds, and
the Botanic Garden.
The amount recommended in title I is $12,984,000 below the
fiscal year 1998 amount and $35,538,000 below the budget
estimate.
The following table shows the request and the Committee
recommendation:
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Fiscal year
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Appropriation 1998 1999
appropriation \1\ 1999 request recommendation
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Capitol buildings, salaries and expenses................... $44,477,000 $55,342,000 $44,641,000
Capitol Grounds............................................ 25,116,000 26,623,000 6,055,000
Senate office buildings.................................... 52,021,000 55,756,000 53,644,000
Capitol Power Plant........................................ 33,932,000 40,379,000 38,222,000
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Total, title I....................................... 155,546,000 178,100,000 142,562,000
====================================================
Botanic Garden............................................. 3,016,000 3,235,000 3,180,000
Library buildings and grounds, structural and mechanical
care...................................................... 11,573,000 16,139,000 12,566,000
----------------------------------------------------
Total, title II...................................... 14,589,000 19,374,000 15,746,000
----------------------------------------------------
Total................................................ 170,135,000 197,474,000 158,308,000
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\1\ Includes fiscal year 1998 supplementals.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
capitol buildings
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 1998 \1\................................ $44,477,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 55,342,000
Committee recommendation................................ 44,641,000
\1\ Includes fiscal year 1998 supplemental of $7,500,000 for
rehabilitation of the Capitol dome.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $44,641,000
for salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant
Architect of the Capitol, other personal services, surveys and
studies in connection with activities under the care of the
Architect, and necessary expenses for the maintenance, care,
and operation of the Capitol electrical substations of the
House and Senate office buildings. The amount recommended is
$164,000 above the amount provided for fiscal year 1998 and
represents a reduction of $10,701,000 from the budget request.
The Committee has included a $20,000 limitation for travel
related to work under the Architect.
The Architect of the Capitol's request includes funding for
a number of design projects for the Capitol Police, including a
master plan. The Committee believes that the most cost-
effective approach to meeting the needs of the police would be
to complete the master plan before proceeding with any other
design plans. Therefore, the Committee has provided $475,000 in
design funds for the master plan. The master plan would include
consideration of the police needs for a communication, command
and control facility, an offsite delivery/screening facility,
USCP training facility, chemical and explosive storage
facility, vehicle maintenance facility, and K-9 facility. An
additional $1,000,000 in design funds are provided, subject to
prior approval of the appropriate committees of the House and
Senate, for additional security design plans for the police.
The AOC is directed to work jointly with an individual
appointed by the Police Board in defining the scope of work and
implementation of a master plan. The amount of $750,000 has
been provided to the AOC for infrastructure support for the
physical security initiatives of the Capitol Police Board. The
Committee directs that a quarterly accounting of these funds be
provided to the Appropriations Committees and the Capitol
Police Board.
The Committee directs that no new Senate projects or
activities other than those listed below be undertaken with
funds provided in this or previous appropriations acts without
the prior written approval of the Committee, and that the
Committee be notified in writing in advance of any new Senate
projects or activities to be undertaken with the funds provided
for annual maintenance, repairs, alterations, or miscellaneous
improvements.
The Architect is to be commended for his personal
dedication in addressing the financial management system in the
office. The Committee remains concerned that a project of this
magnitude requires the total devotion of an individual trained
in this field. The Architect is strongly urged to consult with
GAO and hire an individual from outside of the office to be the
project manager with direct reporting authority to the
Architect.
The Architect is requested to provide a quarterly report to
the Rules Committee and the Appropriations Committee
identifying the expenditure of funds provided for
infrastructure support of the Capitol Police security upgrades.
The Committee has fully funded the Architect's request of
$650,000 for the new CAFM system (computer aided facilities
management); however, the expenditure of these funds is
contingent upon the prior approval of the appropriate
authorizing and Appropriations Committees.
Funding has been provided, and may be expended with the
prior approval of the Senate Rules Committee for design work
for possible Senate Chamber upgrades for HVAC, ADA, lighting,
and design funds for an upgrade of the cable television system.
The following table displays the request and the Committee
recommendation.
REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION
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Committee
Item Request recommendation
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Personnel compensation and benefits..... $24,637,000 $24,572,000
Travel, rent, and communications........ 840,600 809,600
Annual maintenance, repairs, and
alterations............................ 6,936,000 6,886,000
Supplies, materials, and equipment...... 751,400 751,400
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Subtotal.......................... 33,165,000 33,019,000
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1999 budget projects:
Cyclical maintenance:
Ongoing projects:
Replace House Chamber sound
reinforcement system....... 270,000 270,000
Conservation of wall
paintings.................. 200,000 200,000
Rehabilitate dome........... 7,500,000 ..............
Replace Minton tile......... 200,000 200,000
Elevator/escalator
modernization program...... 400,000 400,000
Plumbing renovations........ 400,000 400,000
New requests:
Upgrade building systems,
Capitol.................... 500,000 500,000
Repairs to east front bronze
doors...................... 25,000 25,000
Analysis and renovation of
outside air intake tunnels. 50,000 50,000
Replace six west front lower
terrace windows............ 150,000 ..............
Records management and
photography branch equip-
ment....................... 57,000 57,000
Roofing repair, around House
and Senate Chambers........ 160,000 160,000
Replace windows, restore
shutters, and upgrade light-
ing...................... 400,000 ..............
Replace electrical wiring in
S-215, and stairwell by S-
344........................ 25,000 25,000
Provide steam humidification 210,000 210,000
Replace dimming systems
serving east front offices. 50,000 ..............
Cleaning of historical
architectural surfaces..... 115,000 115,000
Repair/upgrade building
birdproofing............... 50,000 50,000
Install cable tray and
replace corridor ceiling,
east front basement........ 150,000 150,000
Replace sheet metal
equipment.................. 115,000 115,000
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Subtotal, cyclical
maintenance.............. 11,027,000 2,927,000
===============================
Improvements:
Ongoing projects:
Replace sound systems,
committee and hearing rooms 120,000 120,000
Renovation of K-9 facility,
D.C. Village............... 200,000 50,000
Senate Chamber improvements. 1,500,000 500,000
New requests:
Install snow melt system on
roof....................... 250,000 250,000
Conduit, pathways, and
telecommunication closets,
upgrade for computer....... 900,000 900,000
House Chamber improvements.. 300,000 ..............
Upgrade the cable television
system..................... 1,000,000 1,000,000
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Subtotal, improvements.... 4,270,000 2,820,000
===============================
Life safety and ADA:
Ongoing projects:
Installation of smoke
detectors/fire alarms, CB.. 400,000 400,000
Fire alarm system upgrade
for ADA compliance......... 150,000 150,000
Compliance issues, South
Capitol Street warehouse... 50,000 50,000
Complexwide fire and
emergency management system 425,000 425,000
ADA requirements............ 300,000 300,000
New requests:
Install emergency signs and
lighting................... 80,000 80,000
Emergency exit directional
signs...................... 25,000 25,000
Roof fall protection........ 55,000 55,000
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Subtotal, life safety and
ADA...................... 1,485,000 1,485,000
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Security:
Ongoing projects: Provide
infrastructure for security
installations.................. 1,000,000 750,000
New requests:
U.S. Capitol Police command
center..................... 350,000 ..............
U.S. Capitol Police
communications improvements 1,000,000 ..............
Capitol complex integrated
security program........... 475,000 475,000
Modifications to South
Capitol Street warehouse... 150,000 150,000
Chemical and explosive
storage facility, D.C.
Village.................... 250,000 ..............
