Enclosed are schedules for reporting the U.S. Government Printing
Office'a (GPO) compliance with Sections 307 and 308 of Public Law
(P.L.) 103-69, as amended by P.L. 103-283.

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Mission expenses include primarily costs associated with Depository printing,
International Exchange printing, cataloging, and distribution within the Salaries
and Expenses Appropriation. It also includes printing and binding expenses which
are funded by the Printing and Binding Appropriation.

Administrative expenses include expenses of contractual services and supplies
other than rental payments, programmatic mission-essential expenses,
reimburseable expenses, and expenses required by law.

Expenses associated with the revolving fund are considered neither mission nor
administrative since they are all reimburssable. Savings were accomplished in
both administrative areas and personnal compensation and benefits areas.

GAO/GGD-96-57R Legislative Branch Reductions

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Honorable Charles A. Bowsher

Comptroller General of the United States

U.S. General Accounting Office

441 G. Street N.W.

Suite 7100

Washington D.C. 20548

Dear Mr. Bowsher.

Pursuant to Sections 307 and 308 of Public Law 103-69, the U.S. House of Representatives has analyzed the actual FY '95 House FTE and administrative expenses. Attached to this letter are the individual summaries of FTE and administrative expenses estimated obligations compared with required targets

Sec. 307 required a four percent reduction of 455 FTE's from the 11,291 FTE base as of September 30, 1992 with at least 62.5% of the reduction achieved by September 30, 1994. You were notified one year ago of the House achieving its FTE required goal as of September 30, 1994. The FY 95 FTE ceiling for the House was 10,839. The actual FY 95 FTE usage for the House as of September 30. 1995 was 9.909. The House has more than met its required 4% FTE reductions of 455 over the two year period with actual FTE reductions of 1,382. This translates into a 12.24% FTE reduction compared with the 4% required by law.

Sec. 308 required the House to reduce administrative expenses. The FY 95 administrative expense ceiling was $72,535 million. The actual FY '95 expenditures and estimated administrative expense obligations total $62,441 million for a savings of $10,091 million.