LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2001 THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2000. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITNESSES HON. JEFF TRANDAHL, CLERK OF THE HOUSE DR. JOHN F. EISOLD, ATTENDING PHYSICIAN Mr. TAYLOR. The meeting will come to order. Today we begin the hearings on the budget submissions of the various legislative branch agencies in explaining their requests for fiscal year 2001 appropriations. Each member has been given a copy of the printed budget justifications. Also the staff has prepared the customary subcommittee print, which contains the budget and historical data on the legislative budget. The total appropriations request that will be considered is $2.1 billion. In addition, there are $41 million in offsetting receipts and other collections and $1.1 billion in other revenues that we collected by the legislative agencies. By tradition, the House does not consider the budgets of the other body. The Senate will submit and consider their own. The fiscal year 2001 budget for the Senate totals some $624.7 million. The committee will hear the justifications from each agency in turn. At the conclusion of that process, the committee will mark up the 2001 bill. I am joined today by Congressman Hoyer, Mr. Pastor, the ranking member of the subcommittee, will be with us in just a few min utes. I yield to you, Mr. Hoyer, if you Mr. HOYER. I have no opening statement, Mr. Chairman. Thank have any statement. you very much. Mr. TAYLOR. When the ranking member gets here, perhaps if he wishes he will make some statements. We will now take up the budget request for the House of Representatives and several joint items. The Chief Administrative Officer, assisted by the Office of Finance, will come forward and each will submit the budget. That material' is then included in the President's budget. The House budget request totals $800.7 million, and that includes funds for the operations of member offices, commit tees, the leadership, and the administrative operations of the House. In addition, the total joint items budget is $125.2 million. The joint items such as the Attending Physician, the joint committees, and Capitol Police are shared with the Senate. The other body will consider the fiscal year 2001 budget for Senate operations. We want to welcome the officers of the House who are with us today. The Honorable Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House, Wilson Livingood and the Honorable Jay Eagen, Chief Administrative Officer. We also have Janet Hale, Associate Administrator of the Office of Finance, U.S. House of Representatives, Bob Frey, acting Inspector General, Geraldine Gennett, House Counsel, John Miller, the House Law Revision Counsel and Pope Barrow, the Legislative Counsel. We expect Dr. Eisold, the Attending Physician, to join us a little later. I saw him Mr. TRANDAHL. He is here. Mr. HOYER. He will also join us a little later, too. Mr. TAYLOR. We shook hands, and he asked how I felt. Mr. Eagen has prepared the House budget for the President's budget and will lead the formal presentation to the committee. [CLERKS NOTE.-Ms. Hale has over 12 years of experience in the federal government. She was the Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Assistant Secretary Department_of Transportation for Budget and held numerous positions at the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs. She has also been the Executive Vice President at the University of Pennsylvania and a lobbyist regarding telecommunication issues. She has an undergraduate degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and a graduate degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.] OPENING STATEMENT Mr. EAGEN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and Mr. Hoyer. As you noted, Mr. Chairman, the fiscal year 2001 request for the House of Representatives totals $800,738,000. This amount is based on statutory entitlements, actual spending history, and consultation with the administrative offices of the House. Overall, this budget provides funding for the Member Representational Allowance, committees, leadership and the legislative administrative offices. The fiscal year 2001 requests are detailed in your subcommittee print. And as you noted, we have several other House officials here to answer any questions that the committee may have today. We are now available for any questions you may have. Mr. HOYER. That was a very in-depth presentation. Mr. TAYLOR. As stated, we have all of the prepared statements, and they have been given and they will be printed in the record. STATEMENT OF JAY EAGEN CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to the Subcommittee on Legislative Appropriations of the House Committee on Appropriations on the fiscal year 2001 (FY 2001) Budget estimates for the COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman RALPH REGULA, Ohio JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois JOE SKEEN, New Mexico. FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia RON PACKARD, California SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JACK KINGSTON, Georgia RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin JULIAN C. DIXON, California ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana NITĄ M. LOWEY, New York JOSE E. SERRANO, New York CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York CHET EDWARDS, Texas ROBERT E. "BUD" CRAMER, JR., Alabama MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California SAM FARR, California JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2001 THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2000. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITNESSES HON. JEFF TRANDAHL, CLERK OF THE HOUSE DR. JOHN F. EISOLD, ATTENDING PHYSICIAN Mr. TAYLOR. The meeting will come to order. Today we begin the hearings on the budget submissions of the various legislative branch agencies in explaining their requests for fiscal year 2001 appropriations. Each member has been given a copy of the printed budget justifications. Also the staff has prepared the customary subcommittee print, which contains the budget and historical data on the legislative budget. The total appropriations request that will be considered is $2.1 billion. In addition, there are $41 million in offsetting receipts and other collections and $1.1 billion in other revenues that we collected by the legislative agencies. By tradition, the House does not consider the budgets of the other body. The Senate will submit and consider their own. The fiscal year 2001 budget for the Senate totals some $624.7 million. The committee will hear the justifications from each agency in turn. At the conclusion of that process, the committee will mark up the 2001 bill. I am joined today by Congressman Hoyer, Mr. Pastor, the ranking member of the subcommittee, will be with us in just a few min utes. I yield to you, Mr. Hoyer, if you have any statement. Mr. HOYER. I have no opening statement, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much. Mr. TAYLOR. When the ranking member gets here, perhaps if he wishes he will make some statements. We will now take up the budget request for the House of Representatives and several joint items. The Chief Administrative Officer, assisted by the Office of Finance, will come forward and each will submit the budget. That material is then included in the President's budget. The House budget request totals $800.7 million, and that includes funds for the operations of member offices, commit |