Install new door locks...... 155,000 ..............
Police security designs..... .............. 1,000,000
Emergency operations for
HVAC systems, Capitol...... 100,000 100,000
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Subtotal, security........ 3,480,000 2,475,000
===============================
Technology--management systems:
Ongoing projects:
Implementation of AOCNET.... 400,000 400,000
Integrated management system
[IMS]...................... 650,000 650,000
New requests:
Computer-aided facility
management [CAFM].......... 650,000 650,000
Update electrical system
drawings on CAD............ 60,000 60,000
CAD mechanical data base.... 60,000 60,000
Scanning equipment for
drawings and photographs... 95,000 95,000
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Subtotal, technology--
management systems....... 1,915,000 1,915,000
===============================
Total, Capitol buildings.. 55,342,000 44,641,000
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capitol grounds
Appropriations, 1998 \1\................................ $25,116,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 26,623,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,055,000
\1\ Includes fiscal year 1998 supplemental of $20,000,000 for perimeter
security.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,055,000 for
Capitol Grounds for the care and improvements of the grounds
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings,
and the Capitol Power Plant. This is $19,061,000 below the
current level and $20,568,000 below the request.
The Committee directs that no new Senate projects or
activities other than those listed below be undertaken with
funds provided in this or previous appropriations acts without
the prior written approval of the Committee, and that the
Committee be notified in writing in advance of any new Senate
projects or activities to be undertaken with the funds provided
for annual maintenance, repairs, alterations, or miscellaneous
improvements.
The following table displays the request and the Committee
recommendation.
REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION
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Committee
Item Request recommendation
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Personnel compensation and benefits..... $3,920,000 $3,916,000
Annual maintenance, repairs, and
alterations............................ 1,215,000 1,051,000
Supplies, materials, and equipment...... 178,000 178,000
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Subtotal.......................... 5,313,000 5,145,000
===============================
1999 budget projects:
Cyclical maintenance: New requests:
Parking lot improvements........ 350,000 ..............
Refurbish Taft Memorial carillon 130,000 130,000
Maintenance of outdoor
sculpture: Peace and Garfield.. 25,000 25,000
Install new irrigation and
plantings, Rayburn House Office
Building west courtyard........ 50,000 ..............
Renovate and restore Russell
Senate Office Building court-
yard........................... 40,000 40,000
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Subtotal, cyclical
maintenance................ 595,000 195,000
===============================
Improvements: New request:
Wayfinding signage................. 130,000 130,000
===============================
Life safety and ADA:
Ongoing projects: ADA
requirements................... 25,000 25,000
New requests: ADA handicapped
ramps, House and Senate
terraces....................... 500,000 500,000
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Subtotal, life safety and
ADA.......................... 525,000 525,000
===============================
Security: New requests: Capitol
Square and Senate grounds secur-
ity................................ 20,000,000 ..............
===============================
Technology--management systems: New
request: CAD data base development--
site utilities and grounds......... 60,000 60,000
===============================
Total, Capitol grounds.......... 26,623,000 6,055,000
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senate office buildings
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $52,021,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 55,756,000
Committee recommendation................................ 53,644,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $53,644,000
for maintenance of the Senate office buildings. The recommended
amount is $2,112,000 below the request and is $1,623,000 above
the current level.
The Committee directs that no new Senate projects or
activities other than those listed below be undertaken with
funds provided in this or previous appropriations acts without
the prior written approval of the Committee, and that the
Committee be notified in writing in advance of any new Senate
projects or activities to be undertaken with the funds provided
for annual maintenance, repairs, alterations, or miscellaneous
improvements.
Funding has been provided, and may be expended with the
prior approval of the Senate Rules Committee, for design funds
for the legislative garage and funds for restaurant equipment.
The following table displays the request and the Committee
recommendation.
REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
Item Request recommendation
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Personnel compensation and benefits..... $25,450,000 $25,292,000
Annual rent, maintenance, repairs, and
alterations............................ 9,436,000 9,396,000
Supplies, materials, equipment, and
Senate restaurants..................... 3,945,000 3,196,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal.......................... 38,831,000 37,884,000
===============================
1999 budget projects:
Life safety and ADA:
Ongoing projects:
Fire alarm system upgrade
for ADA, Russell Senate
Office Building and Hart
Senate Office Building..... 150,000 150,000
ADA requirements, Senate
office buildings........... 300,000 300,000
Plumbing renovations,
Russell Senate Office
Building................... 400,000 400,000
New requests:
Roof fall protection........ 93,000 93,000
Emergency exit directional
signs...................... 70,000 70,000
Upgrade emergency fire
communications system, Hart
Senate Office Building..... 130,000 130,000
Upgrade CCTV and paging to
subway..................... 153,000 153,000
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Subtotal, life safety and
ADA...................... 1,296,000 1,296,000
===============================
Cyclical maintenance:
Ongoing projects:
Roofing repairs, Russell
Senate Office Building and
Dirksen Senate Office
Building................... 100,000 100,000
Modernize 12 elevators, Hart
Senate Office Building..... 750,000 750,000
Replace roof and add fall
protection, Capitol Police
headquarters............... 350,000 350,000
Repair failed waterproofing
over SD-G82................ 250,000 ..............
New requests:
Exterior painting, Russell
Senate Office Building..... 160,000 160,000
Modernize elevators Nos. 2
and 13, Dirksen Senate
Office Building............ 425,000 425,000
Replace roof and add fall
protection, Webster Hall... 232,000 232,000
Purchase garage equipment... 54,000 54,000
Purchase of furniture....... 130,000 130,000
Replace 34 committee sound
systems.................... 280,000 280,000
Replace carpet, Capitol
Police headquarters........ 380,000 ..............
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Subtotal, cyclical
maintenance.............. 3,111,000 2,481,000
===============================
Improvements:
Ongoing projects:
Electrical and
telecommunications systems
renovations, Russell Senate
Office Building............ 2,550,000 2,550,000
Renovate mechanical,
telecommunications, and
restrooms, Dirksen Senate
Office Building............ 8,500,000 8,500,000
Delaware Avenue vestibule,
Russell Senate Office
Building................... 160,000 ..............
Renovate sundry shop,
Dirksen Senate Office
Building................... 75,000 75,000
New requests:
New escalator, Hart Senate
Office Building............ 125,000 ..............
Upgrade and expand
telecommunications closets. 260,000 260,000
Renovate beverage island,
Dirksen Senate Office Build-
ing...................... 250,000 ..............
Install storm windows,
Capitol Police headquarters 168,000 168,000
Expansion of legislative
garage..................... 400,000 400,000
Furniture for Information
Technology Resource Center. 30,000 30,000
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Subtotal, improvements.... 12,518,000 11,983,000
===============================
Total, Senate office
buildings................ 55,756,000 53,644,000
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capitol power plant
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $33,932,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 40,379,000
Committee recommendation................................ 38,222,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $38,222,000
for the operations of the Capitol Power Plant. The amount
recommended is $4,290,000 above the amount provided for fiscal
year 1998 and $2,157,000 below the request.
Nearly 70 percent of the recommended amount is for the
purchase of electricity from the local private utility, payment
to the government of the District of Columbia for the provision
of water and sewer services, and the procurement of boiler
fuel, as displayed in the following table.
