Explanation of Changes Shown on Schedule C-1

ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES- NET EXPENSES OF PURCHASE, LEASE, AND MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT

Program Type Changes:

Equipment Purchases: There is requested $17 million for Washington offices. This represents a $3 million or a 21.4% increase over the FY '94 amount. This is due to the continuous cycle of new equipment purchases at the beginning of a first session of Congress.

In the district offices the purchase estimate of $3.5 million is $500,000 greater than anticipated in FY '94.

Equipment Lease: A total of $357,000 is being requested. This is a reduction of $193,000 or 35 percent from the amount anticipated for FY '94.

Equipment Maintenance: A total of $18.7 million is requested for FY '95. Of this amount, $14 million is estimated for DC offices and $4.7 million for the district offices. This request represents an increase of $4.8 million or a 34.5 percent increase over the amount provided in the FY '94 budget.

User Fees: The FY '95 estimate of $28.9 million represents a 14.8% increase over the amount anticipated for FY '94 of $25.1 million. Since FY '93 user fees have increased 6.33 percent

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NET EXPENSES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS COSTS
BY OBJECT CLASS

Net Expenses for Telecommunications

$5,960

$10,872

$4,912

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES-NET EXPENSES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS COSTS

SCHEDULE C-1

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DETAILED ANALYSIS OF CHANGE BY ORGANIZATION
A&E-NET EXPENSES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS COSTS
CALCULATION OF BASE

Explanation of Changes Shown on Schedule C-1

ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES-NET EXPENSES FOR

Price Level Changes:

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Price decreases have resulted from significant reductions in Toll expenses due to a recent competitive award and are reflected in Member, Committee and Other offices of the House.

Program Type Changes:

The greatest impact on program changes are necessitated by the following projects scheduled for FY '95:

Cannon Building Rewire

Telephone System Upgrade

$ 710,000
$4,650,000

The House AT&T contract will expire in 1997. At that time, the age and extensive use of the switching hardware and telephone sets will result in significant increases in maintenance as well as a loss of reliabilit.y Failure to prepare for this situation by a phased approach now will more than likely result in a more costly and disruptive replacement in 1997.