Fiscal year 1999 estimated utility costs
Purchase of electrical energy........................... $21,896,000
Purchase of natural gas................................. 1,415,000
Purchase of steam....................................... 248,000
Purchase of chilled water............................... 252,000
Purchase of coal........................................ 2,250,000
Purchase of oil......................................... 1,905,000
Water and sewer payments................................ 1,800,000
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Total............................................. 29,766,000
The balance of this appropriation supports a work force to
operate and maintain the Power Plant. The Power Plant provides
heat, light, power, and air-conditioning for the Capitol,
Senate and House office buildings, and the Library of Congress
buildings; heat, light, and power for the Botanic Garden and
the Senate and House Garages; light for the Capitol Grounds'
street, park, and floodlighting system; steam heat for the
Government Printing Office and Washington City Post Office,
also known as Postal Square; and steam heat and air-
conditioning for the Union Station complex, Folger Shakespeare
Library, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, and
the U.S. Supreme Court Building on a reimbursable basis.
With regard to the reimbursements, the Committee recommends
that reimbursements continue at the fiscal year 1998 level of
$4,000,000.
The following table displays the request and the Committee
recommendation.
REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION
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Committee
Item Request recommendation
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Personnel compensation and benefits..... $5,260,000 $5,253,000
Utilities and communications............ 25,613,000 25,613,000
Annual maintenance and supplies......... 5,754,000 5,754,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal.......................... 36,627,000 36,620,000
===============================
1999 budget projects:
Cyclical maintenance: New requests:
Replace dealkalizer resin....... 85,000 85,000
Replace bladder in sump, West
plant.......................... 75,000 75,000
Replace valves in steam and
chilled water distribution sys-
tem........................... 100,000 100,000
Replace coalyard belts.......... 160,000 160,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, cyclical maintenance 420,000 420,000
===============================
Improvements: New requests:
Optimization of operations,
Capitol Power Plant............ 100,000 100,000
Optimization of chilled water
distribution system............ 150,000 ..............
Cogeneration facility........... 2,000,000 ..............
-------------------------------
Subtotal, improvements........ 2,250,000 100,000
===============================
Life safety and ADA:
Ongoing projects: East plant
replacement.................... 5,000,000 5,000,000
New requests: Roof fall
protection..................... 22,000 22,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, life safety and ADA. 5,022,000 5,022,000
===============================
Technology--management systems:
Update CAD drawings for Capitol
Power Plant........................ 60,000 60,000
===============================
Less: Estimated reimbursements.......... -4,000,000 -4,000,000
===============================
Total, Capitol Power Plant........ 40,379,000 38,222,000
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Congressional Research Service
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $64,603,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 68,461,000
Committee recommendation................................ 67,877,483
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $67,877,483
for the Congressional Research Service. The amount recommended
is $3,274,483 above the fiscal year 1998 amount and $583,517
below the request.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional Printing and Binding
Appropriations, 1998 \1\................................ $70,652,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 84,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 75,500,000
\1\ Supplemented by a transfer of $11,017,000 from the revolving fund.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $75,500,000,
which is $8,500,000 below the request and $4,848,000 above the
current fiscal year level excluding funds transferred from the
revolving fund.
No funds provided in the congressional printing and binding
fund for fiscal year 1999 may be used to pay for work which was
not performed in fiscal year 1999 and billed prior to December
31, 2000.
The following table compares the component categories
within this account for fiscal year 1999. The Committee has not
recommended separate amounts for each activity in order to give
the GPO the flexibility needed to meet changing requirements.
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
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Appropriations Recommended
1998 Requested 1999 1999
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Congressional Record program.................................... $19,725,000 $18,820,000 ..............
Miscellaneous publications...................................... 4,290,000 5,220,000 ..............
Miscellaneous printing and binding.............................. 13,720,000 15,450,000 ..............
Details to Congress............................................. 1,886,000 1,763,000 ..............
Document envelopes and document franks.......................... 1,485,000 1,450,000 ..............
Business and committee calendars................................ 2,992,000 2,024,000 ..............
Bills, resolutions, and amendments.............................. 12,064,000 12,810,000 ..............
Committee reports............................................... 2,924,000 3,150,000 ..............
Documents....................................................... 2,046,000 2,015,000 ..............
Hearings........................................................ 18,941,000 19,698,000 ..............
Committee prints................................................ 1,596,000 1,600,000
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Total..................................................... 81,669,000 84,000,000 $75,500,000
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TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $3,016,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 3,235,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,180,000
The Committee recommends $3,180,000 for salaries and
expenses of the Botanic Garden. This amount is $164,000 above
the current year level and $55,000 below the request.
Funds are provided to the Botanic Garden to collect,
cultivate, and grow the various flora of the United States and
other countries for exhibition and display to the public and
for study material for students, scientists, and garden clubs.
The following table displays the request and the Committee
recommendation.
REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION
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Committee
Item Request recommendation
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Personnel compensation and benefits..... $2,937,000 $2,932,000
Travel, rent, and communications........ 6,000 6,000
Annual maintenance, repairs, and
alterations............................ 69,000 69,000
Supplies, materials, and equipment...... 157,000 157,000
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Subtotal.......................... 3,169,000 3,164,000
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1999 budget projects: Life safety and
ADA: New requests:
Roof fall protection................ 16,000 16,000
Administrative building renovations
and ADA............................ 50,000 ..............
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Subtotal, life safety and ADA..... 66,000 16,000
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Total, Botanic Garden............. 3,235,000 3,180,000
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
(Except Congressional Research Service)
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 1998:
Salaries and expenses............................... $227,504,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... (7,869,000)
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____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 219,635,000
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____________________________________________________
Budget estimate, 1999:
Salaries and expenses............................... 239,415,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... (6,500,000)
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 232,915,000
========================================================
____________________________________________________
Committee recommendation:
Salaries and expenses............................... 239,176,542
Authority to spend receipts......................... (6,500,000)
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____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 232,676,542
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $232,676,542
for salaries and expenses of the Library of Congress. The
amount recommended is $13,041,542 over the amount provided for
fiscal year 1998 and $238,458 below the budget request.
There is a decrease in the number of FTE positions from
4,083 to 4,070 FTE positions due to a reduction of 13 FTE's in
the Cataloging Distribution Service. Due to absorbing within-
grade increases, the Library has a number of unfilled FTE
positions. The Committee has provided funds for 8 FTE's in the
information technology area, 10 FTE's for the Congressional
Research Service's succession planning effort, and 13 FTE's for
additional security personnel to be consistent with Department
of Justice minimum security standards for Federal facilities.
An increase of six FTE's for the Copyright Office has been
provided, the cost of which is paid through offsetting
collections. Regarding external security, the Library is
strongly urged to consult with the Capitol Police on external
security matters. The Committee provides $2,000,000 to the
Library for a 4-year project to digitize Russian and United
States collections for ``The Meeting of the Frontiers'' United
States-Russian digital library.
The Committee recognizes the historical significance of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition and its upcoming bicentennial in the
year 2003. Therefore, the Committee directs the Library to use
its collections to commemorate the bicentennial of the
expedition, including: the digitization of existing materials,
collaboration with other institutions in their efforts to
celebrate the bicentennial, and consultation with the Congress
on the use of those collections to commemorate the
bicentennial. The Committee has provided initial funding of
$250,000 to support these efforts.
The addition of 8 new FTE's in the Information Technology
Office will bring the total number of FTE's in that area to
195. The Library has distinguished itself in the technology
area and has, and will continue to be, a significant resource
for the Congress in addressing the year 2000 conversion. With
the creation of the Senate's new Special Committee on the Year
2000 Technology Problem, additional expertise in this area will
be necessary. The Committee expects that the Library will be
called upon to provide technical assistance and encourages the
Library to reprioritize its own technology initiatives in a way
that will allow it to meet the needs of the Congress over the
next few years.
In the conference report (H. Rept. 104-733) accompanying
the fiscal year 1997 legislative branch appropriation bill
(Public Law 104-197), the Congressional Research Service was
directed to coordinate, and the Library of Congress was
directed to provide technical support, for the development of a
legislative information retrieval system to serve the Senate.
The Senate has undertaken a major program to rebuild its
systems for creating and managing its legislative information.
Although this program is going to take a number of years to
complete, the Senate is already realizing benefits from this
program. The Secretary of the Senate, with the technical
support of the Sergeant at Arms, is providing Senate offices
floor amendments electronically minutes after being introduced
on the floor.
The retrieval system being designed and maintained to
provide a comprehensive legislative resource by the CRS and
supported by the Library is proving to be a valued recourse for
Senate and congressional office. CRS and the Library are,
therefore, directed to continue their development of the
legislative retrieval system for the Senate and provide an
annual report outlining the strategic objective of this
initiative.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1998:
Salaries and expenses............................... $34,361,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... (22,426,000)
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____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 11,935,000
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____________________________________________________
Budget estimate, 1999:
Salaries and expenses............................... 35,269,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... (21,170,000)
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 14,099,000
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____________________________________________________
Committee recommendation:
Salaries and expenses............................... 35,269,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... (21,170,000)
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____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 14,099,000
The Committee recommends the direct appropriation of
$35,269,000 for the Copyright Office and approves authority to
spend receipts of $21,170,000 in fiscal year 1999. This is the
same amount as the request and $2,164,000 above the enacted
level.
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $46,561,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 48,145,000
Committee recommendation................................ 46,895,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $46,895,000
for salaries and expenses for Books for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped. The amount is $334,000 above the
enacted amount and is $1,250,000 below the request. The
Committee has approved the Library's request to use $800,000 in
savings from a reduction in the rental rate for the purchase of
additional talking book machines.
This appropriation supports a National Reading Program for
blind and physically handicapped citizens. Books and magazines
in braille and various recorded formats are produced by the
National Library Services for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped for distribution through a network of State and
locally supported libraries. At present, 57 regional libraries
in 49 States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands,
Puerto Rico, and Guam house and circulate books and magazines
to eligible readers. Eighty-three subregional libraries in 17
States assist at the local public library level; 53 libraries
and 4 cooperating agencies distribute sound reproducers. Two
multistate centers, under contract to the National Library
Service, store and distribute books and other materials in
their geographical regions. The Librarian has estimated a
readership of 784,000 individuals in fiscal year 1998.
Furniture and Furnishings
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $4,178,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 5,712,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,458,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,458,000 for
Library furniture and furnishings in 1999. The amount is
$280,000 above the enacted amount and is $1,254,000 below the
request.
administrative provisions
The Committee has included the routine administrative
provisions.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Library Buildings and Grounds
structural and mechanical care
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $11,573,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 16,139,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,566,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,566,000
for the care and maintenance of the Library buildings and
grounds by the Architect of the Capitol. This is a decrease of
$3,573,000 from the request and an increase of $993,000 over
the current level.
The Committee recognizes that the Architect's office
remains responsible for the electronic security needs and
external security of the Library of Congress buildings. The
Committee requests that the AOC consult with the Capitol Police
as well as the Library on an ongoing basis regarding the
perimeter security needs of the Library.
The following table shows the request and the Committee
recommendation.
REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION
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Committee
Item Request recommendation
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Personnel compensation and benefits..... $7,456,000 $7,450,000
Annual maintenance, repairs, and
alterations............................ 1,505,000 1,414,000
Supplies, materials, equipment and
grounds................................ 704,000 680,000
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Subtotal.......................... 9,665,000 9,544,000
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1999 budget projects:
Cyclical maintenance:
Ongoing projects:
Elevator/escalator
modernization.............. 360,000 360,000
Replace sprinkler heads,
Thomas Jefferson Building
and James Madison Building. 100,000 100,000
New requests:
Repair roof under east
parking lot, Thomas
Jefferson Building......... 200,000 200,000
Replace deteriorated piping,
Thomas Jefferson Building.. 100,000 100,000
Replace sidewalks, Thomas
Jefferson Building and
James Adams Building....... 100,000 ..............
Replace electrical snow
melting equipment, James
Madison Building........... 100,000 100,000
Restoration of decorative
painting, Thomas Jefferson
Building and James Adams
Building................... 100,000 100,000
Replace variable speed
drives, Thomas Jefferson
Building and James Adams
Building................... 100,000 100,000
Conservation of Blashfield
and other murals, Thomas
Jefferson Building......... 45,000 45,000
Replace convector controls,
James Madison Building..... 100,000 100,000
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Subtotal, cyclical
maintenance.............. 1,305,000 1,205,000
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Improvements: New requests:
Book stack lighting controls,
Thomas Jefferson Building and
James Adams Building........... 200,000 ..............
Lightning protection, James
Madison Building............... 40,000 40,000
Screening/holding facility...... 500,000 ..............
HVAC improvements NW curtain,
Thomas Jefferson Building...... 600,000 ..............
Preservations environment
monitoring..................... 100,000 100,000
Visitors center, Thomas
Jefferson Building............. 200,000 ..............
Copyright deposit facility, Fort
Meade.......................... 500,000 ..............
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Subtotal, improvements........ 2,140,000 140,000
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Life safety and ADA:
Ongoing projects:
ADA requirements............ 200,000 200,000
Replace smoke detectors,
James Madison Building..... 100,000 100,000
Fire alarm system upgrade
for ADA compliance......... 150,000 150,000
Modify exit doors for
compliance................. 100,000 100,000
New requests:
Replace HVAC eliminator
plates, Thomas Jefferson
Building and James Adams
Building................... 150,000 150,000
Emergency exit directional
door signs................. 62,000 62,000
Roof fall protection........ 165,000 165,000
Compact bookstacks safety
review, James Madison
Building................... 200,000 ..............
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Subtotal, life safety
and ADA.................. 1,127,000 927,000
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Security: New requests:
Indoor security improvements--
cages and vaults............... 50,000 50,000
Exterior security improvements.. 600,000 400,000
Install additional readers...... 652,000 300,000
Book conveyor system security... 400,000 ..............
Upgrade building security
systems........................ 200,000 ..............
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Subtotal, security............ 1,902,000 750,000
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Total, Library buildings and
grounds...................... 16,139,000 12,566,000
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Administrative Provision
The Committee has included an administrative provision
(sec. 207) which provides the Architect of the Capitol with the
authority to spend up to $2,500,000 from the account
established pursuant to section 4 of Public Law 105-144 for the
structural and mechanical work and refurbishment of the
Library's Culpeper, VA facility.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Office of Superintendent of Documents
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $29,077,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 30,200,000
Committee recommendation................................ 29,600,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $29,600,000,
which is $523,000 above the enacted level and $600,000 below
the request.
This appropriation provides for salaries and expenses
associated with the distribution of Government documents to
depository and international exchange libraries, the cataloging
and indexing of Government publications, and the distribution
of publications authorized by law at the request of Members of
Congress and other Government agencies.
The Committee has reduced the FTE level by 200. GPO
currently has approximately 100 unfilled FTE positions. Recent
migration to a direct-to-plate technology will result in an
additional reduction of 113 FTE's, plus normal attrition will
result in an additional reduction in FTE's. The funding
provided has been reduced to correspond to this FTE reduction.
The Committee is disappointed with the Public Printer's
response to the Booz-Allen management review. The GPO shall
provide the appropriate committees a quarterly report
addressing each specific recommendation and the action that the
Printer has taken to implement each recommendation. The
inspector general is instructed to monitor implementation of
the cost-saving recommendations and report quarterly to the
appropriate committees on his findings.
revolving fund
Appropriations, 1998....................................................
Budget estimate, 1999 \1\............................... $6,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................
\1\ Reflects budget amendment.
The Committee bill continues the limitations on reception
and representation expenses and costs of attendance at
meetings. Per direction of the JCP, the Committee denies GPO's
request for $6,000,000 for a new air-conditioning system until
a total plan for capital upgrades has been completed and
approved by the appropriate committees.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 1998.................................... $339,499,000
Budget estimate, 1999................................... 367,728,000
Committee recommendation................................ 363,298,000
The Committee recommends funding of $363,298,000 for
salaries and expenses of the General Accounting Office, which
will support an FTE level of 3,300 FTE's. Additionally,
$2,000,000 is authorized in offsetting collections derived from
rent receipts and reimbursements for conducting financial
audits of Government corporations. The direct appropriation is
a reduction of $4,430,000 from the budget request and an
increase of $23,799,000 over the fiscal year 1998 level.
The Committee has provided funding for 75 of the 100
requested additional FTE's. The Committee expects that a
minimum of one-third of those positions will be in the
information technology area and that GAO will be prepared to
provide the Congress with the necessary support in the
information technology area, particularly with the year 2000
technology problem.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
In addition to several routine general provisions carried
annually in the bill (secs. 301-307), the Committee proposes
additional general provision (secs. 308-311), as follows:
Section 301 bans the use of appropriated funds for service
and maintenance of private vehicles, except under such
regulations as may be promulgated by the House Oversight
Committee and the Senate Rules and Administration Committee
respectively.
Section 302 limits the availability for obligation of
appropriation to the fiscal year for which it is expressly
provided in the bill accompanying this report.
Section 303 provides that any pay rate and title
designation for staff position created in this act, and not
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, is
to be made permanent law by this act. Further, any pay rate and
title change for a position provided for in the 1929 act is to
be made permanent law by this act and any changes in the
official expenses of Members, officers, and committees, and in
the clerk hire of the House and Senate are to be made permanent
law by this act.
Section 304 bans the use of funds for contracts unless such
contracts are matters of public record and are available for
public inspection.
Section 305 appropriates such sums as may be necessary for
the payment of settlements and awards pursuant to Public Law
104-1.
Section 306 authorizes legislative branch entities
participating in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers
Council [LBFMC] to finance the costs of the LBFMC.
Section 307 amends section 316 of Public Law 101-302 to
extend for 1 year the availability of funds for the Senate art
collection.
Section 308 provides the Public Printer with the authority
given to all heads of agencies in section 155 of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992 regarding contracting with energy services
companies. GPO estimates that this provision has a potential
annual savings of $500,000. Savings would be used to fund
necessary upgrades to utilities.
Section 309 provides for the permanent reauthorization of
the American Folklife Center.
Section 310 provides for the reimbursement of funds
improperly transferred from the Government Printing Office
revolving fund and clarifies that GPO is not subject to section
8147 of title 5.
TITLE IV--TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION
The economic situation in east and Southeast Asia will have
ongoing implications for the United States in its economic and
trade relationships, both in the short and long term. Among the
potential impacts is a significant increase in the U.S. trade
deficits. The need for a comprehensive review of U.S. trade and
economic policies and their relationship to U.S. trade deficits
is long overdue. It is time to establish a commission to review
the trade deficit.
The Committee notes that since the last comprehensive
review of national trade and investment policies was conducted
by a Presidential Commission in 1970, there have been massive
worldwide economic and political changes which have profoundly
affected world trading relationships. Globalization, the
increased mobility of capital and technology, the role of
transnational corporations, and the outsourcing of production
across national boundaries, are reshaping both the comparative
and competitive trade advantages among nations.
The United States is once again at a critical juncture in
trade policy development. There is need for a new consensus on
trade policy for the future. The nature of the U.S. trade
deficit and its causes and consequences must be analyzed and
documented. This is the purpose for the Trade Deficit Review
Commission.
Persons appointed to this Commission should be individuals
who have expertise in economics, international trade,
manufacturing, labor, environment, business, and similar
pertinent qualifications and experience. In appointing
Commission members every effort should be made to ensure that
its members are representative of a broad cross-section of
economic and trade perspectives. In addition, the members
should be able to provide fresh insights to analyzing the
causes and consequences of the U.S. merchandise trade and
current account deficits.
The Committee expects that members would be appointed not
later than 60 days after the date of enactment, and the
appointments would be made for the life of the Commission. In
case of a vacancy, it would be expected that the vacancy would
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
The Commission will be responsible for developing trade
policy recommendations, by examining the economic, trade, tax,
and investment policies and laws, and other incentives and
restrictions that are relevant to addressing the causes and
consequences of the U.S. merchandise trade and current account
deficits.
In examining and making its recommendations to Congress and
the President, the Commission is expected to review the manner
in which the Government of the United States establishes and
administers the Nation's fundamental trade policies and
objectives. This includes the relationship of the merchandise
and current account balances to the overall well-being of the
U.S. economy and any impact trade balances may have on wages
and employment in various sectors of the U.S. economy. It
should also review any effects the merchandise trade and
current account deficits may have on the areas of manufacturing
and technology and on defense production and innovation
capabilities of the United States.
The Commission should consider the impact that the U.S.
monetary and fiscal policies may have on U.S. merchandise trade
and current account deficits. It should also review the
coordination, allocation and accountability of trade
responsibilities among Federal agencies and the means for
congressional oversight of the trade policy process.
It is expected that the Commission will examine the causes
and consequences of the merchandise trade and current account
deficits and specific bilateral trade deficits. This should
include the identification and quantification of the
macroeconomic factors and bilateral trade barriers contributing
to the U.S. merchandise trade and current account deficits. It
should also include the identification and quantification of
any impact of the merchandise trade and current account
deficits on the domestic economy, industrial base,
manufacturing capacity, number and quality of jobs,
productivity, wages, and the U.S. standard of living.
In addition, the Commission should identify and quantify
the trade deficits within individual industrial, manufacturing,
and production sectors, and any relationship to intraindustry
and intracompany transactions. The Commission should review the
adequacy of the current collection and reporting of import and
export data, and the identification and development of
additional data bases and economic measurements that may be
needed to properly quantify these factors.
The Commission is expected to determine the relationship
that tariff and nontariff barriers may have to the merchandise
trade and current account deficits and the extent to which such
deficits have become structural. It should also determine the
extent to which there is reciprocal market access substantially
equivalent to that afforded by the United States in each
country with which the United States has a persistent and
substantial bilateral trade deficit. It should consider the
impact of transshipments on these bilateral trading
relationships.
The Commission is expected to examine the relationship of
U.S. merchandise trade and current account deficits to both
comparative and competitive trade advantages within the global
economy. This should include a systematic analysis of the U.S.
trade patterns with different trading partners, to what extent
the trade patterns are based on comparative and competitive
trade advantages, and how the trade advantages relate to the
goods that are exported to or imported from various trading
partners.
In this review, the Commission should determine the extent
to which the increased mobility of capital and technology has
changed both comparative and competitive trade advantages, the
extent to which differences in the growth rates of the United
States and its trading partners may impact on U.S. merchandise
trade and current account deficits, and any impacts that labor,
environmental, or health and safety standards may have on world
trade.
The Commission should examine the impact that currency
exchange rate fluctuations and any manipulation of exchange
rates may have on U.S. merchandise and current account
deficits. It should also review the effect that offset and
technology transfer agreements have on the long-term
competitiveness of the U.S. manufacturing sectors, and any
effects that international trade, labor, environmental, or
other agreements may have on U.S. competitiveness.
The Commission should consider the flow of investments both
into and out of the United States, including any consequences
for the U.S. economy of the current status of the United States
as a debtor nation. It should determine the relationship
between such investment flows and the U.S. merchandise and
current account deficits, living standards of U.S. workers,
U.S. labor, community, environmental, and health and safety
standards, and how such investment flows influence the location
of manufacturing facilities. It should also examine the effect
of barriers to United States direct investment in developed and
developing nations with which the United States has a
merchandise trade and current account deficit.
It is the hope of the Committee that following such
extensive study and review that the report produced by this
Commission would lead to the development of a new understanding
of the importance of our Nation's trade relationships and a new
consensus of how this Nation should proceed in order to meet
the challenges of a globalized world economy.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on
general appropriations bills identify, with particularity, each
Committee amendment to the House bill ``which proposes an item
of appropriation which is not made to carry out the provisions
of an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or
resolution previously passed by the Senate during that
session.''
The Committee has proposed no amendments which fall under
this rule.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the Committee
ordered reported en bloc S. 2137, an original Legislative
Branch appropriations bill, 1999, S. 2132, an original DOD
appropriations bill, 1999 and S. 2138, an original Energy and
Water Development appropriations bill, 1999, each subject to
amendment and each subject to its budget allocations, by a
recorded vote of 27-0, a quorum being present. The vote was as
follows:
Yeas Nays
Chairman Stevens
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mr. Faircloth
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Bumpers
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Boxer
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports
on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute
or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by
the committee.''
In compliance with this rule, the following changes in
existing law proposed to be made by the bill are shown as
follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black
brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in
which no change is proposed is shown in roman.
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
* * * * * * *
Sec. 58. Mail, telegraph, telephone, stationery, office supplies, and
home State office and travel expenses for Senators
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(b) Limits for authorized expenses; recalculation formula
* * * * * * *
(1)(A) * * *
* * * * * * *
(3)(A) * * *
* * * * * * *
(i) * * *
* * * * * * *
[(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the
Senator represents Alabama, $182,567, Alaska, $251,901,
Arizona, $197,079, Arkansas, $168,282, California,
$468,724, Colorado, $186,350, Connecticut, $160,903,
Delaware, $127,198, Florida, $299,746, Georgia,
$210,214, Hawaii, $279,512, Idaho, $163,335, Illinois,
$266,248, Indiana, $194,770, Iowa, $170,565, Kansas,
$168,177, Kentucky, $177,338, Louisiana, $185,647,
Maine, $147,746, Maryland, $173,020, Massachusetts,
$195,799, Michigan, $236,459, Minnesota, $187,702,
Mississippi, $168,103, Missouri, $197,941, Montana,
$161,725, Nebraska, $160,361, Nevada, $171,096, New
Hampshire, $142,394, New Jersey, $206,260, New Mexico,
$166,140, New York, $327,955, North Carolina, $210,946,
North Dakota, $149,824, Ohio, $259,452, Oklahoma,
$181,761, Oregon, $189,345, Pennsylvania, $266,148,
Rhode Island, $138,582, South Carolina, $170,451, South
Dakota, $151,450, Tennessee, $191,954, Texas, $348,681,
Utah, $168,632, Vermont, $135,925, Virginia, $193,467,
Washington, $214,694, West Virginia, $147,772,
Wisconsin, $191,569, Wyoming, $152,438, plus]
(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the
Senator represents Alabama, $183,565, Alaska, $252,505,
Arizona, $197,409, Arkansas, $168,535, California,
$470,272, Colorado, $187,366, Connecticut, $161,691,
Delaware, $127,384, Florida, $263,748, Georgia,
$211,784, Hawaii, $279,648, Idaho, $163,841, Illinois,
$267,000, Indiana, $195,391, Iowa, $171,340, Kansas,
$168,912, Kentucky, $176,975, Louisiana, $186,714,
Maine, $148,205, Maryland, $172,455, Massachusetts,
$196,819, Michigan, $235,846, Minnesota, $187,742,
Mississippi, $168,587, Missouri, $198,365, Montana,
$161,857, Nebraska, $160,550, Nevada, $171,208, New
Hampshire, $142,497, New Jersey, $207,754, New Mexico,
$166,721, New York, $328,586, North Carolina, $212,711,
North Dakota, $150,225, Ohio, $262,252, Oklahoma,
$181,913, Oregon, $189,258, Pennsylvania, $267,240,
Rhode Island, $138,637, South Carolina, $171,731, South
Dakota, $151,838, Tennessee, $192,508, Texas, $353,911,
Utah, $168,959, Vermont, $136,315, Virginia, $193,935,
Washington, $213,887, West Virginia, $149,135,
Wisconsin, $191,314, Wyoming, $153,016, plus
* * * * * * *
(B) In the event that the term of office of a Senator begins
after the first month of any such fiscal year or ends (except
by reason of death, resignation, or expulsion) before the last
month of any such fiscal year, [the amount referred to in
subparagraph (A)(iii)] that part of the amount referred to in
subparagraph (A)(iii) that is not specifically allocated for
official mail expenses shall be recalculated as follows: such
amount, as computed under subparagraph (iii), shall be divided
by 12, and multiplied by the number of months in such year
which are included in the Senator's term of office, counting
any fraction of a month as a full month; and the part of the
amount referred to in subparagraph (A)(iii) that is allocated
for official mail expenses shall be recalculated in accordance
with regulations of the Committee on Rules and Administration.
* * * * * * *
American Folklife Preservation Act, Public Law 94-201
[Sec. 8. There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Center to carry out the provisions of this Act $133,500 for the
fiscal year 1976 and for the period from July 1 through
September 30, 1976, $295,000 for the fiscal year 1977, $349,000
for the fiscal year 1978.]
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Center to
carry out this Act such sums as may be necessary for each
fiscal year.
* * * * * * *
Public Law 94-440
* * * * * * *
[Sec. 106. (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of
the United States a revolving fund within the contingent fund
of the Senate to be known as the Senate Employees Barber Shop
Revolving Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the
``revolving fund'').
(b) All moneys received by the Senate employees barber shop
from fees for services or from any other source shall be
deposited to the credit of the revolving fund. Moneys in the
revolving fund shall be available without fiscal year
limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate for
additional compensation of personnel of the Senate employees
barber shop, as determined by the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and for necessary supplies for the
Senate employees barber shop.
(c) On or before December 31 of each year, the Secretary of
the Senate shall withdraw from the revolving fund and deposit
in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts
an amount equal to the amount in the revolving fund at the
close of the preceding fiscal year, reduced by the amount of
outlays from the revolving fund after the close of such year
attributable to obligations incurred during such year.
(d) Disbursements from the revolving fund shall be made upon
vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
Senate.
(e) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is
authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this section.
(f) This section shall take effect on October 1, 1976.]
* * * * * * *
Public Law 100-458
* * * * * * *
[Sec. 10. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
Senate is authorized to employ, and fix the compensation of
such employees as he determines necessary to operate the Senate
Beauty Shop.
(b)(1) Section 106(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 121a) is amended by deleting
``Senate Barber Shops Revolving Fund'' and inserting in lieu
thereof ``Senate Barber and Beauty Shops Revolving Fund''.
(2) Section 106(b) of the legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 121a) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) All moneys received by the Senate Barber Shop and the
Senate Beauty Shop from fees for services or from any other
source shall be deposited to the credit of the revolving fund.
Moneys in the revolving fund shall be deposited to the credit
of the revolving fund. Moneys in the revolving fund shall be
available without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by
the Secretary of the Senate for necessary equipment, supplies,
and expenses of the Senate Barber and Beauty Shops.''.
(c) Any individual who, on the date of enactment of this
section, is an employee of the Senate Building Beauty Shop and
who, after having been employed by the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, attains
5 years of civilian service creditable under section 8411 of
title 5, United States Code, other than service credited
pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, may be credited
under such section for any service as an employee of the Senate
Building Beauty Shop prior to such date of enactment, if such
employee makes a payment of the amount, determined by the
Office of Personnel Management, that would have been deducted
and withheld from the basic pay of such employee under section
8422 of title 5, United States code, for such period so
credited, together with interest thereon.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
any service performed by an individual in the Senate Building
Beauty Shop prior to the date of the enactment of this section
is deemed to be civilian service creditable under section 8411
of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of qualifying for
survivor annuities and disability benefits under subchapters IV
and V of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, if such
individual--
(1) on the date of the enactment of this Act, is an
employee of the Senate Building Beauty Shop;
(2) on or after the date of such enactment is
employed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; and
(3) payment is made of an amount, determined by the
Office of Personnel Management, which would have been
deducted and withheld from the basic pay of such
employee under section 8422 of title 5, United States
Code, for such period so credited, together with
interest thereon.
(e) The Office of Personnel Management shall accept the
certification of the Secretary of the Senate concerning
creditable service for the purpose of this section.
(f) The foregoing provisions of this section shall take
effect on October 1, 1988.]
* * * * * * *
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law 104-2
* * * * * * *
Sec. 61h-6. Appointment of consultants by Majority Leader, Minority
Leader, Secretary of Senate, and Legislative
Counsel of Senate; compensation
(a) The Majority Leader and the Minority Leader, are each
authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of not more than
four individual consultants, on a temporary or intermittent
basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of the per
diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual
compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing
committee of the Senate. The President pro tempore of the
Senate is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of 1
consultant, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily
rate of compensation not in excess of that specified in the
first sentence of this subsection. The Secretary of the Senate
is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of not more
than two individual consultants, on a temporary or intermittent
basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of the per
diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual
compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing
committee of the Senate. The Legislative Counsel of the Senate
(subject to the approval of the President pro tempore) is
authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of not more than
two consultants, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a
daily rate of compensation not in excess of that specified in
the first sentence of this section. The provisions of [section
8344] sections 8344 and 8468 of title 5 shall not apply to any
individual serving in a position under this authority.
Expenditures under this authority shall be paid from the
contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the
President pro tempore, Majority Leader, Minority Leader,
Secretary of the Senate, or Legislative Counsel of the Senate,
as the case may be.
(b) [The Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader, in
appointing individuals to consultant positions under authority
of this section, may appoint one such individual to such
position] Any or all appointments under this section may be at
an annual rate of compensation rather than at a daily rate of
compensation, but such annual rate shall not be in excess of
the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid
to employees of a standing committee of the Senate.
* * * * * * *
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, Public Law 104-53
* * * * * * *
Sec. 2. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the
United States within the contingent fund of the Senate a
revolving fund, to be known as the ``Office of the Chaplain
Expense Revolving Fund'' (hereafter referred to as the
``fund''). The fund shall consist of all moneys collected or
received with respect to the Office of the Chaplain of the
Senate.
(b) The fund shall be available without fiscal year
limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate, not
to exceed [$10,000] $35,000 in any fiscal year, for the payment
of official expenses incurred by the Chaplain of the Senate. In
addition, moneys in the fund may be used to purchase food or
food related items. The fund shall not be available for the
payment of salaries.
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
AMENDED
[In millions of dollars]
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Budget authority Outlays
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Committee Amount of Committee Amount of
allocation bill allocation bill
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
to its subcommittees of amounts for 1999: Subcommittee on
Legislative Branch:
Nondefense discretionary................................ 2,399 1,585 2,299 \1\ 1,628
Mandatory............................................... 94 94 94 94
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:
1999.................................................... ........... ........... ........... \2\ 1,348
2000.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 167
2001.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 33
2002.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 9
2003 and future year.................................... ........... ........... ........... 3
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 1999
in bill.................................................... NA ........... NA ...........
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
NA: Not applicable.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 1999
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Senate Committee recommendation
compared with (+ or- )
Item 1998 Budget estimate Committee -----------------------------------
appropriation recommendation 1998
appropriation Budget estimate
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TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
SENATE
Expense Allowances
Expense allowances:
Vice President............................................ $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 ................ ................
President Pro Tempore of the Senate....................... 10,000 10,000 10,000 ................ ................
Majority Leader of the Senate............................. 10,000 10,000 10,000 ................ ................
Minority Leader of the Senate............................. 10,000 10,000 10,000 ................ ................
Majority Whip of the Senate............................... 5,000 5,000 5,000 ................ ................
Minority Whip of the Senate............................... 5,000 5,000 5,000 ................ ................
Chairman of the Majority Conference Committee............. 3,000 3,000 3,000 ................ ................
Chairman of the Minority Conference Committee............. 3,000 3,000 3,000 ................ ................
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Subtotal, expense allowances............................ 56,000 56,000 56,000 ................ ................
Representation allowances for the Majority and Minority
Leaders...................................................... 30,000 30,000 30,000 ................ ................
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Total, Expense allowances and representation............ 86,000 86,000 86,000 ................ ................
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Salaries, Officers and Employees
Office of the Vice President.................................. 1,612,000 1,659,000 1,659,000 +$47,000 ................
Office of the President Pro Tempore........................... 371,000 402,000 402,000 +31,000 ................
Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders.................. 2,388,000 2,436,000 2,436,000 +48,000 ................
Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips.................... 1,221,000 1,416,000 1,416,000 +195,000 ................
Conference committees......................................... 2,122,000 2,184,000 2,184,000 +62,000 ................
Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority
and the Conference of the Minority........................... 409,000 570,000 570,000 +161,000 ................
Policy Committees............................................. 2,155,000 2,218,000 2,218,000 +63,000 ................
Office of the Chaplain........................................ 260,000 276,000 267,000 +7,000 -$9,000
Office of the Secretary....................................... 13,306,000 13,694,000 13,694,000 +388,000 ................
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper................. 33,037,000 34,359,000 33,805,000 +768,000 -554,000
Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority...... 1,165,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 +35,000 ................
Agency contributions and related expenses..................... 19,208,000 19,332,000 19,332,000 +124,000 ................
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Total, salaries, officers and employees................. 77,254,000 79,746,000 79,183,000 +1,929,000 -563,000
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Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate
Salaries and expenses......................................... 3,605,000 3,753,000 3,753,000 +148,000 ................
Office of Senate Legal Counsel
Salaries and expenses......................................... 966,000 1,004,000 1,004,000 +38,000 ................
Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the
Majority and Minority of the Senate
Expenses allowances........................................... 12,000 12,000 12,000 ................ ................
Contingent Expenses of the Senate
Inquiries and investigations.................................. 75,600,000 74,649,000 75,600,000 ................ +951,000
Expenses of United States Senate Caucus on International
Narcotics Control............................................ 370,000 370,000 370,000 ................ ................
Secretary of the Senate....................................... 1,511,000 1,511,000 1,511,000 ................ ................
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate................. 64,833,000 63,511,000 60,511,000 -4,322,000 -3,000,000
Miscellaneous items........................................... 7,905,000 7,905,000 7,905,000 ................ ................
Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account....... 228,600,000 243,881,000 239,156,000 +10,556,000 -4,725,000
Stationery (revolving fund)................................... 13,000 ................ ................ -13,000 ................
Official Mail Costs
Expenses...................................................... 300,000 300,000 300,000 ................ ................
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Total, contingent expenses of the Senate................ 379,132,000 392,127,000 385,353,000 +6,221,000 -6,774,000
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Total, Senate........................................... 461,055,000 476,728,000 469,391,000 +8,336,000 -7,337,000
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JOINT ITEMS
Joint Economic Committee...................................... 2,750,000 2,796,000 2,796,000 +46,000 ................
Joint Committee on Printing................................... 804,000 804,000 202,000 -602,000 -602,000
Joint Committee on Taxation................................... 5,815,500 6,018,000 5,965,400 +149,900 -52,600
Office of the Attending Physician
Medical supplies, equipment, expenses, and allowances......... 1,266,000 1,383,000 1,415,000 +149,000 +32,000
Capitol Police Board
Capitol Police
Salaries:
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives.......... 34,118,000 36,603,000 35,770,000 +1,652,000 -833,000
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate............. 36,837,000 39,505,000 38,511,000 +1,674,000 -994,000
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Subtotal, salaries...................................... 70,955,000 76,108,000 74,281,000 +3,326,000 -1,827,000
General expenses.............................................. 3,099,000 8,361,000 6,077,000 +2,978,000 -2,284,000
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Subtotal, Capitol Police................................ 74,054,000 84,469,000 80,358,000 +6,304,000 -4,111,000
Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office............. 1,991,000 2,195,000 2,195,000 +204,000 ................
Statements of Appropriations.................................. 30,000 30,000 30,000 ................ ................
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Total, Joint items...................................... 86,710,500 97,695,000 92,961,400 +6,250,900 -4,733,600
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OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Salaries and expenses......................................... 2,479,000 2,286,000 2,286,000 -193,000 ................
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and expenses......................................... 24,797,000 25,938,000 25,671,000 +874,000 -267,000
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
Capitol buildings, salaries and expenses...................... 44,477,000 55,342,000 44,641,000 +164,000 -10,701,000
Capitol grounds............................................... 25,116,000 26,623,000 6,055,000 -19,061,000 -20,568,000
Senate office buildings....................................... 52,021,000 55,756,000 53,644,000 +1,623,000 -2,112,000
Capitol Power Plant........................................... 37,932,000 44,379,000 42,222,000 +4,290,000 -2,157,000
Offsetting collections.................................... -4,000,000 -4,000,000 -4,000,000 ................ ................
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Net subtotal, Capitol Power Plant....................... 33,932,000 40,379,000 38,222,000 +4,290,000 -2,157,000
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Total, Architect of the Capitol......................... 155,546,000 178,100,000 142,562,000 -12,984,000 -35,538,000
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Congressional Research Service
Salaries and expenses......................................... 64,603,000 68,461,000 67,877,483 +3,274,483 -583,517
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional printing and binding............................ 70,652,000 84,000,000 75,500,000 +4,848,000 -8,500,000
(Transfer from revolving fund)............................ (11,017,000) ................ ................ (-11,017,000) ................
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Total, title I, Congressional Operations................ 865,842,500 933,208,000 876,248,883 +10,406,383 -56,959,117
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TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
Salaries and expenses......................................... 3,016,000 3,235,000 3,180,000 +164,000 -55,000
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Salaries and expenses \1\..................................... 227,504,000 239,415,000 239,176,542 +11,672,542 -238,458
Authority to spend receipts............................... -7,869,000 -6,500,000 -6,500,000 +1,369,000 ................
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Net subtotal, Salaries and expenses..................... 219,635,000 232,915,000 232,676,542 +13,041,542 -238,458
Copyright Office, salaries and expenses....................... 34,361,000 35,269,000 35,269,000 +908,000 ................
Authority to spend receipts............................... -22,426,000 -21,170,000 -21,170,000 +1,256,000 ................
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Net subtotal, Copyright Office.......................... 11,935,000 14,099,000 14,099,000 +2,164,000 ................
Books for the blind and physically handicapped, salaries and
expenses..................................................... 46,561,000 48,145,000 46,895,000 +334,000 -1,250,000
Furniture and furnishings..................................... 4,178,000 5,712,000 4,458,000 +280,000 -1,254,000
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Total, Library of Congress (except CRS)................. 282,309,000 300,871,000 298,128,542 +15,819,542 -2,742,458
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Library Buildings and Grounds
Structural and mechanical care................................ 11,573,000 16,139,000 12,566,000 +993,000 -3,573,000
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Office of Superintendent of Documents
Salaries and expenses......................................... 29,077,000 30,200,000 29,600,000 +523,000 -600,000
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund
Government Printing Office revolving fund..................... ................ 6,000,000 ................ ................ -6,000,000
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Total, Government Printing Office....................... 29,077,000 36,200,000 29,600,000 +523,000 -6,600,000
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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Salaries and expenses......................................... 346,903,000 369,728,000 365,298,000 +18,395,000 -4,430,000
Offsetting collections.................................... -7,404,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 +5,404,000 ................
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Total, General Accounting Office........................ 339,499,000 367,728,000 363,298,000 +23,799,000 -4,430,000
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Total, title II, Other agencies......................... 665,474,000 724,173,000 706,772,542 +41,298,542 -17,400,458
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TITLE IV--TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION
Sec. 409 Trade commission appropriation....................... ................ ................ 2,000,000 +2,000,000 +2,000,000
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Grand total............................................. 1,531,316,500 1,657,381,000 1,585,021,425 +53,704,925 -72,359,575
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TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
Senate........................................................ 461,055,000 476,728,000 469,391,000 +8,336,000 -7,337,000
Joint Items................................................... 86,710,500 97,695,000 92,961,400 +6,250,900 -4,733,600
Office of Compliance.......................................... 2,479,000 2,286,000 2,286,000 -193,000 ................
Congressional Budget Office................................... 24,797,000 25,938,000 25,671,000 +874,000 -267,000
Architect of the Capitol...................................... 155,546,000 178,100,000 142,562,000 -12,984,000 -35,538,000
Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service........... 64,603,000 68,461,000 67,877,483 +3,274,483 -583,517
Congressional printing and binding, Government Printing Office 70,652,000 84,000,000 75,500,000 +4,848,000 -8,500,000
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Total, title I, Congressional operations................ 865,842,500 933,208,000 876,248,883 +10,406,383 -56,959,117
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TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES
Botanic Garden................................................ 3,016,000 3,235,000 3,180,000 +164,000 -55,000
Library of Congress (except CRS).............................. 282,309,000 300,871,000 298,128,542 +15,819,542 -2,742,458
Architect of the Capitol (Library buildings and grounds)...... 11,573,000 16,139,000 12,566,000 +993,000 -3,573,000
Government Printing Office (except congressional printing and
binding)..................................................... 29,077,000 36,200,000 29,600,000 +523,000 -6,600,000
General Accounting Office..................................... 339,499,000 367,728,000 363,298,000 +23,799,000 -4,430,000
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Total, title II, Other agencies......................... 665,474,000 724,173,000 706,772,542 +41,298,542 -17,400,458
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TITLE IV--TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION
Sec. 409 Trade commission appropriation....................... ................ ................ 2,000,000 +2,000,000 +2,000,000
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Grand total............................................. 1,531,316,500 1,657,381,000 1,585,021,425 +53,704,925 -72,359,575
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\1\ Fiscal year 1998 enacted includes $488,000 provided in Public Law 105-119.